Transfer of Contracts 33.1 The contractor shall not abandon, transfer, cede assign or sublet a contract or part thereof without the written permission of the purchaser.
SUBCONTRACTS and ASSIGNMENTS Except as may be set forth in the Special Provisions, the Contractor agrees not to subcontract, assign, transfer, convey, sublet or otherwise dispose of this Agreement or any right, title, obligation or interest it may have therein to any third party without prior written approval of H-GAC. The Contractor acknowledges that H-GAC is not liable to any subcontractor or assignee of the Contractor. The Contractor shall ensure that the performance rendered under all subcontracts shall result in compliance with all the terms and provisions of this Agreement as if the performance rendered was rendered by the Contractor. Contractor shall give all required notices, and comply with all laws and regulations applicable to furnishing and performance of the work. Except where otherwise expressly required by applicable law or regulation, H-GAC shall not be responsible for monitoring Contractor's compliance, or that of Contractor’s subcontractors, with any laws or regulations.
Transfer of Assets and Assumption of Liabilities (a) On or prior to the Effective Time, but in any case prior to the Distribution, in accordance with the Plan of Reorganization:
Subcontracts and Assignment Contractor shall not subcontract, assign, delegate, or transfer any of its duties, rights, or interests under this Contract without the prior written consent of District. District may withhold such consent for any or no reason. If District consents to an assignment or subcontract, then in addition to any other provisions of this Contract, Contractor shall require any permitted subcontractor to be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Contract that would otherwise bind Contractor. The parties agree that any such subcontracts shall be construed as matters solely between the Contractor and its subcontractor and shall have no binding effect on District.
Assignment of Contracts and Rights Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign any Purchased Asset or any claim or right or any benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom if such assignment, without the consent of a third party thereto, would constitute a breach or other contravention of such Purchased Asset or in any way adversely affect the rights of the Buyer or Seller thereunder. Seller will use commercially reasonable efforts (but without any payment of money by Buyer) to obtain the consent of the other parties to any such Purchased Asset or any claim or right or any benefit arising thereunder for the assignment thereof to Buyer as Buyer may request. If such consent is not obtained, or if an attempted assignment thereof would be ineffective or would adversely affect the rights of Seller thereunder so that Buyer would not in fact receive all such rights, Seller and Buyer will diligently cooperate in good faith in the thirty-five (35) days after the Closing to arrive at a mutually agreeable arrangement under which Buyer would obtain the benefits and assume the obligations thereunder in accordance with this Agreement, including subcontracting, sub-licensing, or sub-leasing to Buyer, or under which Seller would enforce for the benefit of Buyer, with Buyer assuming Seller's obligations, any and all rights of Seller against a third party thereto. Seller will promptly pay to Buyer when received all monies received by Seller under any Purchased Asset or any claim or right or any benefit arising thereunder, except to the extent the same represents an Excluded Asset.
Contracts and Leases Schedule 4.10 sets forth a true and complete list of all Leases and executory Contracts of the Company that are material to the Business, and Sellers have delivered to Buyer true and complete copies of all such Leases and Contracts, each as amended as of the Agreement Date (the “Material Contracts”). Subject to receipt of the Necessary Consents and compliance with Section 6.10 and subject to the entry of the Sale Order, and any ancillary orders of the Bankruptcy Court pertaining to assumption and assignment of Contracts (a) each of the Material Contracts is in full force and effect and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company or Sellers, and, to the Knowledge of Sellers, each other party thereto, and (b) except as a result of the commencement of the Bankruptcy Cases, the Company or Sellers are not in breach or default in any material respect under any of the Material Contracts and, to the Knowledge of Sellers, the other parties to such Contracts are not in breach or default in any material respect thereunder (and in each such case, to the Knowledge of Sellers, no event exists that with the passage of time or the giving of notice would constitute such material breach or default in any material respect, result in a loss of material rights, result in the payment of any damages or penalties or result in the creation of any Liens thereunder or pursuant thereto other than Permitted Liens); except (i) for those defaults that will be cured in accordance with the Sale Order, are not required to be cured pursuant to section 365(b)(1)(A) of the Bankruptcy Code, or waived in accordance with section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, or (ii) to the extent such breach or default would not reasonably be expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect. Except for filings in the Chapter 11 Cases, to Sellers’ Knowledge, none of the Material Contracts have been cancelled or otherwise terminated by the Company or Sellers, and neither the Company nor Sellers have not delivered any written notice to any counterparty to such Material Contract regarding any such cancellation or termination by the Company or Sellers.
