Title to Properties and Assets Each Group Company has good and marketable title to all respective properties and assets, in each case such property and assets are subject to no Liens. With respect to the property and assets it leases, each Group Company is in compliance with such leases and holds valid leasehold interests in such assets free of any Liens.
Title to Properties and Assets; Liens The Company has good and marketable title to its properties and assets, and has good title to all its leasehold interests, in each case subject to no material mortgage, pledge, lien, lease, encumbrance or charge, other than
Properties and Leases Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens, encumbrances, claims and defects that would affect the value thereof or interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries hold all leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no exceptions that would interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.
Title to Properties and Assets; Liens, Etc Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9, each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to its properties and assets, and good title to its leasehold estates, in each case subject to no mortgage, pledge, lien, lease, encumbrance or charge, other than:
(a) those resulting from taxes which have not yet become delinquent;
(b) minor liens and encumbrances which do not materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially impair the operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(c) those that have otherwise arisen in the ordinary course of business. All facilities, machinery, equipment, fixtures, vehicles and other properties owned, leased or used by the Company and its Subsidiaries are in good operating condition and repair and are reasonably fit and usable for the purposes for which they are being used. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all material terms of each lease to which it is a party or is otherwise bound.
Title to Properties; Liens Borrower and its Subsidiaries have (i) good, sufficient and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in real property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), or (iii) good title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective properties and assets reflected in the financial statements referred to in subsection 5.3 or in the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1, in each case except for assets disposed of since the date of such financial statements in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise permitted under subsection 7.7. Except as permitted by this Agreement, all such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens.
Properties; Titles, Etc After giving effect to the Confirmation Order and the Plan of Reorganization:
(a) Each of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties has good and defensible title to substantially all of its Borrowing Base Properties evaluated in the most recently delivered Reserve Report and good title to all of its material personal Properties, in each case, free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens. The Borrower or the other Credit Parties specified as the owner owns in all material respects the net interests in production attributable to their Oil and Gas Properties as reflected in the most recently delivered Reserve Report, and the ownership of such Properties does not in any material respect obligate such Person to bear the costs and expenses relating to the maintenance, development and operations of each such Property in an amount in excess of the working interest of each Property set forth in the most recently delivered Reserve Report that is not offset by a corresponding proportionate increase in its net revenue interest in such Property or the revenues therefrom.
(b) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) all material leases and agreements necessary for the conduct of the business of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties and (ii) all oil and gas leases of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties are, in each case, valid and subsisting and in full force and effect, and there exists no default or event or circumstance which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would give rise to a default under any such lease or leases referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii).
(c) The rights and Properties presently owned, leased or licensed by the Borrower and the other Credit Parties, including all easements and rights of way, include all rights and Properties necessary to permit the Borrower and the other Credit Parties to conduct their business in all material respects in the same manner as their business has been conducted prior to the date hereof.
(d) All of the Properties of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties which are reasonably necessary for the operation of their businesses are in good working condition and are maintained in accordance with prudent business standards.
(e) The Borrower and each other Credit Party owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual Property material to its business (including databases, geological data, geophysical data, engineering data, seismic data, maps, interpretations and other technical data), and the use thereof by the Borrower and such other Credit Party does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Properties and Assets (a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect, the Royale Parties and their Subsidiaries own and have either good and valid title in fee or a valid leasehold interest, Right of Way or other rights to the land, mineral and other subsurface rights, buildings, structures and other improvements thereon and fixtures thereto necessary to permit it to conduct its business as currently conducted, in each case free and clear of all liens (except in all cases for Permitted Liens). Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Effect, all leases, Rights of Way or other agreements under which any Royale Party or any of their Subsidiaries lease, access or use any real property are valid, binding and are in force and effect against the Royale Parties or any of their Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of each Royale Party, the counterparties thereto, in accordance with their respective terms, and neither the Royale Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries are in default under any such leases, Rights of Way or other agreements.
