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AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT

Security Agreement

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Texas     Date: 2/9/2009
Industry: Oil and Gas Operations     Sector: Energy

AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT, Parties: cano petroleum  inc , union bank of california  n.a.
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Exhibit 10.13

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of December 17, 2008 (this “ Security Agreement ”) is by and among CANO PETROLEUM, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Borrower ”), each subsidiary of the Borrower signatory hereto (together with the Borrower, the “ Grantors ” and individually, each a “ Grantor ”) and Union Bank of California, N.A. as Administrative Agent (as hereinafter defined) for the ratable benefit of itself, the Issuing Lender (as hereinafter defined), the Lenders (as hereinafter defined), and the Swap Counterparties (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below, and together with the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, and the Lenders collectively referred to herein as the “ Secured Parties ” and individually, a “ Secured Party ”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    The Borrower has previously entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated November 29, 2005 (as it has been amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”), among Borrower, the Lenders (as hereinafter defined), the Administrative Agent (as hereinafter defined) and the Issuing Lender (as hereinafter defined).

 

B.                                      In order to secure the full and punctual payment and performance of the obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), the Borrower executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent that certain Security Agreement dated as of November 29, 2005 (as heretofore amended and supplemented, the “ Existing Security Agreement ”).

 

C.                                      The parties to the Existing Credit Agreement have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 17, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time (the “ Lenders ”), and Union Bank of California, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and as issuing lender (in such capacity, the “ Issuing Lender ”).

 

D.                                     It is a requirement under the Credit Agreement that (i) the Borrower shall continue to secure the due payment and performance of all Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) by amending and restating in its entirety the Existing Security Agreement as set forth herein, and (ii) the other Grantors shall continue to secure the due payment and performance of all Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) by executing and delivering this Security Agreement, in each case, in favor of the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

E.                                       Each Grantor (other than the Borrower) is a subsidiary of the Borrower and will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from (i) the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined the Credit Agreement) and (ii) the Hedge Contracts (as defined in the Credit Agreement) entered into by the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries with a Swap Counterparty.

 

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AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged and confessed, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties as follows:

 

Section 1.                                             Definitions; Interpretation .  (a) All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Security Agreement that are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms by the Credit Agreement.  Any terms used in this Security Agreement that are defined in the UCC (as defined below) and not otherwise defined herein or in the Credit Agreement, shall have the meanings assigned to those terms by the UCC.  All meanings to defined terms, unless otherwise indicated, are to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  The following terms shall have the meanings specified below:

 

Accounts ” means an “account” as defined in the UCC, including, without limitation, all of any Grantor’s rights to payment for goods sold or leased, services performed, or otherwise, whether now in existence or arising from time to time hereafter, including, without limitation, rights arising under any of the Contracts or evidenced by an account, note, contract, security agreement, Chattel Paper (including, without limitation, tangible Chattel Paper and electronic Chattel Paper), or other evidence of indebtedness or security, together with all of the right, title and interest of any Grantor in and to (i) all security pledged, assigned, hypothecated or granted to or held by any Grantor to secure the foregoing, (ii) all of any Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to any goods or services, the sale of which gave rise thereto, (iii) all guarantees, endorsements and indemnifications on, or of, any of the foregoing, (iv) all powers of attorney granted to any Grantor for the execution of any evidence of indebtedness or security or other writing in connection therewith, (v) all books, correspondence, credit files, records, ledger cards, invoices, and other papers relating thereto, including without limitation all similar information stored on a magnetic medium or other similar storage device and other papers and documents in the possession or under the control of any Grantor or any computer bureau from time to time acting for any Grantor, (vi) all evidences of the filing of financing statements and other statements granted to any Grantor and the registration of other instruments in connection therewith and amendments thereto, notices to other creditors or secured parties, and certificates from filing or other registration officers, (vii) all credit information, reports and memoranda relating thereto, and (viii) all other writings related in any way to the foregoing.

 

Cash Collateral ” means all amounts from time to time held in any checking, savings, deposit or other account of such Grantor, including, if applicable, the Cash Collateral Account, all monies, proceeds or sums due or to become due therefrom or thereon and all documents (including, but not limited to passbooks, certificates and receipts) evidencing all funds and investments held in such accounts.

 

Chattel Paper ” has the meaning set forth in the UCC.

 

Collateral ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2 of this Security Agreement.

 

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Commitments ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.

 

Contracts ” means all contracts to which any Grantor now is, or hereafter will be bound, or to which such Grantor is or hereafter will be a party, beneficiary or assignee, all Insurance Contracts, and all exhibits, schedules and other attachments to such contracts, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time.

 

Contract Documents ” means all Instruments, Chattel Paper, letters of credit, bonds, guarantees or similar documents evidencing, representing, arising from or existing in respect of, relating to, securing or otherwise supporting the payment of, the Contract Rights.

