EXHIBIT
10.12
GUARANTY AND PLEDGE
AGREEMENT
DATED AS
OF
FEBRUARY 16,
2007
MADE BY
PETRO RESOURCES
CORPORATION
IN FAVOR
OF
D.B. ZWIRN SPECIAL
OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P.,
AS ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I Definitions
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1
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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1
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Section
1.02
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Other
Definitional Provisions
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3
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Section
1.03
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Rules of
Interpretation
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4
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ARTICLE
II Guarantee
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4
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Section
2.01
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Guarantee
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4
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Section
2.02
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Intentionally
Omitted
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4
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Section
2.03
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No
Subrogation
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5
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Section
2.04
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Guaranty
Amendments, Etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations
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5
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Section
2.05
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Waivers
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5
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Section
2.06
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Guaranty
Absolute and Unconditional
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6
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Section
2.07
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Reinstatement
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7
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Section
2.08
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Payments
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7
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ARTICLE
III Grant of Security Interest
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8
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Section
3.01
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Grant of
Security Interest
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8
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Section
3.02
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Transfer of
Pledged Securities
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8
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ARTICLE
IV Representations and Warranties
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8
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Section
4.01
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Representations
in Credit Agreement
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9
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Section
4.02
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Title; No Other
Liens
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9
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Section
4.03
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Perfected First
Priority Liens
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9
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Section
4.04
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Guarantor
Information
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9
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Section
4.05
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Pledged
Securities
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9
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Section
4.06
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Benefit to the
Guarantor
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10
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Section
4.07
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Solvency
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10
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ARTICLE
V Covenants
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10
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Section
5.01
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Maintenance of
Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation
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10
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Section
5.02
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Changes in
Locations, Name, Etc
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11
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Section
5.03
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Pledged
Securities
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11
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Section
5.04
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Liens
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12
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Section
5.05
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Debt
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12
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ARTICLE
VI Remedial Provisions
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12
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Section
6.01
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Code and Other
Remedies
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12
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Section
6.02
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Pledged
Securities
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13
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Section
6.03
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Private Sales
of Pledged Securities
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15
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Section
6.04
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Waiver;
Deficiency
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16
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Section
6.05
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Non-Judicial
Enforcement
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16
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ARTICLE
VII The Administrative Agent
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16
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Section
7.01
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Administrative
Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, Etc
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16
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Section
7.02
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Duty of
Administrative Agent
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18
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Section
7.03
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Execution of
Financing Statements
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18
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Section
7.04
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Authority of
Administrative Agent
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ARTICLE
VIII Subordination of Indebtedness
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Section
8.01
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Subordination
of All Guarantor Claims
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Section
8.02
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Claims in
Bankruptcy
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19
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Section
8.03
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Payments Held
in Trust
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20
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Section
8.04
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Liens
Subordinate
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20
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Section
8.05
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Notation of
Records
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20
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ARTICLE
IX Miscellaneous
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20
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Section
9.01
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Waiver
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20
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Section
9.02
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Notices
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20
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Section
9.03
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Payment of
Expenses, Indemnities, Etc
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21
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Section
9.04
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Amendments in
Writing
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21
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Section
9.05
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Successors and
Assigns
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21
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Section
9.06
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Survival;
Revival; Reinstatement
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21
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Section
9.07
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Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness
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22
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Section
9.08
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Severability
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22
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Section
9.09
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Set-Off
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23
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Section
9.10
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Governing Law;
Submission to Jurisdiction
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23
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Section
9.11
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Headings
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24
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Section
9.12
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Acknowledgments
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24
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Section
9.13
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Additional
Guarantors and Guarantors
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25
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Section
9.14
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Releases
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25
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Section
9.15
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Acceptance
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1 Notice
Addresses of Guarantor
2 Description
of Pledged Securities
3 Filings and
Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interests
4 Location of
Jurisdiction of Organization and Chief Executive Office
This GUARANTY
AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of February 16, 2007, is made by
PETRO RESOURCES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “
Guarantor ”) in favor of D.B. ZWIRN SPECIAL
OPPORTUNITIES FUND, L.P. as administrative agent (in such capacity,
together with its successors in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”), for the lenders (the “
Lenders ”) from time to time parties to the Credit
Agreement, dated of even date herewith (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit
Agreement ”), among PRC Williston LLC (the “
Borrower ”), the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent.
