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EXHIBIT 10.2
INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
This Indemnity Agreement (this "Agreement") is entered into as of December
22, 2004, by and between PROSPECT ENERGY CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation
(the "Indemnitor"), and FIRST AMERICAN BANK, SSB, a state savings bank, as
Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") for the
Lenders.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Gas Solutions II Ltd., a Texas limited partnership and
successor-by-conversion to MNW Partners, LLC, a Texas limited liability company
(the "Borrower"), is engaged in the business of processing natural gas and
activities related or ancillary thereto and has purchased two natural gas
processing plants and related interests pursuant to the Gas Solutions
Acquisition Agreement as defined in the Credit Agreement referenced below;
WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, the Borrower is entering into that certain
Credit Agreement, dated as of even date herewith (the "Credit Agreement"), with
First American Bank, SSB, as administrative agent, and the lenders from time to
time parties thereto (the "Lenders"), pursuant to which the Lenders will make a
term loan to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$12,500,000 (the "Loan");
WHEREAS, the Borrower is an indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the
Indemnitor;
WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the making of the Loan and to the
effectiveness of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent has requested,
and the Indemnitor has agreed, to execute and deliver this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Indemnitor has duly authorized the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the Indemnitor to execute this
Agreement inasmuch as the Indemnitor will derive substantial direct and indirect
benefits from the Loan made to the Borrower by the Lenders pursuant to the
Credit Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in order to induce the Lenders to enter into the Credit
Agreement, the parties hereto, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, agree as follows:
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Certain Terms. The following terms (whether or not underscored)
when used in this Agreement, including its preamble, recitals, exhibits and
schedules shall have the following meanings (such definitions to be equally
applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof):
"Administrative Agent" is defined in the preamble.
"Agreement" is defined in the preamble.
"Applicable Law" means any applicable code, statute, law, common law, rule,
regulation, order, ordinance, judgment, decree, order, consent order, stipulated
agreement, writ or injunction of any Governmental Entity.
"Bankruptcy Event of Default" means an event of default of the type
described in clause (d) of the definition of "Event of Default" in the Security
Agreement.
"Borrower" is defined in the first recital.
"Control Agreement" means that certain Deposit Account Control Agreement
dated as of even date herewith, by and among the Indemnitor, the Administrative
Agent and U.S. Bank National Association, as account agent.
"Credit Agreement" is defined in the second recital.
"Governmental Entity" means any domestic or foreign court or tribunal in
any domestic or foreign jurisdiction or any federal, state, municipal or local
government or other governmental body, agency, authority, district, department,
commission, board, bureau, or other instrumentality, arbitrator or arbitral body
(domestic or foreign), including any joint action agency, public power
authority, public utility district, or other similar political subdivision.
"Indemnifiable Claim" means any Loss suffered or incurred by an Indemnitee
that meets both of the following conditions:
(a) the Borrower and/or an Indemnitee has been joined as a defendant in the
Prospect Lawsuit; and
(b) as a result of the entering of a judgment, or of a temporary
restraining order, injunction or other court order with respect to, or the
settlement of, or otherwise as a result of the Prospect Lawsuit, (1) the
Borrower fails to pay in full the Obligations; and (2) the Lender Parties are
unable to collect or receive
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or retain, following their good faith efforts to exercise their rights and
remedies as secured creditors under the Loan Documents, payment in full of the
Obligations;
provided, however, that, for purposes of clause (b), it will be presumed that,
if (i) the Borrower makes a payment in satisfaction of a judgment in, or
settlement of, the Prospect Lawsuit and (ii) the Borrower thereafter fails to
pay in full the Obligations, then an amount equal to the lesser of (y) such
payment and (z) the shortfall in Borrower's payment of the Obligations is deemed
to be "as a result" of the Prospect Lawsuit.
"Indemnitee" is defined in Section 2.1.
"Indemnitor" is defined in the preamble.
"Lenders" is defined in the second recital.
"Lender Party" means, as the context may require, the Administrative Agent
or any Lender, and each of its successors, transferees and assigns.
