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Exhibit 10.2

Fourth Amended and Restated

 

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

 

 

made by

each of the Grantors (as defined herein)

in favor of

 

 

BNP P ARIBAS ,

as Administrative Agent

 

 

 

Dated as of October 14, 2009


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I Definitions

  

1

Section 1.01

  

Definitions

  

1

Section 1.02

  

Other Definitional Provisions; References

  

3

ARTICLE II Guarantee

  

3

Section 2.01

  

Guarantee

  

3

Section 2.02

  

Payments

  

4

ARTICLE III Grant of Security Interest

  

4

Section 3.01

  

Grant of Security Interest

  

4

Section 3.02

  

Transfer of Pledged Securities

  

5

Section 3.03

  

Grantors Remains Liable under Accounts, Chattel Paper and Payment Intangibles

  

5

ARTICLE IV Acknowledgments, Waivers and Consents

  

6

Section 4.01

  

Acknowledgments, Waivers and Consents

  

6

Section 4.02

  

No Subrogation, Contribution or Reimbursement

  

8

ARTICLE V Representations and Warranties

  

9

Section 5.01

  

Representations in Credit Agreement

  

9

Section 5.02

  

Benefit to the Guarantor

  

9

Section 5.03

  

Solvency

  

9

Section 5.04

  

Title; No Other Liens

  

9

Section 5.05

  

Perfected First Priority Liens

  

9

Section 5.06

  

Legal Name, Organizational Status, Chief Executive Office

  

10

Section 5.07

  

Prior Names, Addresses, Locations of Tangible Assets

  

10

Section 5.08

  

Pledged Securities

  

10

Section 5.09

  

Goods

  

10

Section 5.10

  

Instruments and Chattel Paper

  

10

Section 5.11

  

Truth of Information; Accounts

  

10

Section 5.12

  

Governmental Obligors

  

11

ARTICLE VI Covenants

  

11

Section 6.01

  

Covenants in Credit Agreement

  

11

Section 6.02

  

Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation

  

11

Section 6.03

  

Maintenance of Records

  

12

Section 6.04

  

Right of Inspection

  

12

Section 6.05

  

Further Identification of Collateral

  

12

Section 6.06

  

Changes in Locations, Name, etc.

  

13

Section 6.07

  

Compliance with Contractual Obligations

  

13

Section 6.08

  

Limitations on Dispositions of Collateral

  

13

Section 6.09

  

Pledged Securities

  

13

Section 6.10

  

Limitations on Modifications, Waivers, Extensions of Agreements Giving Rise to Accounts

  

15

Section 6.11

  

Analysis of Accounts, Etc

  

15

 

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Section 6.12

  

Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper

  

15

Section 6.13

  

Maintenance of Equipment

  

15

Section 6.14

  

Commercial Tort Claims

  

15

ARTICLE VII Remedial Provisions

  

16

Section 7.01

  

Pledged Securities

  

16

Section 7.02

  

Collections on Accounts, Etc

  

17

Section 7.03

  

Proceeds

  

17

Section 7.04

  

Texas UCC and Other Remedies

  

18

Section 7.05

  

Private Sales of Pledged Securities

  

19

Section 7.06

  

Waiver; Deficiency

  

20

Section 7.07

  

Non-Judicial Enforcement

  

20

ARTICLE VIII The Administrative Agent

  

20

Section 8.01

  

Administrative Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc

  

20

Section 8.02

  

Duty of Administrative Agent

  

21

Section 8.03

  

Execution of Financing Statements

  

22

Section 8.04

  

Authority of Administrative Agent

  

22

ARTICLE IX Subordination of Indebtedness

  

23

Section 9.01

  

Subordination of All Guarantor Claims

  

23

Section 9.02

  

Claims in Bankruptcy

  

23

Section 9.03

  

Payments Held in Trust

  

23

Section 9.04

  

Liens Subordinate

  

23

Section 9.05

  

Notation of Records

  

24

ARTICLE X Miscellaneous

  

24

Section 10.01

  

Waiver

  

24

Section 10.02

  

Notices

  

24

Section 10.03

  

Payment of Expenses, Indemnities, Etc

  

24

Section 10.04

  

Amendments in Writing

  

25

Section 10.05

  

Successors and Assigns

  

25

Section 10.06

  

Invalidity

  

25

Section 10.07

  

Counterparts

  

25

Section 10.08

  

Survival

  

25

Section 10.09

  

Captions

  

26

Section 10.10

  

No Oral Agreements

  

26

Section 10.11

  

Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction

  

26

Section 10.12

  

Acknowledgments

  

27

Section 10.13

  

Additional Grantors

  

28

Section 10.14

  

Set-Off

  

28

Section 10.15

  

Releases

  

28

Section 10.16

  

Reinstatement

  

29

Section 10.17

  

Acceptance

  

29

 

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SCHEDULES:

 

1.

