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EXHIBIT 10.4

 

PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

THIS PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is dated June 13, 2011 (“Effective Date”), and is entered into by and among Husky Ventures, Inc. and any of its subsidiaries and Affiliates (“Husky”), a Delaware limited liability company, and Starboard Resources LLC and its successors and assignees (the “Participant”), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Participant”). Husky and Participant, are at times each individually referred to herein as a “Party” and are at times collectively referred to herein as the “Parties”.

WITNESSETH:

1.             Properties. Husky desires to grant the Participant the right to participate in the drilling of wells to explore for hydrocarbons on all of its current, existing, and future oil and gas properties, leases, rights and interests described on Exhibit A hereto, all in accordance with, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (“Properties”).

The Agreement will supersede the Participation Agreement between Husky Ventures, Inc. and Hunton Oil LLC dated September 6, 2009, and said Agreement shall be null and void and without affect for any purposes whatsoever.

2.             Working Interests.

(a)           General. Effective as of the Effective Date, Husky grants to the Participant the option, and not the obligation, to fund the cost and own a working interest (“WI”) in an equal amount up to 25% of 8/8ths working interest in whole or in part at the Participant’s sole election (“Participation Rights”) in any drilling, completion, re-entry, sidetracking, horizontal laterals, recompletion, workover, secondary recovery, or tertiary recovery or any other activity for the purpose of maintaining, enhancing or adding proved developed producing oil and gas reserves, and any other method of enhancing or adding proved developed producing oil and gas reserves (“Proposed Operations”) in the same zone or in a different zone that does not involve a Workover Operation (defined below), as applicable, in any well, in each case at the actual cost to Husky (a “heads-up” basis), which will include costs for geological, seismic or well consultants, logs, seismic information and other similar data needed to conduct any of the Proposed Operations, without, except as provided in Sections 2(g), 2(i) and 3 below, any additional fees paid to or charged by (i) Husky; and/or (ii) Gregg McDonald and Affiliates; and/or (iii) Westport Oil Company and its Affiliates (collectively “Interested Parties”), on any of the Properties or in any other well in which Husky has the right to participate, including non-operated wells (each a “Well”) except for those amounts to Interested Parties as included in Exhibit B. A workover operation (“Workover Operation”) shall be any operation such as pulling tubing or other maintenance operation that does not involve capital expenditures. For clarification purposes, the Participant’s failure to participate in any Well does not preclude such Participant from participating in any other Well.

 

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Participant will have the right of first offer (“ROFO”) as to one-half (1/2) of any interest acquired by Husky in the event third party investors exclusive of the Participation Rights permitted to participate in any well in the Properties inform Husky of their intention of foregoing future investment in wells. Under the ROFO, Husky must offer Participant one-half (1/2) of any additional working interest acquired by Husky on terms consistent with the Agreement.

The Participant shall be entitled to and shall be conveyed an undivided ownership interest (equivalent to its ownership in the ‘Well) in the well, all leasehold held by any Well and all equipment (including, but not limited to, storage tanks, pumpjacks, electric, pumping, production, transportation, gathering, processing equipment, and other related equipment), roads, and other assets and properties, including production, and contract rights and other rights in which it participates and associated with each Well (collectively, the “Related Assets”). The Participation Rights shall be restrictive covenants running with the land. The Parties’ rights and obligation in a particular Well and leasehold will be governed by this Agreement and any existing joint operating agreement (“Existing JOA”) that binds the applicable Properties; provided that, solely as between the Parties, this Agreement shall he considered to be controlling if there is a conflict between any provision of this Agreement and any JOA (as defined below). If there is no Existing JOA on a particular Property, lease or Well, then the joint operating agreement (the “New JOA” collectively with the Existing JOA, the “JOA”) in Exhibit C shall apply, which shall be in an industry standard form (e.g., AAP’, Form 610 from 1989). The New JOA will have a 500% non-consent penalty and will provide that the Participant will receive a title opinion with respect to the applicable Well in a form reasonably acceptable to the Participant in accordance with industry standard providing evidence of good and sufficient defensible title to the Properties to be assigned to the Participant to commence any proposed drilling in addition to any other title or similar opinions, including division order title opinions (collectively “Title Opinions”). Title Opinions shall be forwarded to the Participant in accordance with Notices within thirty (30) days of receipt by Husky. However, the Participant may waive the requirement of a Title Opinion for any Well at the Participant’s election. Each JOA shall list the participants (including in a Well and their working interest as part of the Appendix). Each Well’s location for any Proposed Operations will be subject to the applicable JOA in regards to proposal and acceptance by the Parties. The conveyance of any Properties to the Participant by Husky shall be free and clear of any and all mortgage liens and security interests.

(b)           Proposed Operations. For all Wells proposed by Husky, Husky shall provide a completed election notice in an industry standard form to be mutually agreed to by the Parties containing substantially the same information as provided in Exhibit D, and an Authority for Expenditure (“AFE”) containing substantially the same information as provided in Exhibit E prior to the initiation of any operation in which the Participant has Participation Rights and indicate the maximum WI available to the Participant (“Wl Election Notice”). No fees or other expenses other than the actual, reasonably incurred costs associated with the acquisition of leases, the Proposed Operations or Workover Operation, as applicable, of such Well shall be allocated to any Well, except as provided in Sections 2(g), 2(i), 3 and Exhibit “B” hereof Husky shall notify Participant of the dates when drilling and completion will begin. Prior to Spud of a Well, Husky will provide the Participant with copies of signed AFE’s, election letters or other written evidence that one hundred percent (100%) of the WI has been committed to the drilling of the Well.

 

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If the Participant elects not to participate in a Well by selecting “Participant DOES NOT elect to participate in the Well” in the Participant’s WI Election attached hereto as Exhibit F or does not respond within ten (10) Business Days of receipt to a WI Election Notice, such Participant shall be deemed to have not elected to participate in such Well (“Non-Electing Participant”). If the Participant is deemed to be a Non-Electing Participant based on a lack of a timely response to the WI Election Notice, Husky will have no further obligation to such Participant regarding such WI Election Notice and the Participant’s Participation Rights in such Well will terminate and all other Participant’s Participation Rights shall survive. Husky, however, will ascertain that the Participant received the WI Election Notice. The Non-Electing Participant shall reassign to Husky all leasehold interest and Related Assets it may own in the drilling and spacing unit attributed to the Well for which the Participant is deemed non-electing. The reassignment shall be made by Participant within ten (10) Business Days of a request for said reassignment by Husky and Husky shall reimburse Participant for all costs previously paid by the Participant for the acquisition of that interest within ten (10) Business Days of Husky’s receipt of the reassignment in recordable form.

Husky shall ensure that for each Well to be drilled by Husky as operator (“Husky Operated Wells”), the Participant will receive an AFE, a JOA, and the Spud date (defined in Section 10(a) below), all to be provided no less than thirty (30) days prior to the Spud of such Well or other beginning date of an operation on such Well, as applicable (“Spud Notice Period”). If the Spud Notice Period is not given by Husky, Participant will have the option to pay drilling and completion costs upon receipt of invoices and will not be obligated to fund any portion of the Cash Call (defined below) prior to receipt of invoices. Participant shall not be obligated to pay any costs of a Proposed Operation unless and until the Participant is provided with an AFE for said operation.

No AFE provided to a Participant shall have a contingency expense greater than fifteen percent (15%) of the expenditures covered by such AFE except for the expenditures related to New and Existing Acreage (each as defined in Section 3). Each AFE provided hereunder will contain commercially reasonable calculations and terms.

For all Wells, Husky shall ensure that any and all funds made available by Participant (“Participant’s Funds”) shall be held in a bank account(s) that contains funds relating only to the Wells and to Husky’s or any of its subsidiaries’ serving as operator thereof (and which may include (A) oil or gas proceeds held on account of, or for the benefit of, any third-party owner of oil or gas interests, or (B) taxes, charges, costs and expenses that are required to be paid on account of, or for the benefit of, any third-party owner of oil or gas interests), which shall not be commingled with other funds of Husky and its subsidiaries, and the Participant’s Funds for any Well shall be used to pay for actual, reasonably incurred costs and expenses associated with such Well listed on the applicable AFE. In addition, for all Husky Operated Wells, the Participant’s Funds shall be expended in accordance with a timetable provided to all working interest (“WI”) owners by Husky or as dictated by applicable vendor terms. Within fifteen (15) days of the end of each month through the final completion of a Well, Husky will provide to the Participant a copy of a bank statement reflecting the balance of the bank account in which Participant’s Funds are held. Any Cash Call provided to Husky for a Well that is not Spud ninety (90) days after the end of the Spud Notice Period shall be returned to the Participant in full and Husky will then provide the Participant another opportunity to participate in the same Well by providing the Participant with another WI Election Notice for the same Well and repeat the process described in this section. Husky shall ensure that each Participant shall have the right to audit such expenditures upon request.

 

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(c)           Drilling and Production Data. Husky will provide Participant information outlined in Exhibit G while drilling (“Drilling Well Information Requirements”).

Husky shall provide Participant with any and all production data provided to any of the other working interest owners in a Well. At a minimum, Husky shall ensure that Husky provides the Participant daily production for all Husky Operated Wells, individually and in total, on a daily basis from the date of first production through the final report in the third month of production and on a monthly basis thereafter (“Production Data”), which shall include, when available, choke size, flowing tubing pressure, flow rates, gas rates, oil production, water production, method of production (free flow, rod pumping, etc) and any reasons for a well that is offline. See Exhibit H for a complete list of requirements and reporting guidelines. Monthly pumpers’ reports shall be provided to Participant prior to the 10th of the succeeding month. The information required by this paragraph may be provided directly to Participant or may be made available to Participant through an online posting. In addition, Husky shall provide the Participant with the contact information for the pumper of each Well (“Pumper”) so that the Participant may contact the Pumper to request and obtain daily production reports directly from the field. If the Pumper fails to provide the information required by this paragraph, then Husky shall provide the information. If Husky or the Pumper fails to provide the information required by this paragraph, the obligation of the Participant to pay any amounts due (“Amounts Due”), including, but not limited to, JIBs and AFE’s, will be suspended until the information is provided to Participant. Participant will pay any Amounts Due that have been unpaid because of this provision within five (5) Business Days of the information being provided.

(d)           Proposed Wells. Husky shall propose, drill and complete a minimum of four (4) wells per calendar year (two wells from the Effective Date to December 31, 2011) until such time as all drilling and spacing units in the AMI have been drilled and completed (“Required Wells”). If Husky fails to propose, drill and complete any Required Wells in any calendar year as required hereunder (“Undrilled Wells”), Participant shall have the option to poll the working interest owners in the Undrilled Wells in an election to determine if Husky should be replaced as operator of such Undrilled Wells. Any Undrilled Wells shall be cumulative so that if, for example, there exist two (2) Undrilled Wells in year one and one (1) Undrilled Well in year two, Participant shall have the right, but not the obligation, to poll the working interest owners in the total of three (3) Undrilled Wells in an election to determine if Husky should be replaced as operator of such Undrilled Wells. In addition, if Husky will not timely drill the well Participant shall have the right, but not the obligation, to poll the working interest owners in any well that must be drilled to save leases in an election to determine if Husky should be replaced as operator to allow that well to be timely drilled to save leases. The provisions of the section shall not limit the right of the Participant to propose wells under the applicable JOA.

 

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(e)           Infrastructure, Transportation and Related Services. Husky shall ensure that all infrastructure, transportation and services related to any Well, including transportation, gathering, treating, processing, compression, storage, marketing and other methods required to bring the associated hydrocarbons to market (“Midstream Services”), will be provided to the Participant at Husky’s direct cost, without mark-up or fees, proportionately reduced, from the vendor providing such services (“Midstream Costs”). The Participant will not be responsible for any amount exceeding the Midstream Costs for Midstream Services. Husky shall take commercially reasonable actions necessary to ensure that each of the Wells will be provided Midstream Services. Husky shall provide the Participant drafts of all new Midstream Service contracts and any material amendments thereto prior to signing any contracts or amendments. Husky shall reasonably consider any suggestion promptly made by the Participant regarding any concerns related to the Midstream Service contracts and performance and Husky agrees to evaluate such in “good faith” and endeavor to implement such if beneficial to the WI owners.

(h)           Sequestration of Drilling Funds. Husky or the operator of such Well shall provide Notice to the Electing Participant for a cash call in an amount equal to the sum of each Electing Participant’s WI and any Additional WI to be received by the Electing Participant (collectively, “Elected WI”), multiplied by the amount of the AFE on an 8/8th’s basis (“Cash Call”). Participant must fund 25% of the Cash Call prior to Spud, 25% of the Cash Call prior to pressure pumping activities for the Completion, and the remaining 50% upon receipt of Drilling and Completion invoices and associated JIB. The funding of a Cash Call must be made within fifteen (15) Business Days of the Notice for the Cash Call. If the Participant fails to provide the Cash Call funds when due, Husky shall provide a notice to the Participant of such non-payment (“Non-Payment Notice”). If the Participant fails to provide the 25% of the Cash Call due prior to Spud or the 25% of the Cash Call due prior to pressure pumping activities for the Completion within three (3) Business Days after receipt of the Non-Payment Notice, then at Husky’s option, either: (a) the Participant shall be deemed to be a Non-Electing Participant; (b) the Participant’s WI will be prorated based upon the amount funded by the Participant relative to the actual cost of the Well; or (c) Husky may proceed to collect the unpaid JIBs by any legal means available to Husky with interest accruing on any unpaid amount at a rate of eighteen percent (18%) or the highest applicable permitted by law per annum beginning on the date the Cash Call was due until such amount is paid and the Participant will be in breach of this Agreement.

 

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For any Well in which the Participant exercises its Participation Rights, Husky will submit Joint Interest Billings (JIBs) to the Participant setting forth invoices due to vendors (“Invoice Notice”) and the Participant will disburse such payments to Husky for any amount not previously paid, and in accordance with this Agreement, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of an Invoice Notice. If within seven (7) Business Days, the Participant requests additional details regarding such invoices in “good faith,” payment shall be made to Husky within five (5) Business Days of the receipt of such additional details. If the Participant fails to provide funds when due for a Well, Husky shall provide a Non-Payment Notice to the Participant. Thereafter, if the Participant fails to provide the said funds within three (3) Business Days after receipt of the Non-Payment Notice, then at Husky’s option, either: (a) the Participant’s WI: (i) for any Husky Operated Wells, will be prorated based upon the amount funded by the Participant relative to the actual cost of the Well or (ii) for any Non-Operated Wells, subject to the applicable JOA; or (b) Husky may proceed to collect the unpaid JIBS by any legal means available to Husky with interest accruing on any unpaid amount at a rate of eighteen percent (18%) or the highest applicable permitted by law per annum beginning on the expiration of such three day period until such amount is paid and the Participant will be in breach of this Agreement.

If actual drilling costs exceed the AFE funded, the Participant shall fund its portion of said overages in accordance with the provisions of the JOA and if actual drilling costs are less than the AFE funded, Husky shall repay the Participant such amount as quickly as possible and no later than thirty (30) days after drilling operations cease. If Participant has not received such repayment within such 30-day period, the Participant shall give Husky written notice of said failure and Husky shall have five (5) Business Days from receipt of said notice to make such repayment. If the Participant has not received such repayment within such five (5) day period, interest will accrue on any unpaid amount at a rate of eighteen percent (18%) or the highest applicable permitted by law per annum beginning on the expiration of such five (5) clay period until such amount is paid and Husky shall be in breach of this Agreement.

(g)           Compensation. (i) Husky Compensation. As compensation for its services in developing the Prospects and acting as operator for Proposed Operations and Workover Operations of each Well, Husky shall receive a 5% carried interest on all actual and reasonable drilling and completion costs incurred (“Carry Amount”), up to a total of $4,000,000.00 of total drilling and completion costs incurred per Well. If more than $4,000,000.00 of drilling and completion costs are incurred in any Well, Husky shall only be entitled to the Carry Amount for the costs exceeding $4,000,000.00 if the Well produces not less than 325 barrels of oil equivalent per day for any thirty (30) days in the first one hundred and twenty (120) days of production. In no event shall Husky be entitled to the Carry Amount for any drilling and completion costs incurred in excess of $5,000,000.00 for any Well. Husky will then own a 5% working interest, proportionately reduced, in the Well. Such Carry Amount, however, shall not reduce the Participant’s Elected WI. The Participant shall not be required to pay any charges for supervision by Charles V. Long, Jr. (ii) Geological Fee. Exhibit “B” attached hereto calls for the one time payment of a Geological Fee of $20,000.00 for the North Cimarron Prospect. The Participant shall pay its proportionate share of the Geological Fee as part of the payment for the Corwin Well described in Section 2(j) hereof.

 

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(h)           Royalty Burdens. (i) No Interested Parties, except for those amounts to Interested Parties as included in Exhibit B, has been or shall be granted any royalty interest or any overriding royalty interests (“ORRI”) or royalty interest rights (collectively, “Royalty Burdens”) with respect to any of the Properties, unless agreed in writing by the Parties; and (ii) neither of the Parties have any other obligation (oral or in writing) to grant any Royalty Burdens with respect to the Properties. Additionally, the Parties will not grant any Royalty Burdens with respect to the Properties to any individual or entity except to the mineral owner or leasehold owner from whom a farmout is obtained in connection with the acquisition of such Properties, unless agreed in writing by the Parties. A minimum of 75.0% (proportionately reduced) Net Revenue Interest (“NR1”) will be delivered to the Participant on the Properties as herein described after any and all Royalty Burdens. On any farmed in, leased or pooled acreage which is jointly acquired by the Parties, the NRI shall be equal to the NRI associated with each of the Properties prior to any ORRI’s except as provided in Section 2(i) herein.

(i)            Geologist ORRI’s. All references to ORRI’s in this Section 2(i) are to be proportionately reduced. On any leasehold interest acquired at less than or equal to a 81.25% NRI (proportionately reduced), the Geologist will receive an ORRI based on HUSKY’s existing obligations as follows: (i) a 2% ORRI for leases providing less than or equal to an 81.25% NRI and greater than or equal to an 80% NRI; (ii) a 1% ORRI for leases providing less than an 80% NRI but greater than a 75% NRI; and (iii) a 0% proportionately reduced ORRI for leases less than or equal to a 75% NRI. In addition, any NRI that is greater than 81.25% will be split one-third (1/3) to the 100% WI owners and two-thirds (2/3) to the Geologist. For example, if the NRI is 85.25%, the WI owners shall receive an 80.58% NRI [79.25% + (85.25% - 81.25%)/3], and the Geologist shall receive a 2.66% ORRI.

(j)            Prior Well Working Interests. The Farland (Section 31-16N-4W), Robinson (W/2 of Section 30-16N-4W), William (E/2 and NW//4 of Section 6-15N-4W), Naomi (W/2 of Section 29-16N-4W), Olin (W/2 of Section 20-16N-4W) and Bridal (W/2 of Section 5-I5N-4W) wells have already been drilled and Participant has participated in those wells (collectively, “Existing Wells”). Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Participant elects to participate with a 25% working interest in the Hancock Well (E/2 of Section 20-16N-4W) and the Corwin Well (W/2 of Section 34-17N-5W). The Participant shall pay the Cash Calls pursuant to Section 2(f) hereof within one (1) Business Day of the execution of this Agreement for the Hancock Well and within one (1) Business Day of the execution of this Agreement for the Corwin Well. Failure of the Participant to pay these costs within these time periods shall deem the Participant to be a Non-Electing Participant in these wells. Within thirty (30) days of the execution of this Agreement, the Participant shall pay the Carry Amount for the final completion costs in the Robinson, Olin, and Naomi Wells to Husky. The Participant agrees to pay the proportionate share of the final completion costs not already paid including the Carry Amount in the Bridal and William Wells within thirty (30) days of the receipt of invoices. Participant shall not he required to pay the Carry Amounts on the final completions of the Robinson, Olin and Naomi Wells until the previously raised accounting issues are resolved to the parties’ satisfaction or until such time as these accounting issues are resolved by the procedure outlined in Section 2.m. below.

 

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(k)           Oil and Gas Revenue Payment. Husky shall direct oil and gas revenues to be paid directly to Participant by the respective marketing company for oil sales and gas sales.

(l)            Operations review. Participant may request an operations review (“Operations Review”) once each year, and Husky must conduct the Operations Review within 30 days. Husky must present data on LOE costs, plans to minimize operational costs, and future well operations. Husky must run a fluid level test on any well upon request, which must be completed within 30 days. If the Participant requests more than one (1) fluid test annually, Participant shall be responsible for all costs related to any fluid test run more than once annually. Husky shall not be required to run a fluid test on any well that is flowing without artificial lift. Participant is permitted to propose operations to minimize LOEs or improve field efficiency. Failure to conduct the Operations Review if requested by Participant will result in LOEs being placed in escrow until the Operations Review has been completed, at which time the entire escrow account will be paid to Husky.

(m)           Accounting. Husky shall provide to the Participant within forty (40) days of the end of each month copies of all invoices for drilling, completion and JIBs through the Wolfepak Software Document Imaging System. Participant shall have the option at Participant’s cost to annually audit the books and records of Husky with regard to any well(s) in which the Participant participates. The Participant may provide Husky with a list of particular expenses for which it may have questions or for which it may believe have been improperly accounted for (“Questioned Items”). The notice of the Questioned Items will provide sufficient detail to allow Husky to investigate the issues raised with regard to the Questioned Items. Husky shall have forty-five (45) days from receipt of the notice of Questioned Items to respond to the Questioned Items and make corrections, if determined necessary. The Parties shall thereafter have thirty (30) days to reach an agreement as to the disposition of the Questioned Items. If such agreement is not reached, either party may request an audit of the disputed Questioned Items by an independent auditor. If the independent auditor finds a majority of the disputed Questioned Items should be adjusted according to the request of the Participant, Husky shall pay the cost of the audit. If the independent auditor finds a majority of the disputed Questioned Items should not be adjusted according the request of the Participant, the Participant shall pay the cost of the audit.

 

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(n)           Existing Leasehold Costs. For all existing leasehold for which the Participant has not paid its proportionate share of costs, Husky shall provide the Participant with a title opinion with respect to that leasehold in a form reasonably acceptable to the Participant in accordance with industry standard providing evidence of good and sufficient defensible title to the working interest to be assigned to the Participant; however, the Participant may waive the requirement of the title opinion at Participant’s election. Husky shall invoice the Participant for all costs at cost basis; however, for clarification purposes shall exclude any amounts to Husky and any Affiliates, but shall include actual landman, broker, attorney or other third party related costs. The Participant shall then pay Husky the amount of said invoices within 10 Business Days of receipt of an invoice for the portion of the leasehold for which is documented as not having any title related issues that impair defensible title to the working interest acquired or to be acquired by the Participant as provided in the written title opinion provided by an attorney or the Participant shall be deemed to have elected not to acquire that leasehold and shall have no other rights thereto. If a title attorney in good standing in the State of Oklahoma provides written notice that leasehold is documented as not having any title related issues that impair defensible title to the working interest, than that statement by the title attorney shall be accepted by the Parties. In addition, the Participant shall pay Husky $10.00 per net acre as a management fee for overseeing the purchase of this leasehold. If Husky has not assigned that leasehold to the Participant, than Husky shall do so within 30 days after payment in full by the Participant for the cost of acquiring the leasehold. If Husky fails to provide the assignment as required by this paragraph, the obligation of the Participant to pay any JIBs will be suspended until the assignment is provided. Participant will pay any JIBs that have been unpaid because of this provision within five (5) days of the assignment being provided.

(o)            Expiring Leases. Husky shall provide Participant with at least six month’s notice of any expiring leases regarding the Properties.

3.            Acquisition of Acreage; Reimbursement of Land Costs. Acreage acquired by Husky or through a third party and not already owned or acquired by Participant (“New Acreage”) shall be billed to the Participant on a ground floor, at cost basis; however, for clarification purposes, shall exclude any payments or amounts to Husky, but shall include actual landman, broker, attorney or other third party related costs, each not to exceed market rates. The Participant shall reimburse Husky for such Participant’s proportionate share of such Well’s actual lease bonuses, landman and attorney costs and fees, and title work costs associated with any New Acreage after the Effective Date and for which is documented as not having any title related issues that impair defensible title to the New Acreage and WI to be assigned to the Participant as provided in a written title opinion provided by an attorney. If a title attorney in good standing in the State of Oklahoma provides written notice that leasehold is documented as not having any title related issues that impair defensible title to the Properties, then that statement by the title attorney shall be accepted by the Parties. Said reimbursement to Husky shall be made by the Participant within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of invoices reflecting said costs or the Participant shall be deemed to have elected not to acquire that leasehold and shall have no other rights thereto. In addition, the Participant will pay Husky ten dollars ($10.00) per net acre as a management fee for overseeing the purchase of such New Acreage. Once Participant has made the payments for New Acreage with respect to a specific acre around a Well, it will not be required to make the same or additional payment for such acre in the future even if additional wells are drilled on that New Acreage, as the case may be.

 

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A lease schedule in Excel format (“Lease Schedule”) which includes all leases taken by Husky or on behalf of Husky by its designated landman, will be provided to Participant upon request, but no more than on a Quarterly basis.

4.            Well and Equipment Assignment. Within thirty (30) days after payment in full by the Participant of the actual Well Costs for a particular Well (an “Assignment Deadline”), Husky shall:

(a)           execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Participant an assignment in an industry standard form to be mutually agreed upon by the Parties (an, “Assignment”, attached as Exhibit I) conveying the interest equal to such Participant’s WI in the applicable Well, Related Assets, and other Properties;

(b)           execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Participant forms of conveyance or assignment as required by the applicable authorities for transfers of interests in any state, federal or Indian leases included in the relevant Properties and, if reasonably requested by the Participant, other forms of conveyance;

(c)           execute and deliver to the Participant letters in lieu of transfer orders (or similar documentation), in a form acceptable to both Parties; and

(d)           execute and deliver to the Participant an affidavit or other certification (as permitted by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) that it is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445 (or similar provisions) of the Code.

Husky shall preserve at its offices or at a storage facility nearby all of the lease files, abstracts and title opinions, division order files, production records, well files, accounting records (but not including general financial accounting or tax accounting records which do not particularly relate to the Properties), and other similar files and records which relate to the Properties. Husky will allow the Participant access (including, without limitation, the right to make copies at the Participant’s expense) to such files at all reasonable times during normal business hours and at the Participant’s request. Husky shall not dispose of such files prior to two (2) years after the plugging of a well without the prior written consent of the Participant after providing the Participant with an opportunity to receive delivery of such files. If Husky fails to provide an Assignment to a Participant on or prior to the applicable Assignment Deadline with respect to a Well, and such Participant has given Husky five (5) Business Days prior written notice of the failure to deliver such Assignment, then the Participant shall be permitted to tile a mechanics lien covering such interest subject to such Assignment until Husky provides such Assignment to such Participant. In addition, if Husky fails to provide the Assignment required by this paragraph, the obligation of the Participant to pay any JIBs will be suspended until the Assignment is provided. Participant will pay any JIBs that have been unpaid because of this provision within five (5) days of the information being provided.

 

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5.            Representations and Warranties.

(a)            Participants. The Participant represents and warrants to Husky as of the date hereof that:

(i)           Organization; Power. Such Participant is a validly existing limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as applicable, and has all requisite partnership, limited liability company or corporate power and authority, as applicable, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

(ii)          Due Authorization. This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary partnership, limited liability company or corporate action of such Participant, as applicable, and no further consent or authorization is required by such Participant, its general partner, limited partners, directors, stockholders, managers, members or other equity holders. Neither this Agreement nor any of the transactions provided for herein, violates (A) any provision of such Participant’s certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation or certificate of incorporation, limited partnership agreement, operating agreement or bylaws, or similar organizational documents, (B) any agreement by which such Participant or any of its properties is bound, or (C) any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation or judicial order applicable to such Participant or its properties, except in the case of (B) or (C) as would not have a material adverse effect on such Participant’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Participant and is legal, valid and binding on such Participant and enforceable against such Participant in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent transfer, preference and other laws and equitable principles affecting the scope and enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

(iii)         Litigation. To the best knowledge of Hunton, there are no pending claims, suits, actions or other proceedings in which the Participant is a party (or, to its respective knowledge, which have been threatened to be instituted against it or its Properties) which affect the Properties (including, without limitation, any actions challenging or pertaining to its respective title to any of the Properties), or affecting the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or the Parties’ performance of their obligations hereunder.

