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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 29, 2025

 

NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Bermuda   001-32657   98-0363970
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

Crown House
4 Par-la-Ville Road
Second Floor
Hamilton, HM08 Bermuda
  N/A
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(441) 292-1510

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of exchange on which
registered
Common shares   NBR   NYSE

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On August 29, 2025, Nabors Industries, Inc. a Delaware corporation (“Nabors Delaware”), Nabors A.R.F., LLC, a bankruptcy remote special purpose entity organized under the laws of Delaware (“NARF”), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and the purchasers party thereto (together, the “Purchasers”), entered into the Fifth Amendment to the Receivables Purchase Agreement (the “Fifth Purchase Agreement Amendment”), amending that certain Receivables Purchase Agreement dated September 13, 2019 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated July 13, 2021, by that certain Second Amendment to the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated May 13, 2022, by that certain Third Amendment to the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated June 29, 2022, and by that certain Fourth Amendment to the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated April 1, 2024, the “Existing Purchase Agreement” and, as amended by the Fifth Purchase Agreement Amendment, the “Purchase Agreement”).

 

NARF, Nabors Delaware, and certain operating subsidiaries of Nabors Industries Ltd., a Bermuda exempted company (the “Company”), also entered into the First Amendment and Joinder to Receivables Sale Agreement (the “First Sale Agreement Amendment”), amending and joining additional parties to that certain Receivables Sale Agreement dated September 13, 2019 (the “Existing Sale Agreement” and, as amended by the First Sale Agreement Amendment, the “Sale Agreement”). Furthermore, the Company and the Administrative Agent also entered into the Amended and Restated Indemnification Agreement dated August 29, 2025 (the “A&R Indemnification Agreement”) amending and restating that certain Indemnification Agreement dated September 13, 2019 (the “Existing Indemnification Agreement”).

 

The First Sale Agreement Amendment amends the Sale Agreement to, among other things, add certain subsidiaries of Parker Drilling Company, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, as originators (the “Additional Originators”). The Fifth Purchase Agreement Amendment amends the Purchase Agreement to make changes to reflect the joinder of the Additional Originators. The Fifth Purchase Agreement Amendment does not increase the Facility Limit, which remains $250.0 million.

 

The A&R Indemnification Agreement revises the Existing Indemnification Agreement to guarantee the indemnification and other payments obligations of the Additional Originators to NARF, the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers (as applicable) under the Purchase Agreement and the Sale Agreement. Under the A&R Indemnification Agreement, the Company will also reimburse the Administrative Agent for all costs incurred in connection with the Administrative Agent’s enforcement of the Guarantee, with such obligations to incur interest at a rate equal to the lesser of Adjusted Daily One Month Term SOFR or the maximum rate allowed by applicable law.

 

Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms (as applicable) in the Fifth Purchase Agreement Amendment, the First Sale Agreement Amendment and the A&R Indemnification Agreement, copies of which are filed as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 10.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing descriptions of the Fifth Purchase Agreement Amendment, First Sale Agreement Amendment, and A&R Indemnification Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements, which are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

  (b) The disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.
  Description
     
10.1   Fifth Amendment to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2025, by and among Nabors A.R.F., LLC, Nabors Industries, Inc., Arab Banking Corporation B.S.C. New York Branch, Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.*
10.2   First Amendment and Joinder to the Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2025, by and among Nabors A.R.F., LLC, Nabors Industries, Inc., Arab Banking Corporation B.S.C. New York Branch, Nomura Corporate Funding Americas, LLC, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A, the existing originators party thereto, and the additional originators party thereto.*  
10.3   A&R Indemnification Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2025, between Nabors Industries Ltd. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
     
*   Certain schedules and exhibits have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule and/or exhibit will be furnished supplementally to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    Nabors Industries Ltd.
     
Date: September 2, 2025 By: /s/ Mark D. Andrews
      Mark D. Andrews
      Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE 

RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of August 29, 2025, is entered into by and among the following parties:

 

(i)NABORS A.R.F., LLC, as Seller;

 

(ii)NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC., as initial Master Servicer;

 

(iii)ARAB BANKING CORPORATION B.S.C. NEW YORK BRANCH (“ABC”), as a Purchaser;

 

(iv)NOMURA CORPORATE FUNDING AMERICAS, LLC (“Nomura”), as a Purchaser; and

 

(v)WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”), as Administrative Agent and as a Purchaser.

 

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein (including such terms used above) have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Receivables Purchase Agreement described below.

 

BACKGROUND

 

A.           Seller, the Master Servicer, ABC, Nomura and Wells Fargo have entered into a Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”).

 

B.            Concurrently herewith, the Indemnification Guarantor and Wells Fargo are entering into that certain Amended and Restated Indemnification Guarantee, dated as of the date hereof (the “Indemnification Guarantee”).

 

C.            Concurrently herewith, the Seller, as buyer, the Master Servicer and each of the Originators are entering into that certain First Amendment and Joinder to the Receivables Sale

 

Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “RSA Amendment”, and together with the Indemnification Guarantee, each a “Related Agreement” and collectively, the “Related Agreements”).

 

D.The parties hereto desire to amend the Receivables Purchase Agreement as set forth herein.

 

 

 

 

NOW THEREFORE, with the intention of being legally bound hereby, and in consideration of the mutual undertakings expressed herein, each party to this Amendment hereby agrees as follows:

 

SECTION 1.           Amendments to the Receivables Purchase Agreement. The Receivables Purchase Agreement is hereby amended to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text), to add the blue double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text), and to move the green text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following examples: green text) as set forth in the pages of the compiled Receivables Purchase Agreement (reflecting the amendments thereto effected prior to the date hereof) attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

SECTION 2.           Representations and Warranties of the Seller and the Master Servicer. The Seller and the Master Servicer hereby represent and warrant to each of the parties hereto as of the date hereof as follows:

 

(a)           Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by it in the Receivables Purchase Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date unless such representations and warranties by their terms refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date.

 

(b)           No Breach or Violation. The execution and delivery of this Amendment and the Related Agreements to which it is a party, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the Related Agreements to which it is a party, and the fulfillment of the terms of this Amendment and each of the Related Agreements to which it is a party by it will not (i) violate, result in any breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under its organizational documents or any indenture, sale agreement, credit agreement, loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other agreement or instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim upon any of the Sold Assets or Seller Collateral pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, credit agreement, loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other agreement or instrument other than this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents or (iii) violate any applicable Law, which, in any of the foregoing cases, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)           No Event of Termination. After giving effect to this Amendment and the Related Agreements, no Event of Termination or Unmatured Event of Termination has occurred and is continuing, or would occur as a result of this Amendment, the Related Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(d)           Capital Coverage Deficit. No Capital Coverage Deficit exists or would exist after giving effect to this Amendment, the Related Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(e)           Termination Date. The Termination Date has not occurred.

 

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SECTION 3.           Effect of Amendment; Ratification. All provisions of the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect. After this Amendment becomes effective, all references in the Receivables Purchase Agreement to “this Receivables Purchase Agreement”, “this Agreement”, “hereof”, “herein”, and all references in any other Transaction Document to “the Purchase Agreement”, “thereof”, “therein”, or in each case words of similar effect referring to the Receivables Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Receivables Purchase Agreement as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment shall not be deemed, either expressly or impliedly, to waive, amend or supplement any provision of the Receivables Purchase Agreement other than as set forth herein. The Receivables Purchase Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

 

SECTION 4.           Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof, subject to the conditions precedent that the Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following:

 

(a)counterparts to this Amendment executed by each of the parties hereto;

 

(b)counterparts to the Related Agreements, duly executed by each of the other parties thereto;

 

(c)a pro forma Monthly Report, prepared after giving effect to this Amendment and each of the Related Agreements; and

 

(d)such other documents, agreements, certificates, secretary’s certificates,

 

UCC financing statements and opinions listed on Annex A hereto or as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request prior to the date hereof.