Notice Addresses of Guarantors

 

 

2.

Description of Pledged Securities

 

 

3.

Filings and Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interests

 

 

4.

Legal Name, Location of Jurisdiction of Organization, Organizational Identification Number, Taxpayor Identification Number and Chief Executive Office

 

 

5.

Prior Names, Prior Chief Executive Office, Location of Tangible Assets

ANNEX:

 

 

I.

Form of Assumption Agreement

 

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This FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of October 14, 2009, is made by Petrohawk Energy Corporation, a corporation duly formed and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Borrower ”), and each of the other signatories hereto other than the Administrative Agent (the Borrower and each of the other signatories hereto other than the Administrative Agent, together with any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a party hereto from time to time after the date hereof, the “ Grantors ”), in favor of BNP Paribas, as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”), for the banks and other financial institutions (the “ Lenders ”) from time to time parties to the Fourth Amended and Restated Senior Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of October 14, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A. and Bank of Montreal, as co-syndication agents for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with their successors in such capacity, the “ Co-Syndication Agent ”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as co-documentation agents for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with their successors in such capacity, the “ Documentation Agents ”) and the other Agents party thereto.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

Section 1.01 Definitions .

(a) As used in this Agreement, each term defined above shall have the meaning indicated above. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms as well as all uncapitalized terms which are defined in the Texas UCC on the date hereof are used herein as so defined: Accounts, As-Extracted Collateral, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Deposit Accounts, Documents, Electronic Chattel Paper, Equipment, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Goods, Instruments, Inventory, Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Payment Intangibles, Proceeds, Supporting Obligations, and Tangible Chattel Paper.

(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:

Account Debtor ” shall mean a Person (other than any Grantor) obligated on an Account, Chattel Paper, or General Intangible.

Agreement ” shall mean this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Collateral ” shall have the meaning assigned such term in Section 3.01.

Guarantors ” shall mean, collectively, each Grantor other than the Borrower.


Issuers ” shall mean, collectively, each issuer of a Pledged Security.

Obligations ” shall mean, collectively, all Indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Borrower and each Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Lenders and each Affiliate of a Lender party to a Permitted Hedging Agreement (including any Permitted Hedging Agreements between such Persons in existence prior to the date hereof), of whatsoever nature and howsoever evidenced, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, each Permitted Hedging Agreement (to the extent that the Obligations arise under, out of, or in connection with such Permitted Hedging Agreement before or during such time as the Lender party to such Permitted Hedging Agreement is a party to the Credit Agreement, or in the case of an Affiliate of a Lender party to such Permitted Hedging Agreement, the Lender affiliated with such Affiliate, is a party to the Credit Agreement) and all other agreements, guarantees, notes and other documents entered into by any party in connection therewith, and any amendment, restatement or modification of any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, the full and punctual payment when due of any unpaid principal of the Loans and LC Exposure, any amounts payable in respect of an early termination under any Permitted Hedging Agreement, interest (including, without limitation, interest accruing at any post-default rate and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), fees, reimbursement obligations, guaranty obligations, penalties, indemnities, legal and other fees, charges and expenses, and amounts advanced by and expenses incurred in order to preserve any collateral or security interest, whether due after acceleration or otherwise.

Permitted Hedging Agreement ” shall mean any Swap Agreement entered into by the Borrower or any Guarantor with an Approved Counterparty.

Pledged Securities ” shall mean: (i) the Equity Interests described or referred to in Schedule 2; and (ii) (a) the certificates or instruments, if any, representing such Equity Interests, (b) all dividends (cash, stock or otherwise), cash, instruments, rights to subscribe, purchase or sell and all other rights and property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such Equity Interests, (c) all replacements, additions to and substitutions for any of the property referred to in this definition, including, without limitation, claims against third parties, (d) the proceeds, interest, profits and other income of or on any of the property referred to in this definition and (e) all books and records relating to any of the property referred to in this definition.

