Corporate Existence; Maintenance of Properties (a) The Borrower will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights and franchises and those of its Subsidiaries and will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, convert to any other entity.
(b) The Borrower (i) will cause all of its properties and those of its Subsidiaries used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment, (ii) will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Borrower may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times, and (iii) will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, continue to engage primarily in the businesses now conducted by them; provided that nothing in this Section 8.6 shall prevent the Borrower from discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of its properties or any of those of its Subsidiaries if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Borrower, desirable in the conduct of its or their business and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
Maintenance of Corporate Existence The Company, at its own cost and expense, will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights and franchises, except as otherwise specifically permitted in Section 5.02; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any right or franchise if the Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company.
Maintenance of Separate Existence With respect to each Unrestricted Subsidiary and Class II Restricted Subsidiary, cause such Subsidiary to do all things necessary to continue to be readily distinguishable from the Parent, the Borrower and the Class I Restricted Subsidiaries and maintain its existence separate and apart from that of the Parent, the Borrower and the Class I Restricted Subsidiaries including, without limitation:
(a) practicing and adhering to organizational formalities, such as maintaining appropriate books and records;
(b) observing all organizational formalities in connection with all dealings between itself and the Parent, the Borrower and the Class I Restricted Subsidiaries;
(c) observing all procedures required by its organizational documents and the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization;
(d) acting solely in its name and through its duly authorized officers or agents in the conduct of its businesses;
(e) maintaining its deposit and other bank accounts and all of its assets separate from those of any other Person;
(f) maintaining its financial records separate and apart from those of any other Person;
(g) not suggesting in any way, within its financial statements, that its assets are available to pay the claims of creditors of the Parent, the Borrower or any Class I Restricted Subsidiary;
(h) ensuring that the responsible officers of the Unrestricted Subsidiary or Class II Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, duly authorized in accordance with its organizational documents, duly authorize all of its actions;
(i) ensuring the receipt of proper authorization, when necessary, in accordance with the terms of its organizational documents for its actions;
(j) not (A) having or incurring any Indebtedness to the Parent, the Borrower or any Class I Restricted Subsidiary (except for any such Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(k) or (l)); (B) guaranteeing or otherwise becoming liable for any obligations of the Parent, the Borrower (other than Peso Subfacility Loans and Third-Party Peso Loans, if any) or any Class I Restricted Subsidiary; (C) having obligations guaranteed by the Parent, the Borrower or any Class I Restricted Subsidiary except to the extent of any guarantee permitted by Section 7.8; (D) making any loans or advances to the Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor except for any such Indebtedness that is (i) permitted by Section 7.2, (ii) unsecured, and (iii) subordinated to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (E) holding itself out as responsible for debts of the Parent, the Borrower or any Class I Restricted Subsidiary or for decisions or actions with respect to the affairs of the Parent, the Borrower or any Class I Restricted Subsidiary; (F) operating or purporting to operate as an integrated, single economic unit with respect to the Parent, the Borrower or any Class I Restricted Subsidiary; (G) seeking to obtain credit or incur any obligation to any third party based upon the assets of the Parent, the Borrower or any Class I Restricted Subsidiary (except to the extent of any guarantee permitted by Section 7.8); and (H) inducing any such third party to reasonably rely on the creditworthiness of the Parent, the Borrower or any Class I Restricted Subsidiary (except to the extent of any guarantee permitted by Section 7.8);
(k) causing the Unrestricted Subsidiaries and the Class II Restricted Subsidiaries to reimburse the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries for the respective shares (determined on a commercially reasonable basis) of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries and Class II Restricted Subsidiaries of the costs of all shared corporate operating services, leases and expenses, including, without limitation, those associated with the services of shared executive officers, employees, consultants and agents, shared computer and other office equipment and software and shared telephone numbers; and otherwise refraining from engaging in any transaction with any of the Parent, the Borrower or any Class I Restricted Subsidiary unless such transaction is consummated (x) on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Unrestricted Subsidiary or Class II Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than transactions consummated on an arms-length basis with unaffiliated Persons and (y) only with the proper approval and authorization in accordance with such Unrestricted Subsidiary’s or Class II Restricted Subsidiary’s organizational documents, as applicable;
(l) refraining from filing or otherwise initiating or supporting the filing of a motion in any bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding involving the Parent, the Borrower or any Class I Restricted Subsidiary to substantively consolidate the Parent, the Borrower or any Class I Restricted Subsidiary with such Unrestricted Subsidiary or Class II Restricted Subsidiary;
(m) remaining Solvent;
(n) conducting all of its business (whether written or oral) solely in its own name (other than using servicemarks, trademarks, slogans or similar Intellectual Property which are in common with those used by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) so as not to mislead others as to the identity of each of the Unrestricted Subsidiary, Class II Restricted Subsidiary, the Parent, the Borrower and any Class I Restricted Subsidiary; and
(o) maintaining a record with respect to any material asset purchased from the Parent, the Borrower or any Class I Restricted Subsidiary, including bills of sale (or any similar instrument of assignment) and, if appropriate, filings under the Uniform Commercial Code.
