DEED OF TRUST, MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT, SECURITY AGREEMENT, FIXTURE FILING AND FINANCING STATEMENT FROM ENERGYTEC, INC., Mortgagor and Debtor-in-Possession Organizational I.D. No. C17483-1999 TO CARLTON L. NICHOLS, TRUSTEE AND RED RIVER RESOURCES, INC.,...
WHEN
RECORDED OR FILED RETURN TO:
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Xxxxxxxx
& Xxxxxx LLP
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Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
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Attention:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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DEED OF
TRUST, MORTGAGE,
ASSIGNMENT,
SECURITY AGREEMENT, FIXTURE FILING
AND
FINANCING STATEMENT
FROM
ENERGYTEC,
INC.,
Xxxxxxxxx
and Debtor-in-Possession
Organizational
I.D. No. C17483-1999
TO
XXXXXXX
X. XXXXXXX, TRUSTEE
AND
RED RIVER
RESOURCES, INC., LENDER
Dated May
14, 2009
A CARBON,
PHOTOGRAPHIC, FACSIMILE, OR OTHER REPRODUCTION OF THIS INSTRUMENT IS SUFFICIENT
AS A FINANCING STATEMENT.
THIS
INSTRUMENT CONTAINS AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY PROVISIONS, SECURES PAYMENT OF
FUTURE ADVANCES, AND COVERS PROCEEDS OF COLLATERAL.
THIS
INSTRUMENT COVERS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, (A) GOODS WHICH ARE OR ARE TO BECOME
FIXTURES RELATED TO THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN, AND (B) AS-EXTRACTED
COLLATERAL RELATED TO THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN (INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION OIL, GAS, OTHER MINERALS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES OF VALUE WHICH MAY BE
EXTRACTED FROM THE EARTH AND ACCOUNTS ARISING OUT OF THE SALE AT THE WELLHEAD OR
MINEHEAD THEREOF). THIS INSTRUMENT IS TO BE FILED FOR RECORD, AMONG
OTHER PLACES, IN THE REAL ESTATE OR COMPARABLE RECORDS OF THE COUNTIES
REFERENCED IN EXHIBIT
A HERETO AND SUCH FILING SHALL SERVE, AMONG OTHER PURPOSES, AS A FIXTURE
FILING AND AS A FINANCING STATEMENT COVERING AS-EXTRACTED
COLLATERAL. THE MORTGAGOR HAS AN INTEREST OF RECORD IN THE REAL
ESTATE CONCERNED, WHICH INTEREST IS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1.1 OF THIS
INSTRUMENT.
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A POWER OF SALE HAS BEEN
GRANTED IN THIS MORTGAGE. AS PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE LAW, A POWER OF
SALE MAY ALLOW XXXXXX (AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED) OR THE TRUSTEE (AS HEREINAFTER
DEFINED) TO TAKE THE MORTGAGED PROPERTIES AND SELL THEM WITHOUT GOING TO COURT
IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION UPON DEFAULT BY THE MORTGAGOR (AS HEREINAFTER DEFINED)
UNDER THIS MORTGAGE.
THIS
MORTGAGE IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN [INTERIM ORDER AUTHORIZING
DEBTOR TO INCUR POST-PETITION SECURED INDEBTEDNESS AND GRANTING SECURITY
INTERESTS AND SUPERPRIORITY CLAIMS] (THE "INTERIM
BANKRUPTCY COURT ORDER") ENTERED BY THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS (THE "BANKRUPTCY
COURT") IN MORTGAGOR'S BANKRUPTCY CASE FILED UNDER CASE NO.
_________.
THIS
DOCUMENT PREPARED BY:
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Xxxxxxxx
& Xxxxxx LLP
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Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
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DEED OF
TRUST, MORTGAGE
ASSIGNMENT,
SECURITY AGREEMENT, FIXTURE FILING
AND
FINANCING STATEMENT
(this
"Mortgage")
ARTICLE
I.
GRANTING CLAUSES; SECURED
INDEBTEDNESS
Section
1.1. Grant
and Mortgage.
Energytec, Inc., a Nevada corporation, as Mortgagor and debtor-in-possession
(herein called "Mortgagor"),
pursuant to the Interim Bankruptcy Court Order, for and in consideration of the
sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) to Mortgagor in hand paid, and in order to secure
the payment of the secured indebtedness hereinafter referred to and the
performance of the obligations, covenants, agreements, warranties and
undertakings of Mortgagor hereinafter described, does hereby GRANT, BARGAIN,
SELL, CONVEY, TRANSFER, ASSIGN AND SET OVER to Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, whose address
for notice is set forth at the end of this Mortgage (the "Trustee"),
and grants to Trustee a POWER OF SALE (pursuant to this Mortgage and applicable
law) with respect to all of the following described rights, interests and
properties (the "Mortgaged
Properties"):
(A) The
oil, gas and/or other mineral properties which are described in Exhibit A attached
hereto and made a part hereof;
(B) Without
limitation of the foregoing, all other right, title and interest of Mortgagor of
whatever kind or character (whether now owned or hereafter acquired by operation
of law or otherwise) in and to (i) the oil, gas and/or mineral leases or other
instruments or agreements described in Exhibit A hereto,
(ii) the lands described or referred to in Exhibit A (or
described in any of the instruments described or referred to in Exhibit A), without
regard to any limitations as to specific lands or depths that may be set forth
in Exhibit A
hereto or in any of the leases or other agreements described in Exhibit A
hereto;
(C) All
of Mortgagor's interest (whether now owned or hereafter acquired by operation of
law or otherwise) in and to all presently existing and hereafter created oil,
gas and/or mineral unitization, pooling and/or communitization agreements,
declarations and/or orders, and in and to the properties, rights and interests
covered and the units created thereby (including, without limitation, units
formed under orders, rules, regulations or other official acts of any federal,
state or other authority having jurisdiction), which cover, affect or otherwise
relate to the properties, rights and interests described in clause A or B
above;
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(D) All
of Mortgagor's interest in and rights under (whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by operation of law or otherwise) all presently existing and hereafter
created operating agreements, equipment leases, production sales contracts,
processing agreements, transportation agreements, gas balancing agreements,
farmout and/or farm-in agreements, salt water disposal agreements, area of
mutual interest agreements, and other contracts and/or agreements which cover,
affect, or otherwise relate to the properties, rights and interests described in
clause A, B or C above or to the operation of such properties, rights and
interests or to the treating, handling, storing, processing, transporting or
marketing of oil, gas, other hydrocarbons, or other minerals produced from (or
allocated to) such properties, rights and interests (including, but not limited
to, those contracts listed in Exhibit A hereto), as
same may be amended or supplemented from time to time; and
(E) All
of Mortgagor's interest (whether now owned or hereafter acquired by operation of
law or otherwise) in and to all improvements, fixtures, movable or immovable
property and other real and/or personal property (including, without limitation,
all xxxxx, pumping units, wellhead equipment, tanks, pipelines, flow lines,
gathering lines, compressors, dehydration units, separators, meters, buildings,
injection facilities, salt water disposal facilities, and power, telephone and
telegraph lines), and all easements, servitudes, rights-of-way, surface leases,
licenses, permits and other surface rights, which are now or hereafter used, or
held for use, in connection with the properties, rights and interests described
in clause A, B or C above, or in connection with the operation of such
properties, rights and interests, or in connection with the treating, handling,
storing, processing, transporting or marketing of oil, gas, other hydrocarbons,
or other minerals produced from (or allocated to) such properties, rights and
interests; and
(F) All
rights, estates, powers and privileges appurtenant to the foregoing rights,
interests and properties.
TO HAVE
AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Properties unto the Trustee, and its successors or
substitutes in this trust, and to its or their successors and assigns, in trust,
however, upon the terms, provisions and conditions herein set
forth.