 

SECTION 5.           Severability. Any provisions of this Amendment which are 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 invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 6.           Transaction Document. This Amendment shall be a “Transaction Document” for purposes of the Receivables Purchase Agreement and each other Transaction Document.

 

SECTION 7.           Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart hereof by electronic means shall be equally effective as delivery of an originally executed counterpart.

 

SECTION 8.           GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION.

 

(a)           THIS AMENDMENT, INCLUDING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF).

 

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(b)           EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO (I) WITH RESPECT TO THE SELLER AND THE SERVICER, THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION, AND (II) WITH RESPECT TO EACH OF THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO, THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION, IN EACH CASE, OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (I) IF BROUGHT BY THE SELLER, THE MASTER SERVICER OR ANY AFFILIATE THEREOF, SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED, AND (II) IF BROUGHT BY ANY OTHER PARTY TO THIS AMENDMENT, MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED, IN EACH CASE, IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 8 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER PURCHASER PARTY TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE SELLER OR THE MASTER SERVICER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS. EACH OF THE SELLER AND THE MASTER SERVICER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.

 

SECTION 9.           WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT.

 

SECTION 10.        Section Headings. The various headings of this Amendment are included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment, the Receivables Purchase Agreement or any provision hereof or thereof.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

  NABORS A.R.F., LLC,
  as the Seller
   
  By: /s/ Popin (Bob) Su
  Name: Popin (Bob) Su
  Title: Vice President - Treasury

 

  NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC.,
  as the Master Servicer
   
  By: /s/ Popin (Bob) Su
  Name: Popin (Bob) Su
  Title: Vice President & Treasurer

 

S-1Fifth Amendment to the Receivables Purchase
  Agreement

 

 

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
  as Administrative Agent
   
  By: /s/ Chance Hausler
  Name: Chance Hausler
  Title: Executive Director

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
  as a Purchaser
   
  By: /s/ Chance Hausler
  Name: Chance Hausler
  Title: Executive Director

 

S-2Fifth Amendment to the Receivables Purchase
  Agreement

 

 

 

  ARAB BANKING CORPORATION (B.S.C.) NEW YORKBRANCH,
  as a Purchaser
   
  By: /s/ Gautier Strub
  Name: Gautier Strub
  Title: Senior Relationship Manager

 

  By: /s/ Rebecca Yu
  Name: Rebecca Yu
  Title: Head of Credit & Risk

 

S-3Fifth Amendment to the Receivables Purchase
  Agreement

 

 

 

  NOMURA CORPORATE FUNDING AMERICAS, LLC,
  as a Purchaser
   
  By: /s/ Aarti Rao
  Name: Aarti Rao
  Title: Managing Director

 

S-4Fifth Amendment to the Receivables Purchase
  Agreement

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A 

Amendments to Receivables Purchase Agreement

 

(Attached)

 

 

 

CONFORMED COPYEXECUTION VERSION

 

CONFORMED THROUGHEXHIBIT A TO AMENDMENT 45, DATED AS OF April 1
AUGUST 29
, 20242025

 

RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of September 13, 2019

 

by and among

 

NABORS A.R.F., LLC,

as Seller,

 

THE PERSONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

as Purchasers,

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent,

 

and

 

NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC.,
as initial Master Servicer

 

 

 

This RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is entered into as of September 13, 2019 by and among the following parties:

 

(i)NABORS A.R.F., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Seller (together with its successors and assigns, the “Seller”);

 

(ii)the Persons from time to time party hereto as Purchasers;

 

(iii)WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. (“Wells”), as Administrative Agent; and

 

(iv)          NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation, in its individual capacity (“Nabors”) and as initial Master Servicer (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”).

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

 

The Seller has acquired, and will acquire from time to time, Receivables from the Originator(s)Originators pursuant to the Sale Agreement. The Seller desires to sell certain of the Receivables to the Purchasers and, in connection therewith, has requested that the Purchasers make Investments from time to time, on the terms, and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

 

In consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained herein, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

 

7.25% Senior Guaranteed Notes ” shall mean the 7.25% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2026 issued by Parent under that certain indenture dated as of January 10, 2020 among Parent, the guarantors party thereto, and Wells, as trustee.

 

Adjusted Dilution Ratio” means, at any time, the rolling average of the Dilution Ratio for the 12 Calculation Periods then most recently ended.

 

“Adjusted Daily One Month Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Daily One Month Term SOFR for such day plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment; provided that if Adjusted Daily One Month Term SOFR as so determined shall ever be less than the Floor, then Adjusted Daily One Month Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.

 

 

 

“Fifth Amendment Effective Date” means August 29, 2025.

 

Financial Officer” of any Person means, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Person.

 

Form 8-K” means the periodic report on Form 8-K, required by the SEC, pursuant to the Exchange Act for reporting companies subject thereto.

 

Form 10-K” means the annual report on Form 10-K, required by the SEC, pursuant to the Exchange Act for reporting companies thereunder.

 

Form 10- Q” means the quarterly report on Form 10-Q, required by the SEC, pursuant to the Exchange Act for reporting companies thereunder.

 

Fourth Amendment Effective Date” means April 1, 2024.

 

Future Receivable” means, at any time, any Receivable that satisfies each of the following conditions at such time: (a) the invoice or bill with respect thereto has not yet been sent to the Obligor thereof, (b) such Receivable arose during the Calculation Period most recently ended, (c) such Receivable is scheduled to be invoiced no later than five (5) Business Days following the Cut-Off Date for the Calculation Period in which such Receivable arose and (d) such Receivable is designated in the monthly work papers prepared in support of the Monthly Report in the Originator’s general ledger accounting system; provided, however, that any Receivable that does not become a Billed Receivable within five (5) Business Days following any Cut-Off Date with respect to any Calculation Period shall not be reported as a “Future Receivable” in the Monthly Report delivered with respect to such Calculation Period or any other Monthly Report.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, consistently applied.

 

Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank) and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including, without limitation, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).

 

Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01.

 

Guaranty” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guarantying or in effect guarantying any Debt, liability or obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any such liability arising by virtue of partnership agreements, including any agreement to indemnify or hold harmless any other Person, any performance bond or other suretyship arrangement and any other form of assurance against loss, except endorsement of negotiable or other instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.

 

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Indemnification Guarantor” means Parent.

 

Indemnification Guarantee” means the Amended and Restated Indemnification Guarantee, dated as of the ClosingFifth Amendment Effective Date, by the Indemnification Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Seller or any of its Affiliates under any Transaction Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) above, Other Taxes.

 

Independent Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.03(c).

 

Initial Schedule of Sold Receivables” means the list identifying all Sold Receivables as of the Closing Date, which list is attached as Schedule IV hereto.

 

Insolvency Proceeding” means (a) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors of a Person, composition or readjustment of debts, appointment of a receiver, trustee (other than a trustee under a deed of trust, indenture or similar instrument), custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for such Person or the creditors of such Person, or other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors, in each of clauses (a) and (b) undertaken under U.S. Federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Intended Tax Treatment” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.14.

 

Interest Coverage Ratio Financial Covenant” means the financial covenant set forth in Section 5.02(a) of the Credit Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date and without giving effect to any amendment, restatement, supplement, waiver or other modification or termination thereof (unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser in its sole discretion).

 

Investment” means any payment of Capital to the Seller by a Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.01(a) or 2.02.