Secured Parties ” shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any Affiliate of any Lender that is a party to a Permitted Hedging Agreement.

Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Texas UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as it may be amended, from time to time in effect in the State of Texas.

 

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Section 1.02 Other Definitional Provisions; References . The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. The gender of all words shall include the masculine, feminine, and neuter, as appropriate. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole, and not to any particular article, section or subsection. Any reference herein to a Section shall be deemed to refer to the applicable Section of this Agreement unless otherwise stated herein. Any reference herein to an exhibit, schedule or annex shall be deemed to refer to the applicable exhibit, schedule or annex attached hereto unless otherwise stated herein. Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part thereof.

ARTICLE II

Guarantee

Section 2.01 Guarantee .

(a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and each of their respective successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Borrower and the Guarantors when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations. This is a guarantee of payment and not collection and the liability of each Guarantor is primary and not secondary.

(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors.

(c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Article II or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party hereunder.

(d) Each Guarantor agrees that if the maturity of any of the Obligations is accelerated by bankruptcy or otherwise, such maturity shall also be deemed accelerated for the purpose of this guarantee without demand or notice to such Guarantor. The guarantee contained in this Article II shall remain in full force and effect until all the Obligations shall have been satisfied by payment in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and all Permitted Hedging Agreements secured hereby and the Credit Agreement and the Aggregate Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement, no Obligations may be outstanding.

(e) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or

 

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from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations), remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations are paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding, and all Permitted Hedging Agreements secured hereby and the Credit Agreement and the Aggregate Commitments are terminated.

Section 2.02 Payments . Each Guarantor hereby agrees and guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the Principal Office of the Administrative Agent specified pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE III

Grant of Security Interest

Section 3.01 Grant of Security Interest . Each Grantor hereby pledges, assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent, and grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest and whether now existing or hereafter coming into existence (collectively, the “Collateral”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations:

(1) all Accounts;

(2) all Chattel Paper (whether Tangible Chattel Paper or Electronic Chattel Paper);

(3) all Commercial Tort Claims;

(4) all Deposit Accounts other than payroll, withholding tax and other fiduciary Deposit Accounts;

(5) all Documents;

(6) all General Intangibles (including, without limitation, rights in and under any Hedging Agreements);

(7) all Goods (including, without limitation, all Inventory and all Equipment, but excluding all Fixtures);

(8) all Instruments;

(9) all Investment Property;

 

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(10) all Letter-of-Credit Rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing;

(11) all Pledged Securities;

(12) all Supporting Obligations;

(13) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and

(14) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security, income, royalties and other payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to, and guarantees and supporting obligations relating to, any and all of the Collateral and, to the extent not otherwise included, all payments of insurance (whether or not the Administrative Agent is the loss payee thereof), or any indemnity, warranty or guaranty, payable by reason of loss or damage to or otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing Collateral, all other claims, including all cash, guarantees and other Supporting Obligations given with respect to any of the foregoing.

Section 3.02 Transfer of Pledged Securities . All certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing the Pledged Securities shall be delivered to and held pursuant hereto by the Administrative Agent or a Person designated by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of an instrument or certificate in registered form, shall be duly indorsed to the Administrative Agent or in blank by an effective endorsement (whether on the certificate or instrument or on a separate writing), and accompanied by any required transfer tax stamps to effect the pledge of the Pledged Securities to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, all Pledged Securities must be delivered or transferred in such manner, and each Grantor shall take all such further action as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, as to permit the Administrative Agent to be a “protected purchaser” to the extent of its security interest as provided in Section 8.303 of the Texas UCC (if the Administrative Agent otherwise qualifies as a protected purchaser).

Section 3.03 Grantors Remains Liable under Accounts, Chattel Paper and Payment Intangibles . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Accounts, Chattel Paper and Payment Intangibles to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise to each such Account, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangible. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any Account, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangible (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative Agent or any such other Secured Party of any payment relating to such Account, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangible, pursuant hereto, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Account, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangible (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any Account, Chattel Paper or Payment Intangible (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

 

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ARTICLE IV

Acknowledgments, Waivers and Consents

Section 4.01 Acknowledgments, Waivers and Consents .