R E C I T A L
S
A. The Borrower
has entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of the date
hereof.
B. It is a
condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their
respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit
Agreement that the Guarantor shall have executed and delivered this
Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of
the Lenders.
C. Now,
therefore, in consideration of the premises herein 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, the Guarantor
hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders, as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
Section 1.01
Definitions.
(a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined
in the Credit Agreement and used herein have the meanings given to
them in the Credit Agreement, and all uncapitalized terms which are
defined in the UCC on the date hereof are used herein as so
defined.
(b) The following terms have the following
meanings:
“
Agreement ” means this Guaranty and Pledge Agreement,
as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“
Bankruptcy Code ” means title 11, United States Code,
as amended from time to time.
“
Borrower Obligations ” means the collective reference
to the payment and performance of all Indebtedness and all
obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the
Guaranteed Documents, including, without limitation, the unpaid
principal of and interest on the Loans and all other obligations
and liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including,
without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate
provided in the Credit Agreement after the maturity of the Loans
and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in
bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization
or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a
claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding) to the Guaranteed Creditors, whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now
existing or hereafter incurred, which
may arise
under, out of, or in connection with, the Guaranteed Documents,
whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement
obligations, payments in respect of an early termination date,
fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without
limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Guaranteed
Creditors that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to
the terms of any Guaranteed Documents).
“
Collateral ” has the meaning assigned such term in
Section 3.01.
“
Guaranteed Creditors ” means the collective reference
to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Affiliates of
Lenders that are parties to Guaranteed Swap Agreements.
“
Guaranteed Documents ” means the collective reference
to the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, each Guaranteed
Swap Agreement and any other document made, delivered or given in
connection with any of the foregoing.
“
Guaranteed Swap Agreement ” means any Swap Agreement
between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any Lender or
any Affiliate of any Lender while such Person (or, in the case of
an Affiliate of a Lender, the Person affiliated therewith) is a
Lender regardless of when such Swap Agreement was entered into. For
the avoidance of doubt, a Swap Agreement ceases to be a Guaranteed
Swap Agreement if the Person that is the counterparty to the
Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries under a Swap Agreement ceases
to be a Lender under the Credit Agreement (or, in the case of an
Affiliate of a Lender, the Person affiliated therewith ceases to be
a Lender under the Credit Agreement).
“
Guarantor Obligations ” means with respect to the
Guarantor, the collective reference to (a) the Borrower Obligations
and (b) all obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor which may
arise under or in connection with any Guaranteed Document to which
the Guarantor is a party, in each case, whether on account of
principal, interest, guarantee obligations, reimbursement
obligations, payments in respect of an early termination date,
fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without
limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to any Guaranteed
Creditor under any Guaranteed Document).
“
Guarantor ” has the meaning given such term in the
opening paragraph hereof.
“ Issuers ” means the
collective reference to each issuer of a Pledged
Security.
“ LLC ” means, with respect
to the Guarantor, each limited liability company described or
referred to in Schedule 2 in which the Guarantor has an
interest.
“ LLC Agreement ” means, with
respect to the Guarantor, each operating agreement relating to an
LLC, as each agreement has heretofore been, and may hereafter be,
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“
Obligations ” means: (a) in the case of the Borrower,
the Borrower Obligations and (b) in the case of the Guarantor, its
Guarantor Obligations.
“
Guarantor Claims ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 8.01.
“ Partnership ” means, with
respect to the Guarantor, each partnership described or referred to
in Schedule 2 in which the Guarantor has an interest.
“ Partnership Agreement ”
means, with respect to the Guarantor, each partnership agreement
governing a Partnership, as each such agreement has heretofore
been, and may hereafter be, amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified.
“ Pledged LLC Interests ”
means, with respect to the Guarantor, all right, title and interest
of the Guarantor as a member of each LLC and all right, title and
interest of the Guarantor in, to and under each LLC
Agreement.
“ Pledged Partnership Interests
” means, with respect to the Guarantor, all right, title and
interest of the Guarantor as a limited or general partner in all
Partnerships and all right, title and interest of the Guarantor in,
to and under the Partnership Agreements.