 

Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

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Plan” means any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which is either (i) maintained or sponsored by Nabors, Parent or any Subsidiary of either or any ERISA Affiliate or (ii) to which any Nabors Party or any Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or with respect to which any Nabors Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability, contingent or otherwise.

 

Pool Receivable” means a Receivable in the Receivables Pool. For the avoidance of doubt, the Pool Receivables shall include both Sold Receivables and Unsold Receivables.

 

Portion of Capital” means, with respect to any Purchaser and its related Capital, the portion of such Capital being funded or maintained by such Purchaser by reference to a particular interest rate basis.

 

Post-Closing Date” means the date occurring 30 days following the Closing DateFifth Amendment Date, or such later date (if any) consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent and the Majority Purchasers in their sole discretion.

 

Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its prime rate; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

 

Purchase and Sale Termination Event” has the meaning set forth in the Sale Agreement.

 

Purchaser Party” means each Purchaser and the Administrative Agent.

 

Purchaser’s Account” means, with respect to any Purchaser, the applicable account set forth on Schedule V hereto or such other account from time to time designated in writing by such Purchaser to the Seller and the Administrative Agent for purposes of receiving payments to or for the account of such Purchaser hereunder.

 

Purchasers” means Wells and each other Person that is or becomes a party to this Agreement in the capacity of a “Purchaser”.

 

Rebilled Invoice” means, with respect to any Receivable, any invoice that was issued in replacement of a prior Erroneous Invoice.

 

Receivable” means any right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, owed to any Originator or the Seller (as assignee of an Originator), whether constituting an account, chattel paper, payment intangible, instrument or general intangible, in each instance arising in connection with the sale of goods that have been or are to be sold or for services rendered or to be rendered, and includes, without limitation, the obligation to pay any service charges, finance charges, interest, fees and other charges with respect thereto. Any such right to payment arising from any one transaction, including, without limitation, any such right to payment represented by an individual invoice or agreement, shall constitute a Receivable

 

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(g)all of Seller’s rights and remedies under the Indemnification Guarantee and the Sale Agreement; and

 

(h)all Collections and other proceeds (as defined in the UCC) of any of the foregoing.

 

Release” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01(a).

 

Reportable Event” means a “reportable event” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA with respect to which the notice requirements to the PBGC have not been waived.

 

Representatives” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.06(c).

 

Required Capital Amount” means $19,000,000.

 

Required Reserve” means, on any day during a month, the product of (a) the greater of (i) the Reserve Floor and (ii) the Dynamic Reserve, times (b) the Net Pool Balance as of the Cut-Off Date immediately preceding such month.

 

Reserve Floor” means, for any Calculation Period, the greater of (a) the sum (expressed as a percentage) of (i) the product of the Adjusted Dilution Ratio and the Dilution Horizon Ratio, plus (ii) the Yield Reserve, plus (iii) the Servicing Reserve, in each case, as of the immediately preceding Cut-Off Date and (b) 18.00%.

 

Restricted Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(r).

 

Returned Goods” means all right, title and interest in and to returned, repossessed or foreclosed goods and/or merchandise the sale of which gave rise to a Receivable; provided that such goods shall no longer constitute Returned Goods after a Deemed Collection has been deposited in a Collection Account with respect to the full Outstanding Balance of the related Receivables.

 

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

 

Sale Agreement” means the Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Master Servicer, the Originators and the Seller.

 

Sale Date” means each of the following: (a) the Closing Date, (b) the last day of each calendar month of the Seller to the extent that an Investment occurred during such calendar month, (c) the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Seller and (d) each other day (if any) designated as a “Sale Date” by the Seller in its discretion by prior written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser; provided, however, that no Sale Date shall occur on or after the Termination Date.

 

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Document, such inconsistency or ambiguity shall not be interpreted against any party because of such party’s involvement in the drafting thereof.

 

SECTION 14.19.    Captions and Cross References. The various captions (including the table of contents) in this Agreement are provided solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, references in this Agreement to any Section, Schedule or Exhibit are to such Section Schedule or Exhibit to this Agreement, as the case may be, and references in any Section, subsection, or clause to any subsection, clause or subclause are to such subsection, clause or subclause of such Section, subsection or clause.

 

SECTION 14.20. Post-Closing Covenants.

 

(a)            No later than the Post-Closing Date, the Seller and the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a fully executed Control Agreement with respect to each Collection Account, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(b)           No later than the Post-Closing Date, the Seller and the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Administrative Agent written opinions of counsel to the Nabors Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, covering corporate, enforceability and security interest perfection matters with respect to each Control Agreement.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the failure of the Seller or the Master Servicer to timely perform its obligations under this Section 14.20 shall constitute an Event of Termination under this Agreement with no grace period.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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SCHEDULE II

Lock-Boxes, Collection Accounts and Collection Account Banks

 

[NOT INCLUDED]

 

Schedule II-1

 

 

ANNEX A

 

[NOT INCLUDED]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

FIRST AMENDMENT AND JOINDER TO THE

RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT

 

This FIRST AMENDMENT AND JOINDER TO THE RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of August 29, 2025, is entered into among the entities listed on the signature pages hereto as Joining Originators (each, a “Joining Originator”, and collectively, the “Joining Originators”), the entities listed on the signature pages hereto as Existing Originators (the “Existing Originators”, and together with the Joining Originators, collectively, the “Originators”), Nabors Industries, Inc., as initial Master Servicer and Nabors A.R.F., LLC (the “Buyer”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein (including such terms used above) have the respective meanings assigned thereto in (or by reference to) the Receivables Sale Agreement described below.

 

BACKGROUND

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto (other than the Joining Originators) have entered into that certain Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the “Receivables Sale Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, each Joining Originator desires to become an “Originator” under the Receivables Sale Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, the Master Servicer, the Buyer, the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers are entering into that certain Fifth Amendment to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “RPA Amendment”); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Receivables Sale Agreement as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, with the intention of being legally bound hereby, and in consideration of the mutual undertakings expressed herein, each party to this Amendment hereby agrees as follows:

 

SECTION 1. Amendments to the Receivables Sale Agreement. The Receivables Sale Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a)            With respect to the Joining Originators, each reference in the Receivables Sale Agreement to the “Closing Date” or “the date hereof” when applicable to such Joining Originator shall be deemed to be a reference to “August 29, 2025”.

 

(b)            With respect to the Joining Originators, each reference in the Receivables Sale Agreement to the “Cut-Off Date” when applicable to such Joining Originator shall be deemed to be a reference to “August 29, 2025”.

 

(c)            The Receivables Sale Agreement is hereby amended to incorporate the changes shown on the marked pages of the Receivables Sale Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2. Joinder. Effective as of the date hereof, each Joining Originator hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to become a party to the Receivables Sale Agreement as an “Originator” thereunder and to be bound by all of the terms, conditions and provisions of, and shall be deemed to be a party to (as if it were an original signatory to), the Receivables Sale Agreement. Upon effectiveness of this Amendment, each Joining Originator shall be an “Originator” for all purposes of the Receivables Sale Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents. Each Joining Originator further acknowledges that it has received copies of the Receivables Sale Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. Each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Amendment are in all material respects equivalent in form to the “Joinder Agreement” set forth as Exhibit C to the Receivables Sale Agreement and that all conditions precedent for the joinder of each Joining Originator as an “Originator” under Section 4.3 of the Receivables Sale Agreement have been satisfied or waived.

 

SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. Each Originator, the Master Servicer and Buyer hereby represents and warrants as follows:

 

(a)            Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by such Person in the Receivables Sale Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date unless such representations and warranties by their terms refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date.