 

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(b)           Husky. Husky represents and warrants to the Participant as of the date hereof that:

 

(i)           Organization; Power. Husky is a validly existing limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as applicable, and has all requisite partnership, limited liability company or corporate power and authority, as applicable, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

(ii)         Due Authorization. This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary partnership, limited liability company or corporate action of Husky, as applicable, and no further consent or authorization is required by Husky, its general partner, limited partners, directors, stockholders, managers, members or other equity holders. Neither this Agreement nor any of the transactions provided for herein, violates (A) any provision of Husky’s certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation or certificate of incorporation, limited partnership agreement, operating agreement or bylaws, or similar organizational documents, (B) any agreement by which Husky or any of its properties is bound, or (C) any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation or judicial order applicable to Husky or its properties, except in the case of (B) or (C) as would not have a material adverse effect on Husky’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Husky and is legal, valid and binding on Husky and enforceable against Husky in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent transfer, preference and other laws and equitable principles affecting the scope and enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

(iii)         Litigation. To the best knowledge of Husky, there are no pending liens, claims, suits, actions, investigations or other proceedings in which Husky is a party (or, to its respective knowledge, which have been threatened to be instituted against it or its Properties) which affect the Properties (including, without limitation, any actions challenging or pertaining to its respective title to any of the Properties), or affecting the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or the Parties’ performance of their obligations hereunder, except a mechanics and materialmens lien filed on May 7, 2010, in Book 2184 at Page 46 of the Logan County records with regard to the Robinson 1-30H Well, said lien having expired by its own terms without an action filed to enforce that lien, and an inquiry by the Texas state securities commission earlier in 2011,

(iv)        Royalty Burdens. None of the interested Parties have been or shall be granted any Royalty Burdens with respect to any of the Existing Wells or Properties, except for the Geologist ORRI’s as permitted herein. Neither HUSKY nor any of its Affiliates has any other obligation (oral or in writing) to grant any Royalty Burdens with respect to the Existing Wells or Properties. Husky further represents that no additional Royalty Burdens were attached to the Properties other than the mineral owner royalty interests and the Royalty Burden associated with the Properties has not changed since Husky indirectly or directly acquired the Properties from the mineral owner. Additionally, no additional Royalty Burdens shall be granted to or by Husky with respect to the Properties in respect to the Participant’s undivided leasehold.

 

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(iv)        Financial Interests. Husky shall ensure that none of their officers, directors, managers or employees has a direct or indirect financial interest in any contractor (each a “Well Contractor”) working on any Well unless such interest is disclosed and approved by the Participant prior to such Well Contractor being employed. Husky shall also ensure that none of their officers, directors, managers or employees directly or indirectly requests or receives from a Well Contractor any commissions, gifts or compensation of any type or value.

 

(v) Consents. No consent, approval, authorization or permit of, waiver by or filing with or notification to, any Person is required for or in connection with the execution and delivery by Husky of this Agreement and the other agreements, documents and instruments executed in connection herewith to which either of them is a party or in connection with the performance by Husky of the terms and conditions contemplated hereby and thereby.

(vi)        Lease Obligations. To the best knowledge of Husky, Husky is not in breach under the terms of any of the mineral leases which comprise a part of the Properties (the “Leases”); no other party is in breach thereunder and all such Leases are in full force and effect; there has not occurred any event, fact or circumstance, which, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute a breach or default under any Lease on behalf of it or any other party. Husky has not received any claims or demands (whether written or oral) that royalties or other payments due under any Leases have not been properly and timely paid, or that any conditions necessary to keep the Leases in force have not been fully performed.

(vii)       Calls on Production; Hedging. No Person has any call upon, option to purchase, or similar rights with respect to production from the Properties. There are no hedging contracts or similar contracts currently in place related to production from the Properties and Husky will not enter such on behalf of the Participant and the Participant’s WI’s.

(viii)      P&A. There is no Well that Husky is currently or in the near future will be obligated by law or contract to plug and abandon on any of the Properties.

(ix)        Maintenance of Properties. The Properties, including without limitation, the Wells and the Equipment, are being, now and in the future, (and, to the extent the same could adversely affect the ownership or operation of the Properties after the date hereof, have in the past during Husky’s ownership thereof been) maintained in a good and workmanlike manner in all material respects, in accordance with prudent industry standards and in conformity with all applicable laws and in conformity with all contracts. All Wells have the appropriate and necessary infrastructure in place and/or available for the marketing, transportation and processing of natural gas therefrom.

 

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(x)         Taxes. Husky has filed all tax returns required by applicable laws with respect to its respective interests in the Properties due on or prior to the Effective Date. Husky has not received written notice of any pending claim against it or its interest in any of the Properties from any applicable taxing authority for assessment of taxes with respect to the Properties. Husky’s respective interests in the Properties are not subject to tax partnership recording for federal income tax purposes.

(xi)        Books and Records. All accounts, books, ledgers, operating information, data and official and other financial records necessary for the operation of the Properties, including without limitation, the Wells and the Equipment (the “Books and Records”), during Husky’s ownership of the Properties, now and in the future, will he fully, properly and accurately kept and complete in all material respect.

(xii)        Environmental. To the best knowledge of Husky, (i) Husky has not, and no other Person has, generated, used, treated, disposed of, released or stored Hazardous Materials (defined below) on, or transported Hazardous Materials in any material quantities to or from, any of the Properties; (ii) Husky is in compliance with applicable environmental laws and the requirements of any permits issued under such environmental laws with respect to the Properties; and (iii) there are no pending or threatened claims, suits, demands, investigations, proceedings or other actions relating to any applicable environmental law with respect to the Properties, nor is there a reasonable basis for any such actions. To the best knowledge of Husky, none of the Equipment on the Properties is leaking as of the Effective Date nor have any such leaks occurred that have not been remediated. For purposes of this Agreement, “Hazardous Materials” shall mean all hazardous substances, wastes, materials or constituents, solid wastes, special wastes, toxic substances, pollutants, contaminants, radioactive materials, urea formaldehyde, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and related materials, including, without limitation, any such materials defined, listed, identified under or described in any applicable environmental laws.

(xiii)       Insurance. Husky maintains and will continue to maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as required by the JOA and as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar business operating in the same or similar locations. Additionally and for the avoidance of doubt, from and after the Effective Date, Husky shall include the Participant as additional insureds on all insurance policies relating to the Properties in which the Participant elects to participate.

(xviii)    No Untrue Statements.To the best knowledge of Husky, no representation or warranty of Husky contained in this Agreement or any statement or information made by or provided by Husky contained in any schedule, exhibit, certificate, written statement, document or instrument, or other information attached to, delivered or required to be delivered by Husky pursuant to this Agreement contains any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading or necessary in order to fully and fairly provide the information required to be provided in any such document.

 

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6.             Indemnification Actions. All claims for indemnification under Section 7 shall be asserted and resolved as follows:

(a)           To make a claim for indemnification under Section 7, an Indemnified Person shall notify the Indemnifying Person of its claim, including the basis under this Agreement for its claim (the “Claim Notice”), If the claim for indemnification is based upon a claim by a third party against the Indemnified Person (a “Claim”), the Indemnified Person shall provide its Claim Notice promptly after the Indemnified Person has actual knowledge of the Claim and shall enclose a copy of all papers (if any) served with respect to the Claim; provided that the failure of any Indemnified Person to give notice of a Claim as provided in this Section 6(a) shall not relieve the Indemnifying Person of its obligations under Section 7 except to the extent (and only to the extent of any incremental Damages incurred) such failure results in insufficient time being available to permit the Indemnifying Person to effectively defend against the Claim or otherwise materially prejudices the Indemnifying Person’s ability to defend against the Claim.

(b)           In the case of a claim for indemnification based upon a Claim, the Indemnifying Person shall have fifteen (15) days from its receipt of the Claim Notice to notify the Indemnified Person whether or not it agrees to indemnify and defend the Indemnified Person against such Claim under this Section 6. The Indemnified Person is authorized, prior to and during such fifteen (15) day period, to file any motion, answer, or other pleading that it shall reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to protect its interests or those of the Indemnifying Person.

(c)            If the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Person, the Indemnifying Person shall have the right and obligation to diligently defend, at its sole cost and expense, the Claim. The Indemnifying Person shall have control of such defense and proceedings except to the extent the Indemnified Person reasonably believes that there might be a conflict of interest between such Indemnified Person and the Indemnifying Person in connection with such Claim, in which case the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to maintain separate counsel at the Indemnifying Person’s expense and the Indemnified Person shall have full control of such defense and proceedings. The Indemnified Person may participate in, but not control, at its sole cost and expense, any defense or settlement of any Claim controlled by the Indemnifying Person pursuant to this Section 6. An Indemnifying Person shall not, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, settle any Claim or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect thereto that (i) does not result in a final resolution of the Indemnified Person’s liability with respect to the Claim (including, in the case of a settlement, an unconditional written release of the Indemnified Person from all liability in respect of such Claim) or (ii) may adversely affect the Indemnified Person or any of its Affiliates or any of their assets (other than as a result of money damages covered by the indemnity).

 

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(d)           If the Indemnifying Person does not agree to indemnify the Indemnified Person within the fifteen (15) day period specified in Section 6(b), fails to give notice to the Indemnified Person within such fifteen (15) day period regarding its election, or if the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify, but fails to diligently defend or settle the Claim, then the Indemnified Person shall have the right to defend against the Claim (at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Person, if the Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification hereunder), with counsel of the Indemnified Person’s choosing.

(e)            In the case of a claim for indemnification not based upon a Claim, the Indemnifying Person shall have fifteen (15) days from its receipt of the Claim Notice to (i) cure the Damages complained of (ii) agree to indemnify the Indemnified Person for such Damages; or (iii) dispute the claim for such Damages. If such Indemnifying Person does not respond to such Claim Notice within such fifteen (15) day period, such Person will be conclusively deemed obligated to provide such indemnification hereunder.

7.           Commissions. As to any future commissions or the like not set forth in this Agreement, each Party agrees to indemnify, defend and hold the other Parties (and their respective Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys, contractors and agents of such persons) harmless from and against any and all claims, actions, causes of action, liabilities, damages, losses, costs or expenses (including, without limitation, court costs and reasonable attorneys fees) of any kind or character arising out of or resulting from any agreement, arrangement or understanding alleged to have been made by, or on behalf of, such Party with any broker or finder in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

8.            Notices. All notices and other communications required under this Agreement shall (unless otherwise specifically provided herein) be in writing and he delivered personally, by recognized commercial courier or delivery service which provides a receipt, or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid), at the following addresses:

 

	If to Participant:	
Starboard Resources LLC

	 	
300 E. Sonterra Blvd., Suite 1220

	 	
San Antonio, TX 78258

	 	
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

	 	
Tel: (210) 999-5400 Ext. XXXXX

	 	
Fax No.: XXXXXXXXXXXX

	 	
Attention: Mike Pawelek

 

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	With a copy to:	
Hunton Oil LLC

	 	
c/o ASYM

	 	
1055 Washington Boulevard, Suite 410

	 	
Stamford, CT 06901

	 	
Email: XXXXXXXXXXXX

	 	
Tel: (203) 595-5600 Ext. XXXXXXXXXXXX

	 	
Fax No.: XXXXXXXXXXXX

	 	
Attention: Greg Imbruce

	 	  
	 	
Hunton Oil LLC

	 	
c/o ASYM — Director of Operations

	 	
1055 Washington Boulevard, Suite 410

	 	
Stamford, CT 06901

	 	
Email: XXXXXXXXXXXX

	 	
Attention: Andrew Lee

	 	  
	If to Husky:	
Husky Ventures, Inc.

	 	
204 N. Robinson, Suite 1800

	 	
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

	 	
Email: XXXXXXXXXXXX

	 	
Tel: XXXXXXXXXXXX

	 	
Fax No.: XXXXXXXXXXXX

	 	
Attention: Charles V. Long Jr.

 

and shall be considered delivered on the date of receipt if a Business Day or, if not a Business Day, on the first Business Day after the date of receipt. Each Party may specify as its proper address any other post office address within the continental limits of the United States by giving notice to the other Parties, in the manner provided in this Section, at least ten (10) days prior to the effective date of such change of address.

9.             Survival of Provisions. All representations and warranties made herein by the Parties shall be continuing and shall survive the Effective Date and the delivery of an Assignment for a period of two (2) years after the Effective Date. The obligations of the Parties under Section 7 shall (subject to any limitations set forth therein) survive the Effective Date until the expiration of any applicable statute of limitations.

10.           Miscellaneous Matters.

(a)            Additional Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:

(i)          “AAA” means the American Arbitration Association.

(ii)         “Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person, any natural person related by blood, law or marriage to any other natural person associated with a Party or any related party.

 

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(iii)       “Business Day” means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the States of New York or Oklahoma or is a day on which banking institutions located in such states are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

(iv)        “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise) (i) to vote more than 50% of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person.

(v)         “Day” means any day, unless stated otherwise.

(vi)        “Person” means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, joint ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities.

(vii)       “Spud” means the date the rotary drilling bit touches ground.

(b)            Further Assurances. At any time after the Effective Date, each Party shall within ten (10) Business Days of a request of another Party, execute and deliver, and shall otherwise cause to be executed and delivered, from time to time, such further instruments, notices, division orders, transfer orders and other documents, and do such other and further acts and things, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to more fully and effectively grant, convey and assign the Properties to the Participant or otherwise to confirm or carry out the provisions of this Agreement.

(c)            Dispute Resolution.

(i)          Any dispute, controversy or claim (“Dispute”) arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement, including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, or regarding a breaCh hereof which cannot be resolved by good faith discussions among the Parties within thirty (30) days (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Parties) shall be referred by any Party to, and shall be finally settled by, arbitration under and in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the AAA (the “Rules”). A Dispute shall be deemed arisen when either Party notifies the other in writing to that effect. The governing law of any such arbitration is set forth in Section 16.

(ii)         The place of arbitration shall be in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and the award shall be deemed to have been made there. The arbitration tribunal shall consist of one arbitrator appointed in accordance with the Rules. Arbitration shall be in English. The decision of the arbitrator shall include a statement of reasons for such decision, the award shall be final and binding on the Parties, and judgment thereon may be entered in any court having jurisdiction for its enforcement. In connection with such enforcement, the Parties will submit to the non­exclusive jurisdiction of the state or federal courts found in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, waive any objections to venue in such courts and, to the extent necessary to accomplish the foregoing, enter into such agreements as are necessary to appoint an agent for the service of process in connection with such an enforcement action.

 

 

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(iii)       The prevailing Party shall be entitled to its costs of the arbitration proceedings and any litigation related to the arbitration or this Agreement, including, but not limited to, those costs directly and indirectly associated with expert witnesses, translators and attorneys’ fees.

11.           Parties Bear Own Expenses. Each Party shall bear and pay all expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees) incurred by it in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

12.           Payments. If a Party makes a payment for or on behalf of another Party or is owed monies with respect to any expense, cost or other item for which the other Party is responsible hereunder or otherwise, the other Party shall reimburse the Party making the payment promptly within ten (10) business Days after receipt of evidence of such payment. Operating expenses on monthly JIBS will be paid by Participant to Husky ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the JIB, provided charges included in such JIB are (i) reasonable, (ii) at market rates, (iii) invoices related to such charges are made available to Participant upon request by Participant, and (iv) such charges are in accordance with this Agreement.

13.           Insurance. Intentionally left blank.

14.           Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations, and discussions among the parties with respect to such subject matter, except that certain Release entered into by the Parties hereto and other Persons on even date hereof, said Release to accompany and survive this Agreement. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and any of the JOAs, the provisions of this Agreement shall be controlling as between the Parties.

15.           Amendments, Waivers. This Agreement may he amended, modified, supplemented, restated or discharged (and provisions hereof may be waived) only by an instrument in writing signed by the Party against whom enforcement of the amendment, modification, supplement, restatement or discharge (or waiver) is sought.

 

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16.           Choice of Law. Without regard to principles of conflicts of law, this Agreement, shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York. Any arbitration that may be conducted under the terms of this Agreement shall be conducted in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

17.           Headings, Time of Essence. The descriptive headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement. Within this Agreement words of any gender shall be held and construed to cover any other gender, and words in the singular shall be held and construed to cover the plural, unless the context otherwise requires. “Time is of the Essence” in this Agreement.

18.           Successors and Assigns. Subject to the limitation on assignment contained in the following sentence, the Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and assigns. No Party shall have the right to assign its rights under this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the other Parties first having been obtained. Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything otherwise provided in Section 12, Participant may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to an Affiliate thereof or an account managed by the investment advisor or manager of Participant or Starboard Resources LLC, respectively (a “Managed Account”), without any Party’s prior written consent.

19.           Counterpart Execution. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which are identical and all of which constitute one and the same instrument. It shall not be necessary for any of the Parties to sign the same counterpart. The execution of delivery of this Agreement may be evidenced by facsimile or scanned email, which shall be binding upon the Parties.

20.           No Third Party Beneficiary Rights. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7, this Agreement is not intended to and shall not be construed to give any Person other than the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns any interest or rights (including, without limitation, any third party beneficiary rights) with respect to or in connection with any agreement or provision contained herein or contemplated hereby.

21.           Publicity. Except as otherwise required by applicable laws or regulations, no Party shall issue any press release or make any other public statement, in each case relating to or connected with or arising out of this Agreement or the matters contemplated hereby, without obtaining the prior written approval of the other Parties hereto to the contents and the manner of presentation and publication thereof.

22.           Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transaction contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled.

 

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23.           Not to be Construed Against the Drafter. Each Party acknowledges that it has read this Agreement, has had the opportunity to review it with an attorney of its choice, and has agreed to all of its terms. Under these circumstances, the Parties agree that the rule of construction that a contract be construed against the drafter shall not be applied in interpreting this Agreement.

24.           Memorandum. To give record notice of this Agreement, the Participant may file a memorandum of this Agreement, in an industry standard form to be mutually agreed upon by the Parties, in any county in the State of Oklahoma, or in any county in any other state where Husky acquires Properties that are subject to this Agreement.

25.           Cure Period. Each Party will have three (3) Business Days following receipt of notice from the Party providing notice to cure such defect, unless herein stated otherwise.

26.           Remedy. Except as may be cured by Husky during the cure periods provided herein, any violations of the Agreement by Husky shall (i) be considered “good cause” under Article V.B. of the JOA for the Participant to poll the owners in the wells in an election to determine if Husky should be replaced as operator; (ii) except where there are specific provisions for collection elsewhere in this Agreement, Participant may proceed to collect any amounts owed to Participant by Husky under this Agreement by any legal means available to Participant with interest accruing on a daily basis on any unpaid amount at a rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum or the highest annual interest rate permitted by law beginning on the date of such event until such amount is paid by Husky.

27.           Best Efforts. The Parties hereto must act on “best efforts” basis hereunder, unless stated otherwise. “Best efforts” shall not be considered as affecting the Participant’s right to elect to become a Non-Electing Participant.

28.           Additional Information. Any information required hereunder that Husky has not provided to Participant through the Effective Date shall be provided to Participant within 60 days from the date of the execution of this Agreement, which shall include, but not be limited to, Division Order Title Opinions. Any information required hereunder and received by Husky after the Effective Date shall be provided to Participant within thirty (30) days of the date of the execution of this Agreement or thirty (30) days of receipt, unless herein stated otherwise.

(SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS.)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed by the Parties on December 13, 2011.

	STARBOARD RESOURCES LLC	 	HUSKY VENTURES, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 
	
By:

	 	 	By:	 	 
	Name:	
Mike Pawelek

	 	Name: 	
Charles V. Long Jr.

	 
	Title: 	President	 	Title:	President	 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT 10.5.1

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

 

dated as of July 26, 2012

 

 

among

 

Starboard Resources, Inc.

 

 

as Borrower,

 

Mutual of Omaha Bank

 

as Administrative Agent,

 

 

and

 

The Lenders Party Hereto

 

 

  

  

  

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I

Definitions and Accounting Matters

 

	
  

	
Section 1.01

	
Terms Defined Above

	
1

 

	
  

	
Section 1.02

	
Certain Defined Terms

	
1

 

	
  

	
Section 1.03

	
Terms Generally; Rules of Construction

	
20

 

	
  

	
Section 1.04

	
Accounting Terms and Determinations; GAAP

	
20

 

ARTICLE II

The Credits

 

	
  

	
Section 2.01

	
Commitments

	
21

 

	
  

	
Section 2.02

	
Loans and Borrowings

	
21

 

	
  

	
Section 2.03

	
Requests for Borrowings

	
22

 

	
  

	
Section 2.04

	
Funding of Borrowings

	
22

 

	
  

	
Section 2.05

	
Termination and Reduction of Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts

	
23

 

	
  

	
Section 2.06

	
Borrowing Base

	
23

 

	
  

	
Section 2.07

	
Letters of Credit

	
26

 

ARTICLE III

Payments of Principal and Interest; Prepayments; Fees

 

	
  

	
Section 3.01

	
Repayment of Loans

	
30

 

	
  

	
Section 3.02

	
Interest

	
30

 

	
  

	
Section 3.03

	
Prepayments

	
30

 

	
  

	
Section 3.04

	
Fees

	
32

 

ARTICLE IV

Payments; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs

 

	
  

	
Section 4.01

	
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs

	
33

 

	
  

	
Section 4.02

	
Presumption of Payment by the Borrower

	
34

 

	
  

	
Section 4.03

	
Certain Deductions by the Administrative Agent

	
35

 

	
  

	
Section 4.04

	
Disposition of Proceeds

	
35

 

ARTICLE V

Increased Costs; Taxes; Illegality

 

	
  

	
Section 5.01

	
Increased Costs

	
35

 

	
  

	
Section 5.02

	
Taxes

	
36

 

	
  

	
Section 5.03

	
Designation of Different Lending Office

	
39

 

  

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ARTICLE VI

Conditions Precedent

 

	
  

	
Section 6.01

	
Effective Date

	
39

 

	
  

	
Section 6.02

	
Each Credit Event

	
42

 

ARTICLE VII

Representations and Warranties

 

	
  

	
Section 7.01

	
Organization; Powers

	
43

 

	
  

	
Section 7.02

	
Authority; Enforceability

	
43

 

	
  

	
Section 7.03

	
Approvals; No Conflicts

	
43

 

	
  

	
Section 7.04

	
Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change

	
43

 

	
  

	
Section 7.05

	
Litigation

	
44

 

	
  

	
Section 7.06

	
Environmental Matters

	
44

 

	
  

	
Section 7.07

	
Compliance with the Laws and Agreements; No Defaults

	
45

 

	
  

	
Section 7.08

	
Investment Company Act

	
46

 

	
  

	
Section 7.09

	
Taxes

	
46

 

	
  

	
Section 7.10

	
ERISA

	
46

 

	
  

	
Section 7.11

	
Disclosure; No Material Misstatements

	
47

 

	
  

	
Section 7.12

	
Insurance

	
47

 

	
  

	
Section 7.13

	
Restriction on Liens

	
48

 

	
  

	
Section 7.14

	
Subsidiaries

	
48

 

	
  

	
Section 7.15

	
Location of Business and Offices

	
48

 

	
  

	
Section 7.16

	
Properties; Titles, Etc.

	
48

 

	
  

	
Section 7.17

	
Maintenance of Properties

	
49

 

	
  

	
Section 7.18

	
Gas Imbalances, Prepayments

	
50

 

	
  

	
Section 7.19

	
Marketing of Production

	
50

 

	
  

	
Section 7.20

	
Swap Agreements

	
50

 

	
  

	
Section 7.21

	
Use of Loans and Letters of Credit

	
50

 

	
  

	
Section 7.22

	
Solvency

	
50

 

	
  

	
Section 7.23

	
Casualty Events

	
51

 

	
  

	
Section 7.24

	
Material Agreements

	
51

 

	
  

	
Section 7.25

	
No Brokers

	
51

 

	
  

	
Section 7.26

	
Reliance

	
51

 

	
  

	
Section 7.27

	
Payments by Purchasers of Production

	
52

 

	
  

	
Section 7.28

	
Existing Accounts Payable

	
52

 

	
  

	
Section 7.29

	
Annual Projection

	
52

 

  

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ARTICLE VIII

Affirmative Covenants

 

	
  

	
Section 8.01

	
Financial Statements; Other Information

	
52

 

	
  

	
Section 8.02

	
Notices of Material Events

	
55

 

	
  

	
Section 8.03

	
Existence; Conduct of Business

	
56

 

	
  

	
Section 8.04

	
Payment of Obligations

	
56

 

	
  

	
Section 8.05

	
Performance of Obligations under Loan Documents

	
56

 

	
  

	
Section 8.06

	
Operation and Maintenance of Properties

	
56

 

	
  

	
Section 8.07

	
Insurance

	
57

 

	
  

	
Section 8.08

	
Books and Records; Inspection Rights

	
57

 

	
  

	
Section 8.09

	
Compliance with Laws

	
57

 

	
  

	
Section 8.10

	
Environmental Matters

	
58

 

	
  

	
Section 8.11

	
Further Assurances

	
58

 

	
  

	
Section 8.12

	
Reserve Reports

	
59

 

	
  

	
Section 8.13

	
Title Information

	
60

 

	
  

	
Section 8.14

	
Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors

	
61

 

	
  

	
Section 8.15

	
ERISA Compliance

	
61

 

	
  

	
Section 8.16

	
Swap Agreements

	
62

 

	
  

	
Section 8.17

	
Marketing Activities

	
62

 

	
  

	
Section 8.18

	
Annual Projection

	
62

 

	
  

	
Section 8.19

	
Operating Account

	
63

 

  

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ARTICLE IX

Negative Covenants

 

	
  

	
Section 9.01

	
Financial Covenants

	
64

 

	
  

	
Section 9.02

	
Debt

	
64

 

	
  

	
Section 9.03

	
Liens

	
64

 

	
  

	
Section 9.04

	
Restricted Payments

	
65

 

	
  

	
Section 9.05

	
Investments, Loans and Advances

	
65

 

	
  

	
Section 9.06

	
Nature of Business

	
66

 

	
  

	
Section 9.07

	
Limitation on Leases

	
66

 

	
  

	
Section 9.08

	
Proceeds of Notes

	
66

 

	
  

	
Section 9.09

	
ERISA Compliance

	
66

 

	
  

	
Section 9.10

	
Sale or Discount of Receivables

	
67

 

	
  

	
Section 9.11

	
Mergers, Etc.