“
Pledged Securities ” means: (a) the Equity Interests
described or referred to in Schedule 2 (as the same may be
supplemented from time to time pursuant to a Supplement); and (b)
(i) the certificates or instruments, if any, representing such
Equity Interests, (ii) all dividends (cash, Equity Interests 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 securities, (iii) all replacements,
additions to and substitutions for any of the Property referred to
in this definition, including, without limitation, claims against
third parties, (iv) the proceeds, interest, profits and other
income of or on any of the Property referred to in this definition,
(v) all security entitlements in respect of any of the foregoing,
if any and (vi) all books and records relating to any of the
Property referred to in this definition.
“
Proceeds ” means all “proceeds” as such
term is defined in Section 9-102(64) of the
Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York on the
date hereof and, in any event, shall include, without limitation,
all dividends or other income from the Pledged Securities,
collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect
thereto.
“
Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
“ UCC ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New
York; provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of
mandatory provisions of law, any of the attachment, perfection or
priority of the Administrative Agent’s and the Guaranteed
Creditors’ security interest in any Collateral is governed by
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other
than the State of New York, 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, the effect thereof or priority and for purposes of
definitions related to such provisions.
Section 1.02
Other Definitional
Provisions . Where the
context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part
thereof, when used in relation to a Guarantor, refer to the
Guarantor’s Collateral or the relevant part
thereof.
Section 1.03
Rules of
Interpretation . Section
1.03 and Section 1.04 of the Credit Agreement are hereby
incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Agreement,
mutatis mutandis .
ARTICLE
II
Guarantee
(a) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably, guarantees to the Guaranteed Creditors and each of
their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns,
the prompt and complete payment in cash and performance by the
Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations. This is a guarantee of
payment and not collection and the liability of the Guarantor is
primary and not secondary.
(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to
the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of the
Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no
event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by the Guarantor
under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency
of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution
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).
(c) The Guarantor agrees that the Borrower
Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount
of the liability of the Guarantor hereunder without impairing the
guarantee contained in this ARTICLE II or affecting the rights and
remedies of any Guaranteed Creditor hereunder.
(d) The Guarantor agrees that if the maturity of the
Borrower 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 the Guarantor. The
guarantee contained in this ARTICLE II shall remain in full force
and effect until all the Borrower Obligations shall have been
satisfied by payment in full in cash and all of the Commitments are
terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term
of the Credit Agreement, no Borrower Obligations may be
outstanding.
(e) No payment made by any Person (other than a
payment made by the Guarantor) or received or collected by any
Guaranteed Creditor from any Person (other than a payment received
or collected from the Guarantor) by virtue of any action or
proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application, at any
time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the
Borrower Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or
otherwise affect the liability of the Guarantor hereunder which
shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment
made by the Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations or any
payment received or collected from the Guarantor in respect of the
Borrower Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations
up to the maximum liability of the Guarantor hereunder until the
Borrower Obligations are paid in full in cash and all of the
Commitments are terminated.
Section 2.02
Intentionally Omitted
.
Section 2.03
No Subrogation
. Notwithstanding any payment made
by the Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds
of the Guarantor by any Guaranteed Creditor, the Guarantor shall
not be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of any
Guaranteed Creditor against the Borrower or any other guarantor or
any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by any
Guaranteed Creditor for the payment of the Borrower Obligations,
nor shall the Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any indemnity,
exoneration, participation, contribution or reimbursement from the
Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by the
Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Guaranteed
Creditors by the Borrower on account of the Borrower Obligations
are irrevocably and indefeasibly paid in full in cash and all of
the Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to the
Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when
all of the Borrower Obligations shall not have been irrevocably and
indefeasibly paid in full in cash, such amount shall be held by the
Guarantor in trust for the Guaranteed Creditors, and shall,
forthwith upon receipt by the Guarantor, be turned over to the
Administrative Agent in the exact form received by the Guarantor
(duly indorsed by the Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if
required), to be applied against the Borrower Obligations, whether
matured or unmatured, in accordance with Section 11.02(c) of the
Credit Agreement.