 

(b)            No Breach or Violation. The execution and delivery of this Amendment, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment, and the fulfillment of the terms of this Amendment by it will not (i) violate, result in any breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under its organizational documents or any indenture, sale agreement, credit agreement, loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which such Originator is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim upon any of the Receivables or Related Rights pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, credit agreement, loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument, other than this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents or (iii) violate any applicable Law, which, in any of the foregoing cases, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)            No Event of Termination. No Event of Termination, Purchase and Sale Termination Event, Unmatured Event of Termination or Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, and no Event of Termination, Purchase and Sale Termination Event, Unmatured Event of Termination or Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event would result from this Amendment.

 

(d)            Purchase and Sale Termination Date. The Purchase and Sale Termination Date has not occurred.

 

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SECTION 4. Effect of Amendment; Ratification. All provisions of the Receivables Sale Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect. After this Amendment becomes effective, all references in the Receivables Sale Agreement (or in any other Transaction Document) to “this Receivables Sale Agreement”, “this Agreement”, “hereof”, “herein”, and all references in any other Transaction Document to “the Receivables Sale Agreement”, “thereof”, “therein”, or in each case words of similar effect referring to the Receivables Sale Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Receivables Sale Agreement as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment shall not be deemed, either expressly or impliedly, to waive, amend or supplement any provision of the Receivables Sale Agreement other than as set forth herein. The Receivables Sale Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

 

SECTION 5. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof and concurrently with the effectiveness of the RPA Amendment, upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of (i) counterparts to this Amendment, executed by each of the parties hereto, and (ii) a Subordinated Note in favor of each Joining Originator, executed by the Buyer.

 

SECTION 6. Severability. Any provisions of this Amendment which are 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 invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 7. Authorization to File Financing Statement. Each of the parties hereto hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to file (at the expense of the Buyer) each of the UCC-1 financing statements attached in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto.

 

SECTION 8. Further Assurances. Each of the Buyer and the Joining Originators hereby agrees to do, at the Joining Originators’ expense, all such things and execute all such documents and instruments as the Buyer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably consider necessary or desirable to give full effect to the transaction contemplated by this Amendment and the documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection herewith.

 

SECTION 9. Transaction Document. This Amendment shall be a “Transaction Document” for purposes of the Receivables Sale Agreement and each other Transaction Document.

 

SECTION 10. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart hereof by electronic means shall be equally effective as delivery of an originally executed counterpart.

 

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SECTION 11. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT INCLUDING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF), EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION OF A SECURITY INTEREST OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT OF ANY PARTICULAR COLLATERAL ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 12. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THEY MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.

 

SECTION 13. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT

 

SECTION 14. Section Headings. The various headings of this Amendment are included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment, the Receivables Sale Agreement or any provision hereof or thereof.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

  NABORS A.R.F., LLC,
  as Buyer
     
  By: /s/ Popin (Bob) Su
  Name: Popin (Bob) Su
  Title: Vice President - Treasury

 

  NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC.,
  as Master Servicer
     
  By: /s/ Popin (Bob) Su
  Name: Popin (Bob) Su
  Title: Vice President & Treasurer

 

  NABORS ALASKA DRILLING, INC.,
  as an Existing Originator
     
  By: /s/ Popin (Bob) Su
  Name: Popin (Bob) Su
  Title: Treasurer

 

  NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.,
  as an Existing Originator
     
  By: /s/ Michael Csizmadia
  Name: Michael Csizmadia
  Title:      Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary

 

  NABORS OFFSHORE CORPORATION,
  as an Existing Originator
     
  By: /s/ Michael Csizmadia
  Name: Michael Csizmadia
  Title:     Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary

 

 S-1First Amendment and Joinder to the
  Receivables Sale Agreement

 

 

 

  PARKER DRILLING ARCTIC OPERATING, LLC,
  as a Joining Originator
   
  By: /s/ Popin (Bob) Su                    
  Name: Popin (Bob) Su
  Title: Vice President - Treasury

 

  PARKER DRILLING OFFSHORE USA, L.L.C.,
  as a Joining Originator
   
  By: /s/ Popin (Bob) Su
  Name: Popin (Bob) Su
  Title: Vice President - Treasury

 

  QUAIL SERVICES, LLC,
  as a Joining Originator
   
  By: /s/ Popin (Bob) Su
  Name: Popin (Bob) Su
  Title: Vice President - Treasury

 

 S-2First Amendment and Joinder to the
  Receivables Sale Agreement

 

 

 

  Acknowledged and Agreed to:
   
  WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
  as Administrative Agent
     
  By: /s/ Chance Hausler
  Name: Chance Hausler
  Title: Executive Director

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
  as a Purchaser
     
  By: /s/ Chance Hausler
  Name: Chance Hausler
  Title: Executive Director

 

 S-3First Amendment and Joinder to the
  Receivables Sale Agreement

 

 

 

  ARAB BANKING CORPORATION (B.S.C.) NEW YORK BRANCH,
  as a Purchaser
   
  By: /s/ Gautier Strub                    
  Name: Gautier Strub
  Title: Senior Relationship Manager

 

  By: /s/ Rebecca Yu
  Name: Rebecca Yu
  Title: Head of Credit & Risk

 

 S-4First Amendment and Joinder to the
  Receivables Sale Agreement

 

 

 

  NOMURA CORPORATE FUNDING AMERICAS, LLC,
  as a Purchaser
   
  By: /s/ Aarti Rao
    Name: Aarti Rao
    Title: Managing Director

 

 S-5First Amendment and Joinder to the
  Receivables Sale Agreement

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

AMENDMENTS TO RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT

 

(Attached)

 

 

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

EXHIBIT A TO FIRST AMENDMENT, DATED AS OF AUGUST 29, 2025

 

RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of September 13, 2019

 

among

 

VARIOUS ENTITIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO,

as Originators,

 

NABORS INDUSTRIES, INC.,

as Master Servicer,

 

and

 

NABORS A.R.F., LLC,

as Buyer

 

 

 

  NABORS OFFSHORE CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation
   
  By:
    Name:                                                                         
    Title:  
   
  PARKER DRILLING ARCTIC OPERATING, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By:
    Name:
    Title:  
   
  PARKER DRILLING OFFSHORE USA, L.L.C.,
an Oklahoma limited liability company
   
  By:
    Name:  
    Title:  
   
  QUAIL SERVICES, LLC,
  a Nevada limited liability company
   
  By:
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

 S-2Receivables Sale Agreement

 

 

Schedule I

 

LIST AND LOCATION OF EACH ORIGINATOR

 

[NOT INCLUDED]

 

 Schedule I-1Receivables Sale Agreement

 

 

Schedule II

 

LOCATION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS OF ORIGINATORS

 

[NOT INCLUDED]

 

 Schedule II-1Receivables Sale Agreement

 

 

Schedule III

 

TRADE NAMES

 

[NOT INCLUDED]

 

 Schedule III-1Receivables Sale Agreement

 

 

Schedule IV

 

NOTICE ADDRESSES

 

[NOT INCLUDED]

 

 Schedule IV-1Receivables Sale Agreement

 

 

Schedule V

 

ACTIONS/SUITS

 

[NOT INCLUDED]

 

 Schedule V-1Receivables Sale Agreement

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

UCC-1 FINANCING STATEMENTS

 

[NOT INCLUDED]

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED INDEMNIFICATION GUARANTEE