	
67

 

	
  

	
Section 9.12

	
Sale of Properties

	
67

 

	
  

	
Section 9.13

	
Environmental Matters

	
68

 

	
  

	
Section 9.14

	
Material Agreements

	
68

 

	
  

	
Section 9.15

	
Transactions with Affiliates

	
68

 

	
  

	
Section 9.16

	
Subsidiaries

	
68

 

	
  

	
Section 9.17

	
Negative Pledge Agreements; Dividend Restrictions

	
68

 

	
  

	
Section 9.18

	
Gas Imbalances, Take-or-Pay or Other Prepayments

	
69

 

	
  

	
Section 9.19

	
Swap Agreements

	
69

 

	
  

	
Section 9.20

	
Annual Projection

	
69

 

	
  

	
Section 9.21

	
Limitation on Capital Expenditures

	
69

 

ARTICLE X

Events of Default; Remedies

 

	
  

	
Section 10.01

	
Events of Default

	
70

 

	
  

	
Section 10.02

	
Remedies

	
72

 

  

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ARTICLE XI

The Administrative Agent

 

	
  

	
Section 11.01

	
Appointment; Powers

	
72

 

	
  

	
Section 11.02

	
Duties and Obligations of Administrative Agent

	
72

 

	
  

	
Section 11.03

	
Action by Administrative Agent

	
73

 

	
  

	
Section 11.04

	
Reliance by Administrative Agent

	
74

 

	
  

	
Section 11.05

	
Subagents

	
74

 

	
  

	
Section 11.06

	
Resignation or Removal of Administrative Agent

	
74

 

	
  

	
Section 11.07

	
Administrative Agent as Lender

	
75

 

	
  

	
Section 11.08

	
No Reliance

	
75

 

	
  

	
Section 11.09

	
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim

	
76

 

	
  

	
Section 11.10

	
Authority of Administrative Agent to Release Collateral and Liens

	
76

 

ARTICLE XII

Miscellaneous

 

	
  

	
Section 12.01

	
Notices

	
77

 

	
  

	
Section 12.02

	
Waivers; Amendments

	
78

 

	
  

	
Section 12.03

	
Expenses, Indemnity; Damage Waiver

	
79

 

	
  

	
Section 12.04

	
Successors and Assigns

	
82

 

	
  

	
Section 12.05

	
Survival; Revival; Reinstatement

	
85

 

	
  

	
Section 12.06

	
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

	
85

 

	
  

	
Section 12.07

	
Severability

	
86

 

	
  

	
Section 12.08

	
Right of Setoff

	
86

 

	
  

	
Section 12.09

	
GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS

	
86

 

	
  

	
Section 12.10

	
Headings

	
87

 

	
  

	
Section 12.11

	
Confidentiality

	
87

 

	
  

	
Section 12.12

	
Interest Rate Limitation

	
88

 

	
  

	
Section 12.13

	
EXCULPATION PROVISIONS

	
89

 

	
  

	
Section 12.14

	
Collateral Matters; Swap Agreements

	
89

 

	
  

	
Section 12.15

	
No Third Party Beneficiaries

	
90

 

	
  

	
Section 12.16

	
USA Patriot Act Notice

	
90

 

	
  

	
Section 12.17

	
Intercreditor Agreement

	
90

 

  

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ANNEXES, EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

 

	Annex I	
List of Maximum Credit Amounts

	 	  
	Exhibit A	
Form of Note

	Exhibit B	
Form of Borrowing Request

	Exhibit C	
Form of Compliance and Swap Agreement Certificate

	Exhibit D	
Initial Annual Projection

	Exhibit E	
Security Instruments

	Exhibit F 	
Form of Assignment and Assumption

	Exhibit G 	
Form of Reserve Report Certificate

	 	  
	Schedule 7.05	
Litigation

	Schedule 7.14 	
Subsidiaries and Partnerships

	Schedule 7.18 	
Gas Imbalances

	Schedule 7.19	
Marketing Contracts

	Schedule 7.20	
Swap Agreements

	Schedule 7.24 	
Material Agreements

	Schedule 7.28 	
Existing Accounts Payable

 

 

  

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THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of July 26, 2012, is among: Starboard Resources, Inc., a corporation duly formed and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Borrower”), each of the Lenders from time to time party hereto and Mutual of Omaha Bank (in its individual capacity, “Mutual of Omaha Bank”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

 

R E C I T A L S

 

A.           The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide certain loans to and extensions of credit on behalf of the Borrower.

 

B.           The Lenders have agreed to make such loans and extensions of credit subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

C.           In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and of the loans, extensions of credit and commitments hereinafter referred to, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

Definitions and Accounting Matters

 

Section 1.01 Terms Defined Above. As used in this Agreement, each term defined above has the meaning indicated above.

 

Section 1.02 Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

 “Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

 

“Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts” at any time shall equal the sum of the Maximum Credit Amounts, as the same may be reduced or terminated pursuant to Section 2.07.

 

“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated.

 

 “Annual Projection” shall mean a 12 month projection of the development for the Borrower’s Oil and Gas Properties and the related Hydrocarbon Interests as the same may be updated from time to time pursuant to Section 8.18(b).

 

“Applicable Margin” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to 0.50%.

 

  

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“Applicable Percentage” means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts represented by such Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount as such percentage is set forth on Annex I.

 

“Approved Counterparty” means (a) any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender, (b) any other Person approved by the Administrative Agent whose long term senior unsecured debt rating is A-/A3 by S&P or Moody’s (or their equivalent) or higher, provided such Person shall have executed an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (c) any other Person approved by all of the Lenders, provided such Person shall have executed an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

 

“Approved Fund” means (a) any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding, or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit and that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender; (b) with respect to any Lender that is an investment fund, any other investment fund that invests in loans and that is advised, administered or managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor; and (c) any third party which provides “warehouse financing” to a Person described in the preceding clause (a) or (b) (and any Person described in said clause (a) or (b) shall also be deemed an Approved Fund with respect to such third party providing such warehouse financing).

 

“Approved Petroleum Engineers” means (a) Ryder Scott Company Petroleum Consultants, L.P., (b) Forrest Garb & Associates, (c) Cawley, Gillespie and Associates, Inc., (d) Netherland Sewell, and (e) any other independent petroleum engineers reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

 

“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 12.04(a)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit F or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date.

 

“Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America or any successor Governmental Authority.

 

“Borrowing” means Loans made on the same date.

 

“Borrowing Base” means at any time an amount equal to the amount determined in accordance with Section 2.06, as the same may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 8.13(c) or Section 9.12(c).

 

“Borrowing Base Deficiency” occurs if at any time the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceed the Borrowing Base then in effect.

 

  

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“Borrowing Base Utilization Percentage” means, as of any day, the fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures of the Lenders on such day, and the denominator of which is the Borrowing Base in effect on such day.

 

“Borrowing Request” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.

 

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or Houston, Texas are authorized or required by law to remain closed..

 

“Capital Expenditures” means, in respect of any Person, for any period, the aggregate (determined without duplication) of all exploration and development expenditures (including the costs of acquiring additional Oil and Gas Properties) and costs that should be capitalized in accordance with GAAP and any other expenditures that are capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Capital Leases” means, in respect of any Person, all leases which shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases on the balance sheet of the Person liable (whether contingent or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder.

 

“Cash Receipts” means all cash or cash equivalents received by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to the following: (a) sales from the Oil and Gas Properties (including any other working interest owner receipts received by Borrower or any Guarantor as operator of Oil and Gas Properties), (b) cash representing operating revenue earned or to be earned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (c) any insurance proceeds received by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (d) any proceeds from Swap Agreements and (e) any other cash or cash equivalents received by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from whatever source; provided that advances under the Loans, and any capital contributions or transfers made to the Borrower by any of its members, or by the Borrower to any of its Subsidiaries, shall not constitute “Cash Receipts”.

 

“Casualty Event” means any loss, casualty or other insured damage to any Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount greater than $250,000, or any nationalization, taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries

 

“Change in Control” means the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) other than the Permitted Holders, of Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower.

 

“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement by any Governmental Authority, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 5.01(b)), by any lending office of such Lender or Issuing Bank or by such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith (whether or not having the force of law) or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations, requirements, interpretations and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities (whether or not having the force of law), in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall, in each case, be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

 

  

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“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s potential Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) modified from time to time pursuant to Section 2.05 and (b) modified from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 12.04. The amount representing each Lender’s Commitment shall at any time be the lesser of such Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the then effective Borrowing Base.

 

“Consolidated Net Income” means with respect to the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, for any period, the aggregate of the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries after allowances for taxes (including extraordinary tax gains or losses) for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from such net income (to the extent otherwise included therein) the following: (a) the net income of any Person in which the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary has an interest (which interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to be consolidated with the net income of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP), except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions actually paid in cash during such period by such other Person to the Borrower or to a Consolidated Subsidiary, as the case may be; (b) the net income (but not loss) during such period of any Consolidated Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions or transfers or loans by that Consolidated Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument or Governmental Requirement applicable to such Consolidated Subsidiary or is otherwise restricted or prohibited, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; (c) any extraordinary gains or losses during such period and (d) any gains or losses attributable to writeups or writedowns of assets, including ceiling test writedowns; and provided further that if the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary shall acquire or dispose of any Property during such period, then Consolidated Net Income shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect to such acquisition or disposition, as if such acquisition or disposition had occurred on the first day of such period.

 

  

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“Consolidated Subsidiaries” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower (whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired) the financial statements of which shall be (or should have been) consolidated with the financial statements of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. For the purposes of this definition, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Person that owns directly or indirectly 25% or more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of the directors or other governing body of a Person (other than as a limited partner of such other Person) will be deemed to “control” such other Person. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

“Credit Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and Guarantors, if any.

 

“Debt” means, for any Person, the sum of the following (without duplication): (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, bankers’ acceptances, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (b) all obligations of such Person (whether contingent or otherwise) in respect of letters of credit, surety or other bonds and similar instruments; (c) all accounts payable and all accrued expenses, liabilities or other obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of Property or services that are more than sixty (60) days past the date of invoice other than those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (d) all obligations of such Person under Capital Leases; (e) all obligations of such Person under Synthetic Leases; (f) all Debt (as defined in the other clauses of this definition) of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien on any Property of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person; (g) all Debt (as defined in the other clauses of this definition) of others guaranteed by such Person or in which such Person otherwise assures a creditor against loss of the Debt (howsoever such assurance shall be made) to the extent of the lesser of the amount of such Debt and the maximum stated amount of such guarantee or assurance against loss; (h) all obligations or undertakings of such Person to maintain or cause to be maintained the financial position or covenants of others or to purchase the Debt or Property of others; (i) all obligations of such Person to deliver commodities, goods or services, including, without limitation, Hydrocarbons, in consideration of one or more advance payments, other than gas balancing arrangements in the ordinary course of business; (j) all obligations of such Person to pay for goods or services whether or not such goods or services are actually received or utilized by such Person; (k) any Debt of a partnership for which such Person is liable either by agreement, by operation of law or by a Governmental Requirement but only to the extent of such liability; (l) any Disqualified Capital Stock issued by such Person; and (m) the undischarged balance of any production payment created by such Person or for the creation of which such Person received payment. The Debt of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described above to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is not included as a liability of such Person under GAAP.

 

“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or that upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

 

  

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“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, that has (a) failed to fund any portion of its Loans or participations in Letters of Credit within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to the effect that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement, (c) failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit, (d) otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within three Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, or (e) become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment or has a parent company that has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment.

 

“Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable for any consideration other than other Equity Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is convertible or exchangeable for Debt or redeemable for any consideration other than other Equity Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock) at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is one year after the earlier of (a) the Termination Date and (b) the date on which there are no Loans, LC Exposure or other obligations hereunder outstanding and all of the Commitments are terminated.

 

“dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

 

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

“EBITDAX” means, for any period, the sum of Consolidated Net Income for such period plus the following expenses or charges to the extent deducted from Consolidated Net Income in such period: fees paid under this Agreement, expenses and other reasonable costs actually incurred by the Borrower related to the negotiation and execution of this Agreement (including legal and other professional fees), non-cash charges related to Swap Agreements, interest, income taxes, depreciation, depletion, amortization, exploration expenditures and costs and other noncash charges, minus all noncash income added to Consolidated Net Income.

 

“Effective Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 6.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02).

 

“Engineering Reports” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.06(c)(i).

 

  

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“Environmental Laws” means any and all Governmental Requirements pertaining in any way to health, safety, the environment, the preservation or reclamation of natural resources, or the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials, in effect in any and all jurisdictions in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is conducting, or at any time has conducted, business, or where any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is located, including without limitation, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (“OPA”), as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”), as amended, the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Law, as amended, and other environmental conservation or protection Governmental Requirements.

 

“Environmental Permit” means any permit, registration, license, notice, approval, consent, exemption, variance, or other authorization required under or issued pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws.

 

“Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such Equity Interest.

 

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute.

 

“ERISA Affiliate” means each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which together with the Borrower or a Subsidiary would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or subsections (b), (c), (m) or (o) of section 414 of the Code.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 10.01.

 

  

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“Excepted Liens” means: (a) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (b) Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security, old age pension or public liability obligations which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (c) statutory landlord’s liens, operators’, vendors’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’, workers’, materialmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business or incident to the exploration, development, operation and maintenance of Oil and Gas Properties each of which is in respect of obligations that are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (d) contractual Liens which arise in the ordinary course of business under operating agreements, joint venture agreements, oil and gas partnership agreements, oil and gas leases, farm-out agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, overriding royalty agreements, marketing agreements, processing agreements, net profits agreements, development agreements, gas balancing or deferred production agreements, injection, repressuring and recycling agreements, salt water or other disposal agreements, seismic or other geophysical permits or agreements, and other agreements which are usual and customary in the oil and gas business and are for claims which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP, provided that any such Lien referred to in this clause does not materially impair the use of the Property covered by such Lien for the purposes for which such Property is held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto; (e) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies and burdening only deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution, provided that no such deposit account is a dedicated cash collateral account or is subject to restrictions against access by the depositor in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Board and no such deposit account is intended by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to provide collateral to the depository institution; (f) easements, restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations in any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary for the purpose of roads, pipelines, transmission lines, transportation lines, distribution lines for the removal of gas, oil, coal or other minerals or timber, and other like purposes, or for the joint or common use of real estate, rights of way, facilities and equipment, that do not secure any monetary obligations and which in the aggregate do not materially impair the use of such Property for the purposes of which such Property is held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto; (g) Liens on cash or securities pledged to secure performance of tenders, surety and appeal bonds, government contracts, performance and return of money bonds, bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, regulatory obligations and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business and (h) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default, provided that any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceeding may be initiated shall not have expired and no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced; provided, further that Liens described in clauses (a) through (e) shall remain “Excepted Liens” only for so long as no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced and no intention to subordinate the first priority Lien granted in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders is to be hereby implied or expressed by the permitted existence of such Excepted Liens.

 

“Excess Cash Flow” for any period shall mean EBITDAX for such period less cash payments for (a) interest during such period, (b) taxes during such period, (c) any changes in working capital from the preceding period (as determined in accordance with GAAP) made during such period and (d) Capital Expenditures made during such period that are approved by the Required Lenders or are otherwise permitted under this Agreement.

 

  

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“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (a) income or franchise Taxes (including United States state gross receipts Taxes that are imposed in lieu of United States state income or franchise Taxes) imposed on (or measured by) its net income (however denominated) by the United States of America (or any state (including the District of Columbia) or political subdivision thereof) or such other jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or is resident or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) Other Connection Taxes, (c) any branch profits Taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar Tax by any jurisdiction described in (a) above, (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender or Foreign Issuing Bank, any withholding Tax that is imposed by United States of America (or any state (including the District of Columbia) or political subdivision thereof) on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 5.02(f), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 5.02(a) or Section 5.02(b) in the case of a Foreign Lender, any withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender as a result of such Foreign Lender's failure to comply with the requirements of FATCA.

 

“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version of FATCA that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.

 

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such date, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

 

“Fee Letter” means that certain Proposal Letter dated as of June 25, 2012 by and between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

“Financial Officer” means, for any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, manager or controller of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a Financial Officer means a Financial Officer of the Borrower.

 

“Financial Statements” means the financial statement or statements of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries referred to in Section 7.04(a).

 

“Floor Rate” means a rate per annum equal to 3.75%.

 

“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

 

  

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“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1.04.

 

“General and Administrative Costs” means reasonable, normal and customary expenses and costs paid or payable that are classified as general and administrative costs, including salaries and all other compensation to the management of the Borrower, consulting fees, salary, rent, supplies, travel and entertainment, insurance, accounting, legal, engineering and broker related fees, required to manage the affairs of the Borrower, including, to the extent not duplicated, fees, expenses and other costs related to closing this Agreement, including all legal and other professional fees and post-closing fees and expenses, all as reported on the Borrower’s consolidated income statement, less any reimbursement.

 

“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and 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.

 

“Governmental Requirement” means any law, statute, code, ordinance, order, determination, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, injunction, franchise, permit, certificate, license, rules of common law, authorization or other directive or requirement, whether now or hereinafter in effect, of any Governmental Authority.

 

“Guarantors” means (a) Impetro Resources LLC, (b) Impetro Operating LLC, and (c) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that guarantees the Indebtedness pursuant to Section 8.14(b).

 

“Guaranty Agreement” means that certain Guaranty and Collateral Agreement executed by the Borrower and the Guarantors, if any, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent unconditionally guarantying on a joint and several basis, payment of the Indebtedness, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Hazardous Material” means any substance regulated or as to which liability might arise under any applicable Environmental Law and including without limitation: (a) any chemical, compound, material, product, byproduct, substance or waste defined as or included in the definition or meaning of “hazardous substance,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous waste,” “solid waste,” “toxic waste,” “extremely hazardous substance,” “toxic substance,” “contaminant,” “pollutant,” or words of similar meaning or import found in any applicable Environmental Law; (b) Hydrocarbons, petroleum products, petroleum substances, natural gas, oil, oil and gas waste, crude oil, and any components, fractions, or derivatives thereof; and (c) radioactive materials, explosives, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon, infectious or medical wastes.

 

  

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“Highest Lawful Rate” means, with respect to each Lender, the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the Notes or on other Indebtedness under laws applicable to such Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws allow as of the date hereof.

 

“Hydrocarbon Interests” means all rights, titles, interests and estates now or hereafter acquired in and to oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral leases, or other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon leases, mineral fee interests, overriding royalty and royalty interests, net profit interests and production payment interests, including any reserved or residual interests of whatever nature.

 

“Hydrocarbons” means oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons and all products refined or separated therefrom.

 

“Indebtedness” means any and all amounts owing or to be owing by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Guarantor (whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising): (a) to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender under any Loan Document; (b) to any Approved Counterparty under any Swap Agreement between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and such Approved Counterparty, (c) obligations under all Treasury Management Agreements with Lenders or Affiliates of Lenders while such Person (or in the case of its Affiliate, the Person affiliated therewith) is a Lender hereunder and (d) all renewals, extensions and/or rearrangements of any of the above.

 

“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

 

“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.03.

 

“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated July 17, 2012 among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and Cargill Incorporated.

 

“Initial Annual Projection” means the Borrower’s initial Annual Projection attached hereto as Exhibit D.

 

“Initial Reserve Report” means the report dated as of January 1, 2012, with respect to certain Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower prepared by Forrest A Garb & Associates, Inc.

 

 “Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum (determined without duplication) of the aggregate gross interest expense of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, including to the extent included in interest expense under GAAP: (a) amortization of debt discount, (b) capitalized interest and (c) the portion of any payments or accruals under Capital Leases allocable to interest expense, plus the portion of any payments or accruals under Synthetic Leases allocable to interest expense whether or not the same constitutes interest expense under GAAP.

 

  

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“Interest Payment Date” means the first Business Day of each month.

 

 “Interim Redetermination” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.06(b).

 

“Interim Redetermination Date” means the date on which a Borrowing Base that has been redetermined pursuant to an Interim Redetermination becomes effective as provided in Section 2.06(d).

 

“Investment” means, for any Person: (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, Property, services or securities or otherwise) of Equity Interests of any other Person, the contribution of capital to any other Person or any agreement to make any such acquisition (including, without limitation, any “short sale” or any sale of any securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person entering into such short sale) or capital contribution; (b) the making of any deposit with, or advance, loan or capital contribution to, assumption of Debt of, purchase or other acquisition of any other Debt or equity participation or interest in, or other extension of credit to, any other Person (including the purchase of Property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such Property to such Person, but excluding any such advance, loan or extension of credit having a term not exceeding ninety (90) days representing the purchase price of inventory, supplies sold by such Person in the ordinary course of business); (c) the purchase or acquisition (in one or a series of transactions) of Property of another Person that constitutes a business unit or (d) the entering into of any guarantee of, or other contingent obligation (including the deposit of any Equity Interests to be sold) with respect to, Debt or other liability of any other Person and (without duplication) any amount committed to be advanced, lent or extended to such Person.

 

“Issuing Bank” means any Lender or any other Person named as an Issuing Bank by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower.

 

“LC Commitment” at any time means one million dollars ($1,000,000).

 

“LC Disbursement” means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

 

“LC Exposure” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

 

“Lender Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.04.

 

“Lenders” means the Persons listed on Annex I and any Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

 

“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued or deemed issued pursuant to this Agreement.

 

  

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“Lien” means any interest in Property securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than the owner of the Property, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute or contract, and whether such obligation or claim is fixed or contingent, and including but not limited to (a) the lien or security interest arising from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, security agreement, conditional sale or trust receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment for security purposes or (b) production payments and the like payable out of Oil and Gas Properties. The term “Lien” shall include easements, restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations. For the purposes of this Agreement, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be the owner of any Property which it has acquired or holds subject to a conditional sale agreement, or leases under a financing lease or other arrangement pursuant to which title to the Property has been retained by or vested in some other Person in a transaction intended to create a financing.

 

“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Fee Letter, the Letters of Credit, the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Instruments.

 

“Loans” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse change in, or material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, Property or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Guarantor to perform any of its material obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, (c) the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or (d) the rights and remedies of or benefits available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender under any Loan Document.

 

“Material Agreements” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 7.24.

 

“Material Indebtedness” means Debt (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $500,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the Swap Termination Value.

 

“Maximum Credit Amount” means, as to each Lender, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Annex I under the caption “Maximum Credit Amounts”, as the same may be (a) reduced or terminated from time to time in connection with a reduction or termination of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts pursuant to Section 2.05(b) or (b) modified from time to time pursuant to any assignment permitted by Section 12.04.

 

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency.

 

“Mortgaged Property” means any Property owned by the Borrower or any Guarantor which is subject to the Liens existing and to exist under the terms of the Security Instruments.

 

  

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“Multiemployer Plan” means a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in section 3(37) or 4001 (a)(3) of ERISA.

 

“New Borrowing Base Notice” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.06(d).

 

“Notes” means, if requested by any Lender, the promissory notes of the Borrower described in Section 2.02(c) and being substantially in the form of Exhibit A, together with all amendments, modifications, replacements, extensions and rearrangements thereof.

 

“Oil and Gas Properties” means (a) Hydrocarbon Interests; (b) the Properties now or hereafter pooled or unitized with Hydrocarbon Interests; (c) all presently existing or future unitization, pooling agreements and declarations of pooled units and the units created thereby (including without limitation all units created under orders, regulations and rules of any Governmental Authority) which may affect all or any portion of the Hydrocarbon Interests; (d) all operating agreements, contracts and other agreements, including production sharing contracts and agreements, which relate to any of the Hydrocarbon Interests or the production, sale, purchase, exchange or processing of Hydrocarbons from or attributable to such Hydrocarbon Interests; (e) all Hydrocarbons in and under and which may be produced and saved or attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests, including all oil in tanks, and all rents, issues, profits, proceeds, products, revenues and other incomes from or attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests; (f) all tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances and Properties in any manner appertaining, belonging, affixed or incidental to the Hydrocarbon Interests and (g) all Properties, rights, titles, interests and estates described or referred to above, including any and all Property, real or personal, now owned or hereafter acquired and situated upon, used, held for use or useful in connection with the operating, working or development of any of such Hydrocarbon Interests or Property (excluding drilling rigs, automotive equipment, rental equipment or other personal Property which may be on such premises for the purpose of drilling a well or for other similar temporary uses) and including any and all oil wells, gas wells, injection wells or other wells, buildings, structures, fuel separators, liquid extraction plants, plant compressors, pumps, pumping units, field gathering systems, tanks and tank batteries, fixtures, valves, fittings, machinery and parts, engines, boilers, meters, apparatus, equipment, appliances, tools, implements, cables, wires, towers, casing, tubing and rods, surface leases, rights-of-way, easements and servitudes together with all additions, substitutions, replacements, accessions and attachments to any and all of the foregoing. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, in no event is any Building (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulation) or Manufactured (Mobile) Home (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulation) included in the definition of “Oil and Gas Property”. As used herein, “Flood Insurance Regulations” shall mean (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (amending 42 USC 4001, et. seq.), as the same may be amended or recodified from time to time, and (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Operating Account” means (a) the deposit account numbers 2806151920, 280615938 and 280615953 maintained at the Borrower’s expense with the Operating Account Bank existing on the Effective Date or (b) if the foregoing account is closed, a deposit account opened with a bank reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.19(b) maintained at the Borrower’s expense.

 

  

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“Operating Account Bank” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

 

“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, (a) in the case of any corporation, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or similar documents) of such Person, (b) in the case of any limited liability company, the certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement (or similar documents) of such Person, (c) in the case of any limited partnership, the certificate of formation and limited partnership agreement (or similar documents) of such Person, (d) in the case of any general partnership, the partnership agreement (or similar document) of such Person and (e) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.

 

“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to the Issuing Bank or any Lender, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Issuing Bank or Lender, as the case may be, and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Issuing Bank or Lender having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

 

“Other Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or Property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement and any other Loan Document.

 

“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.04(c)(i).

 

“Patriot Act” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 12.16.

 

“Permitted Holders” means Giddings Oil & Gas LP; ASYM Energy Fund III LP; Hunton Oil Partners LP; Longview Marquis Fund, L.P.; Giddings Investment LLC; LMIF Investments, LLC; SMF Investments, LLC; and Summerline Capital Partners, LLC.

 

“Permitted Tax Distributions” means, with respect to any period, tax distributions to the members of the Borrower in an amount equal to (a) the sum of the highest marginal United States federal income tax rate applicable to individuals on ordinary income, multiplied by (b) the Borrower’s federal taxable income for such period.

 

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

 

“Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan, as defined in section 3(2) of ERISA, which (a) is currently or hereafter sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate or (b) was at any time during the six calendar years preceding the date hereof, sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate.

 

  

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“Post Default Rate” shall mean, in respect of the principal of any Loan or any other amount payable by the Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, a rate per annum during the period commencing on the date of occurrence of an Event of Default until such amount is paid in full or all Events of Default are cured or waived equal to the applicable interest rate plus two percent (2.0%) per annum, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.

 

“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or its successor) as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (or if such rate is at any time not available, the prime rate so quoted by any banking institution as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion); each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such change is publicly announced as being effective. Such rate is set by the JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as a general reference rate of interest, taking into account such factors as the JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. may deem appropriate; it being understood that many of the JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.’s commercial or other loans are priced in relation to such rate, that it is not necessarily the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer and that the JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. may make various commercial or other loans at rates of interest having no relationship to such rate.

 

“Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

 

“Proposed Borrowing Base” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(c)(i).

 

“Proposed Borrowing Base Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(c)(ii).

 

“Proved Reserves” means “Proved Reserves” as defined in the Definitions for Oil and Gas Reserves (in this paragraph, the “Definitions”) promulgated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (or any generally recognized successor) as in effect at the time in question. “Proved Developed Producing Reserves” means Proved Reserves which are categorized as both “Developed” and “Producing” in the Definitions, “Proved Developed Nonproducing Reserves” means Proved Reserves which are categorized as both “Developed” and “Nonproducing” in the Definitions, and “Proved Undeveloped Reserves” means Proved Reserves which are categorized as “Undeveloped” in the Definitions.

 

“PUT” means that certain Put Option (as such term is defined therein) in that certain Securities Purchase and Exchange Agreement.

 

“Redemption” means with respect to any Debt, the repurchase, redemption, prepayment, repayment, defeasance or any other acquisition or retirement for value (or the segregation of funds with respect to any of the foregoing) of such Debt. “Redeem” has the correlative meaning thereto.

 

“Redetermination Date” means, with respect to any Scheduled Redetermination or any Interim Redetermination, the date that the redetermined Borrowing Base related thereto becomes effective pursuant to Section 2.06(d).

 

  

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“Register” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 12.04(b)(iv).

 

“Registrar” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 12.04(b)(iv).

 

“Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board, as the same may be amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

 

“Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (including attorneys, accountants and experts) of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

 

“Release” means any depositing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, placing, emitting, discarding, abandoning, emptying, discharging, migrating, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing.

 

“Remedial Work” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 8.10(a).

 

“Required Lenders” means, at any time while no Loans or LC Exposures are outstanding, Lenders having at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts; and at any time while any Loans or LC Exposure is outstanding, Lenders holding at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Loans and participation interests in such Letters of Credit (without regard to any sale by a Lender of a participation in any Loan under Section 12.04(c)) provided, that if there are less than three Lenders, all Lenders shall be required to constitute the “Required Lenders”; provided further that the Maximum Credit Amounts and the principal amount of the Loans and participation interests in Letters of Credit of the Defaulting Lenders (if any) shall be excluded from the determination of Required Lenders.