(b) Each Royale Party and its Subsidiaries has such Rights of Way from each person as are sufficient to conduct its business as currently conducted, except for such Rights of Way the absence of which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect. Each Royale Party and its Subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all its obligations with respect to such Rights of Way and conducts their business in a manner that does not violate any of the Rights of Way, and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or would result in any impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Rights of Way, except for such revocations, terminations and impairments that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect. All pipelines owned or operated by the Royale Parties and their Subsidiaries are subject to Rights of Way, there are no encroachments or other encumbrances on the Rights of Way that affect the use thereof and there are no gaps (including any gap arising as a result of any breach by a Royale Party or any of their Subsidiaries of the terms of any Rights of Way) in the Rights of Way other than gaps that would not have and would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect, the Royale Parties and their Subsidiaries, as applicable, have defensible title to all of the Royale Interests forming the basis for the reserves reflected in the Royale Financial Statements except for such Royale Interests sold, used, farmed out or otherwise disposed of since December 31, 2015, in the ordinary course of business, free and clear of all liens and Production Burdens other than Production Burdens not yet earned, due or payable and Permitted Liens (other than Production Burdens). Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect or as set forth on Section 5.10(c) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules, (i) none of the proceeds from the sale of Hydrocarbons produced from the Royale Interests in any producing well are being held in suspense for any reason, and (ii) there are no calls on production or preferential rights to purchase Hydrocarbons and the Royale Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries are not obligated to deliver Hydrocarbons or proceeds from the sale thereof at a future point in time without receiving payment therefor at or after the time of delivery (other than gas balancing arrangements), except for the rights of any lessor to take free gas under the terms of any applicable lease for its use on the lands covered by such lease. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect, the Royale Parties and each applicable Subsidiary (A) are in compliance with all valuation agreements, and settlement agreements with respect to Production Burdens, and (B) have paid or will cause to be paid when due all Production Burdens with respect to the Royale Interests and each other royalty, Tax or similar payment, except for such amounts that are being held in suspense as permitted pursuant to applicable Law or the terms of the applicable Contract or as reserved against in the Royale Financial Statements.
(d) All of the xxxxx owned, leased, operated or used by the Royale Parties and their Subsidiaries and all water, carbon dioxide or injection xxxxx located on any property owned, leased, operated or used by the Royale Parties and their Subsidiaries or otherwise associated with the Royale Interests have been drilled, completed and operated within the limits permitted by the applicable Contract granting such rights and applicable Law, and all drilling and completion (and plugging and abandonment) of such xxxxx and all related development, production and other operations have been conducted in compliance with all applicable Laws except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect. No well owned, leased, operated or used by any Royale Party or any of their Subsidiaries are subject to material penalties on allowables because of overproduction or violation of any applicable Law.
(e) All Royale Interests operated by the Royale Parties and their Subsidiaries have been operated in accordance with reasonable, prudent field practices and in compliance with the applicable Contracts, except where the failure to so operate would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect. None of the Interests of the Royale Parties or their Subsidiaries is subject to any preferential purchase, consent or similar right that would become operative as a result of the Transactions, except for any such preferential purchase, consent or similar rights that would not reasonably be expected to have a Royale Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Section 5.10(e) of Royale Disclosure Schedules, none of the Royale Interests are subject to any Tax partnership agreement or provisions requiring a partnership income Tax Return.
(f) There are no material inaccuracies in the report of Netherland, Xxxxxx & Associates, Inc. as of December 31, 2015, and dated February 1, 2016.
(g) Except as set forth on Section 5.10(g) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules, no Royale Party is engaged in any oil, natural gas or other futures or option trading in respect of which it has any material future liability, nor is any Royale Party a party to any price swaps, xxxxxx, futures or similar instruments. Section 5.10(g) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules sets forth obligations of each Royale Party for the delivery of Hydrocarbons attributable to any of the Royale Interests in the future on account of prepayment, advance payment, take-or-pay or similar obligations without then or thereafter being entitled to receive full value therefor. Except as set forth on Section 5.10(g) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules, as of the date hereof, no Royale Party is bound by futures, hedge, swap, collar, put, call, floor, cap, option or other Contracts that are intended to benefit from, relate to or reduce or eliminate the risk of fluctuations in the price of commodities, including Hydrocarbons, or securities.