"Loan" is defined in the second recital.
"Loan Documents" shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit
Agreement.
"Loss" is defined in Section 2.1.
"Obligations" shall have the meaning given to such term in the Credit
Agreement, and means the amounts owed and owing by the Borrower to the Lender
Parties under the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents. For sake of
clarity, the term "Obligations" shall include the costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred by an Indemnitee as a result of such
Indemnitee being joined in the Prospect Lawsuit.
"Prospect Lawsuit" means that certain action styled Dallas Gas Partners, LP
v. Prospect Energy Corporation, Case No. G-04-669, filed on November 30, 2004,
and now pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of
Texas, Galveston Division, and any other lawsuit asserting claims that are
raised or could be raised in such action.
"Security Agreement" means that certain Deposit Account Security Agreement
dated as of even date herewith, made by the Indemnitor in favor of the
Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties.
Section 1.2 Terminology. Unless the context of this Agreement clearly
requires otherwise, (a) pronouns, wherever used herein, and of whatever gender,
shall include natural persons and corporations and associations of every kind
and character, (b) the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall
include the singular wherever and as often as may be appropriate, (c) the word
"include"
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or "includes" or "including" shall mean "including without limitation", and (d)
the words "hereof", "herein", "hereunder", and similar terms in this Agreement
shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not any particular section or
article in which such words appear. The section, article and other headings in
this Agreement are for reference purposes and shall not control or affect the
construction of this Agreement or the interpretation hereof in any respect.
Article, section, subsection, schedule and exhibit references are to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified. All accounting terms not specifically
defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP.
ARTICLE 2
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 2.1 Indemnification by Indemnitor. Subject to the other terms and
limitations of this Agreement, the Indemnitor hereby agrees to indemnify and
hold each Lender Party and their respective directors, officers and employees
(individually, an "Indemnitee" and collectively, the "Indemnitees") harmless
from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs or
expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees (individually, a "Loss" and
collectively, the "Losses") that are suffered or incurred by any of them as a
result of an Indemnifiable Claim. THE INDEMNITIES BY THE INDEMNITOR IN FAVOR OF
THE INDEMNITEES IN THIS SECTION 2.1 SHALL BE APPLICABLE NOTWITHSTANDING THAT AN
INDEMNIFIABLE CLAIM OTHERWISE COVERED BY THIS SECTION 2.1 IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE
NEGLIGENCE (OTHER THAN GROSS NEGLIGENCE) OF AN INDEMNITEE (WHETHER SUCH
NEGLIGENCE IS SOLE, JOINT, CONCURRENT, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE), ANY PRE-EXISTING
CONDITION OR DEFECT OR ANY FORM OF STRICT LIABILITY. If and to the extent that
the foregoing undertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, the Indemnitor
hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction
of each of the Indemnifiable Claims which is permissible under Applicable Law.
Section 2.2 Notification to Indemnifiable Claims.
(a) In the event any Indemnitee proposes to assert the right to be
indemnified pursuant to Section 2.1 above with respect to any Indemnifiable
Claim, the Administrative Agent will notify the Indemnitor in writing
thereof, which notification shall include: a certification that (i) such
claim is or may be an Indemnifiable Claim, (ii) a copy of all papers served
or demands received from the plaintiff in the Prospect Lawsuit, and (iii)
the then-estimated amount of the Indemnifiable Claim, together with a
reasonably detailed explanation and calculation of such Indemnifiable
Claim, if such amount can then be calculated.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (a), in the event that the
Administrative Agent shall fail to deliver such notice or shall not deliver
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such notice in a timely manner so as to allow the Indemnitor to perform its
obligations hereunder, such failure shall not operate to excuse the
Indemnitor from its obligations under this Agreement but shall reduce the
amount of the Indemnitor's liability under this Agreement to the extent and
only to the extent that such failure shall have resulted in prejudice to
the ability of the Indemnitor to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or in a material increase in the costs thereof to the Indemnitor.
Section 2.3 Optional Assumption of Defense.
(a) At any time after receiving no