 

Contract Rights ” means (i) all (A) of any Grantor’s rights to payment under any Contract or Contract Document and (B) payments due and to become due to any Grantor under any Contract or Contract Document, in each case whether as contractual obligations, damages or otherwise; (ii) all of any Grantor’s claims, rights, powers, or privileges and remedies under any Contract or Contract Document; and (iii) all of any Grantor’s rights under any Contract or Contract Document to make determinations, to exercise any election (including, but not limited to, election of remedies) or option or to give or receive any notice, consent, waiver or approval together with full power and authority with respect to any Contract or Contract Document to demand, receive, enforce or collect any of the foregoing rights or any property which is the subject of any Contract or Contract Document, to enforce or execute any checks, or other instruments or orders, to file any claims and to take any action which, in the opinion of the Secured Parties, may be necessary or advisable in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

Document ” means a bill of lading, dock warrant, dock receipt, warehouse receipt or order for the delivery of goods, and also any other document which in the regular course of business or financing is treated as adequately evidencing that the person in possession of it is entitled to receive, hold and dispose of the document and the goods it covers.

 

Equipment ” means any equipment now or hereafter owned or leased by any Grantor, or in which any Grantor holds or acquires any other right, title or interest, constituting “equipment” under the UCC, including, without limitation, all surface or subsurface machinery, equipment, facilities, supplies, or other tangible personal property, including tubing, rods, pumps, pumping units and engines, pipe, pipelines, meters, apparatus, boilers, compressors, liquid extractors, connectors, valves, fittings, power plants, poles, lines, cables, wires, transformers, starters and controllers, machine shops, tools, machinery and parts, storage yards and equipment stored therein, buildings and camps, telegraph, telephone, and other communication systems, loading docks, loading racks, and shipping facilities, and any manuals, instructions, blueprints, computer software (including software that is imbedded in and part of the equipment), and similar items which relate to the above, and any and all additions, substitutions and replacements of any of the foregoing, wherever located together with all improvements thereon and all attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto.

 

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Fixtures ” means any fixtures now or hereafter owned or leased by any Grantor, or in which any Grantor holds or acquires any other right, title or interest, constituting “fixtures” under the UCC, including without limitation any and all additions, substitutions and replacements of any of the foregoing, wherever located together with all improvements thereon and all attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto.

 

General Intangibles ” means all general intangibles now or hereafter owned by any Grantor, or in which any Grantor holds or acquires any other right, title or interest, constituting “general intangibles” or “payment intangibles” under the UCC, including, but not limited to, all trademarks, trademark applications, trademark registrations, tradenames, fictitious business names, business names, company names, business identifiers, prints, labels, trade styles and service marks (whether or not registered), trade dress, including logos and/or designs, copyrights, patents, patent applications, goodwill of any Grantor’s business symbolized by any of the foregoing, trade secrets, license rights, license agreements, permits, franchises, and any rights to tax refunds to which any Grantor is now or hereafter may be entitled.

 

Hedge Contract ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.

 

Instrument ” means an “instrument” as defined in the UCC, including, without limitation, any Negotiable Instrument, or any other writing which evidences a right to the payment of money and is not itself a security agreement or lease and is of a type which is in the ordinary course of business transferred by delivery with any necessary endorsement or assignment (other than Instruments constituting Chattel Paper).

 

Insurance Contracts ” means all contracts and policies of insurance and re-insurance maintained or required to be maintained by or on behalf of any Grantor under the Loan Documents.

 

Inventory ” means all of the inventory of any Grantor, or in which any Grantor holds or acquires any right, title or interest, of every type or description, now owned or hereafter acquired and wherever located, whether raw, in process or finished, and all materials usable in processing the same and all documents of title covering any inventory, including, without limitation, work in process, materials used or consumed in any Grantor’s business, now owned or hereafter acquired or manufactured by any Grantor and held for sale in the ordinary course of its business, all present and future substitutions therefor, parts and accessories thereof and all additions thereto, all Proceeds thereof and products of such inventory in any form whatsoever, and any other item constituting “inventory” under the UCC.

 

Investment Property ” means “investment property” as defined in the UCC, including, without limitation, all securities (whether certificated or uncertificated), security entitlements, securities accounts, commodity contracts, and commodity accounts.

 

Loan Documents ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.

 

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Negotiable Instrument ” means a “negotiable instrument” as defined in the UCC.

 

Permitted Liens ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.