(h) Except as provided in Section 5.10(h) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules, there are no mandatory drilling or completion obligations and there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of each Royale Party, expected proposals or elections for drilling, completing, recompleting, reworking, facilities or similar activities that would require such commitment on behalf of the Royale Parties or any of their Subsidiaries within one year of the Royale Merger Effective Time in any of the Royale Interests or any of the contracts governing any of the Royale Interests.
(i) Except as set forth on Section 5.10(i) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules, none of the Contracts in respect of gathering, processing, storage or transportation of the production of Hydrocarbons from the Royale Interests contain any minimum volume or throughput provisions or require the Royale Parties or any of their Subsidiaries to pay for services regardless of whether the Royale Parties or any of their Subsidiaries deliver such production for use of the services provided for under any such Contract.
(j) Except as set forth in Section 5.10(j) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules, none of the Contracts relating to the Royale Interests (including all oil, gas and mineral leases and similar Contracts) contain any provision (i) requiring the lessee to pay royalties on xxxxxx, (ii) causing the oil, gas or mineral lease or contract to terminate without advance notice and the opportunity to cure resulting in a loss, in whole or in part, of any of the Royale Interests for lessee’s failure to pay royalties or for lessee’s breach of any covenant thereunder, (iii) requiring lessor’s consent to the consummation of the transactions of the type contemplated under this Agreement, or (iv) is expected to result in a mandatory payment or expenditure not otherwise disclosed in Section 5.10(i) of the Royale Disclosure Schedules.
Title to Properties; Encumbrances Sellers have delivered or made available to Buyer copies of the deeds and other instruments (as recorded) by which each Acquired Company acquired all real property, leaseholds, or other interests owned by it, and copies of all title insurance policies, opinions, abstracts, and surveys in the possession of Sellers or each Acquired Company and relating to such property or interests. Each Acquired Company owns (with good and marketable title in the case of real property, subject only to the matters permitted by the following sentence) all the properties and assets (whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible) that they purport to own located in the facilities owned or operated by such Acquired Company or reflected as owned in the books and records of such Acquired Company, including all of the properties and assets reflected in the Latest Balance Sheet (except for personal property sold since the date of the Latest Balance Sheet, as the case may be, in the Ordinary Course of Business), and all of the properties and assets purchased or otherwise acquired by each Acquired Company since the date of the Latest Balance Sheet (except for personal property acquired and sold since the date of the Balance Sheet in the Ordinary Course of Business and consistent with past practice). All material properties and assets reflected in the Latest Balance Sheet are free and clear of all Encumbrances and are not, in the case of real property, subject to any rights of way, building use restrictions, exceptions, variances, reservations, or limitations of any nature except, with respect to all such properties and assets, (a) mortgages or security interests shown on the Latest Balance Sheet as securing specified liabilities or obligations, with respect to which no default (or event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) exists, (b) mortgages or security interests incurred in connection with the purchase of property or assets after the date of the Latest Balance Sheet (such mortgages and security interests being limited to the property or assets so acquired), with respect to which no default (or event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) exists, (c) liens for current taxes not yet due, and (d) with respect to real property, (i) minor imperfections of title, if any, none of which is substantial in amount, materially detracts from the value or impairs the use of the property subject thereto, or impairs the operations of each Acquired Company, and (ii) zoning laws and other land use restrictions that do not impair the present or anticipated use of the property subject thereto. All buildings, plants, and structures owned by each Acquired Company lie wholly within the boundaries of the real property owned by each Acquired Company and do not encroach upon the property of, or otherwise conflict with the property rights of, any other Person.
Title to Properties The Company and each Subsidiary have good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of their respective businesses, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, the property of the Company and its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
Title to Properties; Liens and Encumbrances The Company has good and marketable title to all of its material properties and assets, both real and personal, and has good title to all its leasehold interests, in each case subject only to mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, conditional sale agreements, encumbrances or charges created in the ordinary course of business.