Section 2.04
Guaranty Amendments, Etc. with
respect to the Borrower Obligations . The Guarantor shall remain obligated
hereunder, and the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall
not be released, discharged or otherwise affected, notwithstanding
that, without any reservation of rights against the Guarantor and
without notice to, demand upon or further assent by the Guarantor
(which notice, demand and assent requirements are hereby expressly
waived by the Guarantor), (a) any demand for payment of any of the
Borrower Obligations made by any Guaranteed Creditor may be
rescinded by such Guaranteed Creditor or otherwise and any of the
Borrower Obligations continued; (b) the Borrower 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, any Guaranteed Creditor;
(c) any Guaranteed Document may be amended, modified, supplemented
or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Guaranteed Creditors may
deem advisable from time to time; (d) any collateral security,
guarantee or right of offset at any time held by any Guaranteed
Creditor for the payment of the Borrower Obligations may be sold,
exchanged, waived, surrendered or released; (e) any additional
guarantors, makers or endorsers of the Borrower’s Obligations
may from time to time be obligated on the Borrower’s
Obligations or any additional security or collateral for the
payment and performance of the Borrower’s Obligations may
from time to time secure the Borrower’s Obligations; or (f)
any other event shall occur which constitutes a defense or release
of sureties generally. No Guaranteed Creditor shall have any
obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any
time held by it as security for the Borrower Obligations or for the
guarantee contained in this ARTICLE II or any Property subject
thereto.
Section 2.05
Waivers . The Guarantor hereby waives any and all notice
of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the
Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any
Guaranteed Creditor upon the guarantee contained in this ARTICLE II
or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this ARTICLE II; the
Borrower 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
this
ARTICLE II and
no notice of creation of the Borrower Obligations or any extension
of credit already or hereafter contracted by or extended to the
Borrower need be given to the Guarantor; and all dealings
between the Borrower and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the
Guaranteed Creditors, on the other hand, likewise shall be
conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance
upon the guarantee contained in this ARTICLE II. The Guarantor
waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and
notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or the
Guarantor with respect to the Borrower Obligations.
Section 2.06
Guaranty Absolute and
Unconditional .
(a) The Guarantor understands and agrees that the
guarantee contained in this ARTICLE II is, and shall be construed
as, a continuing, completed, absolute and unconditional guarantee
of payment, and the Guarantor hereby waives any defense of a surety
or guarantor or any other Guarantor on any obligations arising in
connection with or in respect of any of the following and hereby
agrees that its obligations hereunder shall not be discharged or
otherwise affected as a result of any of the following:
(i) the invalidity or unenforceability of any
Guaranteed Document, any of the Borrower 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 any
Guaranteed Creditor;
(ii) 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 the Borrower or any other Person
against any Guaranteed Creditor;
(iii) the insolvency, bankruptcy arrangement,
reorganization, adjustment, composition, liquidation, disability,
dissolution or lack of power of the Borrower or any other guarantor
or any other Person at any time liable for the payment of all or
part of the Obligations, including any discharge of, or bar or stay
against collecting, any Obligation (or any part of them or interest
therein) in or as a result of such proceeding;
(iv) any sale, lease or transfer of any or all of the
assets of the Borrower, or any changes in the shareholders of the
Borrower;
(v) any change in the corporate existence (including
its constitution, laws, rules, regulations or power), structure or
ownership of the Guarantor or in the relationship between the
Borrower and the Guarantor;
(vi) 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
the Guarantor 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;
(vii) the absence of any attempt to collect the
Obligations or any part of them from the Guarantor;
(viii) (A) any Guaranteed Creditor’s election, in
any proceeding instituted under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code,
of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code;
(B) any borrowing or grant of a Lien by the Borrower, as
debtor-in-possession, or extension of credit, under Section 364 of
the Bankruptcy Code; (C) the disallowance, under Section 502 of the
Bankruptcy Code, of all or any portion of any Guaranteed
Creditor’s claim (or claims) for repayment of the
Obligations; (D) any use of cash collateral under Section 363 of
the Bankruptcy Code; (E) any agreement or stipulation as to the
provision of adequate protection in any bankruptcy proceeding; (F)
the avoidance of any Lien in favor of the Guaranteed Creditors or
any of them for any reason; or (G) failure by any Guaranteed
Creditor to file or enforce a claim against the Borrower or its
estate in any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding;
or
(ix) any other circumstance or act whatsoever,
including any action or omission of the type described in Section
2.04 (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or the
Guarantor), which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute,
an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Borrower
Obligations, or of the Guarantor under the guarantee contained in
this ARTICLE II, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.