 

“Reserve Report” means a report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth, as of each January 1st or July 1st (or such other date in the event of an Interim Redetermination) the oil and gas reserves attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, together with a projection of the rate of production and future net income, taxes, operating expenses and Capital Expenditures with respect thereto as of such date, based upon the economic assumptions consistent with the Administrative Agent’s lending requirements at the time.

 

“Responsible Officer” means, as to any Person, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Financial Officer, any Vice President or any Manager of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references to a Responsible Officer herein shall mean a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

 

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other Property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other Property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

  

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“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loans and its LC Exposure at such time.

 

“Scheduled Redetermination” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 2.06(b).

 

“Scheduled Redetermination Date” means the date on which a Borrowing Base that has been redetermined pursuant to a Scheduled Redetermination becomes effective as provided in Section 2.06(d).

 

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor Governmental Authority.

 

“Security Instruments” means the Guaranty Agreement, mortgages, deeds of trust and other agreements, instruments or certificates described or referred to in Exhibit E, and any and all other agreements, guarantees, instruments, consents or certificates now or hereafter executed and delivered by the Borrower or any other Person (other than Swap Agreements with the Lenders or any Affiliate of a Lender or participation or similar agreements between any Lender and any other lender or creditor with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to this Agreement) in connection with, or as security for the payment or performance of the Indebtedness, the Notes, if any, this Agreement, or reimbursement obligations under the Letters of Credit, as such agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized rating agency.

 

 “Subsidiary” means: (a) any Person of which at least a majority of the outstanding Equity Interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or managers or other governing body of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time Equity Interests of any other class or classes of such Person shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries or by the Borrower and one or more of its Subsidiaries and (b) any partnership of which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a general partner. Unless otherwise indicated herein, each reference to the term “Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

 

“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, option or similar agreement or physical delivery contract, whether exchange traded, “over-the-counter” or otherwise, involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions.

 

“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s) and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Agreements, as determined by the counterparties to such Swap Agreements.

 

  

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“Synthetic Leases” means, in respect of any Person, all leases which shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, treated as operating leases on the financial statements of the Person liable (whether contingently or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder and which were properly treated as indebtedness for borrowed money for purposes of U.S. federal income taxes, if the lessee in respect thereof is obligated to either purchase for an amount in excess of, or pay upon early termination an amount in excess of, 80% of the residual value of the Property subject to such operating lease upon expiration or early termination of such lease.

 

“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.

 

“Termination Date” means the earlier to occur of (i) three (3) years from the Effective Date or (ii) the date that the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount is sooner terminated pursuant to Section 2.05 or Section 10.02.

 

“Total Reserve Value” means, with respect to any Proved Reserves expected to be produced from any Oil and Gas Properties, the net present value, discounted at 9% per annum, of the future net revenues expected to accrue to the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ collective interests in such reserves during the remaining expected economic lives of such reserves. Each calculation of such expected future net revenues shall be made in accordance with the then existing standards of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, provided that in any event (a) appropriate deductions shall be made for severance and ad valorem taxes, and for operating, gathering, transportation and marketing costs required for the production and sale of such reserves, (b) the pricing assumptions used in determining Total Reserve Value for any particular reserves shall be based upon (i) annual quotations on the New York Mercantile Exchange for Henry Hub (natural gas) or Cushing, Oklahoma (oil) futures on the date of the relevant Reserve Report for each calendar year to the extent such quotations are available for future periods, provided that with respect to quotations for calendar years after the fifth calendar year, the quotation for the fifth calendar year shall be applied, (ii) with respect to future periods for which quotations are not available on the New York Mercantile Exchange, constant pricing for such periods based on the quotation for the last period for which a quotation is available on the New York Mercantile Exchange for Henry Hub (natural gas) or Cushing, Oklahoma (oil), (c) operating expenses shall be held constant, (d) future Capital Expenditures shall be expressed in current year dollars (i.e., inflation shall not be assumed), (e) to the extent basis Swap Agreements are not in place, the cash-flows derived from the pricing assumptions set forth in clause (b) above shall be further adjusted to account for the historical basis differentials for each month during the preceding 12-month period calculated by comparing realized crude oil and natural gas prices to Cushing, Oklahoma and Henry Hub NYMEX prices for each month during such period and (f) to the extent that Swap Agreements are in place the cash-flows derived from the pricing assumptions set forth in clause (b) above shall be, (i) in the case of volumes subject to a swap or other fixed priced hedge, at the applicable fixed price and (ii) in the case of volumes subject to a floor or ceiling hedge (including a collar), at the price set out in the preceding clause (b)(i), but not to exceed such ceiling or to be less than such floor.

 

  

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“Transactions” means, with respect to (a) the Borrower, the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement , and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder, and the grant of Liens by the Borrower on Mortgaged Properties and other Properties pursuant to the Security Instruments and (b) each Guarantor, the execution, delivery and performance by such Guarantor of each Loan Document to which it is a party, the guaranteeing of the Indebtedness and the other obligations under the Guaranty Agreement by such Guarantor and such Guarantor’s grant of the security interests and provision of collateral under the Security Instruments, and the grant of Liens by such Guarantor on Mortgaged Properties and other Properties pursuant to the Security Instruments.

 

“Treasury Management Agreements” means any agreements regarding bank services provided to any Credit Party for commercial credit cards, stored value cards and treasury management services, including, without limitation, controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network services.

 

Section 1.03 Terms Generally; Rules of Construction. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” as used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth in the Loan Documents), (b) any reference herein to any law shall be construed as referring to such law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to the restrictions contained in the Loan Documents), (d) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) with respect to the determination of any time period, the word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” means “to and including” and (f) any reference herein to Articles, Sections, Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be interpreted or construed against any Person solely because such Person or its legal representative drafted such provision.

 

Section 1.04 Accounting Terms and Determinations; GAAP. Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all determinations with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent with the Financial Statements except for changes in which the Borrower’s independent certified public accountants concur and which are disclosed to the Administrative Agent on the next date on which financial statements are required to be delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.01(a); provided that, unless the Borrower and the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing, no such change shall modify or affect the manner in which compliance with the covenants contained herein is computed such that all such computations shall be conducted utilizing financial information presented consistently with prior periods.

 

  

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ARTICLE II

The Credits

 

Section 2.01 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Loans to the Borrower during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment or (b) the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow the Loans.

 

Section 2.02 Loans and Borrowings

 

(a) Borrowings; Several Obligations. Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

 

(b) Minimum Amounts; Limitation on Number of Borrowings. At the time that each Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $100,000 and not less than $100,000; provided that a Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.07(e).

 

(c) Notes. The Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced by a single promissory note of the Borrower upon request by such Lender in substantially the form of Exhibit A, dated, in the case of (i) any Lender party hereto as of the date of this Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement, or (ii) any Lender that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, as of the effective date of the Assignment and Assumption, payable to such Lender or its registered assigns in a principal amount equal to its Maximum Credit Amount as in effect on such date, and otherwise duly completed. In the event that any Lender’s Maximum Credit Amount increases or decreases for any reason (whether pursuant to Section 2.05, Section 12.04 or otherwise), the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered on the effective date of such increase or decrease, a new Note payable to such Lender in a principal amount equal to its Maximum Credit Amount after giving effect to such increase or decrease, and otherwise duly completed. The date and amount of each Loan made by each Lender, and all payments made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books for its Note. Failure to make any such notation shall not affect any Lender’s or the Borrower’s rights or obligations in respect of such Loans. Upon surrender of any Note at the principal office of Administrative Agent for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder or its attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the address for notices of each transferee of such Note or part thereof), and an assignment agreement in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent whereby the assignee holder agrees to be bound by the terms hereof that are applicable to holders, shall execute and deliver, at Borrower’s expense, a new Note in exchange therefor.

 

  

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Section 2.03 Requests for Borrowings. To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone not later than 12:00 noon, Houston, Texas time, one (1) Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that no such notice shall be required for any deemed request of a Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.07(e). Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery, email or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in substantially the form of Exhibit B and signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

 

(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

 

(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

 

(iii) the amount of the then effective Borrowing Base, the current total Revolving Credit Exposures (without regard to the requested Borrowing) and the pro forma total Revolving Credit Exposures (giving effect to the requested Borrowing); and

 

(iv) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.04.

 

Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section 2.03, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

 

Section 2.04 Funding of Borrowings.

 

(a) Funding by Lenders. Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the funding date in the Borrowing Request by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 1:00 p.m., Houston, Texas time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower and designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.08(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for its Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for its Loan in any particular place or manner.

 

  

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(b) Presumption of Funding by the Lenders. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.04(a) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the Loans at such time. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

 

Section 2.05 Termination and Reduction of Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts.

 

(a) Scheduled Termination of Commitments. Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate on the Termination Date. If at any time the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts are terminated or reduced to zero by the Borrower, or the Borrowing Base is reduced to zero by the Lenders, then the Commitments shall terminate on the effective date of such termination or reduction.

 

(b) Optional Termination and Reduction of Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts.

 

(i) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts; provided that (A) each reduction of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $500,000 and (B) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 3.03(a), the total Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Commitments.

 

(ii) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts under Section 2.05(b)(i) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(ii) shall be irrevocable. Any termination or reduction of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts shall be permanent and may not be reinstated. Each reduction of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with each Lender’s Applicable Percentage.

 

Section 2.06 Borrowing Base.

 

(a) Initial Borrowing Base. For the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the first Redetermination Date, the amount of the Borrowing Base shall be $5,000,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowing Base may be subject to further adjustments from time to time pursuant to Section 8.13(c) or Section 9.12.

 

  

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(b) Scheduled and Interim Redeterminations. The Borrowing Base shall be redetermined semi-annually in accordance with this Section 2.06 (a “Scheduled Redetermination”), and, subject to Section 2.06(d), such redetermined Borrowing Base shall become effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders on May 15th and November 15th of each year, commencing November 15, 2012. In addition, one time during any 12-month period (i) the Borrower may, by notifying the Administrative Agent thereof, (ii) the Administrative Agent may, by notifying the Borrower thereof and (iii) the Required Lenders may, by directing the Administrative Agent to notify the Borrower thereof, each elect to cause the Borrowing Base to be redetermined between Scheduled Redeterminations (an “Interim Redetermination”) in accordance with this Section 2.06.

 

(c) Scheduled and Interim Redetermination Procedure.

 

(i) Each Scheduled Redetermination and each Interim Redetermination shall be effectuated as follows: Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of (A) the Reserve Report and the certificate required to be delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, (1) in the case of a Scheduled Redetermination, pursuant to Section 8.12(a) and (c), and (2) in the case of an Interim Redetermination, pursuant to Section 8.12(b) and (c), and (B) such other reports, data and supplemental information, including, without limitation, the information provided pursuant to Section 8.12(c), as may, from time to time, be reasonably requested by the Required Lenders (the Reserve Report, such certificate and such other reports, data and supplemental information being the “Engineering Reports”), the Administrative Agent shall evaluate the information contained in the Engineering Reports and shall, in its sole discretion consistent with the Administrative Agent’s then applicable oil and gas industry lending practices, propose a new Borrowing Base (the “Proposed Borrowing Base”) based upon such information and such other information (including, without limitation, the status of title information with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties as described in the Engineering Reports and the existence of any other Debt) as the Administrative Agent deems appropriate in its sole discretion. In no event shall the Proposed Borrowing Base exceed the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts.

 

(ii) The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Proposed Borrowing Base (the “Proposed Borrowing Base Notice”):

 

(A) in the case of a Scheduled Redetermination (1) if the Administrative Agent shall have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.12(a) and (c) in a timely and complete manner, then on or before April 28th and October 30th of such year following the date of delivery or (2) if the Administrative Agent shall not have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.12(a) and (c) in a timely and complete manner, then promptly after the Administrative Agent has received complete Engineering Reports from the Borrower and has had a reasonable opportunity to determine the Proposed Borrowing Base in accordance with Section 2.06(c)(i); and

 

(B) in the case of an Interim Redetermination, promptly, and in any event, within thirty (30) days after the Administrative Agent has received the required Engineering Reports.

 

  

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(iii) Any Proposed Borrowing Base that would maintain, increase or decrease the Borrowing Base then in effect must be approved by all of the Lenders in their sole discretion as provided in this Section 2.06(c)(iii). Upon receipt of the Proposed Borrowing Base Notice, each Lender shall have thirty (30) days to agree with the Proposed Borrowing Base or disagree with the Proposed Borrowing Base by proposing an alternate Borrowing Base. If at the end of such thirty (30) days, any Lender has not communicated its approval or disapproval in writing to the Administrative Agent, such silence shall be deemed to be a rejection of the Proposed Borrowing Base. If, at the end of such 30-day period, all of the Lenders, have approved, as aforesaid, then the Proposed Borrowing Base shall become the new Borrowing Base, effective on the date specified in Section 2.06(d). If, however, at the end of such 30-day period, all of the Lenders have not approved, as aforesaid, then the Administrative Agent shall poll the Lenders to ascertain the highest Borrowing Base then acceptable to all of the Lenders in their sole discretion and such amount shall become the new Borrowing Base, effective on the date specified in Section 2.06(d).

 

(iv) In connection with any Scheduled Redetermination or Interim Redetermination, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders may propose a new definition for “Applicable Margin.” If the Borrower agrees to such new definition, such definition shall be in effect until the next Redetermination Date; provided that no decrease in the Applicable Margin for Loans made by any Lender shall apply to such Lender without its consent. If the Borrower does not agree to any proposed definition of “Applicable Margin”, then the definition of “Applicable Margin” shall remain the same and the Borrowing Base shall not be increased at the Redetermination Date.

 

(d) Effectiveness of a Redetermined Borrowing Base. After a redetermined Borrowing Base is approved or is deemed to have been approved by all of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.06(c)(iii), the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the amount of the redetermined Borrowing Base (the “New Borrowing Base Notice”), and such amount shall become the new Borrowing Base, effective and applicable to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders:

 

(i) in the case of a Scheduled Redetermination, (A) if the Administrative Agent shall have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.12(a) and (c) in a timely and complete manner, then on the May 15th or November 15th, as applicable, following such notice, or (B) if the Administrative Agent shall not have received the Engineering Reports required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.12(a) and (c) in a timely and complete manner, then on the Business Day next succeeding delivery of such notice; and

 

(ii) in the case of an Interim Redetermination, on the Business Day next succeeding delivery of such notice.

 

Such amount shall then become the Borrowing Base until the next Scheduled Redetermination Date, the next Interim Redetermination Date or the next adjustment to the Borrowing Base under Section 8.13(c) or Section 9.12, whichever occurs first. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Scheduled Redetermination or Interim Redetermination shall become effective until the New Borrowing Base Notice related thereto is received by the Borrower.

 

  

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Section 2.07 Letters of Credit.

 

(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of dollar denominated Letters of Credit for its own account or for the account of any of its Subsidiaries, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period; provided that the Borrower may not request the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of Letters of Credit hereunder if a Borrowing Base Deficiency exists at such time or would exist as a result thereof. The Administrative Agent shall have the right to have the Issuing Bank issue the Letter of Credit on its behalf.

 

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy to the Administrative Agent (not less than seven (7) Business Days in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice:

 

(i) requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended;

 

(ii) specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day);

 

(iii) specifying the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with Section 2.07(c));

 

(iv) specifying the amount of such Letter of Credit;

 

(v) specifying the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit; and

 

(vi) specifying the amount of the then effective Borrowing Base and whether a Borrowing Base Deficiency exists at such time, the current total Revolving Credit Exposures (without regard to the requested Letter of Credit or the requested amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit) and the pro forma total Revolving Credit Exposures (giving effect to the requested Letter of Credit or the requested amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit).

 

Each notice shall constitute a representation that after giving effect to the requested issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, as applicable, (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed the LC Commitment and (ii) the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Commitments (i.e. the lesser of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts and the then effective Borrowing Base).

 

The Administrative Agent shall then arrange for the Letter of Credit to be issued on the Borrower’s behalf.

 

(c) Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Termination Date.

 

  

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(d) Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, the Administrative Agent hereby grants to each Lender, and each Lender hereby acquires from the Administrative Agent, a participation in the Administrative Agent’s and any of its Affiliates’ rights and obligations in respect of such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in Section 2.07(e), or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this Section 2.07(d) in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default, the existence of a Borrowing Base Deficiency or reduction or termination of the Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

 

(e) Reimbursement. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse the Administrative Agent (for itself or any of its Affiliates) such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, Houston, Texas time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, Houston, Texas time, on (i) the Business Day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 10:00 a.m., Houston, Texas time, on the day of receipt, or (ii) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that any such LC Disbursement shall, subject to the conditions to Borrowing set forth herein, be deemed to have requested, and the Borrower does hereby request under such circumstances, that such payment be financed with a Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting Borrowing. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.04 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.04 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.07(e), the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to any Lenders that have made payments pursuant to this Section 2.07(e) to reimburse the Administrative Agent. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.07(e) to reimburse the Administrative Agent for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of Loans as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.

 

  

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(f) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in Section 2.07(e) shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.07(f), constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the Borrower agrees that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

 

(g) Interim Interest. If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, until the Borrower shall have reimbursed the Issuing Bank for such LC Disbursement (either with its own funds or a Borrowing under Section 2.07(e)), the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to the Loans. Interest accrued pursuant to this Section 2.07(g) shall be for the account of the Administrative Agent, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Lender pursuant to Section 2.07(e) to reimburse the Administrative Agent shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.

 

  

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(h) Cash Collateralization. If (i) any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent, acting at the direction of the Required Lenders, demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this Section 2.07(h), or (ii) the Borrower is required to pay to the Administrative Agent the excess attributable to an LC Exposure in connection with any prepayment pursuant to Section 3.03(c), then the Borrower shall deposit, in an account designated by the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash equal to, in the case of an Event of Default, the LC Exposure, and in the case of a payment required by Section 3.03(c), the amount of such excess as provided in Section 3.03(c), as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary described in Section 10.01(h) or Section 10.01(i). The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of it and the Lenders, an exclusive first priority and continuing perfected security interest in and Lien on such account and all cash, checks, drafts, certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time deposited or held in such account, all deposits or wire transfers made thereto, any and all investments purchased with funds deposited in such account, all interest, dividends, cash, instruments, financial assets and other Property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise payable in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the foregoing, and all proceeds, products, accessions, rents, profits, income and benefits therefrom, and any substitutions and replacements therefor. The Borrower’s obligation to deposit amounts pursuant to this Section 2.07(h) shall be absolute and unconditional, without regard to whether any beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit has attempted to draw down all or a portion of such amount under the terms of a Letter of Credit, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be subject to any defense or be affected by a right of set-off, counterclaim or recoupment which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may now or hereafter have against any such beneficiary, the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or any other Person for any reason whatsoever. Such deposit shall be held as collateral securing the payment and performance of the Borrower’s and the Guarantor’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, and the Borrower is not otherwise required to pay to the Administrative Agent the excess attributable to an LC Exposure in connection with any prepayment pursuant to Section 3.03(c), then such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three (3) Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

 

  

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ARTICLE III

Payments of Principal and Interest; Prepayments; Fees

 

Section 3.01 Repayment of Loans. The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Loan in full in cash on the Termination Date. All payments by the Borrower of principal, interest, fees and other obligations shall be made in dollars in immediately available funds, and shall be absolute and unconditional, without defense, rescission, recoupment, setoff or counterclaim, free of any restriction or condition.

 

Section 3.02 Interest.

 

(a) Loans. The Loans shall bear interest at the greater of (i) the Prime Rate plus the Applicable Margin or (ii) the Floor Rate, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.

 

(b) Borrowing Base Deficiency and Post Default Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Loan Document is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and including any payments in respect of a Borrowing Base Deficiency under Section 3.03(c), then all Loans outstanding, in the case of an Event of Default, and such overdue amount, in the case of a failure to pay amounts when due, shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at the Post Default Rate, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, and (ii) during any Borrowing Base Deficiency, all Loans outstanding at such time shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at the Post Default Rate, but in no event to exceed the Highest Lawful Rate.

 

(c) Interest Payment Dates. Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and on the Termination Date; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section 3.02(b) shall be payable on demand and (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment.

 

(d) Interest Rate Computations. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, unless such computation would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, in which case interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

 

Section 3.03 Prepayments.

 

(a) Optional Prepayments. Subject to prior notice in accordance with Section 3.03(b), the Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, in minimum increments of $250,000 or if less than $250,000, the remaining balance of the Loans.

 

(b) Notice and Terms of Optional Prepayment. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder not later than 12:00 noon, Houston, Texas time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 3.02.

 

  

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(c) Mandatory Prepayments.

 

(i) If, after giving effect to any termination or reduction of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts pursuant to Section 2.05(b), the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeds the total Commitments, then the Borrower shall (A) prepay the Borrowings on the date of such termination or reduction in an aggregate principal amount equal to such excess, and (B) if any excess remains after prepaying all of the Borrowings as a result of an LC Exposure, pay to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders an amount equal to such excess to be held as cash collateral as provided in Section 2.07(h).

 

(ii) Upon any redetermination of or adjustment to the amount of the Borrowing Base in accordance with Section 2.06 or Section 8.13(c), if the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeds the redetermined or adjusted Borrowing Base, then the Borrower shall:

 

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prepay the Borrowings in an aggregate principal amount equal to such excess, and if any excess remains after prepaying all of the Borrowings as a result of an LC Exposure, pay to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders an amount equal to such excess to be held as cash collateral as provided in Section 2.07(h).; or

 

	
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pledge additional collateral not included in the most recent Reserve Report to the Administrative Agent having a fair market value equal to at least the amount of the deficiency or otherwise satisfactory to the Administrative Agent such that the total Revolving Credit Exposures are less than or equal to the Borrowing Base as redetermined or adjusted; and

 

(B) cause, for so long as any Borrowing Base Deficiency continues to exist, 100% of Excess Cash Flow to be used to prepay the Borrowings in an amount not to exceed such Borrowing Base Deficiency, such amounts to be paid to the Administrative Agent within one (1) Business Day of each delivery of an Excess Cash Flow report required by Section 8.01(m)(ii); provided that while any such Borrowing Base Deficiency continues to exist, the amount of the Borrower’s General and Administrative Costs and lease operating expenses used in determining Excess Cash Flow are consistent with those in the applicable Annual Projection.

 

The Borrower shall be obligated to make such prepayment, pledge of collateral and/or deposit of cash collateral within ninety (90) days following its receipt of the New Borrowing Base Notice in accordance with Section 2.06(d) or the date the adjustment occurs; provided that all payments required to be made pursuant to this Section 3.03(c)(ii) must be made on or prior to the Termination Date.

 

  

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(iii) Upon any adjustments to the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 9.12, if the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeds the Borrowing Base as adjusted, then the Borrower shall (A) prepay the Borrowings in an aggregate principal amount equal to such excess, and (B) if any excess remains after prepaying all of the Borrowings as a result of an LC Exposure, pay to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders an amount equal to such excess to be held as cash collateral as provided in Section 2.08(h). The Borrower shall be obligated to make such prepayment and/or deposit of cash collateral on the date it receives cash proceeds as a result of such disposition provided that all payments required to be made pursuant to this Section 3.03(c)(iii) must be made on or prior to the Termination Date.

 

(iv) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if a Borrowing Base Deficiency exists, or during an Event of Default, the Borrower shall prepay the Borrowings with all net cash proceeds received from sales and other dispositions of Properties.

 

(v) Each prepayment of Borrowings shall be applied ratably to the Loans of each Lender included in the prepaid Borrowings. Prepayment pursuant to this Section 3.03(c) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 3.02.

 

(d) No Premium or Penalty. Prepayments permitted or required under this Section 3.03 shall be without premium or penalty.

 

Section 3.04 Fees.

 

(a) Commitment Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at 0.50% on the average daily amount of the unused amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the date of this Agreement to but excluding the Termination Date. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the Termination Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, unless such computation would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, in which case interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

 

  

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(b) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender, a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Margin used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Loans on the average daily amount of such Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the date of this Agreement to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, (ii) to the Administrative Agent, a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.25% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the date of this Agreement to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, provided that in no event shall such fee be less than $500 during any quarter and (iii) to the Administrative Agent for its own account, the standard fees charged to it by the Issuing Bank with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date of this Agreement; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the Termination Date and any such fees accruing after the Termination Date shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable pursuant to this Section 3.04(b) shall be payable within ten (10) days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, unless such computation would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, in which case interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

 

(c) Administrative Agent Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent as outlined in the Fee Letter.

 

(d) Defaulting Lender Fees. The Borrower shall not be obligated to pay the Administrative Agent any Defaulting Lender's ratable share of the fees described in Sections 3.04(a) and (b) for the period commencing on the day such Defaulting Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender and continuing for so long as such Lender continues to be a Defaulting Lender.

 

ARTICLE IV

Payments; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs

 

Section 4.01 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.

 

(a) Payments by the Borrower. The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 5.01, Section 5.02 or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, Houston, Texas time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without defense, deduction, recoupment, set-off or counterclaim. Fees, once paid, shall be fully earned and shall not be refundable under any circumstances. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices specified in Section 12.01, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Section 5.01, Section 5.02 and Section 12.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars.

 

  

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(b) Application of Insufficient Payments. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.

 

(c) Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this Section 4.01(c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section 4.01(c) shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

 

Section 4.02 Presumption of Payment by the Borrower. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

  

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Section 4.03 Certain Deductions by the Administrative Agent. If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(b), Section 2.07(d), Section 2.07(e) or Section 4.02 then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid. If at any time prior to the acceleration or maturity of the Loans, the Administrative Agent shall receive any payment in respect of principal of a Loan or a reimbursement of an LC Disbursement while one or more Defaulting Lenders shall be party to this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall apply such payment first to the Borrowing(s) for which such Defaulting Lender(s) shall have failed to fund its pro rata share until such time as such Borrowing(s) are paid in full or each Lender (including each Defaulting Lender) is owed its Applicable Percentage of all Loans then outstanding. After acceleration or maturity of the Loans, all principal will be paid ratably as provided in Section 10.02(c).

 

Section 4.04 Disposition of Proceeds. The Security Instruments contain an assignment by the Borrower and/or the Guarantors unto and in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and each Approved Counterparty of all of the Borrower’s or each Guarantor’s interest in and to production and all proceeds attributable thereto which may be produced from or allocated to the Mortgaged Property. The Security Instruments further provide in general for the application of such proceeds to the satisfaction of the Indebtedness and other obligations described therein and secured thereby. Notwithstanding the assignment contained in such Security Instruments, until the occurrence of an Event of Default has accrued that is continuing, (a) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that they will neither notify the purchaser or purchasers of such production nor take any other action to cause such proceeds to be remitted to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, but the Lenders will instead permit such proceeds to be paid to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to take such actions as may be necessary to cause such proceeds to be paid to the Borrower and/or such Subsidiaries.

 

ARTICLE V

Increased Costs; Taxes; Illegality

 

Section 5.01 Increased Costs.

 

(a) Changes in Law. If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender ; or

 

(ii) impose on any Lender any other condition affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

 

  

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(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(c) Certificates. A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in Section 5.01(a) or (b) shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

 

(d) Effect of Failure or Delay in Requesting Compensation. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 5.01 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 5.01 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

 

Section 5.02 Taxes.

