SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.6
Execution Version
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (as same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Security Agreement”) is entered into as of July 16, 2019, by Grizzly Natural Gas, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (“Borrower”), Grizzly Energy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), each of the Subsidiaries party hereto, whether as an original signatory hereto or as an Additional Debtor (together with Borrower and Parent, collectively, “Debtors” and individually, a “Debtor”), in favor of Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”), as collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
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Article
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DEFINITIONS
1.2 Terms Defined in New York Uniform Commercial Code. Terms defined in the New York Uniform Commercial Code which are not otherwise defined in this Security Agreement (including by reference to the Collateral Agency Agreement or any Priority Lien Document) are used herein as defined in Articles 8 or 9 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as the context may require, as in effect on the date hereof.
“Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Account Debtor” means any Person who is or who may become obligated to a Debtor under, with respect to, or on account of an Account.
“Chattel Paper” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
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“Collateral” means all of Debtors’ right, title and interest in, to and under all of the following Property, whether now existing or hereafter arising, and regardless of where located and, in each case, all Supporting Obligations and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, Proceeds and products of the following, together with all books and records, customer lists, credit files, computer files, programs, printouts and other computer materials and records related thereto and any General Intangibles at any time evidencing or relating to any of the following and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the following: all Accounts, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Deposit Accounts (including all funds, certificates, checks, drafts, wire transfer receipts, and other earnings, profits, or other proceeds from time to time representing, evidencing, deposited into, or held in Deposit Accounts), Securities Accounts, Commodities Accounts, and all other demand, deposit, time, savings, cash management, passbook and similar accounts maintained by such Debtor with any bank or other financial institution, all Security Entitlements in any or all of the foregoing and all monies, securities, Instruments and other investments deposited or required to be deposited in any of the foregoing, Documents, Equipment, Financial Assets, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Goods, Money, cash and Cash Equivalents, all Contracts together with all Contract Rights arising thereunder, Instruments, Intellectual Property, Inventory, Investment Property, letters of credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Pledged Equity, Securities, Stock Rights, all other personal property not otherwise described in the foregoing, in each case, now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Debtor or in which such Debtor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest.
“Collateral Agency Agreement” means that certain Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among Parent, Borrower, the other Debtors party thereto from time to time, the Administrative Agent, the Term Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each other secured representative party thereto from time to time, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Collateral Agent” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Commercial Tort Claims” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 or, if applicable, in Section 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 or 9-107 of Article 9 of the UCC.
“Copyrights” means all United States and foreign copyrights, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, now or hereafter in force throughout the world, all registrations and applications therefor, including the registrations and applications referred to in Schedule 2 under the heading “Copyrights”, all rights and privileges corresponding thereto throughout the world, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, all registrations and applications for registration, including extensions, continuations, reissues and renewals of any thereof, the right to xxx for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing, and all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, with respect to the foregoing, Proceeds from licenses, royalties, fees, income, payments, claims, damages and registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the relevant IP Filing Office.
“Debtor” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Deposit Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC and includes, without limitation, those Deposit Accounts identified on Schedule 1.
“Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Electronic Chattel Paper” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Equipment” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Exhibit” refers to a specific exhibit to this Security Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.
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“Excluded Account” means, as of any date of determination, each Deposit Account that is, as of such date, (a) a payroll account containing a balance not exceeding the amount of payroll expenses for one payroll period, (b) a tax withholding account, (c) a zero balance account (other than any lockbox accounts, to the extent account control agreements are permitted by the applicable depository bank), (d) a xxxxx cash account containing a balance not exceeding $50,000 per account and not to exceed $250,000 for all such xxxxx cash accounts in the aggregate or (e) a trust account holding royalty payments and working interest payments solely to the extent constituting property of a third party held in trust.
