COMPLETION AND LIQUIDITY MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
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THIS COMPLETION AGREEMENT AND LIQUIDITY MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and
entered into effective as of June 29, 2006 between
PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION (“Prime”), GUARANTY
BANK, FSB (“Guaranty”) and PRIME OFFSHORE L.L.C. (“Offshore”).
Prime is the majority shareholder of Prime Offshore L.L.C. (“Offshore”). Offshore and
Guaranty are parties to a Credit Agreement dated June 29, 2006, by and between Offshore as
Borrower and Guaranty, as Agent and Lender (“Credit Agreement”) wherein Guaranty is loaning
certain funds to Offshore to drill and complete xxxxx and construct, install and operate in-field
and flow pipelines, caissons, platforms and production facilities for xxxxx in South Padre Island
Area OCS Blocks 1113, 1059, 1060, 1073 and 1133 and North Padre Island Area OCS Block 998
(“Development Project”).
1. Completion Commitment
Each of the South Padre Island Area OCS Blocks 1113, 1059, 1060, 1073 and 1133 and the North
Padre Island Area OCS Block 998 shall be defined as a “Project Field.”
For purposes of this Agreement, Project Completion shall consist of two components and be
defined as:
A) | each Project Field in the Development Project having all planned in-field and flow pipelines, caissons, platforms and production facilities for all the xxxxx in such Project Field, for which Guaranty has loaned funds, installed and operational such that the production from all such xxxxx can be transported to a readily available sales point for natural gas. In addition, for each Project Field, Project Completion will include, but not limited to: |
a) | obtaining required permits, easements and governmental approvals; | ||
b) | executing necessary construction contract(s); | ||
c) | completing tests considered usual and customary and required to be conducted with results in accordance with those necessary to permit operations; | ||
d) | ensuring that each Project Field is free and clear of all liens other than those in favor of Guaranty and Permitted Liens under the Credit Agreement and; | ||
e) | causing all costs of the Development Project to be paid when due; and, |
B) | the 00-xxxx xxxx xxxxxxxx xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Area OCS Block 996 to the pipeline owned by the Xxxxxxxx Companies Inc. having been constructed and installed in accordance with the plans and specifications in the construction contract(s). |
As consideration for Guaranty entering into the Credit Agreement to provide such loans for
the Development Project and to ensure Project Completion, Prime absolutely and unconditionally
warrants to Guaranty to fund the payment to Offshore of all costs that exceed the available
commitments under the Credit Agreement, including interest, for Project Completion. In the event
Offshore is in Default under Section 7.1(f), (g), (h) and/or (i) of the Credit Agreement, then
Prime absolutely and unconditionally warrants to Guaranty the assumption of all costs for Project
Completion.
2. Liquidity Maintenance
Prime will, during the term of the Credit Agreement, maintain liquidity consisting of unused
revolver availability under the Credit Agreement dated December 2, 2002, as amended, with Prime et
al and Guaranty, and/or unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $25,000,000. This required
liquidity will reduce dollar-for-dollar with any additional shareholder advances and increase
dollar-for-dollar to a maximum of $25,000,000 with any repayment of shareholder advances. To the
extent that shareholder repayment has occurred, Prime agrees to fund additional shareholder loans
equal to the amount repayed by the shareholder, as needed to ensure Project Completion.
This Agreement shall remain in force until each component of Project Completion is satisfied.
Once a component is satisfied, Prime’s absolute and unconditional warranty to Guaranty to fund the
payment to Offshore of all costs that exceed the available commitments under the Credit Agreement
for that component, including interest, will expire.
Prime understands that a breach of obligations under this Agreement would result in an Event
of Default under the Credit Agreement with Offshore that would permit Guaranty to pursue its
available remedies under the Credit Agreement. Offshore is executing this Agreement to acknowledge
that a breach of this Agreement would result in an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement.
This Agreement shall be deemed a contract made under and shall be construed in accordance with
and governed by the laws of the State of Texas and that actions arising out of this Agreement may
be litigated in courts having situs in Xxxxxx County, Texas.
This agreement is executed the date first hereinafter written,
PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||||
Executive Vice President |
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PRIME OFFSHORE L.L.C. |
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By: | /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Xxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
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GUARANTY BANK, FSB |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, III | |||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, III | ||||
Senior Vice President | ||||
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