 

(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any Guarantor under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that if the Borrower or any Guarantor shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.02(a)), the Administrative Agent, each Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower or such Guarantor shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower or such Guarantor shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

 

  

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(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. The Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

 

(c) Indemnification by the Borrower. THE BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, EACH LENDER AND THE ISSUING BANK, WITHIN TWENTY (20) DAYS AFTER WRITTEN DEMAND THEREFOR, FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF ANY INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES PAID BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, SUCH LENDER OR THE ISSUING BANK, AS THE CASE MAY BE, ON OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY PAYMENT BY OR ON ACCOUNT OF ANY OBLIGATION OF THE BORROWER HEREUNDER (INCLUDING INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES IMPOSED OR ASSERTED ON OR ATTRIBUTABLE TO AMOUNTS PAYABLE UNDER THIS SECTION 5.03) AND ANY PENALTIES, INTEREST AND REASONABLE EXPENSES ARISING THEREFROM OR WITH RESPECT THERETO, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES WERE CORRECTLY OR LEGALLY IMPOSED OR ASSERTED BY THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY. A certificate of the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Bank as to the amount of such payment or liability under this Section 5.02 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(d) Indemnification by the Lenders and Issuing Banks. EACH LENDER AND ISSUING BANK SHALL SEVERALLY INDEMNIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR ANY TAXES (BUT, IN THE CASE OF ANY INDEMNIFIED TAXES OR OTHER TAXES, ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THE BORROWER HAS NOT ALREADY INDEMNIFIED THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR SUCH INDEMNIFIED TAXES AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE OBLIGATION OF THE BORROWER TO DO SO) ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH LENDER OR ISSUING BANK THAT ARE PAID OR PAYABLE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT AND ANY REASONABLE OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES ARISING THEREFROM OR WITH RESPECT THERETO, WHETHER OR NOT SUCH TAXES WERE CORRECTLY OR LEGALLY IMPOSED OR ASSERTED BY THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY. The indemnity under this Section 5.02(d) shall be paid within 10 days after the Administrative Agent delivers to the applicable Lender or the Issuing Bank a certificate stating the amount of Taxes so paid or payable by the Administrative Agent. Such certificate shall be conclusive of the amount so paid or payable absent manifest error.

 

(e) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower or a Guarantor to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

  

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(f) Foreign Lenders and Foreign Issuing Bank. Any Foreign Lender or Foreign Issuing Bank that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located or is resident for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of any such non-United States documentation shall not be required if in the Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender or the Issuing Bank to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender or Issuing Bank. Upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, any Lender or Issuing Bank shall update any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section 5.02(f) if it is legally eligible to do so. If any form or certification previously delivered pursuant to this Section expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect with respect to a Lender or Issuing Bank, such Lender or Issuing Bank shall promptly (and in any event within 10 days after such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of such expiration, obsolescence or inaccuracy and update the form or certification if it is legally eligible to do so.

 

(i) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender or Issuing Bank, if it is legally eligible to do so, shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender or Issuing Bank becomes a Lender or Issuing Bank under this Agreement, whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(A) two (2) properly completed and executed IRS Forms W-8BEN or any successor form claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party;

 

(B) two (2) properly completed and executed IRS Forms W-8ECI or any successor form claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax because the applicable income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business;

 

(C) in the case of a Foreign Lender or Foreign Issuing Bank claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender or Foreign Issuing Bank is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) two (2) properly completed and executed IRS Forms W-8BEN;

 

(D) two (2) properly completed and executed IRS Forms W-8IMY (together with forms listed under clauses (i) through (iii) or (v) hereof, as may be required under this Section 5.02(f));

 

  

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(E) two (2) properly completed and executed IRS Forms W-9 or any successor form; or

 

(F) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax properly completed and executed together with any supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

 

(ii) If a payment made to a Lender or Issuing Bank under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and/or the Borrower, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Administrative Agent and/or the Borrower to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 5.02(f)(iii), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.03 Designation of Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 5.01, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.02, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 5.02, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

ARTICLE VI

Conditions Precedent

 

Section 6.01 Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.02):

 

(a) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received all commitment, facility and agency fees, including those set forth in the Fee Letter, and all other fees and amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent).

 

  

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(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Responsible Officer of each Credit Party setting forth (i) resolutions of its board of directors with respect to the authorization of such Credit Party to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to enter into the transactions contemplated in those documents, (ii) the officers of such Credit Party (A) who are authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which such Credit Party is a party and (B) who will, until replaced by another officer or officers duly authorized for that purpose, act as its representative for the purposes of signing documents and giving notices and other communications in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) specimen signatures of such authorized officers, and (iv) the Organizational Documents of such Credit Party, certified as being true and complete. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders may conclusively rely on such certificate until the Administrative Agent receives notice in writing from any Credit Party to the contrary.

 

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates of the appropriate State agencies with respect to the existence, qualification and good standing of each Credit Party.

 

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received a compliance certificate which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit C, duly and properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and dated as of the Effective Date.

 

(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party hereto counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party.

 

(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received duly executed Notes (if requested by any Lender) payable to each such Lender in a principal amount equal to its Maximum Credit Amount dated as of the date hereof.

 

(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received from each party thereto duly executed counterparts (in such number as may be requested by the Administrative Agent) of the Security Instruments, including the Guaranty Agreement, and the other Security Instruments described on Exhibit E. In connection with the execution and delivery of the Security Instruments, the Administrative Agent shall (i) be reasonably satisfied that the Security Instruments create first priority, perfected Liens (subject only to Excepted Liens identified in clauses (a) to (d) and (f) of the definition thereof, but subject to the provisos at the end of such definition) on all of the material Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) have received certificates, together with undated, blank stock powers for each such certificate, representing all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each of the Guarantors which is directly owned by either the Borrower or a Subsidiary.

 

(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion of Patton Boggs LLP, special counsel to the Borrower, and Dunlevy Crowe, local counsel in Oklahoma, and any other jurisdictions requested substantially in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

  

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(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of insurance coverage of the Borrower evidencing that the Borrower is carrying insurance in accordance with Section 7.12.

 

(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received title information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require satisfactory to the Administrative Agent setting forth the status of title to at least 80% of the Total Reserve Value of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the Initial Reserve Report.

 

(k) The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the environmental condition of the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

 

(l) The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the Borrower has received all consents and approvals required by Section 7.03.

 

(m) The Administrative Agent shall have received the financial statements referred to in Section 7.04(a) and the Initial Reserve Report accompanied by a certificate covering the matters described in Section 8.12(c).

 

(n) The Administrative Agent shall have received appropriate UCC search certificates reflecting no prior Liens encumbering the Properties of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for each of the following jurisdictions: Delaware, Texas, Oklahoma and any other jurisdiction requested by the Administrative Agent; other than those being assigned or released on or prior to the Effective Date or Liens permitted by Section 9.03.

 

(o) The Borrower shall have delivered the Initial Annual Projection to the Administrative Agent.

 

(p) The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the elimination of the PUT.

 

(q) The Administrative Agent shall have received a duly executed account control agreement among the Operating Account Bank, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the terms and conditions for which shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(r) The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as the Administrative Agent or special counsel to the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

 

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Administrative Agent to procure Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 12.02) at or prior to 2:00 p.m., Houston, Texas time, on July 31, 2012 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

 

  

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Section 6.02 Each Credit Event. The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing (including the initial funding), and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

 

(a) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no event, development or circumstance has occurred or shall then exist that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c) The representations and warranties of the Credit Parties set forth in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case, on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct as of such specified earlier date.

 

(d) The making of such Loan or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable would not conflict with, or cause any Lender or the Issuing Bank to violate or exceed, any applicable Governmental Requirement, and no Change in Law shall have occurred, and no litigation shall be pending or threatened, which does or, with respect to any threatened litigation, seeks to, enjoin, prohibit or restrain, the making or repayment of any Loan, the issuance, amendment, renewal, extension or repayment of any Letter of Credit or any participations therein or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

(e) The receipt by the Administrative Agent of a Borrowing Request in accordance with Section 2.03 or a request for a Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 2.07(b), as applicable.

 

Each request for a Borrowing and each request for the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in Section 6.02(a) through (e).

 

  

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ARTICLE VII

Representations and Warranties

 

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

 

Section 7.01 Organization; Powers. Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority, and has all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals necessary, to own its assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, and is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where failure to have such power, authority, licenses, authorizations, consents, approvals and qualifications could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 7.02 Authority; Enforceability. The Transactions are within each Credit Party’s corporate, limited partnership or limited liability powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited partnership, limited liability company and, if required, stockholder action (including, without limitation, any action required to be taken by any class of directors of the Borrower or any other Person, whether interested or disinterested, in order to ensure the due authorization of the Transactions). Each Loan Document to which the Credit Parties are a party has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each such Credit Party, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

Section 7.03 Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other third Person (including shareholders or any class of directors, whether interested or disinterested, of the Borrower or any other Person), nor is any such consent, approval, registration, filing or other action necessary for the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect other than (i) the recording and filing of the Security Instruments as required by this Agreement and (ii) those third party approvals or consents which, if not made or obtained, would not cause a Default hereunder, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or do not have an adverse effect on the enforceability of the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or any Organizational Document of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or any Subsidiary or its Properties, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Borrower or such Subsidiary and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents).

 

Section 7.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.

 

(a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders (1) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011, and related audited consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in members’ equity for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, reported on by Rothstein Kass & Company, independent public accounts and (2) its unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, certified by its chief financial officer. The financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and for such period in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the unaudited quarterly financial statements.

 

  

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(b) Since December 31, 2011, (i) there has been no event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has been conducted only in the ordinary course consistent with past business practices.

 

(c) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has on the date hereof any material Debt (including Disqualified Capital Stock) or any contingent liabilities, off-balance sheet liabilities or partnerships, liabilities for taxes or unrealized or anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments, except as referred to or reflected or provided for in the financial statements described in Section 7.04(a) or in the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or (b).

 

Section 7.05 Litigation.

 

(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 7.05 on the Effective Date or as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders after the Effective Date (which shall supplement Schedule 7.05), there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve any Loan Document or the Transactions.

 

(b) Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of the matters disclosed in Schedule 7.05 that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 7.06 Environmental Matters. Except for such matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Borrower:

 

(a) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and each of their respective Properties and operations thereon are, and within all applicable statute of limitation periods have been, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.

 

(b) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries have obtained all Environmental Permits required for their respective operations and each of their Properties, with all such Environmental Permits being currently in full force and effect, and none of Borrower or the Subsidiaries has received any written notice or otherwise has knowledge that any such existing Environmental Permit will be revoked or that any application for any new Environmental Permit or renewal of any existing Environmental Permit will be protested or denied.

 

  

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(c) there are no claims, demands, suits, orders, inquiries, or proceedings concerning any violation of, or any liability (including as a potentially responsible party) under, any applicable Environmental Laws that is pending or, to Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective Properties or as a result of any operations at such Properties.

 

(d) none of the Properties of the Borrower or any Subsidiary contain or have contained any: (i) underground storage tanks; (ii) asbestos-containing materials; (iii) landfills or dumps; (iv) hazardous waste management units as defined pursuant to RCRA or any comparable state law; or (v) sites on or nominated for the National Priority List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA or any state remedial priority list promulgated or published pursuant to any comparable state law.

 

(e) there has been no Release or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened Release, of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s Properties, there are no investigations, remediations, abatements, removals, or monitorings of Hazardous Materials required under applicable Environmental Laws at such Properties and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, none of such Properties are adversely affected by any Release or threatened Release of a Hazardous Material originating or emanating from any other real property.

 

(f) neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice asserting an alleged liability or obligation under any applicable Environmental Laws with respect to the investigation, remediation, abatement, removal, or monitoring of any Hazardous Materials at, under, or Released or threatened to be Released from any real properties offsite the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s Properties and, to the Borrower’s knowledge, there are no conditions or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to result in the receipt of such written notice.

 

(g) there has been no exposure of any Person or Property to any Hazardous Materials as a result of or in connection with the operations and businesses of any of the Borrower’s or the Subsidiaries’ Properties that could reasonably be expected to form the basis for a claim for damages or compensation.

 

(h) the Borrower and the Subsidiaries have provided to the Lenders complete and correct copies of all environmental site assessment reports, investigations, studies, analyses, and correspondence on environmental matters (including matters relating to any alleged non-compliance with or liability under Environmental Laws) that are in any of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ possession or control and relating to their respective Properties or operations thereon.

 

Section 7.07 Compliance with the Laws and Agreements; No Defaults.

 

(a) Each of the Borrower and each Subsidiary is in compliance with all Governmental Requirements applicable to it or its Property and all agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its Property, and possesses all licenses, permits, franchises, exemptions, approvals and other authorizations granted by Governmental Authorities necessary for the ownership of its Property and the conduct of its business, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  

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(b) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default nor has any event or circumstance occurred which, but for the expiration of any applicable grace period or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default or would require the Borrower or a Subsidiary to Redeem or make any offer to Redeem under any indenture, note, credit agreement or instrument pursuant to which any Material Indebtedness is outstanding or by which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Properties is bound.

 

(c) No Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

Section 7.08 Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Section 7.09 Taxes. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of Taxes and other governmental charges are, in the reasonable opinion of the Borrower, adequate. No Liens for Taxes have been filed and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no claim is being asserted with respect to any such Tax or other such governmental charge.

 

Section 7.10 ERISA.

 

(a) The Borrower, the Subsidiaries and each ERISA Affiliate have complied in all material respects with ERISA and, where applicable, the Code regarding each Plan.

 

(b) Each Plan is, and has been, established and maintained in substantial compliance with its terms, ERISA and, where applicable, the Code.

 

(c) No act, omission or transaction has occurred which could result in imposition on the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (whether directly or indirectly) of (i) either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to subsections (c), (i), (l) or (m) of section 502 of ERISA or a tax imposed pursuant to Chapter 43 of Subtitle D of the Code or (ii) breach of fiduciary duty liability damages under section 409 of ERISA.

 

(d) Full payment when due has been made of all amounts which the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate is required under the terms of each Plan or applicable law to have paid as contributions to such Plan as of the date hereof.

 

  

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(e) Neither the Borrower, the Subsidiaries nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains, or contributes to an employee welfare benefit plan, as defined in section 3(1) of ERISA, including, without limitation, any such plan maintained to provide benefits to former employees of such entities, that may not be terminated by the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate in its sole discretion at any time without any material liability.

 

(f) Neither the Borrower, the Subsidiaries nor any ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains or contributes to, or has at any time in the six-year period preceding the date hereof sponsored, maintained or contributed to, any employee pension benefit plan, as defined in section 3(2) of ERISA, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, section 302 of ERISA or section 412 of the Code.

 

Section 7.11 Disclosure; No Material Misstatements. The Borrower has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any of their Affiliates in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time. There is no fact peculiar to the Borrower or any Subsidiary which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or in the future is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and which has not been set forth in this Agreement or the Loan Documents or the other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary prior to, or on, the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. There are no statements or conclusions in any Reserve Report which are based upon or include misleading information or fail to take into account material information regarding the matters reported therein, it being understood that projections concerning volumes attributable to the Oil and Gas Properties and production and cost estimates contained in each Reserve Report are necessarily based upon professional opinions, estimates and projections and that the Borrower and the Subsidiaries do not warrant that such opinions, estimates and projections will ultimately prove to have been accurate.

 

Section 7.12 Insurance. The Borrower has, and has caused all of its Subsidiaries to have, (a) all insurance policies sufficient for the compliance by each of them with all material Governmental Requirements and all material agreements and (b) insurance coverage in at least amounts and against such risk (including, without limitation, public liability) that are usually insured against by companies similarly situated and engaged in the same or a similar business for the assets and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders have been named as additional insureds in respect of such liability insurance policies and the Administrative Agent has been named as loss payee with respect to Property loss insurance.

 

  

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Section 7.13 Restriction on Liens. Neither the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to any material agreement or arrangement (other than Capital Leases creating Liens permitted by Section 9.03(c), but only on the Property subject of such Capital Lease), or subject to any order, judgment, writ or decree, which either restricts or purports to restrict its ability to grant Liens to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on or in respect of their Properties to secure the Indebtedness and the Loan Documents.

 

Section 7.14 Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.14 or as disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly furnish a copy to the Lenders), which shall be a supplement to Schedule 7.14, the Borrower has no Subsidiaries and the Borrower has no Foreign Subsidiaries.

 

Section 7.15 Location of Business and Offices. The Borrower’s jurisdiction of organization is Delaware; the name of the Borrower as listed in the public records of its jurisdiction of organization, as of the date hereof, is Starboard Resources, Inc.; and the organizational identification number of the Borrower in its jurisdiction of organization is 45-5634053 (or, in each case, as set forth in a notice delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.01(j) in accordance with Section 12.01). The Borrower’s principal place of business and chief executive office is located at the address specified in Section 12.01 (or as set forth in a notice delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(j) and Section 12.01(c)). Each Subsidiary’s jurisdiction of organization, name as listed in the public records of its jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number in its jurisdiction of organization, and the location of its principal place of business and chief executive office is stated on Schedule 7.14 (or as set forth in a notice delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(j)).

 

Section 7.16 Properties; Titles, Etc.

 

(a) Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good and defensible title to the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the most recently delivered Reserve Report and good title to all its personal Properties, in each case, free and clear of all Liens except Liens permitted by Section 9.03. After giving full effect to the Excepted Liens, the Borrower or the Subsidiary specified as the owner owns the net interests in production attributable to the Hydrocarbon Interests as reflected in the most recently delivered Reserve Report, and the ownership of such Properties shall not in any material respect obligate the Borrower or such Subsidiary to bear the costs and expenses relating to the maintenance, development and operations of each such Property in an amount in excess of the working interest of each Property set forth in the most recently delivered Reserve Report that is not offset by a corresponding proportionate increase in the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s net revenue interest in such Property.

 

(b) All material leases and agreements necessary for the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are valid and subsisting, in full force and effect, and there exists no default or event or circumstance which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would give rise to a default under any such lease or leases, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  

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(c) The rights and Properties presently owned, leased or licensed by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries including, without limitation, all easements and rights of way, include all rights and Properties necessary to permit the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to conduct their business in all material respects in the same manner as its business has been conducted prior to the date hereof.

 

(d) All of the Properties of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries which are reasonably necessary for the operation of their businesses are in good working condition and are maintained in accordance with prudent business standards.

 

(e) The Borrower and each Subsidiary owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual Property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and such Subsidiary does not and will not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries either own or have valid licenses or other rights to use all databases, geological data, geophysical data, engineering data, seismic data, maps, interpretations and other technical information used in their businesses as presently conducted, subject to the limitations contained in the agreements governing the use of the same, which limitations are customary for companies engaged in the business of the exploration and production of Hydrocarbons, with such exceptions as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 7.17 Maintenance of Properties. Except for such acts or failures to act as could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Oil and Gas Properties (and Properties unitized therewith) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been maintained, operated and developed in a good and workmanlike manner and in conformity with all Governmental Requirements and in conformity with the provisions of all leases, subleases or other contracts comprising a part of the Hydrocarbon Interests and other contracts and agreements forming a part of the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Specifically in connection with the foregoing, except for those as could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no Oil and Gas Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is subject to having allowable production reduced below the full and regular allowable (including the maximum permissible tolerance) because of any overproduction (whether or not the same was permissible at the time) and (ii) none of the wells comprising a part of the Oil and Gas Properties (or Properties unitized therewith) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is deviated from the vertical more than the maximum permitted by Governmental Requirements, and such wells are, in fact, bottomed under and are producing from, and the well bores are wholly within, the Oil and Gas Properties (or in the case of wells located on Properties unitized therewith, such unitized Properties) of the Borrower or such Subsidiary. All pipelines, wells, gas processing plants, platforms and other material improvements, fixtures and equipment owned in whole or in part by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that are necessary to conduct normal operations are being maintained in a state adequate to conduct normal operations, and with respect to such of the foregoing which are operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in a manner consistent with the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ past practices (other than those the failure of which to maintain in accordance with this Section 7.17 could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

 

  

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Section 7.18 Gas Imbalances, Prepayments. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.18 or on the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to Section 8.12(c), on a net basis there are no gas imbalances, take or pay or other prepayments which would require the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to deliver Hydrocarbons produced from the Oil and Gas Properties at some future time without then or thereafter receiving full payment therefor exceeding two percent (2%) of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ Proved Reserves of natural gas (on an mcf equivalent basis) in the aggregate.

 

Section 7.19 Marketing of Production. Except for contracts listed and in effect on the date hereof on Schedule 7.19, and thereafter either disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent or included in the most recently delivered Reserve Report (with respect to all of which contracts the Borrower represents that it or its Subsidiaries are receiving a price for all production sold thereunder which is computed substantially in accordance with the terms of the relevant contract and are not having deliveries curtailed substantially below the subject Property’s delivery capacity), no material agreements exist which are not cancelable on sixty (60) days notice or less without penalty or detriment for the sale of production from the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ Hydrocarbons (including, without limitation, calls on or other rights to purchase, production, whether or not the same are currently being exercised) that (a) pertain to the sale of production at a fixed price and (b) have a maturity or expiry date of longer than six (6) months from the date hereof.

 

Section 7.20 Swap Agreements. Schedule 7.20, as of the date hereof, and after the date hereof, each report required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.01(c), sets forth, a true and complete list of all Swap Agreements of the Borrower and each Subsidiary, the material terms thereof (including the type, term, effective date, termination date and notional amounts or volumes), the net mark to market value thereof, all credit support agreements relating thereto (including any margin required or supplied) and the counterparty to each such agreement.

 

Section 7.21 Use of Loans and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of Credit shall be used to provide working capital for exploration and production operations as set forth in the applicable Annual Projection and for general corporate purposes. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not engaged principally, or as one of its or their important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the Board). No part of the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit will be used for any purpose which violates the provisions of Regulations T, U or X of the Board.

 

Section 7.22 Solvency. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, (a) the aggregate assets (after giving effect to amounts that could reasonably be received by reason of indemnity, offset, insurance or any similar arrangement), at a fair valuation, of the Borrower and the Guarantors, taken as a whole, will exceed the aggregate Debt of the Borrower and the Guarantors on a consolidated basis, as the Debt becomes absolute and matures, (b) each of the Borrower and the Guarantors has not incurred and does not intend to incur, and does not believe that it will incur, Debt beyond its ability to pay such Debt (after taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by each of the Borrower and the Guarantors and the amounts to be payable on or in respect of its liabilities, and giving effect to amounts that could reasonably be received by reason of indemnity, offset, insurance or any similar arrangement) as such Debt becomes absolute and matures and (c) each of the Borrower and the Guarantors will not have (and will have no reason to believe that it will have thereafter) unreasonably small capital for the conduct of its business.

 

  

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Section 7.23 Casualty Events. Since December 31, 2011, neither the business nor any Properties of the Borrower have been materially and adversely affected as a result of any fire, explosion, earthquake, flood, drought, windstorm, accident, strike or other labor disturbance, embargo, requisition or taking of Property or cancellation of contracts, permits or concessions by any domestic or foreign Governmental Authority, riot, activities or armed forces or acts of God or of any public enemy.

 

Section 7.24 Material Agreements. Set forth on Schedule 7.24 hereto is a complete and correct list of all material agreements and other instruments maintained as of the date of this Agreement by the Borrower setting forth each counterparty thereto (other than the Loan Documents) relating to the purchase, transportation by pipeline, gas processing, marketing, development, sale and supply of Hydrocarbons, farmout arrangements, joint operating agreements, contract operating agreements or other material contracts (excluding oil and gas leases of the Borrower) to which the Borrower is a party on or after the Effective Date or by which its Properties is bound on or after the Effective Date, in each case for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (collectively “Material Agreements”) and copies of such documents have been provided to the Administrative Agent. All such agreements are in full force and effect and the Borrower is not in default thereunder, nor is there any uncured default by any Affiliate predecessor in interest to the Borrower or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, by any predecessor in interest to the Borrower (other than an Affiliate predecessor) or counterparty thereto, nor has the Borrower altered any material item of such agreements since the Effective Date without the prior written consent of the Lenders.

 

Section 7.25 No Brokers. No Person is entitled to any brokerage fee or finder’s fee or similar fee or commission in connection with arranging the Loans contemplated by this Agreement and as of the Effective Date.

 

Section 7.26 Reliance. In connection with the negotiation of and the entering into this Agreement, the Borrower acknowledges and represents that none of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or any representative of any of the foregoing is acting as a fiduciary or financial or investment advisor for it; it is not relying upon any representations (whether written or oral) of such Persons; it has consulted with its own legal, regulatory, tax, business investment, financial and accounting advisors to the extent it has deemed necessary, and it has made its own investment, hedging, and trading decisions based upon its own judgment and upon any advice from such advisors as it has deemed necessary and not upon any view expressed by any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any representative of any of the foregoing; it has not been given by any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any representative of any of the foregoing (directly or indirectly through any other Person) any advice, counsel, assurance, guarantee, or representation whatsoever as to the expected or projected success, profitability, return, performance, result, effect, consequence, or benefit (either legal, regulatory, tax, financial, accounting, or otherwise) of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; and it is entering into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with a full understanding of all of the risks hereof and thereof (economic and otherwise), and it is capable of assuming and willing to assume (financially and otherwise) those risks.

 

  

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Section 7.27 Payments by Purchasers of Production. All proceeds from the sale of the Borrower’s interests in Hydrocarbons from its Oil and Gas Properties are currently being paid in full to the Borrower by the purchaser thereof on a timely basis and at prices and terms comparable to market prices and terms generally available at the time such prices and terms were negotiated for oil and gas production from producing areas situated near such Oil and Gas Properties, and none of such proceeds are currently being held in suspense by such purchaser or any other Person.

 

Section 7.28 Existing Accounts Payable. As of the Effective Date, set forth on Schedule 7.28 hereto is a complete and correct list of all existing accounts payable of the Borrower that are more than sixty (60) days past due.

 

Section 7.29 Annual Projection. Each Annual Projection (including the Initial Annual Projection) covers all work reasonably necessary (a) to drill and complete all wells scheduled to be drilled thereunder, (b) to construct, install and commence operations of the production facilities related thereto and (c) to complete and operate all injection wells as contemplated in connection therewith. The budget (including the budget for capital costs described therein) for the Initial Annual Projection has been prepared, and for each subsequent Annual Projection will be prepared, by the Borrower in good faith and does and will, as applicable, represent the total costs and expenses reasonably anticipated by the Borrower to complete the activities described in such Annual Projection. The Borrower has a good faith belief that the development schedule in the Initial Annual Projection, and will assure that the development schedule in each subsequent Annual Projection, is realistic and feasible.

 

ARTICLE VIII

Affirmative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

Section 8.01 Financial Statements; Other Information. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

 

(a) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in any event in accordance with then applicable law and not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by an independent public accountant of recognized national standing or any other independent public accountant reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (in each instance without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

 

  

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(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available, but in any event in accordance with then applicable law and not later than sixty (60) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

 

(c) Certificate of Financial Officer -- Compliance. Concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under Section 8.01(a) or Section 8.01(b), a certificate of a Financial Officer in substantially the form of Exhibit C attached hereto (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 8.13(b) and Section 9.01, (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 7.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate, (iv) if, at any time, all the Consolidated Subsidiaries of the Borrower are not Consolidated Subsidiaries, setting forth consolidating statements that show all Consolidated Subsidiaries and the eliminating entries, in such form as would be presentable to the auditors of the Borrower and (v) , setting forth as of the last Business Day of such fiscal quarter or fiscal year, a true and complete list of all Swap Agreements of the Borrower and each Subsidiary, the material terms thereof (including the type, term, effective date, termination date and notional amounts or volumes), the net mark-to-market value therefore, any new credit support agreements relating thereto not listed on Schedule 7.20 and the counterparty to each such agreement.

 

(d) Certificate of Insurer -- Insurance Coverage. Upon change or renewal, a certificate of insurance coverage from each insurer with respect to the insurance required by Section 8.07, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, all copies of the applicable policies.

 

(e) Other Accounting Reports. Promptly upon receipt thereof, a copy of each other report or letter submitted to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by independent accountants in connection with any annual, interim or special audit made by them of the books of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, and a copy of any response by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, or the board of directors of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, to such letter or report.

 

  

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(f) Other Filings and Reports to Shareholders. Promptly upon receipt thereof, a copy of each other material report or letter submitted to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by independent accountants in connection with any annual, interim or special audit made by them of the books of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, and a copy of any response by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, or the board of directors of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary, to such letter or report.

 

(g) Notices Under Material Instruments. Promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any financial statement, report or notice furnished to or by any Person pursuant to the terms of any preferred stock designation, indenture, loan or credit or other similar agreement, other than this Agreement and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to any other provision of this Section 8.01.