(b) When making any demand hereunder or otherwise
pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against the Guarantor,
any Guaranteed Creditor 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 or any
other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for
the Borrower Obligations or any right of offset with respect
thereto, and any failure by any Guaranteed Creditor to make any
such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect
any payments from the Borrower 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 or any other
Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of
offset, shall not relieve the Guarantor 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 any Guaranteed Creditor against the Guarantor. For the purposes
hereof, “demand” shall include the commencement and
continuance of any legal proceedings.
Section 2.07
Reinstatement
. The guarantee contained in this
ARTICLE II shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the
case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of
the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored
or returned by any Guaranteed Creditor upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the
Borrower or the Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the
appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee
or similar officer for, the Borrower or the Guarantor or any
substantial part of its Property, or otherwise, all as though such
payments had not been made.
Section 2.08
Payments . The Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments
hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Guaranteed Creditors, without set-off, deduction or
counterclaim, in dollars, in immediately available funds, at the
offices of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 13.01 of
the Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE
III
Grant of Security
Interest
Section 3.01
Grant of Security
Interest . The Guarantor
hereby pledges, assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent,
and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Guaranteed Creditors, a security interest in all of
the following Property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired
by the Guarantor or in which the Guarantor now has or at any time
in the future may acquire any right, title or interest
(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 Guarantor’s
Obligations:
(1)
all Pledged
Securities;
(2)
all books
and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
(3) to the extent not
otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the
foregoing, all Supporting Obligations (as defined in the UCC) in
respect of any of the foregoing and all collateral security and
guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the
foregoing.
Section 3.02
Transfer of Pledged
Securities . To the
extent the Pledged Securities constitute “securities”
under Article 8 of the UCC, all certificates or instruments
representing or evidencing such Pledged Securities shall be
delivered to and held by the Administrative Agent or a Person
designated by the Administrative Agent and shall be in suitable
form for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly
executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, and
accompanied by any required transfer tax stamps to effect the
pledge and delivery of the Pledged Securities to the Administrative
Agent. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, at the
Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion, to the extent
the Pledged Securities constitute “securities” under
Article 8 of the UCC, all such Pledged Securities must be delivered
or transferred in such manner 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 UCC (if the
Administrative Agent otherwise qualifies as a protected purchaser).
During the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative
Agent shall have the right, at any time in its discretion and
without notice, to transfer to or to register in the name of the
Administrative Agent or any of its nominees any or all of the
Pledged Securities, subject only to the revocable rights specified
in Section 6.03. In addition, during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Administrative Agent shall have the right at any time
to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing
Pledged Securities for certificates or instruments of smaller or
larger denominations.
ARTICLE
IV
Representations and
Warranties
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 and to induce the
Lenders (and their Affiliates) to enter into Swap Agreements with
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the Guarantor hereby represents
and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender
that:
Section 4.01
Representations in Credit
Agreement . The Guarantor
hereby incorporates by reference the representations and warranties
set forth in Sections 8.01, 8.02, 803 and 8.07 of the Credit
Agreement mutatis mutandis and makes such representations
and warranties as of the date hereof, as if they were fully set
forth herein.
Section 4.02
Title; No Other Liens
. Except for the security interest
granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Guaranteed Creditors pursuant to this Agreement, the Guarantor is
the record and beneficial owner of its respective items of the
Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens and has rights in or
the power to transfer each item of the Collateral in which a Lien
is granted by it hereunder, free and clear of any Lien. 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 Guaranteed
Creditors, pursuant to this Agreement or the other Security
Instruments.
Section 4.03
Perfected First Priority
Liens . Subject to
applicable laws concerning possession and perfection of
uncertificated securities, the security interests granted pursuant
to this Agreement (a) upon the completion of the filings and the
other actions specified on Schedule 3 constitute valid perfected
security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Guaranteed
Creditors, as collateral security for the Guarantor’s
Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof
against all creditors of the Guarantor and any Persons purporting
to purchase any Collateral from the Guarantor and (b) are prior to
all other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date
hereof.