Assignment and Assumption of Contracts (a) Seller hereby sells, assigns, transfers and conveys to Purchaser all of Seller’s right, title and interest in, to and under those service, supply and similar agreements set forth on Exhibit C, attached hereto and made a part hereof (the “Contracts”).
(b) Purchaser hereby assumes all of the covenants, agreements, conditions and other terms and provisions stated in the Contracts which, under the terms of the Contracts, are to be performed, observed, and complied with by the property owner from and after the date of this Agreement. Purchaser acknowledges that Purchaser shall become solely responsible and liable under the Contracts for obligations arising or accruing from and after the date hereof, including with respect to any and all payments coming due under the Contracts for which Purchaser has received a credit or payment on the closing statement executed by Purchaser and Seller (the “Credited Payments”). It is specifically agreed between Seller and Purchaser that Seller shall remain liable for the performance of the obligations to be performed by Seller under the Contracts which were required to be performed prior to (but not from and after) the date hereof.
(c) Purchaser shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend Seller from and against any and all claims, demands, causes of action, liabilities, losses, costs, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and court costs incurred in defending any such claim or in enforcing this indemnity) that may be incurred by Seller by reason of the failure of Purchaser to perform, observe and comply with its obligations under any of the Contracts arising or accruing during the period from and after the date hereof, including without limitation, claims made by any other contract party with respect to the Credited Payments (to the extent paid or assigned to Purchaser or for which Purchaser received a credit or payment at Closing). Seller shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend Purchaser from and against any and all claims, demands, causes of action, liabilities, losses, costs, damages and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and court costs incurred in defending any such claim or in enforcing this indemnity) that may be incurred by Purchaser by reason of the failure of Seller to perform, observe and comply with its obligations under any of the Contracts arising or accruing during the period prior to the date hereof, including without limitation, claims made by any other contract party with respect to the Credited Payments, arising before the date hereof (to the extent such Credited Payments were not paid or assigned to Purchaser or for which Purchaser did not receive a credit or payment at Closing).
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 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.
Assignment of Contracts (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, to the extent that any of the Assigned Contracts or Acquired Authorizations that constitute an Acquired Asset are not assignable or transferable without the consent of the issuer thereof or the other party thereto or any third party including, without limitation, a Governmental Authority (the "Nonassignable Assets"), this Agreement shall not constitute an assignment or transfer of the Nonassignable Assets if such assignment or transfer or attempted assignment or transfer would constitute a breach thereof or a violation of any Law. Seller shall use reasonable efforts, at reasonable cost to Seller, to obtain any consents or waivers necessary to any such assignment. To the extent that such consents or waivers are not obtained by Seller on or before the Closing, Seller agrees to cooperate with Purchaser and to take such reasonable actions, at reasonable cost to Seller, as Purchaser may reasonably request in order to secure any arrangement designed to provide for Purchaser the benefits of such Nonassignable Assets. Seller shall further assign and deliver to Purchaser any net proceeds or net receivables by Seller pursuant to the Nonassignable Assets except and to the extent that Seller has previously provided Purchaser with the benefits of such proceeds or receivables or to the extent the assignment is not permitted under the Nonassignable Assets. In connection therewith, Seller shall enforce, for the benefit of Purchaser, any and all material rights of Seller against such issuer or such other party or parties, to the extent reasonably permitted.
(b) To the extent Purchaser receives the benefit of any Nonassignable Asset pursuant to Section 2.06(a), Purchaser agrees to assume and discharge any liability or obligation related to the benefits of such Nonassignable Asset.