 

Proceeds ” means all proceeds (as defined in the UCC) of any or all of the Collateral, including without limitation (i) any and all proceeds of, all claims for, and all rights of any Grantor to receive the return of any premiums for, any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, (ii) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any Governmental Authority (or any Person acting under color of any Governmental Authority), (iii) all proceeds received or receivable when any or all of the Collateral is sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed, whether voluntarily, involuntarily, in foreclosure or otherwise, (iv) all claims of any Grantor for damages arising out of, or for breach of or default under, any Collateral, (v) all rights of any Grantor to terminate, amend, supplement, modify or waive performance under any Contracts, to perform thereunder and to compel performance and otherwise exercise all remedies thereunder, and (vi) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral.

 

Secured Obligations ” means, collectively, all of the following: (i) all Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) now or hereafter owed by the Borrower, any Guarantor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries to the Secured Parties, (ii) all amounts now or hereafter owed by the Borrower, any Debtor, or any of their respective Subsidiaries under this Security Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the Administrative Agent, and (iii) any increases, extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments and renewals thereof, whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses, indemnification, or otherwise, including any post-petition interest in the event of a bankruptcy, to the extent such interest is enforceable by law.  All such obligations shall be referred to in this Security Agreement as the “ Secured Obligations ”.

 

Security Agreement ” means this Security Agreement, as the same may be modified, supplemented or amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be in effect in the State of Texas; provided, however, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of the security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of Texas, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.

 

(b)                                  All meanings to defined terms, unless otherwise indicated, are to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Article, Section, Schedule, and Exhibit references are to Articles and Sections of and Schedules and Exhibits to this Security Agreement, unless otherwise specified.  All references to instruments, documents, contracts, and

 

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agreements are references to such instruments, documents, contracts, and agreements as the same may be amended, supplemented, and otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified.  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Security Agreement shall refer to this Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Security Agreement.  As used herein, the term “including” means “including, without limitation,”. Paragraph headings have been inserted in this Security Agreement as a matter of convenience for reference only and it is agreed that such paragraph headings are not a part of this Security Agreement and shall not be used in the interpretation of any provision of this Security Agreement.

 

Section 2.                                             Assignment, Pledge and Grant of Security Interest .

 

(a)                                   As collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due of all Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby assigns, pledges, and grants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a lien on and continuing security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under, all items described in this Section 2, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor and wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing or arising (collectively, the “ Collateral ”):

 

(i)

 

all Contracts, all Contract Rights, Contract Documents and Accounts associated with such Contracts and each and every document granting security to such Grantor under any such Contract;

 

 

 

(ii)

 

all Accounts;

 

 

 

(iii)

 

all Inventory;

 

 

 

(iv)

 

all Equipment;

 

 

 

(v)

 

all General Intangibles;

 

 

 

(vi)

 

all Investment Property;

 

 

 

(vii)

 

all Fixtures;

 

 

 

(viii)

 

all Cash Collateral;

 

 

 

(ix)

 

any Legal Requirements now or hereafter held by such Grantor (except that any Legal Requirement which would by its terms or under applicable law become void, voidable, terminable or revocable by being subjected to the Lien of this Security Agreement or in which a Lien is not permitted to be granted under applicable law, is hereby excluded from such Lien to the extent necessary so as to avoid such voidness, voidability, terminability or revocability);

 

 

 

(x)

 

any right to receive a payment under any Hedge Contract in connection with a termination thereof;

 

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(xi)

 

(A) all policies of insurance and Insurance Contracts, now or hereafter held by or on behalf of such Grantor, including casualty and liability, business interruption, and any title insurance, (B) all Proceeds of insurance, and (C) all rights, now or hereafter held by such Grantor to any warranties of any manufacturer or contractor of any other Person;

 

 

 

(xii)

 

any and all liens and security interests (together with the documents evidencing such security interests) granted to such Grantor by an obligor to secure such obligor’s obligations owing under any Instrument, Chattel Paper, or Contract which is pledged hereunder or with respect to which a security interest in such Grantor’s rights in such Instrument, Chattel Paper, or Contract is granted hereunder;

 

 

 

(xiii)

 

any and all guaranties given by any Person for the benefit of such Grantor which guarantees the obligations of an obligor under any Instrument, Chattel Paper or Contract, which are pledged hereunder;

 

 

 

(xiv)

 

without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all other personal property, goods, Instruments, Chattel Paper, Documents, Fixtures, credits, claims, demands and assets of such Grantor whether now existing or hereafter acquired from time to time; and

 

 

 

(xv)

 

any and all additions, accessions and improvements to, all substitutions and replacements for and all products and Proceeds of or derived from all of the items described above in this Section 2.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, it is the intention of each Grantor, the Administrative Agent, and the Secured Parties that the amount of the Secured Obligation secured by each Grantor’s interests in any of its Property shall be in, but not in excess of, the maximum amount permitted by fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer and other similar law, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Grantor. Accordingly, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Security Agreement in any other agreement or instrument executed in connection with the payment of any of the Secured Obligations, the amount of the Secured Obligations secured by each Grantor’s interests in any of its Property pursuant to this Security Agreement shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such Grantor’s obligations hereunder or the liens and security interest granted to the Administrative Agent hereunder subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provision of any other applicable law.