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED INDEMNIFICATION GUARANTEE, dated as of August 29, 2025 (this “Guarantee”), is executed by Nabors Industries Ltd., an exempted company incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability (“Parent” or “Indemnification Guarantor”), in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (together with its successors and assigns, “Recipient”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Nabors Alaska Drilling, Inc., an Alaska corporation, Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Nabors Offshore Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Parker Drilling Arctic Operating, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Parker Drilling Offshore USA, L.L.C., an Oklahoma limited liability company and Quail Services, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (each of the foregoing, a “Subsidiary Originator” and collectively, the “Subsidiary Originators”), Nabors Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Master Servicer” and collectively with the Subsidiary Originators, the “Covered Entities”) and Nabors A.R.F., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Seller”) have entered into a Receivables Sale Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2019 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Sale Agreement”), pursuant to which the Subsidiary Originators, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, will from time to time on and after the Closing Date sell and/or contribute their respective right, title and interest in their Receivables to the Seller;

 

WHEREAS, each of the Subsidiary Originators and the Master Servicer is a Subsidiary of Indemnification Guarantor, and Indemnification Guarantor is expected to receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from (i) the sale and/or contribution of Receivables by the Subsidiary Originators to the Seller pursuant to the Sale Agreement and (ii) the servicing of the Receivables by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (which benefits are hereby acknowledged);

 

WHEREAS, as an inducement for the Purchasers from time to time party to the Receivables Purchase Agreement to purchase and acquire the Receivables pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, Indemnification Guarantor has agreed to guaranty the full and punctual payment by the Covered Entities of their respective Payment Obligations; and

 

WHEREAS, Indemnification Guarantor desires to guaranty the full and punctual payment by the Covered Entities of their respective Payment Obligations as provided herein.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which Indemnification Guarantor hereby acknowledges, Indemnification Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:

 

Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Sale Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Receivables Purchase Agreement. In addition, the terms below shall have the following meanings:

 

 

 

“Payment Obligations” means, collectively, all indemnification obligations, dilution payments and other payment obligations of any Covered Entity under and pursuant to the Sale Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement and each other document executed and delivered by such Covered Entity in connection with the Sale Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, the due and punctual payment of all sums which are or may become due and owing by such Covered Entity under and in accordance with the Sale Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement, whether for fees (including counsel fees), expenses, indemnified amounts, dilution amounts or otherwise, whether upon any termination of the Sale Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement or for any other reason. For the sake of clarity, it is expressly acknowledged that the Payment Obligations do not include any recourse for the non-payment or late payment by any Obligor of any Purchased Receivable.

 

“Receivables Purchase Agreement” means that certain Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of September 13, 2019, among the Seller, the Master Servicer, the purchasers from time to time party thereto (each, together with its successors and permitted assigns, a “Purchaser” and all, together with their successors and assigns, the “Purchasers”), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Purchasers (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Administrative Agent”), as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Section 2. Guarantee of Performance of Obligations.

 

Indemnification Guarantor hereby guarantees to Recipient, the full and punctual payment by the Covered Entities of their respective Payment Obligations. This Guarantee is an absolute, unconditional and continuing undertaking of the full and punctual payment of all of the Payment Obligations and is in no way conditioned upon any requirement that Recipient first attempt to collect any Payment Obligations from any other Person or resort to any collateral security, any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of Recipient, the Administrative Agent, or any Lender in favor of any Covered Entity or any other Person or other means of obtaining payment in respect of any Payment Obligations. Should any Covered Entity default in the payment of any of its Payment Obligations, Recipient (or its assigns) may cause the immediate payment by Indemnification Guarantor of the Payment Obligations of such Covered Entity, without demand or notice of any nature, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Indemnification Guarantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guarantee is not a guarantee of the collection of any of the Receivables, and Indemnification Guarantor shall not be responsible for any Payment Obligations to the extent the failure to pay such Payment Obligations by any Covered Entity results from Receivables being uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of creditworthiness of any Obligor or any other financial or credit condition resulting in the inability of any Obligor to pay any amount in respect of Receivables.

 

Section 3. Reinstatement, etc. The Indemnification Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent that any Person makes a payment or payments to the Recipient, the Seller or any Purchaser in respect of any Payment Obligation, which payment or payments or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to such Person or to the estate, trustee, or receiver of such Person or to any other party, including, without limitation, the Indemnification Guarantor, under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar state or federal Law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, the Payment Obligations or any part thereof which has been paid, reduced or satisfied by such amount shall be reinstated and continued in full force and effect as of the date such initial payment, reduction or satisfaction occurred.

 

 

 

Section 4. Confirmation. Indemnification Guarantor hereby confirms that the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been arranged among the Seller, the Subsidiary Originators, the Master Servicer, the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers, as applicable, with Indemnification Guarantor’s full knowledge and consent and any amendment, restatement, modification or supplement of, or waiver of compliance with, the Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms thereof by any of the foregoing shall be deemed to be with Indemnification Guarantor’s full knowledge and consent.

 

Section 5. Indemnification Guarantor’s Further Agreements to Pay. Indemnification Guarantor further agrees to pay to Recipient (and its assigns), forthwith upon demand in funds immediately available to Recipient, all reasonable costs and expenses (including court costs and reasonable legal expenses) incurred or expended by Recipient in connection with the enforcement of this Guarantee, together with interest on amounts recoverable under this Guarantee from the time when such amounts become due hereunder until payment, at a rate of interest (computed for the actual number of days elapsed based on a 360 day year) equal to the lesser of (a) Adjusted Daily One Month Term SOFR for each date during such period and (b) the maximum interest rate permitted by applicable Law.

 

Section 6. Waivers by Indemnification Guarantor. Indemnification Guarantor waives notice of acceptance of this Guarantee, notice of any action taken or omitted by Recipient (or its assigns) in reliance on this Guarantee, and any requirement that Recipient (or its assigns) be diligent or prompt in making demands under this Guarantee, giving notice of the Termination Date, any Termination Event, any other default or omission by any Covered Entity or asserting any other rights of Recipient under this Guarantee. Indemnification Guarantor warrants that it has adequate means to obtain from each Covered Entity, on a continuing basis, information concerning the financial condition of such Covered Entity, and that it is not relying on Recipient to provide such information, now or in the future. Indemnification Guarantor also irrevocably waives all defenses (i) that at any time may be available in respect of the Payment Obligations by virtue of any statute of limitations, valuation, stay, moratorium Law or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) that arise under the Law of suretyship, including impairment of collateral. Recipient (and its assigns) shall be at liberty, without giving notice to or obtaining the assent of Indemnification Guarantor and without relieving Indemnification Guarantor of any liability under this Guarantee, to deal with each Covered Entity and with each other party who now is or after the date hereof becomes liable in any manner for any of the Payment Obligations, in such manner as Recipient in its sole discretion deems fit, and to this end Indemnification Guarantor agrees that the validity and enforceability of this Guarantee, including without limitation, the provisions of Section 10 hereof, shall not be impaired or affected by any of the following: (a) any extension, modification or renewal of, or indulgence with respect to, or substitutions for, the Payment Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto at any time; (b) any failure or omission to enforce any right, power or remedy with respect to the Payment Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto, or any collateral securing the Payment Obligations or any part thereof; (c) any waiver of any right, power or remedy or of the Termination Date, any Termination Event or any default with respect to the Payment Obligations or any part thereof or any agreement relating thereto; (d) any release, surrender, compromise, settlement, waiver, subordination or modification, with or without consideration, of any other obligation of any person or entity with respect to the Payment Obligations or any part thereof; (e) the enforceability, validity, binding effect, legality, subordination or disaffirmance of the Payment Obligations or any part thereof or the genuineness, enforceability or validity or amendment, restatement, modification or supplement of, or waiver of compliance with, any agreement relating thereto or with respect to the Payment Obligations or any part thereof; (f) the application of payments received from any source to the payment of any Payment Obligations or any part thereof or amounts which are not covered by this Guarantee even though Recipient (or its assigns) might lawfully have elected to apply such payments to any part or all of the Payment Obligations or to amounts which are not covered by this Guarantee; (g) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which Indemnification Guarantor may have at any time against any Covered Entity in connection herewith or any unrelated transaction; (h) any assignment or transfer of the Payment Obligations or any part thereof; or (i) any failure on the part of any Covered Entity to perform or comply with any term of the Sale Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement or any other document executed in connection therewith or delivered thereunder, in each case whether or not Indemnification Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge of any act or omission referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through (i) of this Section 6.

