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Tenth Amendment

 EXHIBIT 10.27 
  

  
 TENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT 
  
 BETWEEN

  
 CONTANGO OIL AND GAS COMPANY 
  
 AND 
  
 GUARANTY BANK, FSB 
 AS LENDER 
  
 Effective as of September 23, 2004

  

  
 REDUCING REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT OF UP TO $50,000,000 
 REDUCING REVOLVING TERM LOAN OF $2,500,000 
  

  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
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	ARTICLE I	  	DEFINITIONS	  	2
	1.01	  	Terms Defined Above	  	2
	1.02	  	Terms Defined in Agreement	  	2
	1.03	  	References	  	2
	1.04	  	Articles and Sections	  	2
	1.05	  	Number and Gender	  	2
	ARTICLE II	  	AMENDMENTS	  	3
	2.01	  	Amendment of Section 2.1A (a)	  	3
	2.02	  	Amendment of Section 2.6(a)	  	3
	ARTICLE III	  	CONDITIONS	  	3
	3.01	  	Receipt of Documents	  	3
	3.02	  	Accuracy of Representations and Warranties	  	3
	3.03	  	Matters Satisfactory to Lender	  	4
	ARTICLE IV	  	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	  	4
	ARTICLE V	  	RATIFICATION	  	4
	ARTICLE VI	  	MISCELLANEOUS	  	4
	6.01	  	Scope of Amendment	  	4
	6.02	  	Agreement as Amended	  	4
	6.03	  	Parties in Interest	  	4
	6.04	  	Rights of Third Parties	  	4
	6.05	  	ENTIRE AGREEMENT	  	4
	6.06	  	GOVERNING LAW	  	4
	6.07	  	JURISDICTION AND VENUE	  	5

  

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 TENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT 
  
 This TENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Tenth
Amendment”) is made and entered into effective as of September 23, 2004, between CONTANGO OIL AND GAS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, (the “Borrower”), and GUARANTY BANK, FSB, a federal savings bank (the
“Lender”). 
  
 W I T N
E S S E T H 
  
 WHEREAS,
the above named parties did execute and exchange counterparts of that certain Credit Agreement dated June 29, 2001, as amended by First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated January 8, 2002, Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated February 13,
2002, Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated April 26, 2002, Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated September 9, 2002, Letter Amendment to Credit Agreement dated January 7, 2003, Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated June 1, 2003, Sixth
Amendment to Credit Agreement dated September 1, 2003, Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement dated December 31, 2003, Eighth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated February 13, 2004 and Ninth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated July 29, 2004 (the
“Agreement”), to which reference is here made for all purposes; 
  
 WHEREAS, the parties subject to and bound by the Agreement are desirous of amending the Agreement in the particulars hereinafter set forth; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the parties to the Agreement, as set forth
therein, and the mutual covenants and agreements of the parties hereto, as set forth in this Tenth Amendment, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS

  
 1.01 Terms Defined Above. As used herein, each of
the terms “Agreement,” “Borrower,” “Lender” and “Tenth Amendment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term hereinabove. 
  
 1.02 Terms Defined in Agreement. As used herein, each term defined in
the Agreement shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Agreement, unless expressly provided herein to the contrary. 
  
 1.03 References. References in this Tenth Amendment to Article or Section numbers shall be to Articles and Sections of this Tenth Amendment, unless
expressly stated herein to the contrary. References in this Tenth Amendment to “hereby,” “herein,” hereinafter,” hereinabove,” “hereinbelow,” “hereof,” and “hereunder” shall be to this
Tenth Amendment in its entirety and not only to the particular Article or Section in which such reference appears. 
  
 1.04 Articles and Sections. This Tenth Amendment, for convenience only, has been divided into Articles and Sections and it is understood that the
rights, powers, privileges, duties, and other legal relations of the parties hereto shall be determined from this Tenth Amendment as an entirety and without regard to such division into Articles and Sections and without regard to headings prefixed
to such Articles and Sections. 
  
 1.05 Number and Gender.
Whenever the context requires, reference herein made to the single number shall be understood to include the plural and likewise the plural shall be understood to include the singular. Words denoting sex shall be construed to include the masculine,
feminine, and neuter, when such construction is appropriate, and specific enumeration shall not exclude the general, but shall be construed as cumulative. Definitions of terms defined in the singular and plural shall be equally applicable to the
plural or singular, as the case may be. 
  