Section
1.2. Grant of
Security Interest. In order to
further secure the payment of the secured indebtedness hereinafter referred to
and the performance of the obligations, covenants, agreements, warranties, and
undertakings of Mortgagor hereinafter described, Mortgagor hereby grants to
Lender (as hereinafter defined) a security interest in the entire interest of
Mortgagor (whether now owned or hereafter acquired by operation of law or
otherwise) in and to:
(a) the
Mortgaged Properties, to the extent a security interest may be created
therein,
(b) all
oil, gas, other hydrocarbons, and other minerals produced from or allocated to
the Mortgaged Properties, and any products processed or obtained therefrom
(herein collectively called the "Production"),
together with all proceeds of Production (regardless of whether Production to
which such proceeds relate occurred on or before or after the date hereof),
together with all other as-extracted collateral related to the Mortgaged
Properties and together with all liens and security interests securing payment
of the proceeds of the Production, including, but not limited to, those liens
and security interests provided for under (i) statutes enacted in the
jurisdictions in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, or (ii) statutes
made applicable to the Mortgaged Properties under federal law (or some
combination of federal and state law);
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(c) without
limitation of any other provisions of this Section 1.2, all payments received in
lieu of production from the Mortgaged Properties (regardless of whether such
payments accrued, and/or the events which gave rise to such payments occurred,
on or before or after the date hereof), including, without limitation, "take or
pay" payments and similar payments, payments received in settlement of or
pursuant to a judgment rendered with respect to take or pay or similar
obligations or other obligations under a production sales contract, payments
received in buyout or buydown or other settlement of a production sales
contract, and payments received under a gas balancing or similar agreement as a
result of (or received otherwise in settlement of or pursuant to judgment
rendered with respect to) rights held by Xxxxxxxxx as a result of Mortgagor
(and/or its predecessors in title) taking or having taken less gas from lands
covered by a Mortgaged Property (or lands pooled or unitized therewith) than
their ownership of such Mortgaged Property would entitle them to receive (the
payments described in this subsection (c) being herein called "Payments
in Lieu of Production");
(d) all
equipment, inventory, improvements, fixtures, accessions, goods and other
personal property of whatever nature now or hereafter located on or
used or held for use in connection with the Mortgaged Properties (or in
connection with the operation thereof or the treating, handling, storing,
processing, transporting, or marketing of Production), and all licenses and
permits of whatever nature now or hereafter used or held for use in connection
with the Mortgaged Properties (or in connection with the operation thereof or
the treating, handling, storing, processing, transporting, or marketing of
Production), and all renewals or replacements of the foregoing or substitutions
for the foregoing;
(e) all
accounts, receivables, contract rights, choses in action (i.e., rights to
enforce contracts or to bring claims thereunder), commercial tort claims and
other general intangibles of whatever nature (regardless of whether the same
arose and/or the events which gave rise to the same occurred, on or before or
after the date hereof related to the Mortgaged Properties, the operation thereof
(whether Mortgagor is operator or non-operator), or the treating, handling,
separation, stabilization, storing, processing, transporting, gathering, or
marketing of Production (including, without limitation, any of the same relating
to payment of proceeds of Production or to payment of amounts which could
constitute Payments in Lieu of Production);
(f) without
limitation of the generality of the foregoing, any rights and interests of
Mortgagor under any present or future hedge or swap agreements, cap, floor,
collar, exchange, forward or other hedge or protection agreements or
transactions relating to crude oil, natural gas or other hydrocarbons, or any
option with respect to any such agreement or transaction now existing or
hereafter entered into by or on behalf of Mortgagor;
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(g) all
geological, geophysical, engineering, accounting, title, legal, and other
technical or business data concerning the Mortgaged Properties, the Production
or any other item of Property (as hereinafter defined) which are now or
hereafter in the possession of Mortgagor or in which Mortgagor can otherwise
grant a security interest, and all books, files, records, magnetic media,
software and other forms of recording or obtaining access to such
data;
(h) all
money, documents, instruments, chattel paper (including without limitation,
electronic chattel paper and tangible chattel paper), rights to payment
evidenced by chattel paper, securities, accounts, payment intangibles, general
intangibles, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights, supporting obligations
and rights to payment of money arising from or by virtue of any transaction
(regardless of whether such transaction occurred on or before or after the date
hereof) related to the Mortgaged Properties, the Production or any other item of
Property (all of the properties, rights and interests described in subsections
(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) above and this subsection (h) being herein
sometimes collectively called the "Collateral");
(i) all
proceeds of the Collateral whether such proceeds or payments are goods, money,
documents, instruments, chattel paper, securities, accounts, payment
intangibles, general intangibles, fixtures, real property, personal property or
other assets (the Mortgaged Properties, the Collateral and the proceeds of the
Collateral being herein sometimes collectively called the "Property").
Except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Mortgage, all terms in this Mortgage
relating to the Collateral and the grant of the foregoing security interest
which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, as adopted in the State of
Texas(as such term is defined herein) (the "UCC")
shall have the meanings assigned to them in Article 9 (or, absent definition in
Article 9, in any other Article) of the UCC, as those meanings may be amended,
revised or replaced from time to time.
Section
1.3. DIP Loan
Documents, Other Obligations. This Mortgage is
made to secure and enforce the payment and performance of the following
obligations, indebtedness and liabilities:
(a) All
indebtedness and other obligations now or hereafter incurred or arising pursuant
to the provisions of that certain Debtor-In-Possession DIP Credit Agreement
dated as of May ____, 2009, among Mortgagor and Comanche Well Service
Corporation, a Texas corporation, each as a debtor and debtor-in-possession
under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, and Red River Resources,
Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, as Lender (herein called "Lender"),
and all supplements thereto and amendments or modifications thereof, and all
agreements given in substitution therefor or in restatement, renewal or
extension thereof, in whole or in part (such Debtor-in-Possession Credit
Agreement as the same may from time to time be supplemented, amended or
modified, and all other agreements given in substitution therefor or in
restatement, renewal or extension thereof, in whole or in part, being herein
called the "DIP
Credit Agreement");
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(b) All
"Loans" (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement) in an aggregate principal
amount of up to $1,500,000, bearing interest as provided in the DIP Credit
Agreement and having a final maturity date of March 31, 2010; and
(c) All
indebtedness and other obligations now or hereafter incurred or arising pursuant
to or permitted by the provisions of Interim Bankruptcy Court Order and the DIP
Credit Agreement, this Mortgage or any other instrument now or hereafter
evidencing, governing, guaranteeing or securing the "secured indebtedness" (as
hereinafter defined) or any part thereof or otherwise executed in connection
with any advance or loan evidenced or governed by the DIP Credit Agreement (the
DIP Credit Agreement, this Mortgage and such other instruments being herein
sometimes collectively called the "DIP Loan
Documents").
Section
1.4. Secured
Indebtedness. The indebtedness
referred to in Section 1.3, and all renewals, extensions and modifications
thereof, and all substitutions therefor, in whole or in part, are herein
sometimes referred to as the "secured
indebtedness" or the "indebtedness
secured hereby".
ARTICLE
II.
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES
AND COVENANTS
Section
2.1. Mortgagor
represents, warrants, and covenants as follows:
(a) Title and Permitted
Encumbrances. To the best of its knowledge, Mortgagor has, and
Mortgagor covenants to maintain, good and defensible title to the Property, free
and clear of all liens, security interests, and encumbrances except for
Permitted Encumbrances (as defined in the DIP Credit
Agreement). Xxxxxxxxx will warrant and defend title to the Property,
subject as aforesaid, against the claims and demands of all persons claiming or
to claim the same or any part thereof. With respect to each Mortgaged
Property, the ownership of Mortgagor in such Mortgaged Property does and will,
(i) with respect to each tract of land described in Exhibit A hereto
(whether described directly in such Exhibit A or
described by reference to another instrument) in connection with such Mortgaged
Property, (A) entitle Mortgagor to receive (subject to the terms and provisions
of this Mortgage) a decimal or percentage share of the oil, gas and other
hydrocarbons produced from, or allocated to, such tract equal to not less than
the decimal or percentage share set forth in Exhibit A in
connection with such tract under the words "Net Revenue Interest" (or
words of similar import), (B) cause Mortgagor to be obligated to bear a decimal
or percentage share of the cost of exploration, development and operation of
such tract of land not greater than the decimal or percentage share set forth in
Exhibit A in
connection with such tract under the words "Working Interest" (or words
of similar import). With respect to each Property described in Exhibit A hereto
which is subject to a voluntary or involuntary pooling, unitization or
communitization agreement and/or order, the term "tract of land" as used in this
Section 2.1(a) shall mean the pooled, unitized or communitized area as an
entirety and shall not be deemed to refer to any individual tract committed to
said pooled, unitized or communitized area. The above-described
shares of production which Mortgagor is entitled to receive and shares of
expenses which Mortgagor is obligated to bear are not and will not be subject to
change (other than changes which arise pursuant to non-consent provisions of
operating agreements described in Exhibit A in
connection with operations hereafter proposed), except, and only to the extent
that, such changes are expressly set out in Exhibit
A.
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(b) Leases and Contracts;
Performance of Obligations. The oil, gas and/or mineral
leases, contracts, servitudes and other agreements forming a part of the
Property, to the extent the same cover or otherwise relate to the Property, are
in full force and effect, except for such defects in title as could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the valuation of the Property as of the date
hereof. Xxxxxxxxx agrees to maintain The oil, gas and/or mineral
leases, contracts, servitudes and other agreements forming a part of the
Property in full force and effect, to the extent commercially reasonable under
the circumstances. All rents, royalties and other payments due and
payable under such leases, contracts, servitudes and other agreements, or under
the Permitted Encumbrances, or otherwise attendant to the ownership or operation
of the Property, have been, and will continue to be, properly and timely paid,
except to the extent failure to do so could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
valuation of the Property as of the date hereof. Mortgagor is not in
default with respect to Xxxxxxxxx's obligations (and Mortgagor is not aware of
any default by any third party with respect to such third party's obligations)
under such leases, contracts, servitudes and other agreements, or under the
Permitted Encumbrances, or otherwise attendant to the ownership or operation of
any part of the Property, except where such default could not, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the valuation of the Property as of the date hereof; Mortgagor will fulfill all
such obligations coming due in the future, to the extent commercially reasonable
under the circumstances. Mortgagor is not currently accounting (and
will not hereafter agree to account) for any royalties, or overriding royalties
or other payments out of production, on a basis (other than delivery in kind)
less favorable to Mortgagor than proceeds received by Xxxxxxxxx (calculated at
the well) from sale of production, and there are no situations where Xxxxxxxxx
is aware that a contingent liability may exist to account on a basis less
favorable to Mortgagor than the basis on which Mortgagor is currently
accounting.