 

 

 

Section 7. Unenforceability of Payment Obligations Against Covered Entities. Notwithstanding (a) any change of ownership of any Covered Entity; (b) the insolvency, bankruptcy or any other change in the legal status of any Covered Entity; (c) the change in or the imposition of any Law, decree, regulation or other governmental act which does or might impair, delay or in any way affect the validity, enforceability or the payment when due of the Payment Obligations; (d) the failure of any Covered Entity or Indemnification Guarantor to maintain in full force, validity or effect or to obtain or renew when required all governmental and other approvals, licenses or consents required in connection with the Payment Obligations or this Guarantee, or to take any other action required in connection with the performance of all obligations pursuant to this Guarantee; or (e) if any of the moneys included in the Payment Obligations have become un-recoverable from the applicable Covered Entity for any other reason other than payment in full of the Payment Obligations in accordance with their terms, this Guarantee shall nevertheless be binding on Indemnification Guarantor. This Guarantee shall be in addition to any other guaranty or other security for the Payment Obligations, and it shall not be rendered unenforceable by the invalidity of any such other guaranty or security. In the event that acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Payment Obligations is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Covered Entity or for any other reason with respect to any Covered Entity, all such amounts then due and owing with respect to the Payment Obligations under the terms of the Sale Agreement, the Receivables Purchase Agreement or any other agreement evidencing, securing or otherwise executed in connection with the Payment Obligations, shall if not paid by such Covered Entity be immediately due and payable by Indemnification Guarantor.

 

Section 8. Representations and Warranties. The Indemnification Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to the Recipient as of the date hereof, as of each Settlement Date and as of the day of each Investment and Release, that:

 

(a)  Incorporation and Good Standing. The Indemnification Guarantor is a duly incorporated and validly existing exempted company in good standing under the laws of Bermuda, with the power and authority under its constitutional documents and under the laws of Bermuda to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are currently owned and such business is presently conducted.

 

(b)  No Violation. The execution and delivery of this Guarantee and each other Transaction Document to which the Indemnification Guarantor is a party, the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents and the fulfillment of the terms of this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents by the Indemnification Guarantor will not (i) violate, result in any breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, the constitutional documents of the Indemnification Guarantor or any indenture, sale agreement, credit agreement, loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument to which the Indemnification Guarantor is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim upon any of the Sold Assets or Seller Collateral pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, credit agreement, loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement or instrument, other than this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents or (iii) violate any applicable Law, except to the extent that any such breach, default, Adverse Claim or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

 

 

(c)   Power and Authority; Due Authorization. The Indemnification Guarantor has all necessary power and authority to (i) execute and deliver this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (ii) perform its obligations under this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the execution, delivery and performance of, and the consummation of the transactions provided for in, this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by the Indemnification Guarantor by all necessary action.

 

(d)  Binding Obligations. This Guarantee and each of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party constitutes legal, valid and binding obligations of the Indemnification Guarantor, enforceable against the Indemnification Guarantor in accordance with their respective terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

(e)  Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions.

 

(i)          None of (i) the Indemnification Guarantor, any Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers, or, to the knowledge of the Indemnification Guarantor or such Subsidiary, any of their respective employees or Affiliates, or (ii) any agent or representative of the Indemnification Guarantor or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the Transaction Documents, (A) is a Sanctioned Person or currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (B) is controlled by or is acting on behalf of a Sanctioned Person, (C) has its assets located in a Sanctioned Country except as permitted by applicable laws, rules and regulations or as licensed or otherwise authorized by U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of Commerce, or any other United States federal governmental authority with applicable jurisdiction thereover, (D) is under administrative, civil or criminal investigation for an alleged violation of, or received notice from or made a voluntary disclosure to any governmental entity regarding a possible violation of, Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions by a governmental authority that enforces Sanctions or any Anti-Corruption Laws or Anti-Money Laundering Laws, or (E) directly or indirectly derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with, Sanctioned Persons, except as permitted by applicable laws, rules and regulations or as licensed or otherwise authorized by U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of Commerce, or any other United States federal governmental authority with applicable jurisdiction thereover.

 

(ii)          Each of the Indemnification Guarantor and its Subsidiaries has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Indemnification Guarantor and its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and Affiliates with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

 

 

(iii)          Each of the Indemnification Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, each director, officer, and to the knowledge of Indemnification Guarantor, employee, agent and Affiliate of Indemnification Guarantor and each such Subsidiary, is in compliance with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws in all respects and applicable Sanctions.

 

(f)  Solvency. The Indemnification Guarantor is, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee and the other Transaction Documents, will be, Solvent.

 

(g)  Investment Company Act. The Indemnification Guarantor is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

 

(h)  Compliance with Laws. The Indemnification Guarantor has complied with all applicable Laws, the non-compliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i)  Opinions. The facts regarding the Nabors Parties, the Receivables, the Related Security and the related matters set forth or assumed in each of the opinions of counsel delivered in connection with this Guarantee and the Transaction Documents are true and correct in all material respects.

 

(j)  Litigation and Other Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending, or to the Indemnification Guarantor’s knowledge threatened, against the Indemnification Guarantor before any Governmental Authority: (i) asserting the invalidity of this Guarantee or any of the other Transaction Documents; (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Guarantee or any other Transaction Document; (iii) seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the performance by the Indemnification Guarantor of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, this Guarantee or any of the other Transaction Documents or (iv) individually or in the aggregate for all such actions, suits, proceedings and investigations could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(k)  ERISA Compliance.   Except as would not result or reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(i)          During the five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made: (i) no ERISA Termination Event has occurred, and, to the best knowledge of any Nabors Party, no event or condition has occurred or exists as a result of which any ERISA Termination Event would be reasonably expected to occur; (ii) there has been no failure to meet the minimum funding standards under Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA (determined without regard to any waiver of funding provisions therein) with respect to any Plan; (iii) each Plan (excluding any Multiemployer Plan) has been maintained, operated, and funded in material compliance with its terms and the provisions of ERISA, the Code, and any other applicable federal or state laws; and (iv) no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen or is reasonably likely to arise on account of any Plan.

 

(ii)          The aggregate actuarial present value of all accumulated plan benefits of all Single Employer Plans (determined utilizing the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ASC No. 960) did not, as of the most recent valuation dates reflected in Parent’s annual financial statements contained in Parent’s most recent Form 10-K, exceed the aggregate fair market value of the assets of all such Single Employer Plans, except as disclosed in Parent’s financial statements.

 

 

 

(iii)          None of any Nabors Party, any Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or, to the best knowledge of any Nabors Party, is reasonably expected to incur, any withdrawal liability under ERISA to any Multiemployer Plan or Multiple Employer Plan. None of any Nabors Party, any Subsidiary thereof or any ERISA Affiliate has received any notification that any Multiemployer Plan is insolvent (within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA), or has been terminated (within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA).

 

(iv)          No prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) or breach of fiduciary responsibility has occurred with respect to a Plan which has subjected or would be reasonably likely to subject any Nabors Party, any Subsidiary thereof, or any ERISA Affiliate to any material liability under Sections 406, 409, 502(i), or 502(l) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, or under any agreement or other instrument pursuant to which any Nabors Party, any Subsidiary thereof, or any ERISA Affiliate has agreed or is required to indemnify any person against any such liability.