(a) Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that the obligations undertaken by it under this Agreement involve the guarantee and the provision of collateral security for the obligations of Persons other than such Grantor and that such Grantor’s guarantee and provision of collateral security for the Obligations are absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances. In full recognition and furtherance of the foregoing, each Grantor understands and agrees, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law and except as may otherwise be expressly and specifically provided in the Loan Documents, that each Grantor shall remain obligated hereunder (including, without limitation, with respect to the guarantee made such Grantor hereby and the collateral security provided by such Grantor herein) and the enforceability and effectiveness of this Agreement and the liability of such Grantor, and the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected, limited, reduced, discharged or terminated in any way:

(i) notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Grantor and without notice to or further assent by any Grantor, (A) any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such other Secured Party and any of the Obligations continued; (B) the Obligations, the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by, or any indulgence or forbearance in respect thereof granted by, the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party; (C) the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Permitted Hedging Agreement and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders, the Majority Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time; (D) the Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person may from time to time accept or enter into new or additional agreements, security documents, guarantees or other instruments in addition to, in exchange for or relative to, any Loan Document or Permitted Hedging Agreement, all or any part of the Obligations or any Collateral now or in the future serving as security for the Obligations; (E) any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released; and (F) any other event shall occur which constitutes a defense or release of sureties generally; and

(ii) without regard to, and each Grantor hereby expressly waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any defense now or in the future arising by reason of, (A) the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any

 

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Permitted Hedging Agreement, any of the Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, (B) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by any Grantor or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, (C) the insolvency, bankruptcy arrangement, reorganization, adjustment, composition, liquidation, disability, dissolution or lack of power of any Grantor or any other Person at any time liable for the payment of all or part of the Obligations or the failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to file or enforce a claim in bankruptcy or other proceeding with respect to any Person; or any sale, lease or transfer of any or all of the assets of the any Grantor, or any changes in the partners of any Grantor; (D) the fact that any Collateral or Lien contemplated or intended to be given, created or granted as security for the repayment of the Obligations shall not be properly perfected or created, or shall prove to be unenforceable or subordinate to any other Lien, it being recognized and agreed by each of the Grantors that it is not entering into this Agreement in reliance on, or in contemplation of the benefits of, the validity, enforceability, collectability or value of any of the Collateral for the Obligations; (E) any failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to marshal assets in favor of any Grantor or any other Person, to exhaust any collateral for all or any part of the Obligations, to pursue or exhaust any right, remedy, power or privilege it may have against any Grantor or any other Person or to take any action whatsoever to mitigate or reduce any Grantor’s liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (F) any law which provides that the obligation of a surety or guarantor must neither be larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal or which reduces a surety’s or guarantor’s obligation in proportion to the principal obligation; (G) the possibility that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the aggregate liability of such Grantor under this Agreement; or (H) any other circumstance or act whatsoever, including any action or omission of the type described (with or without notice to or knowledge of any Grantor), which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge or defense of the Borrower for the Obligations, or of such Grantor under the guarantee contained in Article II or with respect to the collateral security provided by such Grantor herein, or which might be available to a surety or guarantor, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.

(b) Each Grantor hereby waives to the extent permitted by law: (i) except as expressly provided otherwise in any Loan Document, all notices to such Grantor, or to any other Person, including but not limited to, notices of the acceptance of this Agreement, the guarantee contained in Article II or the provision of collateral security provided herein, or the creation, renewal, extension, modification, accrual of any Obligations, or notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party upon the guarantee contained in Article II or upon the collateral security provided herein, or of default in the payment or performance of any of the Obligations owed to the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party and enforcement of any right or remedy with respect thereto; or notice of any other matters relating thereto; the Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in Article II and the collateral security provided herein and no notice of creation of the Obligations or any extension of credit already or hereafter contracted by or extended to the Borrower need be given to any Grantor; and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, on the

 

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other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in Article II and on the collateral security provided herein; (ii) diligence and demand of payment, presentment, protest, dishonor and notice of dishonor; (iii) any statute of limitations affecting any Grantor’s liability hereunder or the enforcement thereof; (iv) all rights of revocation with respect to the Obligations, the guarantee contained in Article II and the provision of collateral security herein; and (v) all principles or provisions of law which conflict with the terms of this Agreement and which can, as a matter of law, be waived.