Existence; Maintenance of Properties The Obligors will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence as corporations under the jurisdiction of their incorporation. The Obligors will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force all of its rights and franchises and those of their Subsidiaries, except for the Inactive Subsidiaries. The Obligors, except with respect to the Inactive Subsidiaries (i) will cause all of its properties and those of their Subsidiaries used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of their Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment, (ii) will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Obligors may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times, and (iii) except as provided below, will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, continue to engage primarily in the businesses now conducted by them and in related businesses. The Obligors (i) shall not make any loans or advances to, or transfer any assets to, any Inactive Subsidiary, nor allow any Inactive Subsidiary to engage in any business activity, other than such activity which may be required in connection with the dissolution and/or deregistration of such Inactive Subsidiary, and (ii) shall dissolve all Inactive Subsidiaries, which are Domestic Subsidiaries, on or before ninety (90) days from the date hereof, and shall endeavor in good faith and use its reasonable efforts to dissolve or deregister all Inactive Subsidiaries, which are not Domestic Subsidiaries as soon as possible, but in no event, not later than one (1) year from the date hereof. In the event that any Inactive Subsidiary has not been dissolved or deregistered in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence, the parent of such Inactive Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Agent, within thirty (30) days of the Agent's request, a stock pledge, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, to pledge the stock of such Inactive Subsidiary to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and such other documents, instruments and agreements which the Agent may reasonably require in connection therewith.
Operation and Maintenance of Properties The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
(a) operate its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties or cause such Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties to be operated in a careful and efficient manner in accordance with the practices of the industry and in compliance with all applicable contracts and agreements and in compliance with all Governmental Requirements, including, without limitation, applicable proration requirements and Environmental Laws, and all applicable laws, rules and regulations of every other Governmental Authority from time to time constituted to regulate the development and operation of its Oil and Gas Properties and the production and sale of Hydrocarbons and other minerals therefrom, except, in each case, where the failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) keep and maintain all Property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted preserve, maintain and keep in good repair, working order and efficiency (ordinary wear and tear excepted) all of its material Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties, including, without limitation, all material equipment, machinery and facilities.
(c) promptly pay and discharge, or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be paid and discharged, all delay rentals, royalties, expenses and indebtedness accruing under the leases or other agreements affecting or pertaining to its Oil and Gas Properties and will do all other things necessary to keep unimpaired their rights with respect thereto and prevent any forfeiture thereof or default thereunder.
(d) promptly perform or make reasonable and customary efforts to cause to be performed, in accordance with industry standards and in all material respects, the obligations required by each and all of the assignments, deeds, leases, sub-leases, contracts and agreements affecting its interests in its Oil and Gas Properties and other material Properties.
(e) to the extent the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries is not the operator of any Property, the Borrower shall use reasonable efforts to cause the operator to comply with this Section 8.06.
Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc (a) (i) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with all Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters Except as permitted by Section 10.4, preserve and maintain its legal existence and all material rights, franchises, licenses and privileges and qualify and remain qualified as a foreign corporation and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc Preserve and maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to preserve and maintain, its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate any merger or consolidation permitted under Section 5.02(b) and provided further that neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve any right or franchise if the Board of Directors of the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Borrower, such Subsidiary or the Lenders.
Corporate Existence and Standing Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted and where the failure to have such authority would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence and Assets (a) Conduct continuously and operate actively its business according to good business practices and maintain all of its properties useful or necessary in its business in good working order and condition (reasonable wear and tear excepted and except as may be disposed of in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), including all licenses, patents, copyrights, design rights, tradenames, trade secrets and trademarks and take all actions necessary to enforce and protect the validity of any intellectual property right or other right included in the Collateral; (b) keep in full force and effect its existence and comply in all material respects with the laws and regulations governing the conduct of its business where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) make all such reports and pay all such franchise and other taxes and license fees and do all such other acts and things as may be lawfully required to maintain its rights, licenses, leases, powers and franchises under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