 

(v)          The aggregate actuarial present value of all accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations of the Nabors Parties, their Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates under Plans which are welfare benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), as of the most recent valuation dates reflected in Parent’s annual financial statements contained in Parent’s most recent form 10-K, are reflected on such financial statements in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification No. 715.

 

(l)          Service of Process. Under the Laws of Bermuda, neither the Indemnification Guarantor nor any of its revenues, assets or properties has any right of immunity from service of process or from the jurisdiction of competent courts of Bermuda or the United States or the State of New York in connection with any suit, action or proceeding, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of a judgment or execution of a judgment or from any other legal process with respect to its obligations under this Guarantee.

 

(m)          Choice of Law. The choice of New York law to govern this Guarantee is, under the Laws of Bermuda, a valid, effective and irrevocable choice of law, and the submission by the Indemnification Guarantor to the jurisdiction of the courts referred to in Section 20 is valid and binding upon the Indemnification Guarantor under the Laws of Bermuda.

 

(n)           Judgments. Any final judgment rendered by any of the courts referred to in Section 20 in an action to enforce the obligations of the Indemnification Guarantor under this Guarantee is capable of being enforced in the courts of Bermuda.

 

(o)          Payments. No payments hereunder or required to be made as a result of any judgment or order related hereto, will be restricted by any Law or action of any Governmental Authority, and no such restrictions will prevent any such payments to be made in Dollars to a recipient located in the United States.

 

 

 

(q)          Admissibility. As a condition to the admissibility in evidence of this Guarantee in the courts of Bermuda, it is not necessary that this Guarantee be filed or recorded with any court or other authority.

 

Section 9. Covenants. At all times from the Closing Date until the Final Payout Date:

 

(a)  Compliance with Laws. The Indemnification Guarantor will comply with all applicable Laws to which it may be subject if the failure to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)  Existence. The Indemnification Guarantor shall keep in full force and effect its existence and rights as an exempted company under the laws of Bermuda. The Indemnification Guarantor shall obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)  [Reserved].

 

(d)  Actions Contrary to Separateness. It shall not take any action that would breach or violate the terms of Section 8.03 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement or Section 5.24 of the Sale Agreement.

 

(e)  Collections. If any payments on the Pool Receivables or other Collections are received by the Indemnification Guarantor, it shall hold such payments in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Purchasers and the other Secured Parties and promptly (but in any event within two (2) Business Days after receipt thereof) remit such funds into a Collection Account.

 

(f)  Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions. The Indemnification Guarantor will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance in all material respects by the Indemnification Guarantor, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

(g)  Ownership and Control. The Indemnification Guarantor shall continue to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock and other equity interests of each Covered Entity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Indemnification Guarantor shall not permit the occurrence of any Change in Control.

 

Section 10. Subrogation; Subordination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, until the Final Payout Date, Indemnification Guarantor (a) will not enforce or otherwise exercise any right of subrogation to any of the rights of the Seller, the Recipient or any Purchaser against any Covered Entity to the claims of the Seller, the Recipient and the Purchasers against any Covered Entity and all contractual, statutory or legal or equitable rights of contribution, reimbursement, indemnification and similar rights and “claims” (as that term is defined in the United States Bankruptcy Code) which Indemnification Guarantor might now have or hereafter acquire against any Covered Entity that arise from the existence or performance of Indemnification Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (b) will not claim any setoff, recoupment or counterclaim against any Covered Entity in respect of any liability of Indemnification Guarantor to such Covered Entity and (c) waives any benefit of and any right to participate in any collateral security which may be held by the Recipient or the Purchasers. The cash payment of any amounts due with respect to any indebtedness of any Covered Entity now or hereafter owed to Indemnification Guarantor is hereby subordinated to the prior payment in full of all of the Payment Obligations in accordance with the following sentence. Indemnification Guarantor agrees that, after the occurrence and during the continuation of any default in the payment of any of the Payment Obligations, Indemnification Guarantor will not demand, sue for or otherwise attempt to collect cash payment of any such indebtedness of any Covered Entity to Indemnification Guarantor until the Final Payout Date. If, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, Indemnification Guarantor shall collect, enforce or receive any amounts in respect of such indebtedness while any Payment Obligations are still outstanding, such amounts shall be collected, enforced and received by Indemnification Guarantor as trustee for Recipient (and its assigns) and be paid over to Recipient (or its assigns) on account of the Payment Obligations without affecting in any manner the liability of Indemnification Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guarantee.

 

 

 

Section 11. Termination of Guarantee. Indemnification Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall continue in full force and effect until the Final Payout Date, provided that this Guarantee shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment or other satisfaction of any of the Payment Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization of any Covered Entity or otherwise, as though such payment had not been made or other satisfaction occurred, whether or not Recipient (or its assigns) is in possession of this Guarantee. No invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability by reason of the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any insolvency or other similar Law, or any Law or order of any government or agency thereof purporting to reduce, amend or otherwise affect the Payment Obligations shall impair, affect, be a defense to or claim against the Payment Obligations of Indemnification Guarantor under this Guarantee.

 

Section 12. Effect of Bankruptcy. This Guarantee shall survive the insolvency of any Covered Entity and the commencement of any case or proceeding by or against any Covered Entity under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or other federal, state or other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statutes. No automatic stay under the Federal Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Covered Entity or other federal, state or other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statutes to which such Covered Entity is subject shall postpone the Payment Obligations of Indemnification Guarantor under this Guarantee.

 

Section 13. Taxes. Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments to be made by Indemnification Guarantor hereunder shall be made free and clear of any deduction or withholding, except as required by applicable Law. If Indemnification Guarantor is required by Law to make any deduction or withholding on account of Taxes from any such payment, other than on account of any Excluded Taxes of a Secured Party imposed thereon, the sum due from it in respect of such payment shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such deduction or withholding, Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum which it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made; provided that any such payments to be made to the Recipient or any Purchaser as assigns of the Recipient shall be subject to compliance by such Person with Sections 5.03(f) and (k) (including the provision of any applicable documentation specified in Section 5.03(f)(ii) on or prior to the date on which any payments are to be made under any Transaction Document) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

 

 

 

Section 14. Indemnities by Indemnification Guarantor. Without limiting any other rights that the Seller, the Recipient or the Purchasers may have hereunder or under applicable Law, Indemnification Guarantor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Seller, the Recipient, the Purchasers and each of their respective Affiliates, and all successors, transferees, participants and assigns and all officers, members, managers, directors, shareholders, controlling persons, employees and agents of any of the foregoing (each a “IG Indemnified Party”) forthwith and on demand from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related out of pocket costs and expenses (including all filing fees, if any), including reasonable attorneys’, consultants’ and accountants’ fees and disbursements but excluding all Excluded Taxes (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as “Indemnified Amounts”) incurred by any of them and arising out of, relating to, resulting from or in connection with: (i) any breach by Indemnification Guarantor of any of its obligations or duties under this Guarantee or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party in any capacity; (ii) the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by Indemnification Guarantor hereunder, under any other Transaction Document to which it is a party in any capacity or in any certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or to any other Transaction Document to which it is a party in any capacity; (iii) the failure of any information provided to any such IG Indemnified Party by, or on behalf of, Indemnification Guarantor, in any capacity, to be true and correct in any material respect as of the date when provided or as otherwise set forth therein; (iv) the material misstatement of fact or the omission of a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained in any information provided to any such IG Indemnified Party by, or on behalf of, Indemnification Guarantor, in any capacity, not materially misleading as of the date when made or as otherwise set forth therein; (v) any negligence or misconduct on Indemnification Guarantor’s part arising out of, relating to, in connection with, or affecting any transaction contemplated by this Guarantee or any other Transaction Document; or (vi) the failure by Indemnification Guarantor to comply with any applicable Law, rule or regulation with respect to this Guarantee, the transactions contemplated hereby, any other Transaction Document to which it is a party in any capacity, the Payment Obligations or otherwise; provided, however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 14Indemnified Amounts shall be excluded to the extent a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction holds that such Indemnified Amounts resulted solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct by the IG Indemnified Party seeking indemnification.

