Best Interests It is in the best interests of each Grantor (other than the Borrower) to execute this Security Agreement inasmuch as such Grantor will, as a result of being an Affiliate of the Borrower, derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the Loans made to the Borrower by the Lender pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and each Grantor agrees that the Lender is relying on this representation in agreeing to make such Loans pursuant to the Credit Agreement to the Borrower.
Legitimate Business Interests The Executive recognizes that the Company has legitimate business interests to protect and as a consequence, the Executive agrees to the restrictions contained in this Agreement because they further the Company’s legitimate business interests. These legitimate business interests include, but are not limited to (i) trade secrets; (ii) valuable confidential business, technical, and/or professional information that otherwise may not qualify as trade secrets, including, but not limited to, all Confidential Information; (iii) substantial, significant, or key relationships with specific prospective or existing Customers, vendors or suppliers; (iv) Customer goodwill associated with the Company’s business; and (v) specialized training relating to the Company’s technology, Services, methods, operations and procedures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 9(b) shall be construed to impose restrictions greater than those imposed by other provisions of this Agreement.
Interests All of the following shall be referred to in this Agreement collectively as the "Interests" and individually as an "Interest": (a) The oil, gas and mineral leases in the states and counties described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto (collectively, the "Leases"), including, without limitation, working interests, overriding royalty interests, royalty interests and any other interests of a similar nature affecting the lands covered by the Leases (collectively, the "Lands"). (b) The oil and gas xxxxx described on Exhibit "A" (individually, a "Well," and collectively, the "Xxxxx"), together with all oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gas liquids, condensate and other minerals produced from such Xxxxx. (c) All unitization, communitization, pooling, agreements, working interest units created by operating agreements, partnership agreements and orders covering the Leases and Lands, or any portion thereof, and the units and pooled or communitized areas created thereby (collectively, the "Units"). (d) The tangible personal property, tools, machinery, materials, pipelines, plants, gathering systems, equipment, platforms and facilities, fixtures and improvements, which are directly incident or attributable to or underlie the Leases, Lands, Xxxxx or Units with the production, transportation, treatment, sale or disposal of hydrocarbons or water produced therefrom or attributable thereto, (collectively, the "Equipment"). (e) The general and limited partnership interests in Castle Texas Exploration Limited Partnership ("CTELP") and Castle Texas Oil and Gas Limited Partnership ("CTOGLP") (collectively the "Limited Partnerships") described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto, including, without limitation, all Leases, Lands, Xxxxx (together with all oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gas liquids, condensate and other minerals produced from such Xxxxx), Units, and/or Equipment owned by the Limited Partnerships. (f) The licenses, permits, contracts, agreements and other instruments owned by Sellers (other than bonds posted by Sellers) which concern and relate to any of the Leases, Lands, Xxxxx, Units and/or Equipment, INSOFAR AND ONLY INSOFAR as same concern or relate to the Leases, Lands, Xxxxx, Units and/or Equipment, or the operation thereof; including, without limitation, oil, gas and condensate purchase and sale contracts; permits; rights-of-way; easements; licenses; servitudes; estates; surface leases; farmin and farmout agreements; division orders and transfer orders; bottomhole agreements; dry hole agreements; area-of-mutual interest agreements; salt water disposal agreements; acreage contribution agreements; operating agreements; balancing agreements and unit agreements; pooling agreements; pooling orders; communitization agreements; processing, gathering, compression and transportation agreements; facilities or equipment leases relating thereto or used or held for use in connection with the ownership or operation thereof or with the production, treatment, sale or disposal of hydrocarbons; and all other contracts and agreements related to the Leases, Lands, Xxxxx and/or Equipment. (g) Subject to Section 1.3 below, originals or copies of all computer tapes and discs, files, records, information or data relating to the Interests in the possession of Sellers, including, without limitation, title records (including abstracts of title, title opinions, certificate of title and title curative documents), production records and files, contracts, correspondence, production records, electric logs, core data, pressure data, decline curves, graphical production curves, drilling reports, well completion reports, drill stem test charts and reports, regulatory reports, and all related materials, INSOFAR AND ONLY INSOFAR as the foregoing items constitute materials that may be lawfully conveyed to Buyers (i.e., the materials are not subject to a proprietary agreement precluding their transfer to Buyers), and, to the extent transferable, all other contract rights, intangible rights (excluding Sellers' trademarks and service marks), inchoate rights, choses in action, rights under warranties made by prior owners, manufacturers, vendors or other third parties, and rights accruing under applicable statutes of limitation or prescription, attributable to the Interests. (h) All payments, and all rights to receive payments, with respect to the ownership of the production of hydrocarbons from or the conduct of operations on the Interests accruing after the Effective Time.
Membership Interests The Sole Member currently owns one hundred percent (100%) of the percentage interests in the Company.
Leasehold Interests Each lease or agreement to which the Company is a party under which it is a lessee of any property, real or personal, is a valid and subsisting agreement without any default of the Company thereunder and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, without any default thereunder of any other party thereto. No event has occurred and is continuing which, with due notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or event of default by the Company under any such lease or agreement or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, by any other party thereto. The Company's possession of such property has not been disturbed and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no claim has been asserted against the Company adverse to its rights in such leasehold interests.
Outside Interests Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly, during the term of this Agreement, other than in the performance of duties naturally inherent to the business of the Company and in furtherance thereof, render services of a business, professional or commercial nature to any other person or firm, whether for compensation or otherwise; provided, however, that Executive may attend to outside investments, and serve as a director, trustee or officer of, or otherwise participate in, educational, welfare, social, religious and civic organizations so long as such activities do not materially interfere with his full-time employment hereunder.
Ownership Interests The ownership interest of each member of the Company will be expressed in terms of a percentage that is set out in Exhibit A, attached and made part of this Agreement. The total ownership interests of all members will always equal one-hundred percent (100%). The existing members will determine the ownership interest of any new members prior to admission to the Company.
Partnership Interests Except as may otherwise be provided herein, each Partner’s percentage interest in the assets, profits, and distributions of the Partnership (“Partnership Interest”) shall be as set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Percentage Interests If the number of outstanding Partnership Units increases or decreases during a taxable year, each Partner’s Percentage Interest shall be adjusted by the General Partner effective as of the effective date of each such increase or decrease to a percentage equal to the number of Partnership Units held by such Partner divided by the aggregate number of Partnership Units outstanding after giving effect to such increase or decrease. If the Partners’ Percentage Interests are adjusted pursuant to this Section 4.6, the Profits and Losses for the taxable year in which the adjustment occurs shall be allocated between the part of the year ending on the day when the adjustment occurs and the part of the year beginning on the following day either (i) as if the taxable year had ended on the date of the adjustment or (ii) based on the number of days in each part. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine which method shall be used to allocate Profits and Losses for the taxable year in which the adjustment occurs. The allocation of Profits and Losses for the earlier part of the year shall be based on the Percentage Interests before adjustment, and the allocation of Profits and Losses for the later part shall be based on the adjusted Percentage Interests.