 

Section 3.                                             Representations and Warranties .  Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants the following to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties:

 

(a)                                   Records .  Such Grantor’s sole jurisdiction of formation and type of organization are as set forth in Schedule 1 attached hereto.  All records concerning the Accounts, General Intangibles, or any other Collateral applicable to such Grantor are located at the address for such

 

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Grantor on such Schedule 1 .  None of the Accounts is evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument.

 

(b)                                Other Liens .  Such Grantor is, and will be the record, legal, and beneficial owner of all of the Collateral pledged by such Grantor free and clear of any Lien, except for the Permitted Liens.  No effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering all or any part of the Collateral is, or will be, on file in any recording office, except such as may be filed in connection with this Security Agreement or in connection with other Permitted Liens or for which satisfactory releases have been received by the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                                 Lien Priority and Perfection .

 

(i)                                      Subject only to Permitted Liens, this Security Agreement creates valid and continuing security interests in the Collateral, securing the payment and performance of all the Secured Obligations.  Upon the filing of financing statements with the jurisdiction listed in Schedule 1 , the security interests granted to the Secured Parties hereunder will constitute valid first-priority perfected security interests in all Collateral with respect to which a security interest can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement, subject only to Permitted Liens.

 

(ii)                                   No consent of any other Person and no authorization, approval, or other action by, and no notice to or filing with any Governmental Authority is required (A) for the grant by such Grantor of the pledge, assignment, and security interest granted hereby or for the execution, delivery, or performance of this Security Agreement by such Grantor, (B) for the validity, perfection, or maintenance of the pledge, assignment, lien, and security interest created hereby (including the first-priority (subject to Permitted Liens) nature thereof), except for security interests that cannot be perfected by filing under the UCC, or (C) for the exercise by the Administrative Agent of the rights provided for in this Security Agreement or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to this Security Agreement, except (1) those consents to assignment of licenses, permits, approvals, and other rights that are as a matter of law not assignable, (2) those consents, approvals, authorizations, actions, notices or filings which have been duly obtained or made and, in the case of the maintenance of perfection, the filing of continuation statements under the UCC, and (3) those filings and actions described in Section 3(c)(i).

 

(d)                                Tax Identification Number and Organizational Number .  The federal tax identification number of such Grantor and the organizational number of such Grantor are as set forth in Schedule 1 .

 

(e)                                 Tradenames; Prior Names .  Except as set forth on Schedule 1 , such Grantor has not conducted business under any name other than its current name during the last five years prior to the date of this Security Agreement.

 

(f)                                   Exclusive Control .  Such Grantor has exclusive possession and control of its respective Equipment and Inventory.

 

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Section 4.                                             Covenants .

 

(a)                                 Further Assurances .

 

(i)                                      Each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at its expense, such Grantor shall promptly execute and deliver all instruments and documents, and take all action, that may be reasonably necessary or desirable, or that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect any pledge, assignment, or security interest granted or intended to be granted hereby or to enable the Administrative Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor (A) at the request of the Administrative Agent, shall execute such instruments, endorsements or notices, as may be reasonably necessary or desirable or as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and preserve the assignments and security interests granted or purported to be granted hereby, (B) shall, at the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, mark conspicuously each material document included in the Collateral, each Chattel Paper included in the Accounts, and each of its records pertaining to the Collateral with a legend, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, including that such document, Chattel Paper, or record is subject to the pledge, assignment, and security interest granted hereby, (C) shall, if any Collateral shall be evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument or chattel paper, deliver and pledge to the Administrative Agent hereunder such note or instrument or chattel paper duly endorsed and accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (D) authorizes the Administrative Agent to file any financing statements, amendments or continuations without the signature of such Grantor to the extent permitted by applicable law in order to perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest granted under this Security Agreement (including, without limitation, financing statements using an “all assets” or “all personal property” collateral description).

 

(ii)                                   Each Grantor shall pay all filing, registration and recording fees and all refiling, re-registration and re-recording fees, and all other reasonable expenses incident to the execution and acknowledgment of this Security Agreement, any assurance, and all federal, state, county and municipal stamp taxes and other taxes, duties, imports, assessments and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of this Security Agreement, any agreement supplemental hereto, any financing statements, and any instruments of further assurance.

 

(iii)                                Each Grantor shall promptly provide to the Administrative Agent all information and evidence the Administrative Agent may reasonably request concerning the Collateral to enable the A


 
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