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(c) Sale of
Production. No Mortgaged Property is or will become subject to
any contractual or other arrangement (i) whereby payment for Production is
or can be deferred for a substantial period after the month in which such
production is delivered (i.e., in the case of oil, not in excess of 60 days, and
in the case of gas, not in excess of 90 days) or (ii) whereby payments are
made to Mortgagor other than by checks, drafts, wire transfer advises or other
similar writings, instruments or communications for the immediate payment of
money. Except for production sales contracts, processing agreements
or transportation agreements (or other agreements relating to the marketing of
Production), (i) no Mortgaged Property is or will become subject to any
contractual or other arrangement for the sale, processing or transportation of
Production (or otherwise related to the marketing of Production) which cannot be
cancelled on 120 days' (or less) notice and (ii) all contractual or other
arrangements for the sale, processing or transportation of
Production (or otherwise related to the marketing of Production)
shall be bona fide arm's length transactions with third parties not affiliated
with Mortgagor and shall be at the best price (and on the best terms) available
(such price shall, in the case of Production sales which are subject to price
controls, be determined giving consideration to such fact). Mortgagor
is presently receiving a price for all Production covered by a production sales
contract listed on Exhibit A as computed
in accordance with the terms of such contract, and is not having deliveries of
such Production curtailed substantially below such property's delivery
capacity. Neither Mortgagor, nor any of its predecessors in title,
has received prepayments (including, but not limited to, payments for gas not
taken pursuant to "take or pay" or other similar arrangements) for any oil, gas
or other hydrocarbons produced or to be produced from the Mortgaged Properties
after the date hereof, and Mortgagor hereby covenants not to enter into any such
advance or prepayment arrangements whereby it accepts consideration for oil, gas
or other hydrocarbons not yet produced. No Mortgaged Property is or
will become subject to any "take or pay" or other similar arrangement (i) which
can be satisfied in whole or in part by the production or transportation of gas
from other properties or (ii) as a result of which production from the Mortgaged
Properties may be required to be delivered to one or more third parties without
payment (or without full payment) therefor as a result of payments made, or
other actions taken, with respect to other properties. There is no
Mortgaged Property with respect to which Mortgagor, or its predecessors in
title, has, prior to the date hereof, taken more ("overproduced"), or less
("underproduced"), gas from the lands covered thereby (or pooled or unitized
therewith) than its ownership interest in such Mortgaged Property would entitle
it to take plus or minus five percent (5%) in the aggregate with respect to all
Mortgaged Properties. No Mortgaged Property is or will become subject
to a gas balancing arrangement under which one or more third parties may take a
portion of the production attributable to such Mortgaged Property without
payment (or without full payment) therefor as a result of production having been
taken from, or as a result of other actions or inactions with respect to, other
properties. No Mortgaged Property is subject at the present time to
any regulatory refund obligation and, to Xxxxxxxxx's knowledge, no facts exist
which might cause the same to be imposed.
(d) Condition of Personal
Property. The equipment, inventory, improvements, fixtures,
goods and other tangible personal property forming a part of the
Property are and will remain in good repair and condition and are and will be
adequate for the normal operation of the Property in accordance with prudent
industry standards; all of such Property is, and will remain, located on the
Mortgaged Properties, except for that portion thereof which is or shall be
located elsewhere (including that usually located on the Mortgaged Properties
but temporarily located elsewhere) in the course of the normal operation of the
Property, or which is hereafter sold or otherwise disposed of as permitted under
the DIP Credit Agreement.
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(e) Operation of Mortgaged
Properties. The Mortgaged Properties (and properties unitized
therewith) are being (and, to the extent the same could adversely affect the
ownership or operation of the Mortgaged Properties after the date hereof, have
in the past been), and hereafter will be, maintained, operated and developed in
a good and workmanlike manner, in accordance with prudent industry standards and
in conformity with all applicable laws and all rules, regulations and orders of
all duly constituted authorities having jurisdiction and in conformity with all
oil, gas and/or other mineral leases and other contracts and agreements forming
a part of the Property and in conformity with the Permitted Encumbrances, except
for such failures as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Mortgaged Properties;
specifically in this connection, (i) no Mortgaged Property is subject to having
allowable production after the date hereof reduced below the full and regular
allowable (including the maximum permissible tolerance) because of any
overproduction (whether or not the same was permissible at the time) prior to
the date hereof and (ii) none of the xxxxx located on the Mortgaged Properties
(or properties unitized therewith) are or will be deviated from the vertical
more than the maximum permitted by applicable laws, regulations, rules and
orders, and such xxxxx are, and will remain, bottomed under and producing from,
with the well bores wholly within, the Mortgaged Properties (or, in the case of
xxxxx located on properties unitized therewith, such unitized
properties). There are no xxxxx being drilled, deepened, plugged back
or reworked, and no other operations are being conducted for which consent is
required under the applicable operating agreement (or which are other than
normal operation of existing xxxxx on the Mortgaged Properties); there are no
proposals currently outstanding (whether made by Mortgagor or by any other
party) to drill, deepen, plug back, or rework xxxxx, or to conduct any such
other operations, or to abandon any xxxxx on the Mortgaged Properties (nor are
there any such proposals which have been approved either by Mortgagor or any
other party, with respect to which the operations covered thereby have not been
commenced). Mortgagor has, and will have in the future, all
governmental licenses and permits necessary or appropriate to own and operate
the Property; and Mortgagor has not received notice of any violations in respect
of any such licenses or permits.
(f) Sale or
Disposal. Mortgagor will not, without the prior written
consent of Lender, sell, exchange, lease, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any
part of, or interest in, the Property other than (i) sales, transfers and
other dispositions of machinery, equipment and other personal property and
fixtures made in connection with a release, surrender or abandonment (to which
Xxxxxx has given its prior written consent) of a lease, (ii) sales,
transfers and other dispositions of machinery, equipment and other personal
property and fixtures in connection with the abandonment (to which Lender has
given its prior written consent) of a well, (iii) sales, transfers and
other dispositions of machinery, equipment and other personal property and
fixtures which are (A) obsolete for their intended purpose and disposed of in
the ordinary course of business or (B) replaced by articles of at least equal
suitability and value owned by Mortgagor free and clear of all liens except this
Mortgage and the Permitted Encumbrances, and (iv) sales of Production which
are made in the ordinary course of business and in compliance with Section
2.1(c) hereof; provided that nothing in clause (iv) shall be construed as
limiting Lender's rights under Article III of this
Mortgage. Mortgagor shall account fully and faithfully for and, if
Lender so elects, shall promptly pay or turn over to Lender the proceeds in
whatever form received from disposition in any manner of any of the
Property. Mortgagor shall at all times keep the Property and its
proceeds separate and distinct from other property of Mortgagor and shall keep
accurate and complete records of the Property and its proceeds.
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(g) Ad Valorem and Severance
Taxes. Xxxxxxxxx has paid and discharged, and will continue to
pay and discharge, all ad valorem taxes assessed against the Property or any
part thereof and all production, severance and other taxes assessed against, or
measured by, the Production or the value, or proceeds, of the
Production.
(h) Suits and
Claims. Except as disclosed in the DIP Credit Agreement, there
are no suits, actions, claims, investigations, inquiries, proceedings or demands
pending (or, to Xxxxxxxxx's knowledge, threatened) which affect the Property
(including, without limitation, any which challenge or otherwise pertain to
Xxxxxxxxx's title to the Property).
(i)
Environmental.
(A) Current
Status. The Property and Mortgagor are not in violation of
Applicable Environmental Laws (below defined), or subject to any existing,
pending or, to the knowledge of Mortgagor, threatened investigation or inquiry
by any governmental authority or any other person under or with respect to
Applicable Environmental Laws, or subject to any remedial obligations under
Applicable Environmental Laws, and are in compliance with all permits and
licenses required under Applicable Environmental Laws which the failure to
comply with could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as
defined in the DIP Credit Agreement), and this representation will continue to
be true and correct following disclosure to the applicable governmental
authorities of all relevant facts, conditions and circumstances, if any,
pertaining to the Property and Mortgagor. "Applicable
Environmental Laws" shall mean any applicable laws, orders, rules, or
regulations (including, without limitation, the common law) pertaining to
safety, health or the environment, as such laws, orders, rules or regulations
now exist or are hereafter enacted and/or amended (Applicable Environmental Laws
shall include, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments
and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (as amended, hereinafter called "CERCLA"),
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended by the Used Oil
Recycling Act of 1980, the Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980, and the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (as amended, hereinafter called
"RCRA")
and applicable state and local law). Mortgagor has taken all
reasonable steps to determine and, to its knowledge, no hazardous substances or
solid wastes have been disposed of or otherwise released at, into, upon or under
the Property in violation of Applicable Environmental Laws. The use
which Mortgagor makes and intends to make of the Property will not result in the
use, treatment, storage or disposal or other release of any hazardous substance
or solid waste at, into, upon or under the Property, except such usage, and
temporary storage in anticipation of usage, as is in the ordinary course of
business and in compliance with Applicable Environmental Laws. The
terms "hazardous
substance" and "release"
as used in this Mortgage shall have the meanings specified in CERCLA, and the
terms "solid
waste" and "disposal"
(or "disposed")
shall have the meanings specified in RCRA.