(c) When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Grantor, the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, join or make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue or exhaust such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other Grantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower, any other Grantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Grantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party against any Grantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Obligations or for the guarantee contained in Article II or any property subject thereto.

Section 4.02 No Subrogation, Contribution or Reimbursement . Notwithstanding any payment made by any Grantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Grantor by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, no Grantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party against the Borrower or any other Grantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of the Obligations, nor shall any Grantor seek or be entitled to seek any indemnity, exoneration, participation, contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other Grantor in respect of payments made by such Grantor hereunder, and each Grantor hereby expressly waives, releases, and agrees not to exercise any all such rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnity and contribution. Each Grantor further agrees that to the extent that such waiver and release set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnity and contribution such Grantor may have against the Borrower, any other Grantor or against any collateral or security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party shall be junior and subordinate to any rights the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties may have against the Borrower and such Grantor and to all right, title and interest the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties may have in any collateral or security or guarantee or right of offset. The Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may use, sell or dispose of any item of Collateral or security as it sees fit without regard to any subrogation rights any Grantor may have, and upon any disposition or sale, any rights of subrogation any Grantor may have shall terminate.

 

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ARTICLE V

Representations and Warranties

To induce the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder and to induce the Lenders and Affiliates of the Lenders to enter into Permitted Hedging Agreements, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party that:

Section 5.01 Representations in Credit Agreement . In the case of each Guarantor, the representations and warranties set forth in Article VII of the Credit Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor (in its capacity as a Subsidiary of the Borrower) or to the Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party are true and correct in all material respects, provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to the Borrower’s knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 5.01, be deemed to be a reference to such Guarantor’s knowledge.

Section 5.02 Benefit to the Guarantor . The Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each Guarantor, and the Borrower and the Guarantors are engaged in related businesses. Each Guarantor is a Subsidiary of the Borrower and its guaranty and surety obligations pursuant to this Agreement reasonably may be expected to benefit, directly or indirectly, it; and it has determined that this Agreement is necessary and convenient to the conduct, promotion and attainment of the business of such Guarantor and the Borrower.

Section 5.03 Solvency . Such Grantor (i) is not insolvent as of the date hereof and will not be rendered insolvent as a result of this Agreement (after giving effect to Section 2.01(a)), (ii) is not engaged in a business or a transaction, or about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which any Property or assets remaining with it constitute unreasonably small capital, and (iii) does not intend to incur, or believe it will incur, debts that will be beyond its ability to pay as such debts mature.

Section 5.04 Title; No Other Liens . Except for the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and Excepted Liens, such Grantor is the legal and beneficial owner of its respective items of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens. No financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement, the Security Instruments or as are filed to secure Liens permitted by Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement.

Section 5.05 Perfected First Priority Liens . The security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly executed form) will constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the

 

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ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for such Grantor’s obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any Collateral from such Grantor and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for Excepted Liens which have priority over the Liens on the Collateral by operation of law.

Section 5.06 Legal Name, Organizational Status, Chief Executive Office . On the date hereof, the correct legal name of such Grantor, such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization, organizational number, taxpayor identification number and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business are specified on Schedule 4.

Section 5.07 Prior Names, Addresses, Locations of Tangible Assets . Schedule 5 correctly sets forth (a) all names and trade names that such Grantor has used in the last five years and (b) the chief executive office of such Grantor over the last five years (if different from that which is set forth in Section 5.06 above).

Section 5.08 Pledged Securities . The shares (or such other interests) of Pledged Securities pledged by such Grantor hereunder constitute all the issued and outstanding shares (or such other interests) of all classes of the capital stock or other Equity Interests of each Issuer owned by such Grantor. All the shares (or such other interests) of the Pledged Securities have been duly and validly issued and, in the case of shares of stock of a corporation, are fully paid and nonassessable; and such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good title to, the Pledged Securities pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens except Excepted Liens or options, warrants, puts, calls or other rights of any other Person, and restrictions or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except the security interest created by this Agreement. The pledged LLC interests and the pledged partnership interests do not, by their terms, provide that they are securities to be governed


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