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
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ARTICLE I
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Section 1.01
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Definitions
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Section 1.02
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Other
Definitional Provisions; References
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ARTICLE II Guarantee
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Section 2.01
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Guarantee
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Section 2.02
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Payments
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ARTICLE III Grant of Security
Interest
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Section 3.01
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Grant of
Security Interest
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Section 3.02
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Transfer of
Pledged Securities
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Section 3.03
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Grantors
Remains Liable under Accounts, Chattel Paper and Payment
Intangibles
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ARTICLE IV Acknowledgments, Waivers and
Consents
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Section 4.01
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Acknowledgments, Waivers and Consents
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Section 4.02
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No Subrogation,
Contribution or Reimbursement
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ARTICLE V Representations and
Warranties
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Section 5.01
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Representations
in Credit Agreement
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Section 5.02
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Benefit to the
Guarantor
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Section 5.03
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Solvency
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Section 5.04
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Title; No Other
Liens
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Section 5.05
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Perfected First
Priority Liens
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Section 5.06
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Legal Name,
Organizational Status, Chief Executive Office
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Section 5.07
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Prior Names,
Addresses, Locations of Tangible Assets
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Section 5.08
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Pledged
Securities
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Section 5.09
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Goods
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Section 5.10
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Instruments and
Chattel Paper
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10
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Section 5.11
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Truth of
Information; Accounts
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10
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Section 5.12
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Governmental
Obligors
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ARTICLE VI Covenants
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Section 6.01
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Covenants in
Credit Agreement
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Section 6.02
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Maintenance of
Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation
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Section 6.03
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Maintenance of
Records
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Section 6.04
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Right of
Inspection
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Section 6.05
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Further
Identification of Collateral
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Section 6.06
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Changes in
Locations, Name, etc.
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Section 6.07
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Compliance with
Contractual Obligations
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Section 6.08
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Limitations on
Dispositions of Collateral
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Section 6.09
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Pledged
Securities
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Section 6.10
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Limitations on
Modifications, Waivers, Extensions of Agreements Giving Rise to
Accounts
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Section 6.11
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Analysis of
Accounts, Etc
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Section 6.12
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Instruments and
Tangible Chattel Paper
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Section 6.13
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Maintenance of
Equipment
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Section 6.14
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Commercial Tort
Claims
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ARTICLE VII Remedial Provisions
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Section 7.01
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Pledged
Securities
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Section 7.02
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Collections on
Accounts, Etc
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Section 7.03
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Proceeds
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Section 7.04
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Texas UCC and
Other Remedies
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Section 7.05
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Private Sales
of Pledged Securities
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Section 7.06
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Waiver;
Deficiency
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Section 7.07
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Non-Judicial
Enforcement
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ARTICLE VIII The Administrative
Agent
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Section 8.01
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Administrative
Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc
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Section 8.02
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Duty of
Administrative Agent
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Section 8.03
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Execution of
Financing Statements
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Section 8.04
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Authority of
Administrative Agent
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ARTICLE IX
Subordination of Indebtedness
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Section 9.01
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Subordination
of All Guarantor Claims
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Section 9.02
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Claims in
Bankruptcy
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Section 9.03
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Payments Held
in Trust
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Section 9.04
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Liens
Subordinate
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Section 9.05
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Notation of
Records
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ARTICLE X Miscellaneous
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Section 10.01
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Waiver
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Section 10.02
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Notices
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Section 10.03
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Payment of
Expenses, Indemnities, Etc
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Section 10.04
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Amendments in
Writing
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Section 10.05
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Successors and
Assigns
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Section 10.06
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Invalidity
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Section 10.07
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Counterparts
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Section 10.08
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Survival
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Section 10.09
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Captions
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Section 10.10
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No Oral
Agreements
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Section 10.11
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Governing Law;
Submission to Jurisdiction
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Section 10.12
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Acknowledgments
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Section 10.13
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Additional
Grantors
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Section 10.14
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Set-Off
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Section 10.15
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Releases
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Section 10.16
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Reinstatement
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Section 10.17
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Acceptance
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SCHEDULES:
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1.
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Notice
Addresses of Guarantors
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2.
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Description of
Pledged Securities
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3.
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Filings and
Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interests
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4.
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Legal Name,
Location of Jurisdiction of Organization, Organizational
Identification Number, Taxpayor Identification Number and Chief
Executive Office
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Prior Names,
Prior Chief Executive Office, Location of Tangible
Assets
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ANNEX:
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I.
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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
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(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
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(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
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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