“Excluded Property” means the following:
(a) any lease (other than an oil and gas lease), license, contract or agreement to which any Debtor is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder if and only if for so long as the grant of a lien or security interest under this Security Agreement will constitute or will result in a termination under, or a default or a breach thereof that would give the other party thereto (excluding any Affiliates of any Debtor) the right to terminate any such lease, license, contract or agreement (other than (a) to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC or any other applicable law or principles of equity, or (b) to the extent such other party consents to the grant of such lien or security interest on such lease, license, contract or agreement);
(b) any Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary, or any Domestic Subsidiary, that has no material assets other than the Equity Interests of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries (such Domestic Subsidiary being a “FSHCO”) in excess of 65% of the voting rights of all outstanding Equity Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO and any Equity Interests issued by any Foreign Subsidiaries or any FSHCO other than Foreign Subsidiaries and FSHCOs directly owned by Debtor;
(c) any deposit account which is used as an escrow account or as a fiduciary or trust account and solely contains deposits made for the benefit of another Person (other than Parent or any of its Subsidiaries), and which such deposits are held in such Deposit Account on behalf of, and for the benefit of, such other Person;
(d) any intent to use trademark or service xxxx application to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest used therein would impair the availability or enforceability of such intent to use trademark or service xxxx application under applicable federal law; and
(e) any interests in partnerships, joint ventures and subsidiaries of Borrower that are not wholly-owned subsidiaries which cannot be pledged without the consent of one or more third parties other than a Debtor and/or any of their respective subsidiaries (after giving effect to Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law);
provided that, Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Property referred to above shall not constitute “Excluded Property” solely by virtue of being Proceeds, substitutions or replacements thereof but shall constitute “Excluded Property” only to the extent that such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements otherwise independently constitute Excluded Property hereunder.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any restriction or condition causing or resulting in such Property to constitute Excluded Property pursuant to this definition, the Collateral shall include, and the applicable Debtor shall be deemed to have granted a continuing lien and security interest in, all relevant previously restricted or conditioned right, title and interest in, to and under such Property as if such restriction or condition had never been in effect.
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“Financial Asset” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.
“Fixtures” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“General Intangibles” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Intellectual Property” means all Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets and Intellectual Property Licenses.
“Intellectual Property Licenses” means any and all written agreements providing for the granting of any right in, or to, any Person’s owned Intellectual Property (whether such Person is licensee or licensor thereunder) and all renewals and extensions thereof.
“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means a short-form security agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit 2 to this Agreement, executed by each applicable Debtor and the Collateral Agent (or any analogous agreement or filing under applicable law, as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent or reasonably necessary to evidence the Collateral Agent’s lien and security interest in any IP Registration).
“IP Filing Office” means, as applicable, the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office.
“IP Registrations” means, with respect to any Debtor, (a) registrations of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights and (b) applications of registration or publication thereof, in each case made with the relevant IP Filing Office.
“Inventory” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Investment Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC, and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all of the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by such Debtor: (a) any security, whether certificated or uncertificated; (b) any security entitlement; (c) any Securities Account (including, without limitation, those described on Schedule 3); (d) any commodity contract; and (e) any Commodities Account (including, without limitation, those identified on Schedule 3)
“Letter-of-Credit Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Patents” means all United States and foreign patents and applications therefor throughout the world, including each patent and patent application referred to in Schedule 2 under the heading “Patents”, all reissues, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and reexaminations of any of the foregoing, all rights and privileges corresponding thereto throughout the world, the right to xxx for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing, and all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, with respect to the foregoing, Proceeds from licenses, royalties, fees, income, payments, claims, damages, and suit.
“Pledged Collateral” means all Pledged Equity, Instruments, Securities and other Investment Property.
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“Pledged Equity” means, with respect to each Debtor, all of such Debtor’s right, title, and interest in, to and under all Equity Interests of any other Person (as used in this definition, each, an “Issuer”), including, without limitation, the Equity Interests of such Debtor’s subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 3, in each case, together with the certificates (or other agreements or instruments), if any, representing such Equity Interests, and all options and other rights, contractual or otherwise, with respect thereto, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) all Equity Interests representing a non-cash dividend thereon, or representing distribution or return of capital upon or in respect thereof, or resulting from a stock split, revision, reclassification or other exchange therefor, and any subscriptions, warrants, rights or options issued to the holder thereof, or otherwise in respect thereof; and
(b) in the event of any consolidation or merger involving the issuer thereof and in which such Issuer is not the surviving Person, all shares of each class of the Equity Interests of the successor Person formed by or resulting from such consolidation or merger, to the extent that such successor Person is a direct subsidiary of such Debtor.