 

(h) Notice of Sales of Oil and Gas Properties. In the event the Borrower or any Subsidiary intends to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of any Oil or Gas Properties or any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary in accordance with Section 9.12, prior written notice of such disposition, the price thereof and the anticipated date of closing and any other details thereof requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

 

(i) Notice of Casualty Events. Prompt written notice, and in any event within three (3) Business Days of the occurrence of any Casualty Event.

 

(j) Information Regarding Credit Parties. Prompt written notice (and in any event within ten Business Days prior thereto) of any change (i) in the Borrower or any Guarantor’s organizational name, (ii) in the location of the Borrower or any Guarantor’s chief executive office or principal place of business, (iii) in the Borrower or any Guarantor’s identity or organizational structure or in the jurisdiction in which such Person is organized or formed, (iv) in the Borrower or any Guarantor’s jurisdiction of organization or such Person’s organizational identification number in such jurisdiction of organization, and (v) in the Borrower or any Guarantor’s federal taxpayer identification number.

 

(k) Other Reports. The Borrower shall prepare and provide the Lenders and Administrative Agent the following reports:

 

(i) on a monthly basis by the 60th day following each calendar month, a report setting forth, for such calendar month, the volume of production and sales attributable to production (and the prices at which such sales were made and the revenues derived from such sales) for each such calendar month from the Oil and Gas Properties described in the most recent Reserve Report, and setting forth the related ad valorem, severance and production taxes and lease operating expenses attributable thereto and incurred for each such calendar month;

 

(ii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Borrowing Base Deficiency, the Borrower shall provide, on a monthly basis on the 15th day of each such month, a report setting forth, for the immediately preceding calendar month, the Borrower’s Excess Cash Flow; and

 

  

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(iii) such other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, including, but not limited to, an unaudited income statement, a consolidated balance sheet and a statement of cash flow (with such statement to show any variations from the budget previously delivered), copies of the Borrower’s bank account statements, statement of expenses for the preceding month, notice of any material changes with regard to oil and gas prices received, contracts or production expenses or any material litigation affecting the operation of the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower.

 

(l) Notices of Certain Changes. Promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days after the execution thereof, copies of any amendment, modification or supplement to the Organizational Documents, any preferred stock designation or any other organizational document of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

 

(m) Notice of Purchase of Oil and Gas Properties. In the event the Borrower or any Subsidiary acquires additional Oil and Gas Properties, the Borrower shall deliver promptly, but in any event within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter in which such acquisition occurred, to the Administrative Agent a list of all newly acquired Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries setting forth a description of each newly acquired Oil and Gas Property and the cost of each such acquisition.

 

(n) Other Requested Information. Promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including, without limitation, any Plan or Multiemployer Plan and any reports or other information required to be filed under ERISA), or compliance with the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, in each case, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

 

Section 8.02 Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice, but in any event within two (2) Business Days, of the following:

 

(a) the occurrence of any Default;

 

(b) the filing or commencement of, or the threat in writing of, any action, suit, proceeding, investigation or arbitration by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any Affiliate thereof not previously disclosed in writing to the Lenders or any material adverse development in any action, suit, proceeding, investigation or arbitration (whether or not previously disclosed to the Lenders) that, in either case, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(c) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Each notice delivered under this Section 8.02 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

 

  

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Section 8.03 Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business and maintain, if necessary, its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which its Oil and Gas Properties is located or the ownership of its Properties requires such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 9.11.

 

Section 8.04 Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities of the Borrower and all of its Subsidiaries before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or result in the seizure or levy of any Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

 

Section 8.05 Performance of Obligations under Loan Documents. The Borrower will pay the Notes according to the reading, tenor and effect thereof, and the Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, do and perform every act and discharge all of the obligations to be performed and discharged by them under the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, this Agreement, at the time or times and in the manner specified.

 

Section 8.06 Operation and Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower, at its own expense, will, and will cause each Subsidiary to:

 

(a) operate its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties or cause such Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties to be operated in a careful and efficient manner in accordance with the practices of the industry and in compliance with all applicable contracts and agreements and in compliance with all Governmental Requirements, including, without limitation, applicable proration requirements and Environmental Laws, and all applicable laws, rules and regulations of every other Governmental Authority from time to time constituted to regulate the development and operation of its Oil and Gas Properties and the production and sale of Hydrocarbons and other minerals therefrom, except, in each case, where the failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(b) keep, preserve and maintain all Property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and preserve, maintain and keep in good repair, working order and efficiency (ordinary wear and tear excepted) all of its material Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties, including, without limitation, all equipment, machinery and facilities;

 

(c) promptly pay and discharge, or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be paid and discharged, all delay rentals, royalties, expenses and indebtedness accruing under the leases or other agreements affecting or pertaining to its Oil and Gas Properties and will do all other things necessary, in accordance with customary industry standards, to keep unimpaired their rights with respect thereto and prevent any forfeiture thereof or default thereunder;

 

  

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(d) promptly perform or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be performed, in accordance with industry standards, the obligations required by each and all of the assignments, deeds, leases, sub-leases, contracts and agreements affecting its interests in its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties; and

 

(e) to the extent the Borrower is not the operator of any Property, the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the operator (provided that such operating agreement was not in place on the date hereof) to comply with this Section 8.06.

 

Section 8.07 Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations. The loss payable clauses or provisions in said insurance policy or policies insuring any of the collateral for the Loans shall be endorsed in favor of and made payable to the Administrative Agent as its interests may appear and such policies shall name the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as “additional insureds” and provide that the insurer will endeavor to give at least thirty (30) days prior notice of any cancellation to the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 8.08 Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its Properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.

 

Section 8.09 Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its Property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  

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Section 8.10 Environmental Matters.

 

(a) The Borrower shall at its sole expense: (i) comply, and shall cause its Properties and operations and each Subsidiary and each Subsidiary’s Properties and operations to comply, with all applicable Environmental Laws, the breach of which could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) not Release or threaten to Release, and shall cause each Subsidiary not to Release or threaten to Release, any Hazardous Material on, under, about or from any of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ Properties or any other property offsite the Property to the extent caused by the Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ operations except in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, the Release or threatened Release of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) timely obtain or file, and shall cause each Subsidiary to timely obtain or file, all Environmental Permits, if any, required under applicable Environmental Laws to be obtained or filed in connection with the operation or use of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ Properties, which failure to obtain or file could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) promptly commence and diligently prosecute to completion, and shall cause each Subsidiary to promptly commence and diligently prosecute to completion, any assessment, evaluation, investigation, monitoring, containment, cleanup, removal, repair, restoration, remediation or other remedial obligations (collectively, the “Remedial Work”) in the event any Remedial Work is required or reasonably necessary under applicable Environmental Laws because of or in connection with the actual or suspected past, present or future Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material on, under, about or from any of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ Properties, which failure to commence and diligently prosecute to completion could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (v) conduct, and cause its Subsidiaries to conduct, their respective operations and businesses in a manner that will not expose any Property or Person to Hazardous Materials that could reasonably be expected to form the basis for a claim for damages or compensation; and (vi) establish and implement, and shall cause each Subsidiary to establish and implement, such procedures as may be necessary to continuously determine and assure that the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ obligations under this Section 8.10(a) are timely and fully satisfied, which failure to establish and implement could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) The Borrower will promptly, but in no event later than five (5) days of the occurrence of a triggering event, notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in writing of any threatened action, investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Authority or any threatened demand or lawsuit by any Person against the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or their Properties of which the Borrower has knowledge in connection with any Environmental Laws if the Borrower could reasonably anticipate that such action will result in liability (whether individually or in the aggregate) in excess of $500,000, not fully covered by insurance, subject to normal deductibles.

 

(c) After the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent of any triggering event or during the existence and continuation of an Event of Default or as otherwise required to be obtained by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders by any Governmental Authority, the Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, provide environmental assessments, audits and tests in accordance with the most current version of the American Society of Testing Materials standards upon request by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in connection with any Oil and Gas Properties or other Properties.

 

Section 8.11 Further Assurances.

 

(a) The Borrower at its sole expense will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent all such other documents, agreements and instruments reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to comply with, cure any defects or accomplish the conditions precedent, covenants and agreements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, in the Loan Documents, including the Notes, if any, or to further evidence and more fully describe the collateral intended as security for the Indebtedness, or to correct any defect, error or inaccuracy in this Agreement or the Security Instruments, or to state more fully the obligations secured therein, or to perfect, protect or preserve any Liens created pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Security Instruments or the priority thereof, or to make any recordings, file any notices or obtain any consents, all as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, in connection therewith.

 

  

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(b) The Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relative to all or any part of the Mortgaged Property (or covering “all personal property” or “all assets”) without the signature of the Borrower or any other Guarantor where permitted by law. A carbon, photographic or other reproduction of the Security Instruments or any financing statement covering the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement where permitted by law.

 

Section 8.12 Reserve Reports.

 

(a) Commencing on October 1, 2012 and on or before each April 1 and October 1 of each year thereafter, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a Reserve Report evaluating the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the immediately preceding January 1st and July 1st, as applicable. The Reserve Report as of January 1 and July 1 of each year shall be prepared by one or more Approved Petroleum Engineers.

 

(b) In the event of an Interim Redetermination, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a Reserve Report prepared by or under the supervision of the chief reserve engineer of the Borrower who shall certify such Reserve Report to be true and accurate and to have been prepared in accordance with the procedures used in the immediately preceding January 1 Reserve Report. For any Interim Redetermination requested by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.06(b), the Borrower shall provide such Reserve Report with an “as of” date as required by the Administrative Agent as soon as possible, but in any event no later than thirty (30) days following the receipt of such request.

 

(c) With the delivery of each Reserve Report, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a certificate from a Responsible Officer, in substantially the form of Exhibit G attached hereto, certifying that in all material respects: (i) the data contained in the Reserve Report and any other information delivered in connection therewith is true and correct, (ii) the Borrower or its Subsidiaries owns good and defensible title to the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in such Reserve Report and such Properties are free of all Liens except for Liens permitted by Section 9.03, (iii) except as set forth on an exhibit to the certificate, on a net basis there are no gas imbalances, take or pay or other prepayments in excess of the volume specified in Section 7.18 with respect to its Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in such Reserve Report which would require the Borrower or any Subsidiary to deliver Hydrocarbons either generally or produced from such Oil and Gas Properties at some future time without then or thereafter receiving full payment therefor, (iv) none of their Oil and Gas Properties have been sold since the date of the last Borrowing Base determination except as set forth on an exhibit to the certificate, which certificate shall list all of its Oil and Gas Properties sold and in such detail as reasonably required by the Administrative Agent, (v) attached to the certificate is a list of all marketing agreements entered into subsequent to the later of the date hereof or the most recently delivered Reserve Report which the Borrower could reasonably be expected to have been obligated to list on Schedule 7.19 had such agreement been in effect on the date hereof, (vi) attached thereto is a schedule of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated by such Reserve Report that are Mortgaged Properties and demonstrating the percentage of the Total Reserve Value of the Oil and Gas Properties that the value of such Mortgaged Properties represent in compliance with Section 8.14(a) and (vii) attached thereto is a list of all Persons purchasing Hydrocarbons from the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

 

  

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Section 8.13 Title Information.

 

(a) On or before the delivery to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of each Reserve Report required by Section 8.12(a), the Borrower will deliver title information in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent covering enough of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated by such Reserve Report that were not included in the immediately preceding Reserve Report, so that the Administrative Agent shall have received together with title information previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, satisfactory title information on at least 80% of the Total Reserve Value of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated by such Reserve Report.

 

(b) If the Borrower has provided title information for additional Properties under Section 8.13(a), the Borrower shall, within forty-five (45) days of notice from the Administrative Agent that title defects or exceptions exist with respect to such additional Properties, either (i) cure any such title defects or exceptions (including defects or exceptions as to priority) which are not permitted by Section 9.03 raised by such information, (ii) substitute acceptable Mortgaged Properties with no title defects or exceptions except for Excepted Liens (other than Excepted Liens described in clauses (e), (g) and (h) of such definition) having an equivalent value or (iii) deliver title information in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent so that the Administrative Agent shall have received, together with title information previously delivered to the Administrative Agent, satisfactory title information on at least 80% of the Total Reserve Value of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated by such Reserve Report.

 

(c) If the Borrower is unable to cure any title defect requested by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to be cured within the 45-day period or the Borrower does not comply with the requirements to provide acceptable title information covering 80% of the Total Reserve Value of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the most recent Reserve Report, such default shall not be a Default, but instead the Administrative Agent and/or the Required Lenders shall have the right to exercise the following remedy in their sole discretion from time to time, and any failure to so exercise this remedy at any time shall not be a waiver as to future exercise of the remedy by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders. To the extent that the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders are not satisfied with title to any Mortgaged Property after the 45-day period has elapsed, such unacceptable Mortgaged Property shall not count towards the 80% requirement, and the Administrative Agent may send a notice to the Borrower and the Lenders that the then outstanding Borrowing Base shall be reduced by an amount as determined by the Required Lenders to cause the Borrower to be in compliance with the requirement to provide acceptable title information on 80% of the Total Reserve Value of the Oil and Gas Properties. This new Borrowing Base shall become effective immediately after receipt of such notice.

 

  

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Section 8.14 Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors.

 

(a) In connection with each redetermination of the Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall review the Reserve Report and the list of current Mortgaged Properties (as described in Section 8.12(c)(vi)) to ascertain whether the Mortgaged Properties represent at least 100% of the Total Reserve Value of the material Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in the most recently completed Reserve Report after giving effect to exploration and production activities, acquisitions, dispositions and production. In the event that the Mortgaged Properties do not represent at least 100% of such Total Reserve Value, then the Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, grant, within thirty (30) days of delivery of the certificate required under Section 8.12(c), to the Administrative Agent as security for the Indebtedness a first-priority Lien interest (provided that Excepted Liens of the type described in clauses (a) to (d) and (f) of the definition thereof may exist, but subject to the provisos at the end of such definition) on additional Oil and Gas Properties not already subject to a Lien of the Security Instruments such that after giving effect thereto, the Mortgaged Properties will represent at least 100% of such Total Reserve Value. All such Liens will be created and perfected by and in accordance with the provisions of deeds of trust, security agreements and financing statements or other Security Instruments, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and in sufficient executed (and acknowledged where necessary or appropriate) counterparts for recording purposes.

 

(b) In the event that the Borrower forms or acquires any Subsidiary, the Borrower shall promptly, but in any case no later than fifteen (15) Business Days, cause such Subsidiary to guarantee the Indebtedness pursuant to the Guaranty Agreement. In connection with any such guaranty, the Borrower shall, or shall cause such Subsidiary to, (A) execute and deliver a supplement to the Guaranty Agreement executed by such Subsidiary, (B) pledge all of the Equity Interests of such new Subsidiary (including, without limitation, delivery of original stock certificates evidencing the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, together with an appropriate undated stock powers for each certificate duly executed in blank by the registered owner thereof) and (C) execute and deliver such other additional closing documents, certificates and legal opinions as shall reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent.

 

(c) If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, grant, within thirty (30) days of such request, to the Administrative Agent as security for the Indebtedness a first-priority Lien interest (provided that Excepted Liens of the type described in clauses (a) to (d) and (f) of the definition thereof may exist, but subject to the provisos at the end of such definition) on any Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries not already subject to a Lien of the Security Instruments. All such Liens will be created and perfected by and in accordance with the provisions of deeds of trust, security agreements and financing statements or other Security Instruments, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and in sufficient executed (and acknowledged where necessary or appropriate) counterparts for recording purposes.

 

Section 8.15 ERISA Compliance. The Borrower will promptly furnish and will cause the Subsidiaries and any ERISA Affiliate to promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent (i) promptly after the filing thereof with the United States Secretary of Labor or the Internal Revenue Service, copies of each annual and other report with respect to each Plan or any trust created thereunder, and (ii) immediately upon becoming aware of the occurrence of any “prohibited transaction,” as described in section 406 of ERISA or in section 4975 of the Code, in connection with any Plan or any trust created thereunder, a written notice signed by the President or the principal Financial Officer, the Subsidiary or the ERISA Affiliate, as the case may be, specifying the nature thereof, what action the Borrower, the Subsidiary or the ERISA Affiliate is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto, and, when known, any action taken or proposed by the Internal Revenue Service or the Department of Labor with respect thereto.

 

  

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Section 8.16 Swap Agreements. Within five (5) Business Days after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall enter into Swap Agreements in respect of commodities (a) with an Approved Counterparty and (b) for each month of the twenty-four (24) month period following the date on which each such Swap Agreement is executed, the notional volumes for which (when aggregated with other commodity Swap Agreements and additional fixed-price physical off-take contracts then in effect other than basis differential swaps on volumes already hedged pursuant to other Swap Agreements), as of the date such Swap Agreement is executed, is not less than 50% of, the reasonably anticipated projected production from Proved Developed Producing Reserves for each of crude oil and natural gas, calculated separately, by reference to the Initial Reserve Report. The Borrower shall maintain the hedge position established by such Swap Agreements during the period specified above and shall neither assign, terminate or unwind any such Swap Agreements nor sell any Swap Agreements if the effect of such action (when taken together with any other Swap Agreements executed contemporaneously with the taking of such action) would have the effect of canceling its positions under such Swap Agreements required hereby. Upon delivery of each Reserve Report, the Borrower shall enter into Swap Agreements in respect of commodities so that the notional volumes of all Swap Agreements and additional fixed-price physical off-take contracts, in the aggregate, are more than 50% of the reasonably anticipated projected production from the Borrower’s Proved Developed Producing Reserves based upon the most recently delivered Reserve Report for each month continuing through and including the date that is 24 months following the effective date of each such Swap Agreement.

 

Section 8.17 Marketing Activities. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in marketing activities for any Hydrocarbons or enter into any contracts related thereto other than (i) contracts for the sale of Hydrocarbons scheduled or reasonably estimated to be produced from their proved Oil and Gas Properties during the period of such contract, (ii) contracts for the sale of Hydrocarbons scheduled or reasonably estimated to be produced from proved Oil and Gas Properties of third parties during the period of such contract associated with the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries has the right to market pursuant to joint operating agreements, unitization agreements or other similar contracts that are usual and customary in the oil and gas business and (iii) other contracts for the purchase and/or sale of Hydrocarbons of third parties (A) which have generally offsetting provisions (i.e. corresponding pricing mechanics, delivery dates and points and volumes) such that no “position” is taken and (B) for which appropriate credit support has been taken to alleviate the material credit risks of the counterparty thereto.

 

Section 8.18 Annual Projection.

 

(a) The Borrower shall obtain all consents from Governmental Authorities necessary to implement and complete in all material respects each Annual Projection (including the Initial Annual Projection).

 

(b) With the delivery of each Reserve Report, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent with an Annual Projection covering the following four fiscal quarters.

 

  

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(c) The Borrower shall comply with the Capital Expenditure amounts set forth in each Annual Projection, except for any modification of the Annual Projection which is permitted by the terms of Section 9.20. Promptly following such modification, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent a true and correct copy of such modification.

 

(d) The Borrower shall promptly provide any additional information or detail related to the Annual Projection that the Administrative Agent reasonably requests.

 

Section 8.19 Operating Account.

 

(a) All Cash Receipts to be received by the Borrower shall be deposited in the Operating Account. The Administrative Agent shall send notice to the Borrower if the Administrative Agent is sending or has sent a notice to the Operating Account Bank that the Administrative Agent is exercising its right to take control of the Operating Account; provided that the Administrative Agent agrees to only exercise any such control during the continuance of an Event of Default. With respect to the Operating Account, the Borrower shall direct the Operating Account Bank to provide the Administrative Agent with copies of the Borrower’s bank account statements. The Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s statement of expenses for the preceding month and such other supporting information as shall from time to time be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

 

(b) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall (i) close the Operating Account and (ii) establish and maintain, at the Borrower’s expense, a new operating account with a bank and account control agreement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

 

(c) The Borrower hereby agrees to direct each payor of any Cash Receipts existing now and in the future to make payment to the Operating Account. In connection with the foregoing, the Borrower hereby agrees that each invoice to a payor will include instructions to remit payment to the Operating Account.

 

(d) Upon the payment in full in cash of all Indebtedness under this Agreement and termination of all of the Commitments hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Operating Account Bank to terminate the account control agreement. Otherwise, the account control agreement shall remain and continue in full force and effect.

 

  

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ARTICLE IX

Negative Covenants

 

Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder and all other amounts payable under the Loan Documents have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

 

Section 9.01 Financial Covenants.

 

(a) Interest Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, permit its ratio of EBITDAX for the four fiscal quarters ending on such date to Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters to be less than 3.0 to 1.0; provided that for purposes of this Section 9.01(a), EBITDAX for (i) the four fiscal quarters ending September 30, 2012 shall equal EBITDAX for the three fiscal quarters ending on such date multiplied by four and divided by three.

 

(b) Ratio of Debt to EBITDAX. The Borrower will not, at any time, permit its ratio of Debt as of such time to EBITDAX for the most recent four fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available to be greater than 4.0 to 1.0; provided that for purposes of this Section 9.01(b), EBITDAX for (i) the four fiscal quarters ending September 30, 2012 shall equal EBITDAX for the three fiscal quarters ending on such date multiplied by four and divided by three.

 

(c) Current Ratio. The Borrower will not permit, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, its ratio of (i) consolidated current assets (including the unused amount of the total Commitments, but excluding non-cash assets under FAS 133) to (ii) consolidated current liabilities (excluding non-cash obligations under FAS 133 and current maturities under this Agreement) to be less than 1.0 to 1.0.

 

Section 9.02 Debt

 

. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur, create, assume or suffer to exist any Debt, except:

 

(a) the Notes or other Indebtedness arising under the Loan Documents or any guaranty of or suretyship arrangement for the Notes or other Indebtedness arising under the Loan Documents;

 

(b) endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c) Debt under Capital Leases not to exceed $100,000 in aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding;

 

(d) Debt associated with bonds or surety obligations required by Governmental Requirements in connection with the operation of, or provision for the abandonment and remediation of, the Oil and Gas Properties; and

 

(e) intercompany Debt between the Borrower and any Guarantor or between Guarantors to the extent permitted by Section 9.05(f); provided that such Debt is not held, assigned, transferred, negotiated or pledged to any Person other than the Borrower or one of its Guarantors, and, provided further, that any such Debt owed by either the Borrower or a Guarantor shall be subordinated to the Indebtedness on terms set forth in the Guaranty Agreement.

 

Section 9.03 Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any of its Properties (now owned or hereafter acquired), except:

 

  

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(a) Liens securing the payment of any Indebtedness;

 

(b) Excepted Liens; and

 

(c) Liens securing Capital Leases permitted by Section 9.02(c) but only on the Property under lease.

 

Section 9.04 Restricted Payments. Unless otherwise agreed by the Required Lenders, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, return any capital to its stockholders or make any distribution of its Property to its Equity Interest holders, except (i) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock), (ii) Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends and make distributions to the Borrower with respect to their Equity Interests, (iii) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (iv) provided no Default or Event of Default exists on the date any such Restricted Payment is declared or paid and no Default or Event of Default would result therefrom, Permitted Tax Distributions may be made quarterly, based on the Borrower’s estimated taxable income for each applicable quarterly period, and annually, based on Borrower’s annual federal income tax filing, provided that if quarterly estimates for any tax year exceed the actual annual amount for such tax year, such excess shall be deducted from the next quarterly distribution(s) to occur after such annual federal income tax filing.

 

Section 9.05 Investments, Loans and Advances. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, make or permit to remain outstanding any Investments in or to any Person, except that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to:

 

(a) accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b) direct obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, or obligations guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

(c) deposit accounts or deposits maturing within one year from the date of creation thereof with, including certificates of deposit issued by, (i) any Lender or (ii) any other Person at any office located in the United States which is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating at least $100,000,000 (as of the date of such bank or trust company’s most recent financial reports) and has a short term deposit rating of no lower than A2 or P2, as such rating is set forth from time to time, by S&P or Moody’s, respectively;

 

(d) deposits in money market funds investing exclusively in Investments described in Section 9.05(b) or Section 9.05(c);

 

(e) Investments (i) made by the Borrower in or to any Subsidiary which is a Guarantor and with respect to which 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests have been pledged to Administrative Agent, and (ii) made by any Guarantor in or to the Borrower or any other Guarantor;

 

  

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(f) Investments in stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts arising from Investments permitted under this Section 9.05 owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as a result of a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding of the obligor in respect of such debts or upon the enforcement of any Lien in favor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prompt written notice in the event that the aggregate amount of all Investments held at any one time outstanding under this Section 9.05(f) exceeds $100,000;

 

(g) Other Investments not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate at any time.

 

Section 9.06 Nature of Business. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, allow any material change to be made in the character of its business as an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. From and after the date hereof, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries will not acquire or make any other expenditure (whether such expenditure is capital, operating or otherwise) in or related to, any Oil and Gas Properties not located within the geographical boundaries of the United States.

 

Section 9.07 Limitation on Leases. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any obligation for the payment of rent or hire of Property of any kind whatsoever (real or personal but excluding Capital Leases and leases of Hydrocarbon Interests), under leases or lease agreements which would cause the aggregate amount of all payments made by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries pursuant to all such leases or lease agreements, including, without limitation, any residual payments at the end of any lease, to exceed $250,000 in any period of twelve consecutive calendar months during the life of such leases.

 

Section 9.08 Proceeds of Notes. The Borrower will not permit the proceeds of the Notes to be used for any purpose other than those permitted by Section 7.21.

 

Section 9.09 ERISA Compliance. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, at any time:

 

(a) engage in, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to engage in, any transaction in connection with which the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate could be subjected to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to subsections (c), (i), (l) or (m) of section 502 of ERISA or a tax imposed by Chapter 43 of Subtitle D of the Code.

 

(b) fail to make, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to fail to make, full payment when due of all amounts which, under the provisions of any Plan, agreement relating thereto or applicable law, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is required to pay as contributions thereto.

 

(c) contribute to or assume an obligation to contribute to, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to contribute to or assume an obligation to contribute to (i) any employee welfare benefit plan, as defined in section 3(1) of ERISA, including, without limitation, any such plan maintained to provide benefits to former employees of such entities, that may not be terminated by such entities in their sole discretion at any time without any material liability, or (ii) any employee pension benefit plan, as defined in section 3(2) of ERISA, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, section 302 of ERISA or section 412 of the Code.

 

  

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Section 9.10 Sale or Discount of Receivables. Except for receivables obtained by the Borrower or any Subsidiary out of the ordinary course of business or the settlement of joint interest billing accounts in the ordinary course of business or discounts granted to settle collection of accounts receivable or the sale of defaulted accounts arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the compromise or collection thereof and not in connection with any financing transaction, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, discount or sell (with or without recourse) any of its notes receivable or accounts receivable.

 

Section 9.11 Mergers, Etc. Unless otherwise agreed by the Required Lenders, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or with or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its Property to any other Person (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) (any such transaction, a “consolidation”), or liquidate or dissolve; provided that any Subsidiary may participate in a consolidation with (a) the Borrower so long as the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving entity or (b) any other Subsidiary (provided that if one of such Subsidiaries is a wholly-owned Subsidiary, then the surviving Person shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary).

 

Section 9.12 Sale of Properties. Except for the transfer of Property between the Borrower and the Guarantors, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, sell, assign, farm-out, convey or otherwise transfer (including through the sale of a production payment or overriding royalty interest) any Property except for (a) the sale of Hydrocarbons in the ordinary course of business; (b) the sale or transfer of equipment that is no longer necessary for the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary or is replaced by equipment of at least comparable value and use; (c) the sale or other disposition (including Casualty Events) of any Oil and Gas Property or any interest therein or any Subsidiary owning Oil and Gas Properties; provided that (i) 100% of the consideration received in respect of such sale or other disposition shall be cash, (ii) the consideration received in respect of such sale or other disposition shall be equal to or greater than the fair market value of the Oil and Gas Property, interest therein or the Subsidiary subject of such sale or other disposition (as reasonably determined by the board of directors of the Borrower and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying to that effect), (iii) if such sale or other disposition of Oil and Gas Property or Subsidiary owning Oil and Gas Properties included in the most recently delivered Reserve Report during any period between two successive Scheduled Redetermination Dates has a fair market value in excess of 5% of the then effective Borrowing Base, individually or in the aggregate, (A) the Required Lenders must approve such sale and (B) the Borrowing Base shall be reduced, effective immediately upon such sale or disposition, by an amount equal to the value, if any, assigned such Property in the most recently delivered Reserve Report and (iv) if any such sale or other disposition is of a Subsidiary owning Oil and Gas Properties, such sale or other disposition shall include all the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary; and (d) sales and other dispositions of Properties not regulated by Section 9.12(a) to (c) having a fair market value not to exceed $100,000 during any twelve (12) month period.