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(B) Future
Performance. Mortgagor will not cause or permit the Property
or Mortgagor to be in violation of, or do anything or permit anything to be done
which will subject the Property to any remedial obligations under, or
result in noncompliance with applicable permits and licenses under, any
Applicable Environmental Laws, assuming disclosure to the applicable
governmental authorities of all relevant facts, conditions and circumstances, if
any, pertaining to the Property which would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Xxxxxxxxx will promptly notify Lender in
writing of any existing, pending or, to the knowledge of Xxxxxxxxx, threatened
investigation, claim, suit or inquiry by any governmental authority or any
person in connection with any Applicable Environmental
Laws. Mortgagor will take all commercially reasonable steps necessary
to determine that no hazardous substances or solid wastes have been disposed of
or otherwise released on or onto the Property or any property adjacent to the
Property. Mortgagor will not cause or permit the disposal or other
release of any hazardous substance or solid waste at, into, upon or under the
Property or any property adjacent to the Property in violation of Applicable
Environmental Laws and covenants and agrees to keep or cause the Property to be
kept free of any hazardous substance or solid waste (except such use, and
temporary storage in anticipation of use, as is required in the ordinary course
of business, all while in compliance with Applicable Environmental Laws), and to
remove the same (or if removal is prohibited by law, to take whatever action is
required by law) promptly upon discovery at its sole expense.
(j) Not Abandon Xxxxx;
Participate in Operations. Mortgagor will not, without prior
written consent of Lender, abandon, or consent to the abandonment of, any well
producing from the Mortgaged Properties (or properties unitized therewith) so
long as such well is capable (or is subject to being made capable through
drilling, reworking or other operations which it would be commercially feasible
to conduct) of producing oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons or other minerals in
commercial quantities (as determined without considering the effect of this
Mortgage). Mortgagor will not, without the prior written consent of
Lender, elect not to participate in a proposed operation on the Mortgaged
Properties where the effect of such election would be the forfeiture either
temporarily (i.e. until a certain sum of money is received out of the forfeited
interest) or permanently of any interest in the Mortgaged
Properties.
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(k) Defense of
Mortgage. If the validity or priority of this Mortgage or of
any rights, titles, liens or security interests created or evidenced hereby with
respect to the Property or any part thereof or the title of Mortgagor to the
Property shall be endangered or questioned or shall be attacked directly or
indirectly or if any legal proceedings are instituted against Mortgagor with
respect thereto, Mortgagor will give prompt written notice thereof to Lender and
at Xxxxxxxxx's own cost and expense, to the extent commercially reasonable under
the circumstances, will diligently endeavor to cure any defect that may be
developed or claimed, and will take all necessary and proper steps for the
defense of such legal proceedings, including, but not limited to, the employment
of counsel, the prosecution or defense of litigation and the release or
discharge of all adverse claims.
(l) Fees and Expenses;
Indemnity. Mortgagor will reimburse Trustee and Lender
(for purposes of this paragraph, the terms "Trustee"
and "Lender"
shall include the directors, officers, partners, employees and agents of Trustee
or Lender and any persons or entities owned or controlled by or affiliated with
Trustee or Lender) for all expenditures, including reasonable attorneys' fees
and expenses, incurred or expended in connection with (i) the breach by
Xxxxxxxxx of any covenant, agreement or condition contained herein or in any
other DIP Loan Document, (ii) the exercise of any rights and remedies
hereunder or under any other DIP Loan Document, and (iii) the protection of the
Property and/or liens and security interests therein. Xxxxxxxxx will
indemnify and hold harmless Trustee and Xxxxxx from and against (and will
reimburse Trustee and Lender for) all claims, demands, liabilities, losses,
damages (including without limitation consequential damages), causes of action,
judgments, penalties, costs and expenses (including without limitation
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) which may be imposed upon, asserted
against or incurred or paid by either of them on account of, in connection with,
or arising out of (A) any bodily injury or death or natural resource, human
health or property damage occurring in, at, into, under or upon or in the
vicinity of the Property through any cause whatsoever, (B) any act
performed or omitted to be performed hereunder or the breach of any
representation or warranty herein, (C) the exercise of any rights and
remedies hereunder or under any other DIP Loan Document, (D) any
transaction, act, omission, event or circumstance arising out of or in any way
connected with the Property or with this Mortgage or any other DIP Loan
Document, (E) any violation on or prior to the Release Date (as hereinafter
defined) of any Applicable Environmental Law, (F) any act, omission, event
or circumstance existing or occurring on or prior to the Release Date (including
without limitation the presence on or under the Property or release
at, into, upon, under or from the Property of hazardous substances or solid
wastes disposed of or otherwise released) resulting from or in connection with
the ownership, construction, occupancy, operation, use and/or maintenance of the
Property, regardless of whether the act, omission, event or circumstance
constituted a violation of any Applicable Environmental Law at the time of its
existence or occurrence, and (G) any and all claims or proceedings (whether
brought by private party or governmental agencies) for human health, bodily
injury, property damage, abatement or remediation, environmental damage,
cleanup, mitigation, removal, natural resource damage or impairment or any other
injury or damage resulting from or relating to any hazardous or toxic substance,
solid waste or contaminated material located upon or migrating into, from or
through the Property (whether or not the release of such materials was caused by
Mortgagor, a tenant or subtenant or a prior owner or tenant or subtenant on the
Property and whether or not the alleged liability is attributable to the use,
treatment, handling, storage, generation, transportation, removal or disposal of
such substance, waste or material or the mere presence of such substance, waste
or material on or under the Property), which the Lender and/or Trustee may have
liability with respect to due to the making of the loan or loans evidenced by
the DIP Credit Agreement, the granting of this Mortgage, the exercise of any
rights under the DIP Loan Documents, or otherwise. The "Release
Date" as used herein shall mean the earlier of the following two
dates: (i) the date on which the indebtedness and obligations
secured hereby have been paid and performed in full and this Mortgage has been
released of record, or (ii) the date on which the lien of this Mortgage is
foreclosed or a deed in lieu of such foreclosure is fully effective and
recorded. Such indemnities shall not apply to any particular
indemnified party (but shall apply to the other indemnified parties) to the
extent the subject of the indemnification is caused by or arises out of the
negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of such particular indemnified
party. Any amount to be paid hereunder by Xxxxxxxxx to Lender and/or
Trustee shall be a demand obligation owing by Mortgagor to Lender and/or Trustee
and shall be subject to and covered by the provisions of Section 2.3
hereof.
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(m) Insurance. Mortgagor
will carry insurance as provided in the DIP Credit Agreement. In the
event of any loss under any insurance policies so carried by Xxxxxxxxx, Lender
shall have the right (but not the obligation) to make proof of loss and collect
the same, and all amounts so received shall be applied toward costs, charges and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), if any, incurred in the
collection thereof, then to the payment, in the order determined by Lender in
its own discretion, of the secured indebtedness, and any balance remaining shall
be subject to the order of Mortgagor. In the event of foreclosure of
this Mortgage, or other transfer of title to the Property in extinguishment in
whole or in part of the secured indebtedness, all right, title and interest of
Mortgagor in and to such policies then in force concerning the Property and all
proceeds payable thereunder shall thereupon vest in the purchaser at such
foreclosure or other transferee in the event of such other transfer of
title.
(n) Further
Assurances. Xxxxxxxxx will, on request of Xxxxxx, (i) promptly
correct any defect, error or omission which may be discovered in the contents of
this Mortgage, or in any other DIP Loan Document, or in the execution or
acknowledgment of this Mortgage or any other DIP Loan Document; (ii) execute,
acknowledge, deliver and record and/or file such further instruments (including,
without limitation, further deeds of trust, mortgages, security agreements,
financing statements, continuation statements, and assignments of production,
accounts, funds, contract rights, general intangibles, and proceeds) and do such
further acts as may be necessary, desirable or proper to carry out more
effectively the purposes of this Mortgage and the other DIP Loan Documents and
to more fully identify and subject to the liens and security interests hereof
any property intended to be covered hereby, including specifically, but without
limitation, any renewals, additions, substitutions, replacements, or
appurtenances to the Property; and (iii) execute, acknowledge, deliver, and file
and/or record any document or instrument (including specifically any financing
statement) desired by Xxxxxx to protect the lien or the security interest
hereunder against the rights or interests of third persons. Mortgagor
shall pay all costs connected with any of the foregoing.
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Section
2.2. Compliance
by Operator. As to any part
of the Mortgaged Properties which is not a working interest, Xxxxxxxxx agrees to
take all such action and to exercise all rights and remedies as are reasonably
available to Mortgagor to cause the owner or owners of the working interest in
such properties to comply with the covenants and agreements contained herein;
and as to any part of the Mortgaged Properties which is a working interest but
which is operated by a party other than Mortgagor, Mortgagor agrees to take all
such action and to exercise all rights and remedies as are reasonably available
to Mortgagor (including, but not limited to, all rights under any operating
agreement) to cause the party who is the operator of such property to comply
with the covenants and agreements contained herein.
Section
2.3. Performance
on Mortgagor's Behalf. Xxxxxxxxx agrees
that, if Xxxxxxxxx fails to perform any act or to take any action which
hereunder Mortgagor is required to perform or take, or to pay any money which
hereunder Mortgagor is required to pay, Xxxxxx, in Xxxxxxxxx's name or its own
name, may, but shall not be obligated to, perform or cause to be performed such
act or take such action or pay such money, and any expenses so incurred by
Xxxxxx and any money so paid by Xxxxxx shall be a demand obligation owing by
Mortgagor to Lender (which obligation Mortgagor hereby expressly promises to
pay) and Lender, upon making such payment, shall be subrogated to all of the
rights of the person, corporation or body politic receiving such
payment. Each amount due and owing by Mortgagor to Lender pursuant to
this Mortgage shall bear interest each day, from the date of such expenditure or
payment until paid, the Post-Default Rate (as defined in the DIP Credit
Agreement) all such amounts, together with such interest thereon, shall be a
part of the secured indebtedness and shall be secured by this
Mortgage.