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 ARTICLE II 
 AMENDMENTS 
  
 The
Borrower and the Lender hereby amend the Agreement in the following particulars: 
  
 2.01 Amendment of Section 1.2. Section 1.2 of the Agreement is amended as follows: 
  
 The following definition is amended to read as follows: 
  
 “Reducing Revolving Term Loan Available Commitment” shall mean on September 23, 2004, the sum of $2,000,000. There will be no monthly
reductions until a funding has occurred and then it will be reduced by $595,000 per month beginning the first of the month after such funding and continuing on the first of each month thereafter until April 1, 2005 when it shall be fully paid, both
principal and interest.” 
  
 2.02 Amendment of Section
2.1A (a). Section 2.1A(a) of the Agreement is amended to change the final payment date to April 1, 2005. 
  
 2.03 Amendment of Section 2.1A(b). Section 2.1A(b) is amended to read as follows: 
  

	 	“A.	Reducing Revolving Term Loan. 

  

	 	(b)	The Borrower may only borrow under the Reducing Revolving Term Loan up to the amount of the Reducing Revolving Term Loan Available Commitment. Principal payments of the greater of
$595,000 per month or an amount necessary to reduce the Reducing Revolving Term Loan Balance to the Reducing Revolving Term Loan Available Commitment will be required should the amount of borrowings equal to or exceed the Reducing Revolving Term
Loan Available Commitment.” 

  
 2.04
Amendment of Section 2.6(a). Section 2.6(a) of the Agreement is amended to read as follows: 
  
 “2.6 Borrowing Base Determinations. (a) The Borrowing Base as of October 1, 2004, is acknowledged by the Borrower and the
Lender to be $19,000,000. Commencing on November 1, 2004, and continuing thereafter on the first day of each calendar month through the next Borrowing Base review, the amount of the Borrowing Base shall be reduced by $595,000.” 
  
 ARTICLE III 
 CONDITIONS 
  
 The obligation of the Lender to amend the Agreement as provided herein is subject to the fulfillment of the following conditions precedent: 
  
 3.01 Receipt of Documents. The Lender shall have received, reviewed, and approved the following documents and other
items, appropriately executed when necessary and in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender: 
  

	 	(a)	multiple counterparts of this Tenth Amendment as requested by the Lender; 

  

	 	(b)	payment of $20,000 to Lender as an extension fee; and 

  

	 	(c)	such other agreements, documents, items, instruments, opinions, certificates, waivers, consents, and evidence as the Lender may reasonably request. 

  
 3.02 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. The representations
and warranties contained in Article IV of the Agreement and this Tenth Amendment shall be true and correct. 
  

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 3.03 Matters Satisfactory to Lender. All matters incident to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be satisfactory to the Lender. 
  
 ARTICLE IV 
 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 
  
 The Borrower hereby expressly re-makes, in favor of the Lender, all of the representations and warranties set forth in
Article IV of the Agreement, and represents and warrants that all such representations and warranties remain true and unbreached. 
  
 ARTICLE V 
 RATIFICATION

  
 Each of the parties hereto does hereby adopt, ratify, and
confirm the Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in all things in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof, as amended by this Tenth Amendment. 
  
 ARTICLE VI 
 MISCELLANEOUS

  
 6.01 Scope of Amendment. The scope of this Tenth
Amendment is expressly limited to the matters addressed herein and this Tenth Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any past, present, or future breach, Default, or Event of Default under the Agreement. except to the extent, if any, that any
such breach, Default, or Event of Default is remedied by the effect of this Tenth Amendment. 
  
 6.02 Agreement as Amended. All references to the Agreement in any document heretofore or hereafter executed in connection with the transactions contemplated in the Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the
Agreement as amended by this Tenth Amendment. 
  
 6.03 Parties
in Interest. All provisions of this Tenth Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Lender and their respective successors and assigns. 
  
 6.04 Rights of Third Parties. All provisions herein are imposed solely and exclusively for the benefit of the Lender
and the Borrower, and no other Person shall have standing to require satisfaction of such provisions in accordance with their terms and any or all of such provisions may be freely waived in whole or in part by the Lender at any time if in its sole
discretion it deems it advisable to do so. 
  