“Proceeds” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC and, in any event, shall include, but not be limited to, (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty, or guaranty payable to a Debtor from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, (b) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to such Debtor from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure, or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any Governmental Authority (or any Person acting under color of Governmental Authority), and (c) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral.
“Receivables” means the Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Investment Property, Instruments, or Commercial Tort Claims, and any other rights or claims to receive money which are General Intangibles or which are otherwise included as Collateral.
“Secured Obligations” means all Priority Lien Obligations.
“Security” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.
“Stock Rights” means any securities, dividends or other distributions and any other right or property which a Debtor shall receive or shall become entitled to receive for any reason whatsoever with respect to, in substitution for or in exchange for any securities or other ownership interests in a corporation, partnership, joint venture or limited liability company constituting Collateral and any securities, any right to receive securities and any right to receive earnings, in which such Debtor now has or hereafter acquires any right, issued by an issuer of such securities.
“Tangible Chattel Paper” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York, as the same has been or may be amended or revised from time to time, or, if so required with respect to the attachment, perfection or priority of the Collateral Agent’s or any other Priority Lien Secured Party’s lien and security interest in any Collateral by mandatory provisions of applicable law, as in effect in such other jurisdiction.
The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
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Article
II
GRANT OF SECURITY INTERESt
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Article
III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Debtor represents and warrants to Collateral Agent that:
3.4 [Reserved].
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The failure of any of these representations or warranties or any description of Collateral therein to be accurate or complete shall not impair the security interest in any such Collateral.
Article
IV
CONCERNING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
(a) Upon filing of appropriate financing statements with the Secretary of State (or equivalent office) of the state of organization of such Debtor and the filing of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the appropriate IP Filing Office, the Collateral Agent shall have a fully perfected first-priority (except for Liens permitted by the Priority Lien Documents) Lien on the Collateral constituting United States issued, registered or applied for Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights under the UCC and the laws of the United States for the ratable benefit of the Priority Lien Secured Parties, and such perfected security interests shall be enforceable as such as against any and all creditors of and purchasers from Debtors, subject to applicable law.
(b) No Debtor has knowledge of (i) any third-party claim (A) that any of its owned Patent, Trademark or Copyright registrations or applications is invalid or unenforceable, or (B) challenging such Debtor’s rights to such registrations and applications or (ii) any basis for such claims other than, in each case, to the extent any such third-party claim would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(a) (i) At any time when a Priority Lien Debt Default exists and is continuing and upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, each Debtor will (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all consents and approvals necessary for the assignment to or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent of any material Intellectual Property License held by such Debtor in the United States to enable the Collateral Agent to enforce the security interests granted hereunder and (ii) to the extent required pursuant to any material Intellectual Property License in the United States under which such Debtor is the licensee, deliver to the licensor thereunder any notice of the grant of security interest hereunder or such other notices required to be delivered thereunder in order to permit the security interest created or permitted to be created hereunder pursuant to the terms of such Intellectual Property License.
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(b) Each Debtor shall notify the Collateral Agent promptly if it knows that any application for or registration of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright (now or hereafter existing) has become abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any determination or development (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in any IP Filing Office or any court) abandoning such Debtor’s ownership of any such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its right to register the same, or to keep and maintain the same, except, in each case, to the extent the same is permitted or not restricted by the Priority Lien Documents or where the same, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) In the event that any Debtor files an application for the registration of any IP Filing Office, acquires any such application or registration by purchase or assignment, in each case, after the Effective Date and to the extent the same constitutes Collateral (and other than as a result of an application that is then subject to an Intellectual Property Security Agreement becoming registered), it shall, (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may reasonably agree), notify the Collateral Agent and, promptly upon the Collateral Agent’s request, execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent, at such Debtor’s sole cost and expense, any Intellectual Property Security Agreement or other instrument as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and require, promptly (in any event, on or before the next date on which a certificate required by any Priority Lien Document is required to be delivered (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree)) to evidence the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such registered Patent, Trademark or Copyright (or application therefor), and the General Intangibles of such Debtor relating thereto or represented thereby.