ARTICLE
III.
ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION,
ACCOUNTS, AND PROCEEDS
Section
3.1. Assignment
of Production. Effective as of
the date hereof, Xxxxxxxxx does hereby absolutely and unconditionally assign and
transfer to Lender all Production which accrues to Mortgagor's interest in the
Mortgaged Properties, all proceeds of such Production and all Payments in Lieu
of Production (herein collectively referred to as the "Production
Proceeds"), together with the immediate and continuing right to collect
and receive such Production Proceeds; provided until the occurrence of a default
Mortgagor shall continue to have the right to collect and receive Production
Proceeds. Mortgagor shall never require Lender to institute legal
proceedings of any kind whatsoever to enforce the provisions of this assignment
and transfer and hereby, to the extent legally permitted, waives any rights to
require such proceedings. Xxxxxxxxx directs and instructs any and all
purchasers of any Production, upon notice from Lender, to pay to Lender all of
the Production Proceeds accruing to Xxxxxxxxx's interest after the occurrence of
a default and until such time as such purchasers have been furnished with
evidence that all secured indebtedness has been paid and that this Mortgage has
been released. Xxxxxxxxx agrees that no purchasers of the Production
shall have any responsibility for the application of any funds paid to Lender or
any other responsibility or liability for any funds paid to Lender.
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Section
3.2. Effectuating
Payment of Production Proceeds to Lender. In furtherance
of the assignment and transfer in Section 3.1, Xxxxxxxxx agrees to execute and
deliver any and all transfer orders, division orders and other instruments that
may be requested by Lender or that may be required by any purchaser of any
Production for the purpose of effectuating payment of the Production Proceeds to
Lender. If under any existing sales agreements, other than division
orders or transfer orders, any Production Proceeds paid to Mortgagor are held in
trust for the Lender are required to be paid by the purchaser to Mortgagor so
that under such existing agreements payment cannot be made of such Production
Proceeds to Lender, Xxxxxxxxx's interest in all Production Proceeds under such
sales agreements and in all other Production Proceeds which for any reason may
be paid to Mortgagor shall, when received by Mortgagor, constitute trust funds
in Xxxxxxxxx's hands and shall be immediately paid over to Lender after the
occurrence of a default. Without limitation upon any of the
foregoing, Mortgagor hereby constitutes and appoints Lender as Xxxxxxxxx's
special attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution, either generally or
for such periods or purposes as Lender may from time to time prescribe) in the
name, place and stead of Mortgagor to do any and every act and exercise any and
every power that Mortgagor might or could do or exercise personally with respect
to all Production and Production Proceeds (the same having been assigned by
Xxxxxxxxx to Lender pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof), expressly inclusive, but
not limited to, the right, power and authority to:
(a) Execute
and deliver in the name of Mortgagor any and all transfer orders, division
orders, letters in lieu of transfer orders, indemnifications, certificates and
other instruments of every nature that may be requested or required by any
purchaser of Production from any of the Mortgaged Properties for the purposes of
effectuating payment of the Production Proceeds to Lender or which Lender may
otherwise deem necessary or appropriate to effect the intent and purposes of the
assignment contained in Section 3.1; and
(b) If
under any product sales agreements other than division orders or transfer
orders, any Production Proceeds are required to be paid by the purchaser to
Mortgagor so that under such existing agreements payment cannot be made of such
Production Proceeds to Lender, to make, execute and enter into such sales
agreements or other agreements as are necessary to direct Production Proceeds to
be payable to Lender;
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giving
and granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever necessary and requisite to be
done as fully and to all intents and purposes, as Mortgagor might or could do if
personally present, and Xxxxxxxxx shall be bound thereby as fully and
effectively as if Xxxxxxxxx had personally executed, acknowledged and delivered
any of the foregoing certificates or documents. The powers and
authorities herein conferred upon Lender may be exercised by Xxxxxx through any
person who, at the time of the execution of the particular instrument, is an
officer of Xxxxxx. The power of attorney herein conferred is granted
for valuable consideration and hence is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable so long as the secured indebtedness, or any part thereof, shall
remain unpaid. All persons dealing with Lender or any substitute
shall be fully protected in treating the powers and authorities conferred by
this paragraph as continuing in full force and effect until advised by Xxxxxx
that all the secured indebtedness is fully and finally paid. Lender
may, but shall not be obligated to, take such action as it deems appropriate in
an effort to collect the Production Proceeds and any reasonable expenses
(including reasonable attorney's fees) so incurred by Lender shall be a demand
obligation of Mortgagor and shall be part of the secured indebtedness, and shall
bear interest each day, from the date of such expenditure or payment until paid,
at the rate described in Section 2.3 hereof.
Section
3.3. Change
of Purchaser. To the extent a default has occurred hereunder
and is continuing, should any person now or hereafter purchasing or taking
Production fail to make payment promptly to Lender of the Production Proceeds,
Lender shall, subject to then-existing contractual prohibitions, have the right
to make, or to require Mortgagor to make, a change of purchaser, and the right
to designate or approve the new purchaser, and Lender shall have no liability or
responsibility in connection therewith so long as ordinary care is used in
making such designation.
Section
3.4. Application
of Production Proceeds. The Production
Proceeds received by Xxxxxx during each calendar month shall on the first
business day of the next succeeding calendar month be applied by Xxxxxx as
follows:
FIRST, to the payment
of all secured indebtedness then due and payable, in such manner and order as
Xxxxxx deems advisable;
SECOND, to the
prepayment of the remainder of the secured indebtedness in such manner and order
and to such extent as Lender deems advisable; and
THIRD, the remainder,
if any, of the Production Proceeds shall be paid over to Mortgagor or to
Mortgagor's order or to such other parties as may be entitled thereto by
law.
After a
default hereunder has occurred, all Production Proceeds from time to time in the
hands of Xxxxxx may be applied by it toward the payment of all secured
indebtedness (principal, interest, attorneys' fees and other fees and expenses)
at such times and in such manner and order and to such extent as Xxxxxx deems
advisable.
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Section
3.5. Release
From Liability; Indemnification. Xxxxxx and its
successors and assigns are hereby released and absolved from all liability for
failure to enforce collection of the Production Proceeds and from all other
responsibility in connection therewith, except the responsibility of each to
account to Mortgagor for funds actually received by each. Xxxxxxxxx
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Lender (for purposes of this paragraph,
the term "Lender"
shall include the directors, officers, partners, employees and agents of Lender
and any persons or entities owned or controlled by or affiliated with Lender)
from and against all claims, demands, liabilities, losses, damages (including
without limitation consequential damages), causes of action, judgments,
penalties, costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses) imposed upon, asserted against or incurred or paid
by Lender by reason of the assertion that Lender received, either before or
after payment in full of the secured indebtedness, funds from the production of
oil, gas, other hydrocarbons or other minerals claimed by third persons (and/or
funds attributable to sales of production which (i) were made at prices in
excess of the maximum price permitted by applicable law or (ii) were otherwise
made in violation of laws, rules, regulations and/or orders governing such
sales). Such indemnities shall not apply to any
particular indemnified party (but shall apply to the other indemnified parties)
to the extent the subject of the indemnification is caused by or arises out of
the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of such particular indemnified
party.
Section
3.6. Xxxxxxxxx's
Absolute Obligation to Pay. Nothing herein
contained shall detract from or limit the obligations of Mortgagor to make
prompt payment of the any and all secured indebtedness, at the time and in the
manner provided herein and in the DIP Loan Documents, regardless of whether the
Production and Production Proceeds herein assigned are sufficient to pay same,
and the rights under this Article III shall be cumulative of all other rights
under the DIP Loan Documents.
ARTICLE
IV.
REMEDIES UPON
DEFAULT
Section
4.1. Default. The term "default"
as used in this Mortgage shall mean the occurrence of an "Event of Default" as
defined in the DIP Credit Agreement.
Section
4.2. Acceleration
of Secured Indebtedness. The secured
indebtedness may be accelerated as provided in the DIP Credit
Agreement.
Section
4.3. Pre-Foreclosure
Remedies. Upon the
occurrence of a default hereunder, Xxxxxx is authorized, prior or subsequent to
the institution of any foreclosure proceedings, and to the extent allowed by
applicable law and any required Bankruptcy Court order, to enter upon the
Property, or any part thereof, and to take possession of the Property and all
books and records relating thereto, and to exercise without interference from
Mortgagor any and all rights which Mortgagor has with respect to the management,
possession, operation, protection or preservation of the Property. If
necessary to obtain the possession provided for above, Lender may invoke any and
all remedies to dispossess Mortgagor, including, but not limited to, summary
proceeding or restraining order. Xxxxxxxxx agrees to peacefully
surrender possession of the Property upon default, if requested. All
costs, expenses and liabilities of every character incurred by Xxxxxx in
managing, operating, maintaining, protecting or preserving the Property shall
constitute a demand obligation (which obligation Mortgagor hereby expressly
promises to pay) owing by Xxxxxxxxx to Lender and shall bear interest from date
of expenditure until paid at the rate described in Section 2.3 hereof, all of
which shall constitute a portion of the secured indebtedness and shall be
secured by this Mortgage and by any other instrument securing the secured
indebtedness.
