EX-4.6 4 h94645ex4-6.txt SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO TRUST INDENTURE EXHIBIT 4.6 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE"), dated as of January 4, 1999, among (i) GREY WOLF DRILLING COMPANY L.P., a Texas limited partnership, GREY WOLF LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company, and GREY WOLF HOLDINGS COMPANY, a Nevada corporation (collectively, the "NEW GUARANTORS"), each a subsidiary of GREY WOLF, INC. (formerly "DI Industries, Inc."), a Texas corporation (the "COMPANY"), (ii) the Company, (iii) the Guarantors (the "EXISTING GUARANTORS") under the Indenture referred to below, and (iv) CHASE BANK OF TEXAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the "TRUSTEE"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture (as such may be amended from time to time, the "INDENTURE"), dated as of May 8, 1998, providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000 of 8-7/8% Senior Notes due 2007, (the "SENIOR NOTES"); WHEREAS, SECTION 11.8 of the Indenture provides that the Company is required to cause the New Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantors shall jointly and severally and unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee all of the Company's Obligations under the Senior Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a Guarantee contained in the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and WHEREAS, pursuant to SECTION 10.1 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Company and the Existing Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture; NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Guarantors, the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Senior Notes as follows: 1. Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. (b) For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise herein expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (i) the terms and expressions used herein shall have the same meanings as corresponding terms and expressions used in the Indenture; and (ii) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereby" and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof. 2. Agreement to Guarantee. The New Guarantors hereby agree, jointly and severally and unconditionally and irrevocably, with all other Guarantors, to guarantee the Company's Obligations under the Senior Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 11 of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture. From and after the date hereof, the New Guarantors shall be Guarantors for all purposes under the Indenture and the Senior Notes. 3. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Senior Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. 4. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. 5. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. 6. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 7. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof. [SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE.] 2 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written. GREY WOLF DRILLING COMPANY L.P. GREY WOLF INTERNATIONAL, INC. DI ENERGY, INC. By: GREY WOLF HOLDINGS COMPANY, MURCO DRILLING CORPORATION its general partner By: By: ------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- Donald J. Guedry, Jr. Donald J. Guedry, Jr. Vice President and Treasurer Vice President and Treasurer of each of the foregoing companies CHASE BANK OF TEXAS, NATIONAL GREY WOLF LLC ASSOCIATION, as Trustee By: By: ------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- Donald J. Guedry, Jr. Name: Vice President and Treasurer -------------------------------------- Title: ------------------------------------- GREY WOLF HOLDINGS COMPANY By: ------------------------------------------------ Donald J. Guedry, Jr. Vice President and Treasurer GREY WOLF, INC. By: ------------------------------------------------ Donald J. Guedry, Jr. Vice President and Treasurer
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