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Title: GUARANTY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 4/2/2007
Industry: Oil and Gas Operations    

GUARANTY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, Parties: petro resources corp , d.b. zwirn special opportunities fund  l.p
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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

 

Page

 

ARTICLE I Definitions

1

Section 1.01

Definitions

1

Section 1.02

Other Definitional Provisions

3

Section 1.03

Rules of Interpretation

4

 

 

 

ARTICLE II Guarantee

4

Section 2.01

Guarantee

4

Section 2.02

Intentionally Omitted

4

Section 2.03

No Subrogation

5

Section 2.04

Guaranty Amendments, Etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations  

5

Section 2.05

Waivers

5

Section 2.06

Guaranty Absolute and Unconditional

6

Section 2.07

Reinstatement

7

Section 2.08

Payments

7

 

 

 

ARTICLE III Grant of Security Interest

8

Section 3.01

Grant of Security Interest

8

Section 3.02

Transfer of Pledged Securities

8

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV Representations and Warranties

8

Section 4.01

Representations in Credit Agreement

9

Section 4.02

Title; No Other Liens

9

Section 4.03

Perfected First Priority Liens

9

Section 4.04

Guarantor Information

9

Section 4.05

Pledged Securities

9

Section 4.06

Benefit to the Guarantor

10

Section 4.07

Solvency

10

 

 

 

ARTICLE V Covenants

10

Section 5.01

Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation

10

Section 5.02

Changes in Locations, Name, Etc

11

Section 5.03

Pledged Securities

11

Section 5.04

Liens

12

Section 5.05

Debt

12

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI Remedial Provisions

12

Section 6.01

Code and Other Remedies

12

Section 6.02

Pledged Securities

13

Section 6.03

Private Sales of Pledged Securities

15

Section 6.04

Waiver; Deficiency

16

Section 6.05

Non-Judicial Enforcement

16

 

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ARTICLE VII The Administrative Agent

16

Section 7.01

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

16

Section 7.02

Duty of Administrative Agent

18

Section 7.03

Execution of Financing Statements

18

Section 7.04

Authority of Administrative Agent

19

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII Subordination of Indebtedness

19

Section 8.01

Subordination of All Guarantor Claims

19

Section 8.02

Claims in Bankruptcy

19

Section 8.03

Payments Held in Trust

20

Section 8.04

Liens Subordinate

20

Section 8.05

Notation of Records

20

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous

20

Section 9.01

Waiver

20

Section 9.02

Notices

20

Section 9.03

Payment of Expenses, Indemnities, Etc

21

Section 9.04

Amendments in Writing

21

Section 9.05

Successors and Assigns

21

Section 9.06

Survival; Revival; Reinstatement

21

Section 9.07

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

22

Section 9.08

Severability

22

Section 9.09

Set-Off

23

Section 9.10

Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction

23

Section 9.11

Headings

24

Section 9.12

Acknowledgments

24

Section 9.13

Additional Guarantors and Guarantors

25

Section 9.14

Releases

25

Section 9.15

Acceptance

26

 

SCHEDULES:

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

5      Debt

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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

 

Section 2.01    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 established in Error! Reference source not found. ).

 

(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 .

 

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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

 

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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;

 

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(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.

 

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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:

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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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