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Continuing Liability Under Collateral Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) each Grantor shall remain liable for all obligations under the Collateral and nothing contained herein is intended or shall be a delegation of duties to the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, (ii) each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the agreements included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, to perform all of the obligations undertaken by it thereunder all in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions thereof and neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any of such agreements by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or any other document related thereto nor shall the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party have any obligation to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or have any obligation to take any action to collect or enforce any rights under any agreement included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, and (iii) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral.
Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swing Line Loans If the reallocation described in clause (a)(iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under applicable Law, (x) first, prepay Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to the Swing Line Lenders’ Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuers’ Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.15.
Reaffirmation of Credit Party Obligations Each Credit Party hereby ratifies the Credit Agreement and acknowledges and reaffirms (a) that it is bound by all terms of the Credit Agreement applicable to it and (b) that it is responsible for the observance and full performance of its respective Credit Party Obligations.
Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swingline Loans If the reallocation described in clause (iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, (x) first, prepay Swingline Loans in an amount equal to the Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the Issuing Lender’s Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.10.
Additional Collateral (a) With respect to any Capital Stock of any newly created or acquired Subsidiary or any newly issued Capital Stock of any existing Subsidiary acquired after the Original Closing Date by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is intended to be subject to the Lien created by any of the Pledge Agreements but which is not so subject, promptly (and in any event within 30 days after the acquisition thereof): (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the relevant Pledge Agreements or such other documents as the Administrative Agent shall deem necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a Lien on such Capital Stock, (ii) take all actions necessary or advisable to cause such Lien to be duly perfected in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law, including delivering all such original certificates evidencing such Capital Stock to the Administrative Agent together with undated stock powers executed in blank therefor, and (iii) if requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described in clauses (i) and (ii) immediately preceding, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be required to grant to the Administrative Agent a Lien upon the Capital Stock of any Immaterial Subsidiary. (b) With respect to any Person that, subsequent to the Original Closing Date, becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower, promptly (and in any event within 30 days after such Person becomes a Subsidiary): (i) cause such new Subsidiary to become a party to the Subsidiary Pledge Agreement and the Subsidiary Guarantee and (ii) if requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described in clause (i) immediately preceding, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Immaterial Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower shall be required to execute a Subsidiary Guarantee or Subsidiary Pledge Agreement, and no more than 65% of the Capital Stock of or equity interests in any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries if more than 65% of the assets of such Subsidiary are securities of foreign companies (such determination to be made on the basis of fair market value), shall be required to be pledged hereunder.
Initial Collateral Custodian The role of Collateral Custodian with respect to the Required Loan Documents shall be conducted by the Person designated as Collateral Custodian hereunder from time to time in accordance with this Section 11.01. The Administrative Agent hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Custodian to act as its agent and hereby authorizes the Collateral Custodian to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly granted to the Collateral Custodian by this Agreement. The Collateral Custodian hereby accepts such agency appointment to act as Collateral Custodian pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, until its resignation or removal as Collateral Custodian pursuant to the terms hereof.
Borrowing Base Deficiency (i) Other than as provided in clause (ii) below, if the aggregate outstanding amount of the Advances plus the Letter of Credit Exposure ever exceeds the lesser of the (y) Borrowing Base and (z) the aggregate Commitments, the Borrower shall, after receipt of written notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such deficiency, take any of the following actions (and the failure of the Borrower to take such actions to remedy such Borrowing Base deficiency shall constitute an Event of Default): (A) prepay Advances or, if the Advances have been repaid in full, make deposits into the Cash Collateral Account to provide cash collateral for the Letter of Credit Exposure, such that the Borrowing Base deficiency is cured within 10 Business Days after the date such deficiency notice is received by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent; (B) pledge as Collateral for the Obligations additional Oil and Gas Properties acceptable to the Administrative Agent and each of Lenders such that the Borrowing Base deficiency is cured within 30 days after the date such deficiency notice is received by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent; (C) (i) deliver, within 10 Business Days after the date such deficiency notice is received by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent, written notice to the Administrative Agent indicating the Borrower’s election to repay the Advances and make deposits into the Cash Collateral Account to provide cash collateral for the Letters of Credit, each in five monthly installments equal to one-fifth of such Borrowing Base deficiency with the first such installment due 30 days after the date such deficiency notice is received by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent and each following installment due 30 days after the preceding installment and (ii) make such payments and deposits within such time periods; provided that, the Borrowing Base deficiency cure permitted under this clause (C) shall not be available to the Borrower unless, concurrent with the written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent electing this option, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a calculation of the Borrower’s consolidated cash flow forecast and financial projections which demonstrates, to the Administrative Agent’s satisfaction, the Borrower’s ability to make each such installment payments and to otherwise pay its other Debt and trade accounts payable as they become due; or (D) (i) deliver, within 10 Business Days after the date such deficiency notice is received by the Borrower from the Administrative Agent, written notice to the Administrative Agent indicating the Borrower’s election to combine the options provided in clause (B) and clause (C) above, and also indicating the amount to be prepaid in installments and the amount to be provided as additional Collateral, and (ii) make such five equal consecutive monthly installments and deliver such additional Collateral within the time required under clause (B) and clause (C) above. (ii) Upon each reduction of the Borrowing Base, if any, resulting from a Borrowing Base redetermination made under Section 2.02(c)(ii) or (iii), if the aggregate outstanding amount of the Advances plus the Letter of Credit Exposure exceeds the lesser of the (y) Borrowing Base and (z) the aggregate Commitments, then the Borrower shall immediately prepay the Advances or, if the Advances have been repaid in full, make deposits into the Cash Collateral Account to provide cash collateral for the Letter of Credit Exposure, in an amount equal to (A) such portion of the Borrowing Base deficiency resulting from such reduction plus (B) if a Borrowing Base deficiency exists prior to such reduction, then an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the net cash proceeds of the transaction that triggered such Borrowing Base reduction and (ii) such portion of the Borrowing Base deficiency in existence immediately prior to such reduction. (iii) Each prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount prepaid to the date of such prepayment and amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.12 as a result of such prepayment being made on such date. Each prepayment under this Section 2.05(b) shall be applied to the Advances as determined by the Administrative Agent and agreed to by the Lenders in their sole discretion. The failure of the Borrower to provide a notice of its election within the required 10 days as required in clause (i) above shall be deemed to be an election by the Borrower to take the actions provided in clause (i)(A) above.
Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent In addition to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders specified in Section 6.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole dominion and control. All Proceeds while held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 6.5.
Lien on Deposit Accounts Cash Collateral To further secure the prompt payment and performance of all Obligations, each Grantor hereby grants to Super Priority Agent, a continuing security interest in and Lien upon all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to each Deposit Account (other than any Excluded Collateral) of such Grantor, and any deposits or other sums at any time credited to any such Deposit Account. Upon the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, each Grantor authorizes and directs each bank or other depository to deliver to Super Priority Agent, on a daily basis, all balances in each Deposit Account (other than any Excluded Collateral) maintained by such Grantor with such depository for application to the Obligations then outstanding. Each Grantor irrevocably appoints Super Priority Agent as such Grantor’s attorney-in-fact to collect such balances to the extent any such delivery is not so made.