Section 4.04
Guarantor Information
. On the date hereof, the correct
legal name of the Guarantor, all names and trade names that the
Guarantor has used in the last five years, the Guarantor's
jurisdiction of organization and each jurisdiction of organization
of the Guarantor over the last five years, organizational number,
taxpayer identification number, and the location(s) of the
Guarantor's chief executive office or sole place of business over
the last five years are specified on Schedule 4.
Section 4.05
Pledged Securities
.
(a) The Pledged Securities required to be pledged
hereunder and under the Credit Agreement by the Guarantor are
listed in Schedule 2. The Pledged Securities pledged by the
Guarantor hereunder constitute all the issued and outstanding
shares of all classes of the Equity Interests of each Issuer owned
by the Guarantor. All of the Pledged Securities have been duly and
validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable; and the
Guarantor 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 or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person,
except the security interest created by this Agreement, and has
rights in or the power to transfer the Pledged Securities in which
a Lien is granted by it hereunder, free and clear of any
Lien.
(b) There are no restrictions on transfer (that have
not been waived or otherwise consented to) in the LLC Agreement
governing any Pledged LLC Interest and the Partnership Agreement
governing any Pledged Partnership Interest or any other agreement
relating thereto which would limit or restrict (i) the grant of a
security interest in the Pledged LLC Interests and the Pledged
Partnership Interests, (ii) the perfection of such security
interest or (iii) the exercise of remedies in respect of such
perfected security interest in the Pledged LLC Interests and the
Pledged Partnership Interests, in each case, as contemplated by
this Agreement. Upon the exercise of remedies in respect of the
Pledged LLC Interests and the Pledged Partnership Interests, a
transferee or assignee of a membership interest or partnership
interest, as the case may be, of such LLC or Partnership, as the
case may be, shall become a member or partner, as the case may be,
of such LLC or Partnership, as the case may be, entitled to
participate in the management thereof (subject to any limitations
in any partnership agreement applicable to management of the
partnership by a limited partner) and, upon the transfer of the
entire interest of the Guarantor, the Guarantor shall cease to be a
member or partner, as the case may be.
Section 4.06
Benefit to the
Guarantor . The Borrower
is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes the
Guarantor, and the Borrower and the Guarantor are engaged in
related businesses. The Borrower is the wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Guarantor and the Guarantor’s 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 the Guarantor and the
Borrower.
Section 4.07
Solvency . The Guarantor (a) is not insolvent as of the
date hereof and will not be rendered insolvent as a result of this
Agreement (after giving effect to Error! Reference source
not found. ), (b) is not engaged in a business or a
transaction, or about to engage in a business or a transaction, for
which any Property remaining with it constitutes unreasonably small
capital, and (c) does not intend to incur, or believe it will
incur, Debt that will be beyond its ability to pay as such Debt
matures.
ARTICLE
V
Covenants
The Guarantor
covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Borrower
Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash and all of the
Commitments shall have terminated:
Section 5.01
Maintenance of Perfected Security
Interest; Further Documentation . The Guarantor agrees that:
(a) it shall maintain the security interest created
by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least
the priority described in Section 4.03 and shall defend such
security interest against the claims and demands of all Persons
whomsoever.
(b) it will furnish to the Administrative Agent from
time to time statements and schedules further identifying and
describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with
the Collateral as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request,
all in reasonable detail.
(c) At any time and from time to time, upon the
written request of the Administrative Agent, and at the sole
expense of the Guarantor, it will promptly and duly execute and
deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents
and take such further actions as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably deem necessary for the purpose of obtaining or
preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights
and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, the
delivery of certificated securities and the filing of any financing
or continuation statements under the UCC (or other similar laws) in
effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests
created hereby.
Section 5.02
Changes in Locations, Name,
Etc . The Guarantor
recognizes that financing statements pertaining to the Collateral
have been or may be filed where the Guarantor maintains any
Collateral or is organized. Without limitation of Section 9.01(n)
of the Credit Agreement or any other covenant herein, the Guarantor
will not cause or permit any change in its (a) corporate name or in
any trade name used to identify it in the conduct of its business
or in the ownership of its Properties, (b) the location of its
chief executive office or principal place of business,
(c)
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