 6.05 ENTIRE
AGREEMENT. THIS TENTH AMENDMENT CONSTITUTES THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT HEREOF AND SUPERSEDES ANY PRIOR AGREEMENT, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, BETWEEN SUCH PARTIES REGARDING THE SUBJECT HEREOF.
FURTHERMORE IN THIS REGARD, THIS TENTH AMENDMENT, THE AGREEMENT, THE NOTES, THE SECURITY INSTRUMENTS, AND THE OTHER WRITTEN DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THE AGREEMENT OR EXECUTED IN CONNECTION WITH OR AS SECURITY FOR THE NOTES REPRESENT, COLLECTIVELY,
THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES THERETO AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES. 
  
 6.06 GOVERNING LAW. THIS TENTH AMENDMENT, THE AGREEMENT AND
THE NOTES SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE CONTRACTS MADE UNDER AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY BEAR A NORMAL, REASONABLE, AND SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE STATE OF TEXAS. 
  

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 6.07 JURISDICTION AND VENUE. ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS WITH RESPECT TO, ARISING
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN CONNECTION WITH, OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR FROM THIS TENTH AMENDMENT, THE AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE LITIGATED IN COURTS HAVING SITUS IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. EACH OF THE BORROWER AND THE LENDER HEREBY SUBMITS
TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO TRANSFER OR CHANGE THE JURISDICTION OR VENUE OF ANY LITIGATION BROUGHT AGAINST IT BY THE BORROWER OR THE LENDER IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this
Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement is executed effective the date first hereinabove written. 
  

			
	BORROWER
	
	CONTANGO OIL AND GAS COMPANY
		
	By:	 	 /s/ WILLIAM H. GIBBONS

	 	 	William H. Gibbons
	 	 	Vice President and Treasurer
	
	 LENDER

	
	GUARANTY BANK, FSB
		
	By:	 	 /s/ RICHARD E. MENCHACA

	 	 	Richard E. Menchaca
	 	 	Senior Vice President

  

 5Form of Plan Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10.16 
  
 ACTION REQUIRED: MUST BE RETURNED
BY
                                        

  

			
	

	 	 Plan Agreement 
 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan

  
 THIS PLAN AGREEMENT
(this “Agreement”) is entered into as of             , 200     between SWS Group, Inc. (the “Company”), the Participant’s
Employer, and                      (the “Participant”). 
  
 RECITAL 
  
 A. The Participant is a valued employee of the Employer, and the Employer desires to have the continued services and counsel of the Participant.

  
 B. The Employer is eligible to participate in and has
adopted, effective January 1, 2005, the SWS Group, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), as amended from time to time, and the Participant has been selected to participate in the Plan. 
  
 C. The Participant desires to participate in the Plan. 
  
 AGREEMENT 
  
 NOW THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed that: 
  
 1. DEFINITIONS.
Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, the capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as under the Plan’s master plan document (the “Plan Document”). 
  
 2. INTEGRATED AGREEMENT:
PARTIES BOUND. The Plan Document, a copy of which has been made available to the Participant, is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement as though set forth in
full in this Agreement. The parties to this Agreement agree to and shall be bound by, and have the benefit of, each and every provision of the Plan as set forth in the Plan Document. This Agreement and the Plan Document, collectively, shall be
considered one complete contract between the parties. 
  
 3.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The Participant hereby acknowledges that he or she has read and understands this Agreement and the Plan Document. 
  
 4. CONDITIONS TO PARTICIPATION. As
a condition to participation in the Plan, the Participant must complete, sign, date and return to the Committee an original copy of this Agreement, various Election Forms as required by the Committee, and a Beneficiary Designation. 
  
 PLEASE TURN OVER
AND SIGN 
  

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 ACTION REQUIRED: MUST BE
RETURNED BY
                                        

  

			
	

	 	 Plan Agreement 
 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan

  
 5.
SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon the Employer, its successors and assigns, and the Participant.

  
 6. GOVERNING
LAW. Subject to ERISA, the provisions of this Plan shall be construed and interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of Texas without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Participant has signed and the Company
has accepted this Plan Agreement, on its behalf and on behalf of the Employer, as of the date first written above. 
  

	
	PARTICIPANT
	  
  

	 Signature of Participant

	  
  

	 Type or Print Name

  
 AGREED AND ACCEPTED BY THE
COMPANY: 
  

	
	COMMITTEE
	  
  

	 For the Committee

	  
  

	 Type or Print Name

  

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