 

  

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Section 9.13 Environmental Matters. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, cause or permit any of its Property to be in violation of, or do anything or permit anything to be done which will subject any such Property to a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials, exposure to any Hazardous Materials, or to any Remedial Work under any Environmental Laws, assuming disclosure to the applicable Governmental Authority of all relevant facts, conditions and circumstances, if any, pertaining to such Property where such violations, Release or threatened Release, exposure, or Remedial work could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 9.14 Material Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into or amend or otherwise modify any Material Agreement or any other contract or agreement that involves an individual commitment from such Person of more than $100,000 in the aggregate in any twelve (12) month period (except for such contracts and agreements that relate to the projects contemplated in the Annual Projection then in effect, with all such new or modified Material Agreements related to projects contemplated in such Annual Projection to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Lenders).

 

Section 9.15 Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate (other than the Guarantors and wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower) unless such transactions are otherwise permitted under this Agreement and are upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to it than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any operating agreement with any Affiliate or any other Subsidiary or Guarantor unless such Affiliate, Subsidiary or Guarantor agrees to enter into a subordination agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agreement subordinating its operating Liens to the Administrative Agent’s Liens securing the Indebtedness.

 

Section 9.16 Subsidiaries. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create any additional Subsidiary unless the Borrower gives written notice to the Administrative Agent of such creation and complies with Section 8.14(b). The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary except in compliance with Section 9.12(c). Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall have any Foreign Subsidiaries.

 

Section 9.17 Negative Pledge Agreements; Dividend Restrictions. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any contract, agreement or understanding (other than this Agreement, the Security Instruments or Capital Leases creating Liens permitted by Section 9.03(c)) which in any way prohibits or restricts the granting, conveying, creation or imposition of any Lien on any of its Property in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or restricts any Subsidiary from paying dividends or making distributions to the Borrower or any Guarantor, or which requires the consent of or notice to other Persons in connection therewith.

 

  

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Section 9.18 Gas Imbalances, Take-or-Pay or Other Prepayments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, allow gas imbalances, take-or-pay or other prepayments with respect to the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that would require the Borrower or such Subsidiary to deliver Hydrocarbons at some future time without then or thereafter receiving full payment therefor to exceed two percent (2%) of Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ Proved Reserves of natural gas (on an mcf equivalent basis) in the aggregate.

 

Section 9.19 Swap Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any Swap Agreements with any Person other than (a) Swap Agreements in respect of commodities (i) with an Approved Counterparty and (ii) for each month of the twenty-four (24) month period following the date on which each such Swap Agreement is executed, the notional volumes for which (when aggregated with other commodity Swap Agreements and additional fixed-price physical off-take contracts then in effect other than basis differential swaps on volumes already hedged pursuant to other Swap Agreements), as of the date such Swap Agreement is executed, does not exceed 85% (the “Commodity Hedging Cap”) of, the reasonably anticipated projected production from Proved Developed Producing Reserves for each of crude oil, natural gas and NGLs, calculated separately, by reference to the most recently delivered Reserve Report and (b) Swap Agreements in respect of interest rates with an Approved Counterparty effectively converting interest rates from floating to fixed, the notional amounts of which (when aggregated with all other Swap Agreements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries then in effect effectively converting interest rates from floating to fixed) do not exceed 75% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Borrower’s Debt for borrowed money which bears interest at a floating rate. In no event shall any Swap Agreement contain any requirement, agreement or covenant for the Borrower or any Subsidiary to post collateral or margin to secure their obligations under such Swap Agreement or to cover market exposures, other than a requirement that such Swap Agreement be secured by the Security Instruments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if the Commodity Hedging Cap is exceeded as a result of (x) the sale or other disposition of Oil and Gas Properties or (y) other reductions in estimated volumes of the Borrower’s Proved Developed Producing Reserves, the Borrower shall assign, terminate or unwind any Swap Agreement in order to comply with the Commodity Hedging Cap upon request by the Required Lenders.

 

Section 9.20 Annual Projection. Without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, the Borrower shall not amend, modify or supplement any term of any Annual Projection if the effect of such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver would be to materially and adversely affect the commercial terms of such Annual Projection or the schedule of the Annual Projection.

 

Section 9.21 Limitation on Capital Expenditures. The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries, to make or commit or agree to make any Capital Expenditure (by purchase or Capital Lease or incur costs associated with the exploration and development of Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ Oil and Gas Properties) outside the Annual Projection then in effect that would cause the aggregate amount of all such Capital Expenditures outside such Annual Projection to exceed $250, 000.

 

  

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ARTICLE X

Events of Default; Remedies

 

Section 10.01 Events of Default. One or more of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

 

(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof, by acceleration or otherwise.

 

(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in Section 10.01(a)) payable under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3) Business Days.

 

(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification of any Loan Document or waiver under such Loan Document, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed made.

 

(d) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 8.01(g), Section 8.01(j), Section 8.02, Section 8.03, Section 8.14, Section 8.15 or in Article IX.

 

(e) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in Section 10.01(a), Section 10.01(b) or Section 10.01(d)) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier to occur of (A) notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender) or (B) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or such Subsidiary otherwise becoming aware of such default.

 

(f) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable.

 

(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the Redemption thereof or any offer to Redeem to be made in respect thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity or an event or condition requires the Borrower or any Subsidiary to make an offer in respect thereof.

 

  

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(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for forty-five (45) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered.

 

(i) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in Section 10.01(h), (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or any stockholder of the Borrower shall make any request or take any action for the purpose of calling a meeting of the stockholders of the Borrower to consider a resolution to dissolve and wind-up the Borrower’s affairs.

 

(j) the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due.

 

(k)  (i) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $250,000 (to the extent not paid or covered by independent third party insurance provided by insurers of the highest claims paying rating or financial strength as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage and is not subject to an insolvency proceeding) or (ii) any one or more non-monetary judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, shall be rendered against the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any combination thereof and, in either such case, the same shall remain undischarged for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment.

 

(l) the Loan Documents after delivery thereof shall for any reason, except to the extent permitted by the terms thereof, cease to be in full force and effect and valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms in any material respect against the Borrower or a Guarantor party thereto or shall be repudiated by any of them, or cease to create a valid and perfected Lien of the priority required thereby on any of the collateral purported to be covered thereby, except to the extent permitted by the terms of this Agreement, or the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their Affiliates shall so state in writing.

 

(m) a Change in Control shall occur.

 

(n) a failure to cure a Borrowing Base Deficiency as outlined in Section 3.03(c)(ii).

 

  

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Section 10.02 Remedies.

 

(a) In the case of an Event of Default other than one described in Section 10.01(h), Section 10.01(i) or Section 10.01(j), at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Notes and the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors accrued hereunder and under the Notes and the other Loan Documents (including, the payment of cash collateral to secure the LC Exposure as provided in Section 2.07(h)), shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower and each Guarantor; and in case of an Event of Default described in Section 10.01(h), Section 10.01(i) or Section 10.01(j), the Commitments shall automatically terminate and such Notes and the principal of such Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and the other obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors accrued hereunder and under such Notes and the other Loan Documents (including the payment of cash collateral to secure the LC Exposure as provided in Section 2.07(h)), shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower and each Guarantor.

 

(b) In the case of the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders will have all other rights and remedies available at law and equity.

 

(c) All proceeds realized from the liquidation or other disposition of collateral or otherwise received after maturity of the Notes, whether by acceleration or otherwise, shall be applied in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

ARTICLE XI

The Administrative Agent

 

Section 11.01 Appointment; Powers. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

 

Section 11.02 Duties and Obligations of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing (the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law; rather, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties), (b) the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except as provided in Section 11.03, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article VI or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or as to those conditions precedent expressly required to be to the Administrative Agent’s satisfaction, (vi) the existence, value, perfection or priority of any collateral security or the financial or other condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or any other obligor or guarantor, or (vii) any failure by the Borrower or any other Person (other than itself) to perform any of its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document or the performance or observance of any covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Article VI, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from such Lender prior to the proposed closing date specifying its objection thereto.

 

  

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Section 11.03 Action by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall have no duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 12.02) and in all cases the Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to act hereunder or under any other Loan Documents unless it shall (a) receive written instructions from the Required Lenders or the Lenders, as applicable, (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 12.02) specifying the action to be taken and (b) be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expenses which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The instructions as aforesaid and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto by the Administrative Agent shall be binding on all of the Lenders. If a Default has occurred and is continuing, then the Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default as shall be directed by the requisite Lenders in the written instructions (with indemnities) described in this Section 11.03, provided that, unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders. In no event, however, shall the Administrative Agent be required to take any action which exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to this Agreement, the Loan Documents or applicable law. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or the Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 12.02), and otherwise the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document or under any other document or instrument referred to or provided for herein or therein or in connection herewith or therewith INCLUDING ITS OWN ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

  

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Section 11.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon and each of the Borrower and the Lenders hereby waive the right to dispute the Administrative Agent’s record of such statement, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until a written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof permitted hereunder shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 11.05 Subagents. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding Sections of this Article XI shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

 

Section 11.06 Resignation or Removal of Administrative Agent. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this Section 11.06, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders and the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent may be removed at any time with or without cause by the Required Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower (provided no Event of Default then exist), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation or removal of the retiring Administrative Agent, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article XI and Section 12.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.

 

  

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Section 11.07 Administrative Agent as Lender. Each Person serving as an Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not an Administrative Agent hereunder.

 

Section 11.08 No Reliance.

 

(a) Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a party. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to keep itself informed as to the performance or observance by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of this Agreement, the Loan Documents or any other document referred to or provided for herein or to inspect the Properties or books of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries. Except for notices, reports and other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of the Borrower (or any of its Affiliates) which may come into the possession of such Agent or any of its Affiliates. In this regard, each Lender acknowledges that Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is acting in this transaction as special counsel to the Administrative Agent only, except to the extent otherwise expressly stated in any legal opinion or any Loan Document. Each other party hereto will consult with its own legal counsel to the extent that it deems necessary in connection with the Loan Documents and the matters contemplated therein.

 

(b) The Lenders acknowledge that the Administrative Agent is acting solely in administrative capacities with respect to the structuring and syndication of this facility and have no duties, responsibilities or liabilities under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents other than their administrative duties, responsibilities and liabilities specifically as set forth in the Loan Documents and in their capacity as Lenders hereunder. In structuring, arranging or syndicating this facility, each Lender acknowledges that the Administrative Agent may be an agent or lender under these Notes, other loans or other securities and waives any existing or future conflicts of interest associated with the their role in such other debt instruments. If in its administration of this facility or any other debt instrument, the Administrative Agent determines (or is given written notice by any Lender that a conflict exists), then it shall eliminate such conflict within ninety (90) days or resign pursuant to Section 11.06 and shall have no liability for action taken or not taken while such conflict existed.

 

  

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Section 11.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans and all other Indebtedness that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Section 12.03) allowed in such judicial proceeding;

 

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section 12.03.

 

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Indebtedness or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

Section 11.10 Authority of Administrative Agent to Release Collateral and Liens. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to release any collateral that is permitted to be sold or released pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver to the Borrower, at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense, any and all releases of Liens, termination statements, assignments or other documents reasonably requested by the Borrower in connection with any sale or other disposition of Property to the extent such sale or other disposition is permitted by the terms of Section 9.12 or is otherwise authorized by the terms of the Loan Documents.

 

  

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ARTICLE XII

Miscellaneous

 

Section 12.01 Notices.

 

(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to Section 12.01(b)), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

 

(i)           if to the Borrower, to it at:

 

Starboard Resources, Inc.

300 E. Sonterra Blvd., Suite 1220

San Antonio, Texas 78258

Attention: Mike Pawelek

Fax: 210.999.5401

 

with a copy to:

 

Starboard Resources, Inc.

300 E. Sonterra Blvd., Suite 1220

San Antonio, Texas 78258

 

and:

 

Patton Boggs

2000 McKinney Ave., Suite 1700

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: Michael D. Cuda

Fax: 214.758.1550

 

(ii)           if to the Administrative Agent, to it at:

 

Mutual of Omaha Bank

520 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 700

Houston, Texas 77027

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(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II, Article III, Article IV and Article V unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

 

(c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

 

Section 12.02 Waivers; Amendments.

 

(a) No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender to exercise and no delay in exercising, and no course of dealing with respect to, any right, power or privilege, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right, power or privilege, under any of the Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege under any of the Loan Documents preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by Section 12.02(b), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

 

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof nor any Security Instrument nor any provision thereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment or the Maximum Credit Amount of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) increase the Borrowing Base without the written consent of all of the Lenders, decrease or maintain the Borrowing Base without the consent of all of the Lenders, or modify Section 2.06 in any manner without the consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender); provided that a Scheduled Redetermination may be postponed by the Required Lenders, (iii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, or reduce any other Indebtedness hereunder or under any other Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) postpone the scheduled date of payment or prepayment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or any other Indebtedness hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone or extend the Termination Date without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (v) change Section 4.01(b) or Section 4.01(c) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (vi) waive or amend Section 3.03(c), Section 6.01, Section 8.14, Section 10.02(c) or Section 12.14 or change the definition of the terms “Foreign Subsidiary” or “Subsidiary”, without the written consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), (vii) release any Guarantor (except as set forth in the Guaranty Agreement), release any of the collateral (other than as provided in Section 11.10), or reduce the percentage set forth in Section 8.13(a) to less than 80%, without the written consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), or (viii) change any of the provisions of this Section 12.02(b) or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or under any other Loan Documents or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder or any other Loan Documents, without the written consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender); provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any supplement to Schedule 7.14 (Subsidiaries) shall be effective simply by delivering to the Administrative Agent a supplemental schedule clearly marked as such and, upon receipt, the Administrative Agent will promptly deliver a copy thereof to the Lenders.

 

  

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Section 12.03 Expenses, Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

 

(a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and other outside consultants for the Administrative Agent, the reasonable travel, photocopy, mailing, courier, telephone and other similar expenses, and the cost of environmental audits and surveys and appraisals, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration (both before and after the execution hereof and including advice of counsel to the Administrative Agent as to the rights and duties of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect thereto) of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendments, modifications or waivers of or consents related to the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all costs, expenses, Taxes, assessments and other charges incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with any filing, registration, recording or perfection of any security interest contemplated by this Agreement or any Security Instrument or any other document referred to therein, (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder, (iv) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including its rights under this Section 12.03, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including, without limitation, all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.

 

  

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(b) THE BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK AND EACH LENDER, AND EACH RELATED PARTY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING PERSONS (EACH SUCH PERSON BEING CALLED AN “INDEMNITEE”) AGAINST, AND HOLD EACH INDEMNITEE HARMLESS FROM, ANY AND ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES AND RELATED EXPENSES, INCLUDING THE FEES, CHARGES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY COUNSEL FOR ANY INDEMNITEE, INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY INDEMNITEE ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF (i) THE EXECUTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, THE PERFORMANCE BY THE PARTIES HERETO OR THE PARTIES TO ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR BY ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, (ii) THE FAILURE OF THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, INCLUDING THIS AGREEMENT, OR WITH ANY GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENT, (iii) ANY INACCURACY OF ANY REPRESENTATION OR ANY BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY OR COVENANT OF THE BORROWER OR ANY GUARANTOR SET FORTH IN ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY INSTRUMENTS, DOCUMENTS OR CERTIFICATIONS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, (iv) ANY LOAN OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREFROM, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, (A) ANY REFUSAL BY THE ISSUING BANK TO HONOR A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER A LETTER OF CREDIT IF THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DEMAND DO NOT STRICTLY COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH LETTER OF CREDIT, OR (B) THE PAYMENT OF A DRAWING UNDER ANY LETTER OF CREDIT NOTWITHSTANDING THE NON-COMPLIANCE, NON-DELIVERY OR OTHER IMPROPER PRESENTATION OF THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, (v) ANY OTHER ASPECT OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, (vi) THE OPERATIONS OF THE BUSINESS OF THE BORROWER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES BY THE BORROWER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (vii) ANY ASSERTION THAT THE LENDERS WERE NOT ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THE PROCEEDS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THE SECURITY INSTRUMENTS, (viii) ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW APPLICABLE TO THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES OR OPERATIONS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE PRESENCE, GENERATION, STORAGE, RELEASE, THREATENED RELEASE, USE, TRANSPORT, DISPOSAL, ARRANGEMENT OF DISPOSAL OR TREATMENT OF OIL, OIL AND GAS WASTES, SOLID WASTES OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON OR AT ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES, (ix) THE BREACH OR NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY WITH ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW APPLICABLE TO THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY, (x) THE PAST OWNERSHIP BY THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OF ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES OR PAST ACTIVITY ON ANY OF THEIR PROPERTIES WHICH, THOUGH LAWFUL AND FULLY PERMISSIBLE AT THE TIME, COULD RESULT IN PRESENT LIABILITY, (xi) THE PRESENCE, USE, RELEASE, STORAGE, TREATMENT, DISPOSAL, GENERATION, THREATENED RELEASE, TRANSPORT, ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSPORT OR ARRANGEMENT FOR DISPOSAL OF OIL, OIL AND GAS WASTES, SOLID WASTES OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON ANY OF THE PROPERTIES OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE BORROWER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY OR ANY ACTUAL OR ALLEGED PRESENCE OR RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON OR FROM ANY PROPERTY OWNED OR OPERATED BY THE BORROWER OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (xii) ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY RELATED IN ANY WAY TO THE BORROWER OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, OR (xiii) ANY OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH OR SAFETY CONDITION IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR (xiv) ANY ACTUAL OR PROSPECTIVE CLAIM, LITIGATION, INVESTIGATION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY INDEMNITEE IS A PARTY THERETO, AND SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL EXTEND TO EACH INDEMNITEE NOTWITHSTANDING THE SOLE OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE OF EVERY KIND OR CHARACTER WHATSOEVER, WHETHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, WHETHER AN AFFIRMATIVE ACT OR AN OMISSION, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL TYPES OF NEGLIGENT CONDUCT IDENTIFIED IN THE RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS OF ONE OR MORE OF THE INDEMNITEES OR BY REASON OF STRICT LIABILITY IMPOSED WITHOUT FAULT ON ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE INDEMNITEES; PROVIDED THAT SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL NOT, AS TO ANY INDEMNITEE, BE AVAILABLE TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES OR RELATED EXPENSES ARE DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY FINAL AND NONAPPEALABLE JUDGMENT TO HAVE RESULTED FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH INDEMNITEE.

 

  

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(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank under Section 12.03(a) or (b), each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank in its capacity as such.

 

(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.

 

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Section 12.04 Successors and Assigns.

 

(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 12.04. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in Section 12.04(c)) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in Section 12.04(b)(ii), any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:

 

(A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required if such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, is to any other assignee; and

 

(B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to an assignee that is a Lender immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment.

 

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement except that this clause (B) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate term and revolving facilities on a non-pro rata basis;

 

(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and

 

  

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(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(iii) Subject to Section 12.04(b)(iv) and the acceptance and recording thereof, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.01, Section 5.02 and Section 12.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 12.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 12.04(c).

 

(iv) The Administrative Agent as Registrar (the “Registrar”), acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Maximum Credit Amount of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). If the Administrative Agent ever ceases to be a United States based entity, the Administrative Agent must promptly designate a United States entity to act as Registrar, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary; provided that, failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s Commitments or Borrower’s obligations in respect of any Loans or LC Disbursements. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In connection with any changes to the Register, if necessary, the Administrative Agent will reflect the revisions on Annex I and forward a copy of such revised Annex I to the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and each Lender.

 

(v) At the request of the registered owner of the Loan or Note, the Registrar shall note a collateral assignment of the Loan or Note on the Register and, provided that the Registrar has been given the name and address of such collateral assignee, the Registrar (i) shall not permit any further transfers of the Loan or Note on the Register absent receipt of written consent to such transfers from such collateral assignee and (ii) shall record the transfer of the Loan or Note on the Register to such collateral assignee (or such collateral assignee's designee, nominee or assignee) upon written request by such collateral assignee.

 

(vi) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s providing any information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent(unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in this Section 12.04(b) and any written consent to such assignment required by Section 12.04(a), the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this Section 12.04(b).

 

  

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(c)  (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, or the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the proviso to Section 12.02 that affects such Participant. In addition such agreement must provide that the Participant be bound by the provisions of Section 12.03. Subject to Section 12.04(c)(ii), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.01 and Section 5.02 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 12.04. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 4.01(c) as though it were a Lender.

 

A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 5.01 or Section 5.02 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.02 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 5.02(e) as though it were a Lender.

 

(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement, including to a trustee or other pledgee, to secure obligations of such Lender, including, without limitation, any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section 12.04(d) shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

(e) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 12.04, no transfer or assignment of the interests or obligations of any Lender or any grant of participations therein shall be permitted if such transfer, assignment or grant would require the Borrower and the Guarantors to file a registration statement with the SEC or to qualify the Loans under the “Blue Sky” laws of any state.

 

  

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(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 12.04, no transfer or assignment of the interests or obligations of any Lender or any grant of participations therein shall be permitted if such transfer, assignment or grant would be to an Affiliate of the Borrower, provided that an Approved Fund shall not be deemed an Affiliate of the Borrower.

 

Section 12.05 Survival; Revival; Reinstatement.

 

(a) All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Section 5.01, Section 5.02 and Section 12.03 and Article XI shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.

 

(b) To the extent that any payments on the Indebtedness or proceeds of any collateral are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, debtor in possession, receiver or other Person under any bankruptcy law, common law or equitable cause, then to such extent, the Indebtedness so satisfied shall be revived and continue as if such payment or proceeds had not been received and the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ Liens, security interests, rights, powers and remedies under this Agreement and each Loan Document shall continue in full force and effect. In such event, each Loan Document shall be automatically reinstated and the Borrower shall take such action as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to effect such reinstatement.

 

Section 12.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.

 

(a) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.

 

(b) This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

 

  

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(c) Except as provided in Section 6.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by telecopy or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

 

Section 12.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 12.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations (of whatsoever kind, including, without limitations obligations under Swap Agreements) at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary owed to such Lender now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section 12.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender or its Affiliates may have.

 

Section 12.09 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS.

 

(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT UNITED STATES FEDERAL LAW PERMITS ANY LENDER TO CONTRACT FOR, CHARGE, RECEIVE, RESERVE OR TAKE INTEREST AT THE RATE ALLOWED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE WHERE SUCH LENDER IS LOCATED.

 

(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW) IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS. THIS SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION IS NON-EXCLUSIVE AND DOES NOT PRECLUDE A PARTY FROM OBTAINING JURISDICTION OVER ANOTHER PARTY IN ANY COURT OTHERWISE HAVING JURISDICTION.

 

  

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(c) EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO IT AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN Section 12.01 OR SUCH OTHER ADDRESS AS IS SPECIFIED PURSUANT TO Section 12.01 (OR ITS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION), SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF A PARTY OR ANY HOLDER OF A NOTE TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANOTHER PARTY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

 

(d) EACH PARTY HEREBY (i) IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN; (ii) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY SUCH LITIGATION ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, ACTUAL DAMAGES; (iii) CERTIFIES THAT NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR COUNSEL FOR ANY PARTY HERETO HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, OR IMPLIED THAT SUCH PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS, AND (iv) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS Section 12.09.

 

Section 12.10 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

Section 12.11 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to potential investors, rating agencies, and secured parties, including Approved Funds, accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (c) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (d) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (e) to any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (f) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (g) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 12.11, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any Swap Agreement relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (h) with the consent of the Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 12.11 or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section 12.11, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary and their businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or a Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 12.11 shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

  

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Section 12.12 Interest Rate Limitation. It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Lender shall conform strictly to usury laws applicable to it. Accordingly, if the transactions contemplated hereby would be usurious as to any Lender under laws applicable to it (including the laws of the United States of America and the State of Texas or any other jurisdiction whose laws may be mandatorily applicable to such Lender notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement), then, in that event, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the Loan Documents or any agreement entered into in connection with or as security for the Notes, it is agreed as follows: (a) the aggregate of all consideration which constitutes interest under law applicable to any Lender that is contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received by such Lender under any of the Loan Documents or agreements or otherwise in connection with the Notes shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law, and any excess shall be canceled automatically and if theretofore paid shall be credited by such Lender on the principal amount of the Indebtedness (or, to the extent that the principal amount of the Indebtedness shall have been or would thereby be paid in full, refunded by such Lender to the Borrower); and (b) in the event that the maturity of the Notes is accelerated by reason of an election of the holder thereof resulting from any Event of Default under this Agreement or otherwise, or in the event of any required or permitted prepayment, then such consideration that constitutes interest under law applicable to any Lender may never include more than the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law, and excess interest, if any, provided for in this Agreement or otherwise shall be canceled automatically by such Lender as of the date of such acceleration or prepayment and, if theretofore paid, shall be credited by such Lender on the principal amount of the Indebtedness (or, to the extent that the principal amount of the Indebtedness shall have been or would thereby be paid in full, refunded by such Lender to the Borrower). All sums paid or agreed to be paid to any Lender for the use, forbearance or detention of sums due hereunder shall, to the extent permitted by law applicable to such Lender, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the stated term of the Loans evidenced by the Notes until payment in full so that the rate or amount of interest on account of any Loans hereunder does not exceed the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law. If at any time and from time to time (i) the amount of interest payable to any Lender on any date shall be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to such Lender pursuant to this Section 12.12 and (ii) in respect of any subsequent interest computation period the amount of interest otherwise payable to such Lender would be less than the amount of interest payable to such Lender computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to such Lender, then the amount of interest payable to such Lender in respect of such subsequent interest computation period shall continue to be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to such Lender until the total amount of interest payable to such Lender shall equal the total amount of interest which would have been payable to such Lender if the total amount of interest had been computed without giving effect to this Section 12.12. To the extent that Chapter 303 of the Texas Finance Code is relevant for the purpose of determining the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to a Lender, such Lender elects to determine the applicable rate ceiling under such Chapter by the weekly ceiling from time to time in effect. Chapter 346 of the Texas Finance Code does not apply to the Borrower’s obligations hereunder.

 

  

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Section 12.13 EXCULPATION PROVISIONS. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO SPECIFICALLY AGREES THAT IT HAS A DUTY TO READ THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND AGREES THAT IT IS CHARGED WITH NOTICE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; THAT IT HAS IN FACT READ THIS AGREEMENT AND IS FULLY INFORMED AND HAS FULL NOTICE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND EFFECTS OF THIS AGREEMENT; THAT IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL OF ITS CHOICE THROUGHOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS PRECEDING ITS EXECUTION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; AND HAS RECEIVED THE ADVICE OF ITS ATTORNEY IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; AND THAT IT RECOGNIZES THAT CERTAIN OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS RESULT IN ONE PARTY ASSUMING THE LIABILITY INHERENT IN SOME ASPECTS OF THE TRANSACTION AND RELIEVING THE OTHER PARTY OF ITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUCH LIABILITY. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT CONTEST THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY EXCULPATORY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS ON THE BASIS THAT THE PARTY HAD NO NOTICE OR KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH PROVISION OR THAT THE PROVISION IS NOT “CONSPICUOUS.”

 

Section 12.14 Collateral Matters; Swap Agreements. The benefit of the Security Instruments and of the provisions of this Agreement relating to any collateral securing the Indebtedness shall also extend to and be available to Approved Counterparties to any Swap Agreement with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on a pro rata basis in respect of any obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. No Approved Counterparty shall have any voting rights under any Loan Document as a result of the existence of obligations owed to it under any such Swap Agreements.