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Section
4.4. Foreclosure.
(a) Upon
the occurrence of a default, Trustee is authorized and empowered and it shall be
Trustee's special duty at the request of Lender to sell the Mortgaged
Properties, or any part thereof, as an entirety or in parcels as Lender may
elect, at such place or places and otherwise in the manner and upon such notice
as may be required by law or, in the absence of any such requirement, as Trustee
may deem appropriate. If Trustee shall have given notice of sale
hereunder, any successor or substitute Trustee thereafter appointed may complete
the sale and the conveyance of the property pursuant thereto as if such notice
had been given by the successor or substitute Trustee conducting the
sale. Cumulative of the foregoing and the other provisions of this
Section 4.4, sales of all or any part of the Mortgaged Properties shall be
conducted at the courthouse of any county (whether or not the counties in which
the Mortgaged Properties are located are contiguous) in the State of Texas in
which any part of the Mortgaged Properties is situated, at public venue to the
highest bidder for cash between the hours of ten o'clock a.m. and four o'clock
p.m. on the first Tuesday in any month or at such other place, time and date as
provided by the statutes of the State of Texas then in force governing sales of
real estate under powers conferred by deed of trust, after having given notice
of such sale in accordance with such statutes.
A POWER
OF SALE HAS BEEN GRANTED IN THIS MORTGAGE. A POWER
OF SALE MAY ALLOW TRUSTEE TO TAKE THE MORTGAGED PROPERTIES AND SELL THEM WITHOUT
GOING TO COURT IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION UPON DEFAULT BY MORTGAGOR UNDER THIS
MORTGAGE.
(b) Upon
the occurrence of a default, Lender may exercise its rights of enforcement with
respect to the Collateral under the UCC of Texas. Cumulative of the
foregoing and the other provisions of this Section 4.4:
(i)
to the extent permitted by law, Lender may enter upon the Mortgaged Properties
or otherwise upon Xxxxxxxxx's premises to take possession of, assemble and
collect the Collateral or to render it unusable;
(ii) Lender
may require Mortgagor to assemble the Collateral and make it available at a
place Lender designates which is mutually convenient to allow Lender to take
possession or dispose of the Collateral;
(iii) written
notice mailed to Mortgagor as provided herein at least ten (10) days prior to
the date of public sale of the Collateral or prior to the date after which
private sale of the Collateral will be made shall constitute reasonable notice;
and
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(iv) in
the event of a foreclosure of the liens and/or security interests evidenced
hereby, the Collateral, or any part thereof, and the Mortgaged Properties, or
any part thereof, may, at the option of Lender, be sold, as a whole or in parts,
together or separately (including, without limitation, where a portion of the
Mortgaged Properties is sold, the Collateral related thereto may be sold in
connection therewith);
(v) the
expenses of sale provided for in Section 4.5 shall include the reasonable
expenses of retaking the Collateral, or any part thereof, holding the same and
preparing the same for sale or other disposition; and
(vi) should,
under this subsection, the Collateral be disposed of other than by sale, any
proceeds of such disposition shall be treated under Section 4.5 as if the same
were sales proceeds.
(c) To
the extent permitted by applicable law, the sale hereunder of less than the
whole of the Property shall not exhaust the powers of sale herein granted or the
right to judicial foreclosure, and successive sale or sales may be made until
the whole of the Property shall be sold, and, if the proceeds of such sale of
less than the whole of the Property shall be less than the aggregate of the
indebtedness secured hereby and the expense of conducting such sale, this
Mortgage and the liens and security interests hereof shall remain in full force
and effect as to the unsold portion of the Property just as though no sale had
been made; provided, however, that Mortgagor shall never have any right to
require the sale of less than the whole of the Property. In the event
any sale hereunder is not completed or is defective in the opinion of Xxxxxx,
such sale shall not exhaust the powers of sale hereunder or the right to
judicial foreclosure, and Lender shall have the right to cause a subsequent sale
or sales to be made. Any sale may be adjourned by announcement at the
time and place appointed for such sale without further notice except as may be
required by law. The Trustee or his successor or substitute, and the
Lender acting under power of sale, respectively, may appoint or delegate any one
or more persons as agent to perform any act or acts necessary or incident to any
sale held by it (including, without limitation, the posting of notices and the
conduct of sale), and such appointment need not be in writing or
recorded. Any and all statements of fact or other recitals made in
any deed or deeds, or other instruments of transfer, given in connection with a
sale as to nonpayment of the secured indebtedness or as to the occurrence of any
default, or as to all of the secured indebtedness having been declared to be due
and payable, or as to the request to sell, or as to notice of time, place and
terms of sale and the properties to be sold having been duly given, or, with
respect to any sale by the Trustee, or any successor or substitute trustee, as
to the refusal, failure or inability to act of Trustee or any substitute or
successor trustee or the appointment of any substitute or successor trustee, or
as to any act or thing having been duly done, shall be taken as prima facie
evidence of the truth of the facts so stated and recited. With
respect to any sale held in foreclosure of the liens and/or security interests
covered hereby, it shall not be necessary for the Trustee, Xxxxxx, any public
officer acting under execution or order of the court or any other party to have
physically present or constructively in his/her or its possession, either at the
time of or prior to such sale, the Property or any part thereof.
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Section
4.5. Proceeds
of Foreclosure. The proceeds of any sale held in foreclosure
of the liens and/or security interests evidenced hereby shall be applied as
provided in the DIP Credit Agreement and, to the extent not so provided, as set
forth in Section 3.4 hereof. Such proceeds may be applied to (among
other items of secured indebtedness) the payment of all necessary costs and
expenses incident to such foreclosure sale, including but not limited to all
court costs and charges of every character in the event foreclosed by
suit.
Section
4.6. Lender
as Purchaser. Any party
constituting Lender shall have the right to become the purchaser at any sale
held in foreclosure of the liens and/or security interests evidenced hereby, and
any party constituting Lender which is purchasing at any such sale shall have
the right to credit upon the amount of the bid made therefor, to the extent
necessary to satisfy such bid, the secured indebtedness owing to such party, or
if such party holds less than all of such indebtedness, the pro rata part
thereof owing to such party.
Section
4.7. Foreclosure
as to Matured Debt. Upon the
occurrence of a default, Xxxxxx shall have the right to proceed with foreclosure
of the liens and/or security interests evidenced hereby without declaring the
entire secured indebtedness due, and in such event, any such foreclosure sale
shall not in any manner affect the unmatured part of the secured indebtedness,
but as to such unmatured part, this Mortgage shall remain in full force and
effect just as though no sale had been made. The proceeds of such
sale shall be applied as provided in Section 4.5. Several sales may
be made hereunder without exhausting the right of sale for any unmatured part of
the secured indebtedness.
Section
4.8. Remedies
Cumulative. All remedies
herein provided for are cumulative of each other and of all other remedies
existing at law or in equity and are cumulative of any and all other remedies
provided for in any other DIP Loan Document, and, in addition to the remedies
herein provided, there shall continue to be available all such other remedies as
may now or hereafter exist at law or in equity for the collection of the secured
indebtedness and the enforcement of the covenants herein and the foreclosure of
the liens and/or security interests evidenced hereby, and the resort to any
remedy provided for hereunder or under any such other DIP Loan Document or
provided for by law shall not prevent the concurrent or subsequent employment of
any other appropriate remedy or remedies. This Mortgage, the Interim Bankruptcy
Court Order and any final order relating thereto and the other DIP Loan
Documents supplement each other, and the grants, priorities, rights and remedies
of Lender hereunder and thereunder are cumulative.
Section
4.9. Discretion
as to Security. Lender may
resort to any security given by this Mortgage or to any other security now
existing or hereafter given to secure the payment of the secured indebtedness,
in whole or in part, and in such portions and in such order as may seem best to
Lender in its sole and absolute discretion, and any such action shall not in any
way be considered as a waiver of any of the rights, benefits, liens or security
interests evidenced by this Mortgage.
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4.10. Mortgagor's
Waiver of Certain Rights. To the full
extent Mortgagor may do so, Xxxxxxxxx agrees that Xxxxxxxxx will not at any time
insist upon, plead, claim or take the benefit or advantage of any law now or
hereafter in force providing for any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension or
redemption, and Mortgagor, for Mortgagor, Xxxxxxxxx's representatives,
successors and assigns, and for any and all persons ever claiming any interest
in the Property, to the extent permitted by applicable law, hereby waives and
releases all rights of appraisement, valuation, stay of execution, redemption,
notice of intention to mature or declare due the whole of the secured
indebtedness, notice of election to mature or declare due the whole of the
secured indebtedness and all rights to a marshaling of assets of Mortgagor,
including the Property, or to a sale in inverse order of alienation in the event
of foreclosure of the liens and/or security interests hereby
created. Xxxxxxxxx shall not have or assert any right under any
statute or rule of law pertaining to the marshaling of assets, sale in inverse
order of alienation, the exemption of homestead, the administration of estates
of decedents, or other matters whatever to defeat, reduce or affect the right
under the terms of this Mortgage to a sale of the Property for the collection of
the secured indebtedness without any prior or different resort for collection,
or the right under the terms of this Mortgage to the payment of the secured
indebtedness out of the proceeds of sale of the Property in preference to every
other claimant whatever.