 

Section 15. Further Assurances. Indemnification Guarantor agrees that it will from time to time, at the request of Recipient (or its assigns), provide information relating to the business and affairs of Indemnification Guarantor as Recipient may reasonably request. Indemnification Guarantor also agrees to do all such things and execute all such documents as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to give full effect to this Guarantee and to perfect and preserve the rights and powers of Recipient (and its assigns) hereunder.

 

Section 16. Successors and Assigns. This Guarantee shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Indemnification Guarantor may not assign or transfer any of its obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each of the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that each of the Purchasers and the Secured Parties shall be a third-party intended beneficiary of this Guarantee.

 

Section 17. Amendments and Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guarantee nor consent to any departure by Indemnification Guarantor therefrom shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent (with the consent of the Purchasers) and Indemnification Guarantor. No failure on the part of Recipient to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.

 

 

 

Section 18. Notices. All communications and notices provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including email or electronic transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to the other parties hereto as follows: if to Indemnification Guarantor, at the following address or email address:

 

Nabors Industries Ltd.

Crown House

Second Floor

4 Par-la-Ville Road

Hamilton HM08

Bermuda

Telephone: 441-292-1510

Email: [email protected]

Attention: Corporate Secretary

 

and if to Recipient, at the following address, email address or facsimile number:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

1100 Abernathy Rd., NE

16th Floor, Suite 1600

Atlanta, GA 30328

Telephone: 770-508-5563

Email: [email protected]

Attention: Chance Hausler

 

Notices and communications by email shall be effective when sent receipt confirmed by electronic or other means (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return electronic mail or other acknowledgement), and notices and communications sent by other means shall be effective when received at the address specified in this Section 18.

 

Section 19. CHOICE OF LAW. THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF).

 

Section 20. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.

 

(a)          EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO (I) WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEMNIFICATION GUARANTOR, THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION, AND (II) WITH RESPECT TO THE RECIPIENT, THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION, IN EACH CASE, OF ANY NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE, AND EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (I) IF BROUGHT BY THE INDEMNIFICATION GUARANTOR OR ANY AFFILIATE THEREOF, SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED, AND (II) IF BROUGHT BY ANY OTHER PARTY TO THIS GUARANTEE, MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED, IN EACH CASE, IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 20 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF (I) THE RECIPIENT OR ANY OTHER PURCHASER PARTY TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE INDEMNIFICATION GUARANTOR OR ANY OF ITS PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS, OR (II) THE INDEMNIFICATION GUARANTOR TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE RECIPIENT OR ANY OTHER PURCHASER IN ANY JURISDICTION IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE THE COURTS HAVE PERSONAL AND SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE PERSONS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK LACK ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. THE INDEMNIFICATION GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.

 

 

 

(b)          THE INDEMNIFICATION GUARANTOR CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 18. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 20 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE RECIPIENT OR ANY OTHER PURCHASER PARTY TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

(c)          TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY PARTY HERETO HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM THE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID TO EXECUTION, EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTEE.

 

Section 21. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTEE.

 

Section 22. Bankruptcy Petition. Indemnification Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the Final Payout Date, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, Recipient any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceeding under the Laws of the United States or any state of the United States.

 

Section 23. Miscellaneous. This Guarantee constitutes the entire agreement of Indemnification Guarantor and the Recipient with respect to the matters set forth herein. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by Law or any other agreement, and this Guarantee shall be in addition to any other guaranty of or collateral security for any of the Payment Obligations. The provisions of this Guarantee are severable, and in any action or proceeding involving any state corporate Law, or any state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other Law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the guarantee by the Indemnification Guarantor hereunder of the Payment Obligations of the Covered Entities would otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of Indemnification Guarantor’s liability under this Guarantee, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Guarantee to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by Indemnification Guarantor or Recipient, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding. Any provisions of this Guarantee which are 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 invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Any payments hereunder shall be made in full in Dollars without any setoff, deduction or counterclaim and the Indemnification Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall not be satisfied by any tender or recovery of another currency except to the extent such tender or recovery results in receipt of the full amount of Dollars required hereunder. Unless otherwise specified, references herein to “Section” shall mean a reference to sections of this Guarantee.

 

 

 

Section 24. Counterparts. This Guarantee may be executed in two or more counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Guarantee by telefacsimile or electronic image scan transmission (such as a “pdf” file) will be effective to the same extent as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Guarantee.

 

Section 25. USA Patriot Act. The Recipient hereby notifies the Indemnification Guarantor that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, the Recipient may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Indemnification Guarantor, which information includes the name, address, tax identification number and other information regarding the Indemnification Guarantor that will allow the Recipient to identify the Indemnification Guarantor in accordance with the PATRIOT Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the PATRIOT Act. The Indemnification Guarantor agrees to provide the Recipient, from time to time, with all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act.

 

Section 26. Setoff. The Recipient (and its assigns) is hereby authorized by Indemnification Guarantor at any time during the continuance of an Event of Termination, to setoff, appropriate and apply (without presentment, demand, protest or other notice which are hereby expressly waived) any deposits and any other indebtedness held or owing by the Recipient (including by any branches or agencies of the Recipient) to, or for the account of, the Indemnification Guarantor against amounts owing by the Indemnification Guarantor hereunder (even if contingent or unmatured); provided that the Recipient shall notify Indemnification Guarantor, as applicable, promptly following such setoff.

 

Section 27. Effect of Indemnification Guarantee. This Guarantee amends and restates in its entirety, as of the date hereof, the Indemnification Guarantee, dated as of September 13, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Prior Guarantee”), among the parties hereto. Upon the Recipient’s receipt of this Guarantee duly executed by the Indemnification Guarantor (the “Effective Date”), the terms and provisions of the Prior Guarantee shall, subject to this paragraph, be amended and restated hereby in their entirety. Notwithstanding the amendment and restatement of the Prior Guarantee by this Guarantee, the Indemnification Guarantor shall continue to be liable to the Recipient for the Payment Obligations which are accrued and unpaid under the Prior Guarantee on the date hereof. To the extent that any rights, benefits or provisions in favor of the Recipient existed in the Prior Guarantee and continue to exist in this Guarantee, then such rights, benefits or provisions are acknowledged to be and to continue to be effective from and after the date hereof. The Indemnification Guarantor agrees and acknowledges that any and all rights, remedies and payment provisions under the Prior Guarantee shall continue and survive the execution and delivery of this Guarantee. Upon the Effective Date, each reference to the Prior Guarantee in any Transaction Document, other document, instrument or agreement shall mean and be a reference to this Guarantee. Nothing contained herein, unless expressly herein stated to the contrary, is intended to amend, modify or otherwise affect any other instrument, document or agreement executed (including any Transaction Document) and/or delivered in connection with the Prior Guarantee.

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Indemnification Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

INDEMNIFICATION GUARANTOR:

 

nabors industries ltd.

 

By: /s/ Mark D. Andrews  
Name: Mark D. Andrews  
Title: Corporate Secretary  

 

 

 

Agreed to and accepted as of the date first above written:

 

RECIPIENT:

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

By: /s/ Chance Hausler  
Name: Chance Hausler  
Title: Executive Director