 

  

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Section 12.15 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the agreement of the Lenders to make Loans and the Administrative Agent to procure and arrange to issue, amend, renew or extend Letters of Credit hereunder are solely for the benefit of the Borrower, and no other Person (including, without limitation, any Subsidiary of the Borrower, any obligor, contractor, subcontractor, supplier or materialsman) shall have any rights, claims, remedies or privileges hereunder or under any other Loan Document (except to the extent it is a party thereto) against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender for any reason whatsoever. There are no third party beneficiaries other than swap counterparties.

 

Section 12.16 USA Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.

 

Section 12.17 Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender, by its execution of this Agreement, and each subsequent Lender by execution of an Assignment and Assumption acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Intercreditor Agreement and agrees to comply with the terms thereof.

 

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The parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

	BORROWER: 	STARBOARD RESOURCES, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	 	 
	 	 	Michael J. Pawelek	 
	 	 	Chief Executive Officer and President	 

 

 

 

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	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:	
MUTUAL OF OMAHA BANK

as Administrative Agent

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	 	 
	 	Name: 	George McKean	 
	 	Title:	Manager, Energy Lending	 

 

 

 

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	LENDERS: 	MUTUAL OF OMAHA BANK	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	 	 
	 	Name:	George McKean	 
	 	Title:	Manager, Energy Lending	 

 

 

 

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ANNEX I

LIST OF MAXIMUM CREDIT AMOUNTS

 

Aggregate Maximum Credit Amounts

 

	
Name of Lender

	
Applicable Percentage

	
Maximum Credit Amount

	
Mutual of Omaha Bank

	
100.00%

	
$25,000,000

	
TOTAL

	
100.00%

	
$25,000,000

 

 

  

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTE

 

	$[     ]	 July 26, 2012

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, STARBOARD RESOURCES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”) hereby promises to pay to [     ] (the “Lender”), or its registered assigns, at the principal office of MUTUAL OF OMAHA BANK (the “Administrative Agent”), at 520 Post Oak Blvd, Suite 700, Houston, TX 77027, the principal sum of [_______________] Dollars ($[____________]) (or such lesser amount as shall equal the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, as hereinafter defined), in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, on the dates and in the principal amounts provided in the Credit Agreement, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each such Loan, at such office, in like money and funds, for the period commencing on the date of such Loan until such Loan shall be paid in full, at the rates per annum and on the dates provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

The date, amount, interest rate and maturity of each Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower, and each payment made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender on its books and, prior to any transfer of this Note, may be endorsed by the Lender on the schedules attached hereto or any continuation thereof or on any separate record maintained by the Lender. Failure to make any such notation or to attach a schedule shall not affect any Lender’s or the Borrower’s rights or obligations in respect of such Loans or affect the validity of such transfer by any Lender of this Note.

 

This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement dated as of July 26, 2012 among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the other agents and lenders signatory thereto (including the Lender), and evidences Loans made by the Lender thereunder (such Credit Agreement as the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used in this Note have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Credit Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration of transfer, duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of this Note or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), a new Note for a like aggregate principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to the due presentment for registration and transfer, the Borrower may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the holder and the owner of this Note for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes of this Note and the Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the right to receive payments of interest and principal under this Note shall be transferable only upon surrender for cancellation of this Note, and the issuance of a new Note registered in the name of the transferee. In addition, the Administrative Agent, acting as agent for the Borrower, shall maintain a register in which it shall record the name of the holder or any transferee, and no transfer shall be valid unless so registered.

 

  

Exhibit A-1

  

 

This Note is issued pursuant to, and is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in, the Credit Agreement and is entitled to the benefits provided for in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Credit Agreement provides for the acceleration of the maturity of this Note upon the occurrence of certain events, for prepayments of Loans upon the terms and conditions specified therein and other provisions relevant to this Note.

 

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS.

 

	 	STARBOARD RESOURCES, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	 	 
	 	
Name:

	 	 
	 	
Title:

	 	 
	 	 	 	 

 

  

Exhibit A-2

  

EXHIBIT B

FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST

 

[          ], 200[  ]

 

STARBOARD RESOURCES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement dated as of July 26, 2012 (together with all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, MUTUAL OF OMAHA BANK, as Administrative Agent and the other agents and lenders (the “Lenders”) which are or become parties thereto (unless otherwise defined herein, each capitalized term used herein is defined in the Credit Agreement), hereby requests a Borrowing as follows:

 

(i)           Aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing is $[____________];

 

(ii)          Date of such Borrowing is [________________], 201[__];

 

 (iii)        Amount of Borrowing Base in effect on the date hereof is $[_______________];

 

(iv)         Total Revolving Credit Exposures on the date hereof (i.e., outstanding principal amount of Loans and total LC Exposure) is $[_____________]; and

(v)          Pro forma total Revolving Credit Exposures (giving effect to the requested Borrowing) is $[________________]; and

(vii)        Location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.04 of the Credit Agreement, is as follows:

[                                           ]

[                                           ]

[                                           ]

[                                           ]

[                                           ]

 

  

Exhibit B-1

  

 

The undersigned certifies that he/she is the [        ] of the Borrower, and that as such he/she is authorized to execute this certificate on behalf of the Borrower. The undersigned further certifies, represents and warrants in such capacity and on behalf of the Borrower that the Borrower is entitled to receive the requested Borrowing under the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement.

 

 

	 	STARBOARD RESOURCES, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	 	 
	 	
Name:

	 	 
	 	
Title:

	 	 

  

Exhibit B-2

  

 

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF

COMPLIANCE AND SWAP AGREEMENT CERTIFICATE

 

[_____________________], [__], 20[___]

 

The undersigned hereby certifies that he/she is the [     ] of STARBOARD RESOURCES, INC., Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), and that as such he/she is authorized to execute this certificate on behalf of the Borrower. With reference to the Credit Agreement dated as of July 26, 2012 (together with all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto being the “Agreement”) among the Borrower, MUTUAL OF OMAHA BANK, as Administrative Agent, and the other agents and lenders (the “Lenders”) which are or become a party thereto, and such Lenders, the undersigned represents and warrants as follows (each capitalized term used herein having the same meaning given to it in the Agreement unless otherwise specified):

 

(a)           The representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article VII of the Agreement and in the Loan Documents and otherwise made in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to the Agreement and the Loan Documents were true and correct when made, and are repeated at and as of the time of delivery hereof and are true and correct in all material respects at and as of the time of delivery hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date or the Required Lenders have expressly consented in writing to the contrary.

 

(b)           The Borrower has performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in the Agreement and in the Loan Documents required to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the time of delivery hereof [or specify default and describe].

 

(c)           Since December 31, 2011, no change has occurred, either in any case or in the aggregate, in the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower or any Subsidiary which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect [or specify event].

 

(d)           There exists no Default or Event of Default [or specify Default and describe].

 

(e)           Attached hereto are the detailed computations necessary to determine whether the Borrower is in compliance with Section 9.01 and Section 8.14 as of the end of the [fiscal quarter][fiscal year] ending [____________].

 

(f)           Attached hereto is a listing setting forth as of the last Business Day of [fiscal quarter or fiscal year], a true and complete list of all Swap Agreements of the Borrower and each Subsidiary, the material terms thereof (including the type, term, effective date, termination date and notional amounts or volumes), the net mark-to-market value therefore, any new credit support agreements relating thereto not previously listed on Schedule 7.20 and the counterparty to each such agreement.

 

  

Exhibit C-1

  

 

EXECUTED AND DELIVERED as of the date first written above.

 

 

	 	STARBOARD RESOURCES, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	 	 
	 	
Name:

	 	 
	 	
Title:

	 	 

  

Exhibit C-2

  

 

EXHIBIT D

INITIAL ANNUAL PROJECTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Exhibit D-1

  

 

EXHIBIT E

SECURITY INSTRUMENTS

 

	
1)

	
Guaranty and Collateral Agreement dated as of July 26, 2012 by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, if any, as the Guarantors, in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

 

	
2)

	
Financing Statements in respect of item 1, by

 

a)           the Borrower

 

b)           Impetro Resources LLC

 

c)            Impetro Operating LLC

 

	
3)

	
Stock Powers delivered in respect of item 1.

 

a)           [     ], a [     ]

 

	
4)

	
Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Assignment of As-Extracted Collateral, Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Financing Statement dated as of July 26, 2012 by the Borrower, as mortgagor, in favor of George McKean, as Trustee, for the benefit the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and others. (Texas)

 

	
5)

	
Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Assignment of As-Extracted Collateral, Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Financing Statement dated as of July 26, 2012 by the Borrower, as mortgagor, in favor of George McKean, as Trustee, for the benefit the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and others. (Oklahoma)

 

	
6)

	
Financing Statement in respect of item 4 and 5.

 

  

Exhibit E-1

  

 

EXHIBIT F

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

 

This Assignment and Assumption (the “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any letters of credit and guarantees included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

	
1.

	Assignor: 	______________________________

 

	
2.

	
Assignee:

	
______________________________

	
  

	
[and is an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [identify Lender]1]

	
3.

	
Borrower:

	
Starboard Resources, Inc.

	
4.

	
Administrative Agent:

	
Mutual of Omaha Bank, as the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement

	
5.

	
Credit Agreement:

	
The Credit Agreement dated as of July 26, 2012 among Starboard Resources, Inc., the Lenders parties thereto, Mutual of Omaha Bank, as Administrative Agent.

 

________________________

1 Select as applicable.

 

  

Exhibit F-1

  

	
6.

	
Assigned Interest:

	
Commitment Assigned

	
Aggregate Amount of Commitment/Loans for all Lenders

	
Amount of Commitment/Loans Assigned

	
Percentage Assigned of Commitment/Loans2

	  	
$

	
$

	
%

	  	
$

	
$

	
%

	  	
$

	
$

	
%

 

Effective Date:  _____________ ___, 201__ [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

 

	 	ASSIGNOR 

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ 	 
	 	Name:	 	 
	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 

 

	 	
ASSIGNEE

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	/s/ 	 
	 	Name:	 	 
	 	Title:	 	 
	 	 	 	 

 

___________________________

2 Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

 

  

Exhibit F-2

  

 

Consented to and Accepted:

MUTUAL OF OMAHA BANK, as

Administrative Agent

By:           _________________________________

Name:

Title:

Consented to:

STARBOARD RESOURCES, INC.

By:           ________________________________

Name:

Title:

 

  

Exhibit F-3

  

 

ANNEX 1

Starboard Resources, Inc. Credit Agreement

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

 

1. Representations and Warranties.

1.1  Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.

1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

2.  Payments.  From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Texas.

 

  

Exhibit F-4

  

 

EXHIBIT G

FORM OF RESERVE REPORT CERTIFICATE

 

In connection with the delivery of the [January/July] 1, 20[ ] Reserve Report, the undersigned hereby certifies that he/she is the [     ] of STARBOARD RESOURCES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and that as such he/she is authorized to execute this certificate on behalf of the Borrower. With reference to the Credit Agreement dated as of July 26, 2012 (together with all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto being the “Agreement”) among the Borrower, MUTUAL OF OMAHA BANK, as Administrative Agent, and the other agents and lenders (the “Lenders”) which are or become a party thereto, and such Lenders, the undersigned certifies in all material respects as follows (each capitalized term used herein having the same meaning given to it in the Agreement unless otherwise specified):

 

(a) the data contained in the [January/July] 1, 20[ ] Reserve Report and any other information delivered in connection therewith is true and correct,

 

(b) the Borrower or its Subsidiaries owns good and defensible title to the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in such Reserve Report and such Properties are free of all Liens except for Liens permitted by Section 9.03,

 

(c) except as set forth on an exhibit to this certificate, on a net basis there are no gas imbalances, take or pay or other prepayments in excess of the volume specified in Section 7.18 of the Agreement with respect to its Oil and Gas Properties evaluated in such Reserve Report which would require the Borrower or any Subsidiary to deliver Hydrocarbons either generally or produced from such Oil and Gas Properties at some future time without then or thereafter receiving full payment therefor,

 

(d) none of the Oil and Gas Properties of the Borrower and its subsidiaries have been sold since the date of the last Borrowing Base determination except as set forth on an exhibit to this certificate, which lists all of such Oil and Gas Properties sold,

 

(e) attached to this certificate is a list of all marketing agreements entered into subsequent to the most recently delivered Reserve Report which the Borrower could reasonably be expected to have been obligated to list on Schedule 7.19 of the Agreement had such agreement been in effect on the date hereof,

 

(f) attached hereto is a schedule of the Oil and Gas Properties evaluated by such Reserve Report that are Mortgaged Properties and demonstrating the percentage of the Total Reserve Value of the Oil and Gas Properties that the value of such Mortgaged Properties represent in compliance with Section 8.14(a) of the Agreement, and

 

(g) attached hereto is a list of all Persons purchasing Hydrocarbons from the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

 

  

Exhibit G-1

  

 

EXECUTED AND DELIVERED this [______] day of [_______________].

 

 

	 	STARBOARD RESOURCES, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 
	
 

	
By: 

	 	 
	 	
Name:

	 	 
	 	
Title:

	 	 

 

  

Exhibit G-2

  

 

SCHEDULE 7.05

LITIGATION

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Schedule 7.05 - 1

  

 

SCHEDULE 7.14

SUBSIDIARIES AND PARTNERSHIPS

 

	
(a) Subsidiaries

 

	
Jurisdiction of Organization

	
Organizational Identification Number

	
Principal Place of Business and Chief Executive Office

	
Impetro Resources, LLC

	
Delaware

	
4779475

	
300 E. Sonterra Blvd., Suite 1220

San Antonio, TX 78258

	
Impetro Operating, LLC

	
Delaware

	
4779472

	
300 E. Sonterra Blvd., Suite 1220

San Antonio, TX 78258

	
(b) Partnerships

	  	  	  
	
None

	  	  	  

 

 

 

  

Schedule 7.14 - 1

  

 

SCHEDULE 7.18

GAS IMBALANCES

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

  

Schedule 7.18 - 1

  

 

SCHEDULE 7.19

MARKETING CONTRACTS

 

1.           Gas Purchase Contract dated April 1, 2009 (DCP File GDS0839PUR) between Impetro Operating, LLC and DCP Midstream, LP as revised and amended dated August 1, 2010 and covering the following wells in Fayette County (Ansell-Lehmann #1H, Atlanta Hatfield 1H, Trousdale, Dernehl #2, Petrich Lorenz #1) and Lee County Texas (Kleiber#1, R. King #1, Lonie Mae 1H, , Koehler #1, Mary Zona 1RE, , El Capitan #1, Zoch-Noack Unit #1, Kimberly #1, Victor Elias 1H).

2.           Gas Purchase Contract dated October 1, 2007 (DCP File GDS0822PUR) between Impetro Operating LLC and DCP Midstream, LP and covering the Graeco #1 Well, Bastrop County Texas.

3.           Gas Purchase and Gas Process Contract dated April 26, 2006 between ETC Texas Pipeline, LTD., as buyer and Leexus Oil & Gas LLP, seller (ETC NO 8796) as acquired by Impetro Operating LLC from STO Operating effective 2/1/2010 and covering the following wells in Burleson County Texas: (Scarmardo #1, Susie #2H, T-O #1, McFarland-McFarland, Lydia Rubach #1).

4.           Purchase Agreement dated March 2, 2011 between Impetro Operating, LLC, seller and Texon LP (now Texon Crude Oil LLC) and being referenced as Texon Agreement No. CPE6822, as amended and covering wells in Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Fayette and Lee and Gonzales Counties Texas.

5.           Purchase Agreement dated March 1, 2010 between Impetro Operating, LLC, as seller and Shell Trading (US) Company, as buyer and referred to as STUSCO Contract No. LPS790905, covering wells in Frio and Atascosa Counties Texas in Kyote and Bigfoot Fields.

 

 

  

Schedule 7.19 - 1

  

 

SCHEDULE 7.20

SWAP AGREEMENTS

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Schedule 7.20 - 1

  

 

SCHEDULE 7.24

MATERIAL AGREEMENTS

JOINT OPERATING AGREEMENTS

1.           JOA dated December 15, 1995 between Great West Energy & Exploration Inc. and Giddings Oil & Gas covering the Scarmardo#1 Burleson Co., Durrenberger, Lee Co. and Trousdale, Fayette Co. Texas.

2.           JOA dated January 3, 2003 between Leexus Oil & Gas LLP and non operators covering the Ansell-Lehmann 1H, Fayette Co. Texas

3.           JOA dated August 12, 2005 between Leexus Oil & Gas LLP as operator and non operators covering Petrich-Lorenz well, Fayette Co. Texas.

4.           Master JOA dated 6-1-2006 between Leexus Oil & Gas, LLP, as operator and non operators covering the following wells:

 

Brazos Co. Texas:                                     Williams 1, Williams 2

Burleson Co. Texas:                                 Lydia Rubach, McFarland, McFarland

Fayette Co. Texas:                                    Susie 1, 2

5.           JOA dated August 11, 2006 between Sandel Operating Co. as non operator and Leexus Oil & Gas LLP as operator covering Kimberly #1, in Lee County Texas.

6.           JOA dated 1-26-2007- STO Operating operator and non-operators Brocksmith #1 well, Brazos Co. Texas.

7.           JOA dated March 30, 2009 between Husky Ventures, Inc., as operator and Hunton Oil LLC, as non operator, and covering wells in Logan and Kingfisher Cos. Oklahoma as follows: (Olin 1-20, Robinson 1-30H, William 1-6H, Farland 1-32H, Bridal1-5H, Naomi 1-29H)

8.           Master JOA January 10, 2010- Impetro Operating, LLC operator covering the following wells:

 

Bastrop County Texas:                            Webb #1 and Webb 1H, Maggie1H, Black #1, Graeco #1, Tyra 1, Tyra 2, McPhaul #1, Steinbach#1

Brazos County Texas:                              Milton Kurten #1, Younger#1

Burleson County Texas:                          Hester#1H

Gonzales County Texas:                          Alford #1

Lee County Texas:                                    El Capitan, R. King#1, Kleiber#1, Minnie, Lonie Mae 1H, Mary Zona 1RE

Fayette County Texas:                             Dernehl #2, Susie #2, Trousdale, Victor Elias 1H, Atlanta Hatfield 1H

 

  

Schedule 7.24 - 1

  

9.           JOA dated March 30, 2010 between Impetro Operating LLC, operator and Alameda Energy Inc. and U S Energy Development Corp. as non-operators covering Webb 1H Unit well, Bastrop Co.

 

10.           JOA dated 3- 4-2010 Impetro Operating LLC, operator and Six Pack Energy, non-operator and covering the Fred Becker 1H, Lee Co. Texas

11.           JOA dated May 4, 2010 Impetro Operating Co. operator and non operators covering the Koehler 2H well, Lee Co. Texas

12.           Contract Operating Agreement between Starboard Resources LLC and Impetro Operating LLC dated

 

MISCELLANEOUS AGREEMENTS

1.           Letter Agreement dated October 27, 1994 between Union Pacific Resources Co. and Great West Energy and Exploration Inc. in regards to the joint operations on the Durrenberger Unit #1

2.           Farmout Agreement from Sandel Operating Co. to Leexus Oil & Gas dated August 14, 2006: covering the Kimberly #1, Lee Co. Texas.

3.           Purchase Sale Agreement dated April 27, 2007 between Patel Oil & Gas LLC and Leexus Oil & Gas LLP covering the Ellisor B well in Fayette Co. Texas

4.           Salt Water Disposal and Surface Use Agreement dated December 6, 2007 and covering the Petrich-Lorenz A2 well, Fayette Co. Texas between Leexus Oil & Gas LLP and Leexus Operating.

5.           Participation Agreement from Husky Ventures, Inc. to Hunton Oil LLC dated September 6, 2009 covering lands and leases in Logan and Kingfisher Counties, Oklahoma, including JOA and AMI Agreement.

6.           Project Participation Agreement dated March 30, 2010 between Impetro Resources and Alameda Energy Inc. and U S Energy Development Co.: Webb 1H Unit, Bastrop County Texas

7.           Contract Operating Agreement from Windward Petro LLC and Impetro Operating LLC.

 

PRODUCT PURCHASE/SALE AGREEMENTS

1.           Gas Purchase Contract dated April 1, 2009 (DCP File GDS0839PUR) between Impetro Operating, LLC and DCP Midstream, LP as revised and amended dated August 1, 2010 and covering the following wells in Fayette County (Ansell-Lehmann #1H, Atlanta Hatfield 1H, Trousdale, Dernehl #2, Petrich Lorenz #1) and Lee County Texas (Kleiber#1, R. King #1, Lonie Mae 1H, , Koehler #1, Mary Zona 1RE, , El Capitan #1, Zoch-Noack Unit #1, Kimberly #1, Victor Elias 1H).

 

  

Schedule 7.24 - 2

  

 

2.           Gas Purchase Contract dated October 1, 2007 (DCP File GDS0822PUR) between Impetro Operating LLC and DCP Midstream, LP and covering the Graeco #1 Well, Bastrop County Texas.

3.           Gas Purchase and Gas Process Contract dated April 26, 2006 between ETC Texas Pipeline, LTD., as buyer and Leexus Oil & Gas LLP, seller (ETC NO 8796) as acquired by Impetro Operating LLC from STO Operating effective 2/1/2010 and covering the following wells in Burleson County Texas: (Scarmardo #1, Susie #2H, T-O #1, McFarland-McFarland, Lydia Rubach #1)

4.           Purchase Agreement dated March 2, 2011 between Impetro Operating, LLC, seller and Texon LP (now Texon Crude Oil LLC) and being referenced as Texon Agreement No. CPE6822, as amended and covering wells in Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Fayette and Lee and Gonzales Counties Texas.

5.           Purchase Agreement dated March 1, 2010 between Impetro Operating, LLC, as seller and Shell Trading (US) Company, as buyer and referred to as STUSCO Contract No. LPS790905, covering wells in Frio and Atascosa Counties Texas in Kyote and Bigfoot Fields.

 

 

  

Schedule 7.24 - 3

  

 

SCHEDULE 7.28

EXISTING ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

 

	
Vendor Name

	 	
Invoice Date

	 	
Invoice #

	 	
Invoice Description

	 	
Due Date

	 	
Amount

	 
	
448 Supply, Inc.

	 	
5/10/2012

	 	 	85167	 	
Black

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	889.31	 
	
448 Supply, Inc.

	 	
5/11/2012

	 	 	85382	 	
Mary Zona

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	289.28	 
	
448 Supply, Inc.

	 	
5/15/2012

	 	 	85480	 	
Black

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	871.49	 
	
448 Supply, Inc.

	 	
5/15/2012

	 	 	85538	 	
Ellisor B2

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	1,244.81	 
	
A&L HOT OIL SERVICE, INC.

	 	
5/2/2012

	 	 	141351	 	
Tyr #1

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	2,718.18	 
	
A&L HOT OIL SERVICE, INC.

	 	
5/16/2012

	 	 	141541	 	
Ellisor

	 	
6/13/2012

	 	 	3,555.95	 
	
ARLDT WEED CONTROL LLC

	 	
5/5/2012

	 	 	3826	 	
A/P Invoice

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	1,759.06	 
	
Diamond P Lease & Well Service, Inc.

	 	
4/27/2012

	 	 	107100	 	
El Capitan

	 	
5/16/2012

	 	 	5,275.00	 
	
Diamond P Lease & Well Service, Inc.

	 	
4/27/2012

	 	 	107099	 	
Lonie Mae

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	1,741.36	 
	
Diamond P Lease & Well Service, Inc.

	 	
5/10/2012

	 	 	107220	 	
Black

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	1,019.50	 
	
Diamond P Lease & Well Service, Inc.

	 	
5/10/2012

	 	 	107221	 	
Ransom b

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	1,082.00	 
	
Diamond P Lease & Well Service, Inc.

	 	
5/10/2012

	 	 	107222	 	
Younger

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	1,345.05	 
	
Diamond P Lease & Well Service, Inc.

	 	
5/10/2012

	 	 	107223	 	
Kimberly

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	174	 
	
Diamond P Lease & Well Service, Inc.

	 	
5/10/2012

	 	 	107224	 	
Lydia Rubach

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	940.19	 
	
Diamond P Lease & Well Service, Inc.

	 	
5/10/2012

	 	 	107225	 	
El Capitan

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	284.56	 
	
Diamond P Lease & Well Service, Inc.

	 	
5/10/2012

	 	 	107226	 	
Steinbach

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	1,769.25	 
	
Diamond P Lease & Well Service, Inc.

	 	
5/10/2012

	 	 	107227	 	
Kimberly

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	1,305.03	 
	
Diamond P Lease & Well Service, Inc.

	 	
5/10/2012

	 	 	107228	 	
McPhaul

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	1,455.02	 
	
Diamond P Lease & Well Service, Inc.

	 	
5/10/2012

	 	 	107229	 	
TO

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	930.03	 
	
Diamond P Lease & Well Service, Inc.

	 	
5/10/2012

	 	 	107230	 	
Black

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	504	 
	
GM Service

	 	
5/12/2012

	 	 	3546	 	
Ransom B

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	384.3	 
	
GM Service

	 	
5/7/2012

	 	 	3555	 	
Ransom B

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	432.34	 
	
GM Service

	 	
5/9/2012

	 	 	3561	 	
Ransom B

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	384.3	 
	
GM Service

	 	
5/2/2012

	 	 	3562	 	
Ransom B

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	384.3	 

 

  

Schedule 7.28 - 1

  

 

	
Hy-Point Energy, Inc.

	 	
5/15/2012

	 	 	66280	 	
Philipello

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	351	 
	
Hy-Point Energy, Inc.

	 	
5/15/2012

	 	 	66756	 	
AM Williams #1

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	594	 
	
Suzanne Kessler Tax A/C

	 	
11/1/2011

	 	 	18963	 	
Durrenberger

	 	
12/30/2011

	 	 	18,158.20	 
	
Suzanne Kessler Tax A/C

	 	
11/1/2011

	 	 	18970	 	
Fred Becker

	 	
12/30/2011

	 	 	17,158.92	 
	
Suzanne Kessler Tax A/C

	 	
1/20/2012

	 	
PC258277

	 	
A/P Invoice

	 	
2/29/2012

	 	 	50.07	 
	
Suzanne Kessler Tax A/C

	 	
11/1/2011

	 	 	18966	 	
Koehler

	 	
3/30/2012

	 	 	1,036.38	 
	
Lynco Oil Services, Inc

	 	
5/15/2012

	 	 	7032	 	
Alford

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	642	 
	
Morgan Petroleum Testers, Inc.

	 	
5/2/2012

	 	 	25097	 	
Oscar Mann

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	234	 
	
MUSTANG ENGINEERING, L.P.

	 	
5/9/2012

	 	 	20058-02	 	
Philipello

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	2,477.24	 
	
Richard W. Reynolds

	 	
8/2/2011

	 	 	80411	 	
A/P Invoice

	 	
9/30/2011

	 	 	88.23	 
	
Rod and Tubing Services, LLC

	 	
5/11/2012

	 	 	13117	 	
A/P Invoice

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	320.25	 
	
Schonwald Land, Inc.

	 	
5/3/2012

	 	 	2034	 	
North McClain

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	5,470.20	 
	
Tameron Family Partnership

	 	
8/2/2011

	 	 	80411	 	
A/P Invoice

	 	
9/30/2011

	 	 	611.78	 
	
COX SMITH MATTHEWS INC.

	 	
5/16/2012

	 	 	381994	 	
Legal

	 	
6/30/2012

	 	 	13,918.00	 
	
Forrest A. Garb & Associates, Inc.

	 	
5/15/2012

	 	 	5354	 	
Reserve Engineer

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	650	 
	
Levett Rockwood P.C.

	 	
5/8/2012

	 	 	59712	 	
Legal

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	374	 
	
Verizon Southwest

	 	
5/7/2012

	 	 	2.84E+09	 	
Telephone

	 	
5/30/2012

	 	 	-112.33	 
	
Starboard Sellers

	 	
11/30 to 4/30

	 	
Going Public Delay Fee

	 	 	348,099.33	 

 

 Schedule 7.28 - 2

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