ARTICLE
V.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
5.1. Scope of
Mortgage. This Mortgage is
a deed of trust and mortgage of both real and personal property, a security
agreement, a financing statement and an assignment, and also covers proceeds,
fixtures as-extracted collateral and all rights as set out herein.
Section
5.2. Effective
as a Financing Statement. This Mortgage,
among other things, covers goods which are or are to become fixtures related to
the real property described herein, and covers as-extracted collateral related
to the real property described herein. This Mortgage shall be
effective as a financing statement (i) filed as a fixture filing with respect to
all fixtures included within the Property, (ii) covering as-extracted collateral
with respect to all as-extracted collateral included within the Property
(including, without limitation, all oil, gas, other minerals and other
substances of value which may be extracted from the earth and all accounts
arising out of the sale at the wellhead or minehead thereof), and (iii) covering
all other Property. This Mortgage is to be filed for record in the
real property records of each county where any part of the Mortgaged Properties
is situated, and may also be filed in the offices of the Bureau of Land
Management or the Minerals Management Service, the General Land Office or any
relevant federal, state, local or tribal agency (or any successor
agencies). The mailing address of Mortgagor is the address of
Mortgagor set forth at the end of this Mortgage and the address of Lender from
which information concerning the security interests hereunder may be obtained is
the address of Lender set forth at the end of this Mortgage. Nothing
contained in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the scope of this
Mortgage nor its effectiveness as a financing statement covering any type of
Property.
Section
5.3. Reproduction
of Mortgage as Financing Statement; Authorization to File. A carbon,
photographic, facsimile or other reproduction of this Mortgage or of any
financing statement relating to this Mortgage shall be sufficient as a financing
statement for any purpose. Without limiting any other provision
herein, Xxxxxxxxx hereby authorizes Lender to file, in any filing or recording
office, one or more financing statements and any renewal or continuation
statements thereof, describing the Property.
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5.4. Notice
to Account Debtors. In addition to, but without limitation of,
the rights granted in Article III hereof, Lender may, at any time after a
default has occurred that is continuing, notify the account debtors or obligors
of any accounts, chattel paper, negotiable instruments or other evidences of
indebtedness included in the Collateral to pay Lender directly.
Section
5.5. Waivers. Lender may at
any time and from time to time in writing waive compliance by Mortgagor with any
covenant herein made by Xxxxxxxxx to the extent and in the manner specified in
such writing, or consent to Xxxxxxxxx's doing any act which hereunder Xxxxxxxxx
is prohibited from doing, or to Xxxxxxxxx's failing to do any act which
hereunder Xxxxxxxxx is required to do, to the extent and in the manner specified
in such writing, or release any part of the Property or any interest therein or
any Production Proceeds from the lien and security interest of this
Mortgage. Any party liable, either directly or indirectly, for the
secured indebtedness or for any covenant herein or in any other DIP Loan
Document may be released from all or any part of such obligations without
impairing or releasing the liability of any other party. No such act
shall in any way impair any rights or powers hereunder except to the extent
specifically agreed to in such writing.
Section
5.6. No
Impairment of Security. The lien,
security interest and other security rights hereunder shall not be impaired by
any indulgence, moratorium or release which may be granted including, but not
limited to, any renewal, extension or modification which may be granted with
respect to any secured indebtedness, or any surrender, compromise, release,
renewal, extension, exchange or substitution which may be granted in respect of
the Property (including without limitation Production Proceeds), or any part
thereof or any interest therein, or any release or indulgence granted to any
endorser, guarantor or surety of any secured indebtedness.
Section
5.7. Acts Not
Constituting Waiver. Any default may
be waived without waiving any other prior or subsequent default. Any
default may be remedied without waiving the default remedied. Neither
failure to exercise, nor delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy upon
any default shall be construed as a waiver of such default or as a waiver of the
right to exercise any such right, power or remedy at a later date. No
single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy hereunder shall exhaust
the same or shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof, and every such
right, power or remedy hereunder may be exercised at any time and from time to
time. No modification or waiver of any provision hereof nor consent
to any departure by Xxxxxxxxx therefrom shall in any event be effective unless
the same shall be in writing and signed by Xxxxxx and then such waiver or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instances, for the purpose for
which given and to the extent therein specified. No notice to nor
demand on Mortgagor in any case shall of itself entitle Mortgagor to any other
or further notice or demand in similar or other
circumstances. Acceptance of any payment in an amount less than the
amount then due on any secured indebtedness shall be deemed an acceptance on
account only and shall not in any way excuse the existence of a default
hereunder.
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5.8. Xxxxxxxxx's
Successors. In the event the ownership of the Property or any
part thereof becomes vested in a person other than Xxxxxxxxx, then, without
notice to Xxxxxx, such successor or successors in interest may be dealt with,
with reference to this Mortgage and to the indebtedness secured hereby, in the
same manner as with Xxxxxxxxx, without in any way vitiating or discharging
Xxxxxxxxx's liability hereunder or for the payment of the indebtedness or
performance of the obligations secured hereby. No transfer of the
Property, no forbearance, and no extension of the time for the payment of the
indebtedness secured hereby, shall operate to release, discharge, modify, change
or affect, in whole or in part, the liability of Mortgagor hereunder or for the
payment of the indebtedness or performance of the obligations secured hereby, or
the liability of any other person hereunder or for the payment of the
indebtedness secured hereby.
Section
5.9. Place of
Payment. All secured
indebtedness which may be owing hereunder at any time by Xxxxxxxxx shall be
payable at the place designated in the DIP Credit Agreement (or if no such
designation is made, at the address of Lender indicated at the end of this
Mortgage), or at such other place as Lender may designate in
writing.
Section
5.10. Compliance
With Usury Laws. It is the intent
of Xxxxxxxxx, Lender and all other parties to the DIP Loan Documents to contract
in strict compliance with applicable usury law from time to time in
effect. In furtherance thereof, it is stipulated and agreed that none
of the terms and provisions contained herein shall ever be construed to create a
contract to pay, for the use, forbearance or detention of money, interest in
excess of the maximum amount of interest permitted to be collected, charged,
taken, reserved, or received by applicable law from time to time in
effect.
Section
5.11. Substitute
Trustee. The Trustee may
resign by an instrument in writing addressed to Xxxxxx, or Trustee may be
removed at any time with or without cause by an instrument in writing executed
by Xxxxxx. In case of the death, resignation, removal, or
disqualification of Trustee, or if for any reason Lender shall deem it desirable
to appoint a substitute or successor trustee to act instead of the herein named
trustee or any substitute or successor trustee, then Lender shall have the right
and is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a successor trustee, or a
substitute trustee, without other formality than appointment and designation in
writing executed by Xxxxxx and the authority hereby conferred shall extend to
the appointment of other successor and substitute trustees successively until
the indebtedness secured hereby has been paid in full, or until the Property is
sold hereunder. Such appointment and designation by Xxxxxx shall be
full evidence of the right and authority to make the same and of all facts
therein recited. If Lender is a corporation or association and such
appointment is executed in its behalf by an officer of such corporation or
association, such appointment shall be conclusively presumed to be executed with
authority and shall be valid and sufficient without proof of any action by the
board of directors or any superior officer of the corporation or
association. Xxxxxx may act through an agent or attorney-in-fact in
substituting trustees. Upon the making of any such appointment and
designation, all of the estate and title of Trustee in the Mortgaged Properties
shall vest in the named successor or substitute Trustee and such successor or
substitute shall thereupon succeed to, and shall hold, possess and execute, all
the rights, powers, privileges, immunities and duties herein conferred upon
Trustee; but nevertheless, upon the written request of Lender or of the
successor or substitute Trustee, the Trustee ceasing to act shall execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor or substitute Trustee all
of the estate and title in the Mortgaged Properties of the Trustee so ceasing to
act, together with all the rights, powers, privileges, immunities and duties
herein conferred upon the Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver
any of the properties and moneys held by said Xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx to said
successor or substitute Trustee. All references herein to Trustee
shall be deemed to refer to Trustee (including any successor or substitute
appointed and designated as herein provided) from time to time acting
hereunder.
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5.12. No
Liability for Trustee. THE TRUSTEE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
ANY ERROR OF JUDGMENT OR ACT DONE BY TRUSTEE IN GOOD FAITH, OR BE OTHERWISE
RESPONSIBLE OR ACCOUNTABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE TRUSTEE'S NEGLIGENCE), EXCEPT FOR TRUSTEE'S GROSS
NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT. The Trustee shall have the
right to rely on any instrument, document or signature authorizing or supporting
any action taken or proposed to be taken by the Trustee hereunder, believed by
the Trustee in good faith to be genuine. All moneys received by
Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for
the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated in any
manner from any other moneys (except to the extent required by law), and Trustee
shall be under no liability for interest on any moneys received by him
hereunder. Mortgagor hereby ratifies and confirms any and all acts
which the herein named Trustee or its successor or successors, substitute or
substitutes, shall do lawfully by virtue hereof. Xxxxxxxxx will
reimburse Trustee for, and indemnify and save Trustee harmless against, any and
all liability and expenses (including attorneys fees) which may be incurred by
Trustee in the performance of his duties. The foregoing indemnities
shall not terminate upon the release, foreclosure or other termination of this
Mortgage but will survive such release, termination and/or foreclosure of this
Mortgage, and any conveyance in lieu of foreclosure, and the repayment of the
secured indebtedness and the discharge and release of this Mortgage and the
other documents evidencing and/or securing the secured
indebtedness. Any amount to be paid hereunder by Xxxxxxxxx to Trustee
shall be a demand obligation owing by Mortgagor to Trustee and shall be subject
to and covered by the provisions of Section 2.3 hereof.
Section
5.13. Release
of Mortgage. If all of the secured indebtedness be paid as the
same becomes due and payable and all of the covenants, warranties, undertakings
and agreements made in this Mortgage are kept and performed and no further
obligation shall exist to provide credit or advance funds to Mortgagor or the
maker of any promissory note (or other obligor with respect to other
indebtedness) secured hereby, then, at Xxxxxxxxx's request this Mortgage shall
be released, in due form and at Mortgagor's cost; provided, however, that,
notwithstanding such release, certain indemnifications, and other rights, which
are provided herein to continue following the release hereof shall continue in
effect unaffected by such release; and provided further that if any payment to
Lender is held to constitute a preference or a voidable transfer under
applicable state or federal laws or if for any other reason Lender is required
to refund such payment to the payor thereof or to pay the amount thereof to any
third party, this Mortgage shall be reinstated to the extent of such payment or
payments.
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5.14. Notices. All notices, requests,
consents, demands and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be deemed sufficiently given or furnished if delivered
in compliance with and according to Section 11.01 of the DIP Credit
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or anything else in the DIP Loan
Documents which may appear to the contrary, any notice given in connection with
a foreclosure of the liens and/or security interests created hereunder, or
otherwise in connection with the exercise by Xxxxxx of its respective rights
hereunder or under any other DIP Loan Document, which is given in a manner
permitted by applicable law shall constitute proper notice; without limitation
of the foregoing, notice given in a form required or permitted by statute shall
(as to the portion of the Property to which such statute is applicable)
constitute proper notice.
Section
5.15. Invalidity
of Certain Provisions. A determination that any provision of
this Mortgage is unenforceable or invalid shall not affect the enforceability or
validity of any other provision and the determination that the application of
any provision of this Mortgage to any person or circumstance is illegal or
unenforceable shall not affect the enforceability or validity of such provision
as it may apply to other persons or circumstances.
Section
5.16. Gender;
Titles. Within this
Mortgage, words of any gender shall be held and construed to include any other
gender, and words in the singular number shall be held and construed to include
the plural, unless the context otherwise requires. Titles appearing
at the beginning of any subdivisions hereof are for convenience only, do not
constitute any part of such subdivisions, and shall be disregarded in construing
the language contained in such subdivisions.
Section
5.17. Recording. Mortgagor will
cause this Mortgage and all amendments and supplements thereto and substitutions
therefor and all financing statements and continuation statements relating
thereto to be recorded, filed, re-recorded and refiled in such manner and in
such places as Lender shall reasonably request and will pay all such recording,
filing, re-recording and refiling taxes, fees and other charges.
Section
5.18. Reporting
Compliance. Xxxxxxxxx agrees
to comply with any and all reporting requirements applicable to the transaction
evidenced by the DIP Credit Agreement and secured by this Mortgage which are set
forth in any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order or determination
of any governmental authority, and further agrees upon request of Xxxxxx to
furnish Trustee or Lender with evidence of such compliance.
Section
5.19. Certain
Consents. Except where
otherwise expressly provided herein, in any instance hereunder where the
approval, consent or the exercise of judgment of Xxxxxx is required, the
granting or denial of such approval or consent and the exercise of such judgment
shall be within the sole discretion of Lender, and Lender shall not, for any
reason or to any extent, be required to grant such approval or consent or
exercise such judgment in any particular manner, regardless of the
reasonableness of either the request or Xxxxxx's judgment.
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Section
5.20. Counterparts. This Mortgage
may be executed in several counterparts, all of which are identical, except
that, to facilitate recordation, certain counterparts hereof may include only
that portion of Exhibit A which
contains descriptions of the properties located in (or otherwise subject to the
recording or filing requirements and/or protections of the recording or filing
acts or regulations of) the recording jurisdiction in which the particular
counterpart is to be recorded, and other portions of Exhibit A shall be
included in such counterparts by reference only. All of such
counterparts together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. Complete copies of the Mortgage containing the entire
Exhibit A have
been retained by Xxxxxxxxx and Lender.
Section
5.21. Successors
and Assigns. The terms,
provisions, covenants, representations, indemnifications and conditions hereof
shall be binding upon Mortgagor, and the successors and assigns of Mortgagor,
and shall inure to the benefit of Trustee and each person constituting Lender
and its respective successors and assigns, and shall constitute covenants
running with the Mortgaged Properties. All references in this
Mortgage to Mortgagor, Lender or Trustee shall be deemed to include all such
successors and assigns.
Section
5.22. FINAL
AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES. THE WRITTEN DIP LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT
THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE
OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE
PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE
PARTIES.
Section
5.23. CHOICE OF
LAW. WITHOUT
REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW, THIS MORTGAGE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS
APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH
STATE.
Section
5.24. Reliance
on Certificate or Statement of Lender. All third parties may rely
upon a certificate or statement of the Lender as to the occurrence of any act or
event, including, but not limited to, the occurrence of a default hereunder, or
the occurrence of an Event of Default under the DIP Credit
Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument is executed by Xxxxxxxxx this 14 day of May,
2009, to be effective as of May 14, 2009.
ENERGYTEC, INC., a Nevada corporation, as Mortgagor and Debtor-in-Possession | |||
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By:
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/s/ X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: President | |||
The
address of Lender is:
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Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: President
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The
address of Trustee is:
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
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Signature Page
1
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF
TEXAS
§
§
COUNTY OF
________ §
The
foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on this day, by X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, the President of ENERGYTEC, INC., a Nevada corporation, on behalf
of said corporation.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal on the day and
year first above written.
My
commission expires:
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_________________________________
Notary
Public, State of Texas
______________________________________
(printed
name)
Commission
number:__________________
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Signature Page
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PREAMBLE TO EXHIBIT
A
Attached
to and made a part of the Deed of Trust, Mortgage, Assignment, Security
Agreement, Fixture Filing and Financing Statement
(the
"Mortgage")
dated as May _____, 2009, by
ENERGYTEC,
INC., a Nevada corporation, as
Xxxxxxxxx
and Debtor-in-Possession
("Mortgagor"),
for the benefit of
RED RIVER
RESOURCES, INC., an Oklahoma corporation, ("Mortgagee").
1. All
of the terms defined in the Mortgage have the same meanings when used, unless
otherwise defined in this preamble.
2. In
addition to the instruments and lands specifically identified in Exhibit A,
this exhibit shall also include and cover all right, title and interest in and
to all fee lands, all surface and other leases, licenses, permits, rights of
way, easements, servitudes, rights under oil and gas leases, licenses, permits
and other real property rights, titles and interests, together with buildings,
structures and improvements located thereon, and all related equipment, owned by
Mortgagor in each county that is listed or referred to in Exhibit A
without regard to whether the interest or the subject land is specifically
described or referred to in Exhibit
A. This preamble, and specifically the description of land
contained in this paragraph, are incorporated into Exhibit
A.
It is
Xxxxxxxxx’s intent that this Mortgage cover every tract of land in which
Xxxxxxxxx owns an interest in each county that is listed or referred to in Exhibit A,
without regard to whether any tract that is not specifically described is
adjacent to specifically described land, is smaller than, larger than or bears
any comparative relation to specifically described land.
3. Reference
is made to the land descriptions contained in the documents recorded as
described in Exhibit A
or if not described as being recorded, then as recorded. To the
extent that the land descriptions in the Exhibits are incomplete, incorrect, or
not legally sufficient, the land descriptions contained in the documents so
recorded are incorporated herein by this reference. Reference is also
hereby made to all amendments, modifications, and ratifications to leases,
easements, deeds and other documents described on Exhibit A,
whether recorded or unrecorded.
4. References
in Exhibit
A to instruments on file in the public records are made for all
purposes. Unless provided otherwise, all recording references in the
exhibits are to the official real property records in the county or counties
where the lands covered by the leases, easements, deeds and other documents are
located and in which such instruments are or in the past have been customarily
recorded, whether designated as Deed Records, Official Public Records or by some
other title.
5. Exhibit A
contains descriptions of certain of the Mortgaged Property. The
format of the description is a follows:
(a) Exhibit A
consists of this Preamble and the county in which the Mortgaged Property is
located.
(b) Certain
property descriptions contain terms in abbreviated form. In such
descriptions the following terms may be abbreviated as follows:
North-N;
South-S; East-E; West-W; Northwest- NW; Northeast – NE;
Southwest-SW;
Southeast-SE; Northwest Quarter-NW/4; Northeast
Quarter-NE/4;
Southwest Quarter- SW/4; Southeast Quarter – SE/4;
North
Half-N/2 or N2; South Half- S/2 or S2; East Half- E/2 or E2;
West
Half-W/2 or W2; Section-Sec. or S; Township – T; Range – R.
Exhibit
A
Description of Mortgaged
Properties
Bowie,
Cass, Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx Counties, Texas
Sulphur
Bluff
Redwater
Fields
Trix Lix
Field