(d) Each Debtor shall take all actions reasonably necessary to (i) maintain and pursue each application for, and to obtain and maintain the registration of each material Patent, Trademark and, to the extent consistent with past practice, Copyright included in the Collateral (now or hereafter existing), including by filing applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of noncontestability and, if necessary (as determined by such Debtor in the exercise of its good faith and reasonable business judgment), by initiating opposition and interference and cancellation proceedings against third parties and (ii) otherwise protect and preserve such Debtor’s rights in, and the validity or enforceability of, its Intellectual Property Collateral, in each case except where failure to do so (A) could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) is otherwise permitted under the Priority Lien Documents.
(e) Each Debtor shall promptly notify the Agent of any material infringement or misappropriation of such Debtor’s Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights of which it becomes aware and shall take such actions as are reasonable and appropriate, in the good faith and reasonable business judgment of the applicable Debtor, under the circumstances to protect such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, except where such infringement or misappropriation could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
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Article
V
COVENANTS
From the date of this Security Agreement, and thereafter until the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations and (y) the release of such Debtor in accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement, each Debtor agrees as follows:
5.1.3 [Reserved.]
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5.5 Stock and Other Ownership Interests.
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Article VI
(i) Those rights and remedies provided in this Security Agreement, the Collateral Agency Agreement, any other Security Instrument or any Priority Lien Document.
(ii) Those rights and remedies available to a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) or under any other applicable law (including, without limitation, any law governing the exercise of a bank's right of setoff or bankers' lien) when a debtor is in default under a security agreement.
(iii) Without notice, except as specifically provided in Section 6.3 or elsewhere herein, demand or advertisement of any kind to any Debtor or any other Person, enter the premises of any Debtor where any Collateral is located (through self-help and without judicial process) to collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, sell, lease, assign, grant an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of, deliver, or realize upon, the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales (which sales may be adjourned or continued from time to time with or without notice and may take place at any Debtor's premises or elsewhere), for cash, on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk, and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable.
(iv) Concurrently with written notice to the applicable Debtor, transfer and register in its name or in the name of its nominee the whole or any part of the Pledged Equity, to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Pledged Equity for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations, to exercise the voting and all other rights as a holder with respect thereto, to collect and receive all cash dividends, interest, principal and other distributions made thereon and to otherwise act with respect to the Pledged Equity as though the Collateral Agent was the outright owner thereof.
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(v) With respect to any Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property or an Intellectual Property License, on demand, cause the security interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any or all of such Collateral by the applicable Debtors to the Collateral Agent, or to license or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis, any such Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Collateral Agent may determine (other than where such assignment, transfer, conveyance, license or sublicense would constitute a breach or violation of any then-existing Intellectual Property Licenses or any other licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers cannot be obtained or to the extent such assignment, transfer or conveyance would impair the validity or enforceability of, or result in the abandonment of, such Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property License).
(b) The Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Priority Lien Secured Parties, may comply with any applicable state or federal law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral and compliance will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Priority Lien Secured Parties, the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right of equity redemption, which equity redemption the Debtor hereby expressly releases.
(d) Until the Collateral Agent is able to effect a sale, lease, or other disposition of Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to hold or use Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving Collateral or its value or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral and to enforce any of the Collateral Agent’s remedies (for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and Priority Lien Secured Parties), with respect to such appointment without prior notice or hearing as to such appointment.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Collateral Agent nor any Priority Lien Secured Party shall be required to (i) make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies against, any Debtor, any other obligor, guarantor, pledgor or any other Person with respect to the payment of the Indebtedness or to pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guarantee thereof, (ii) marshal the Collateral or any guarantee of the Indebtedness or to resort to the Collateral or any such guarantee in any particular order, or (iii) effect a public sale of any Collateral.
(f) Each Debtor recognizes that the Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Equity and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof in accordance with clause (a) above. Each Debtor also acknowledges that any private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall not be deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner solely by virtue of such sale being private. The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Equity for the period of time necessary to permit any Debtor or the issuer of the Pledged Equity to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under applicable state securities laws, even if the applicable Debtor and the issuer would agree to do so.
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(a) assemble and make available to the Collateral Agent the Collateral and all books and records relating thereto at any place or places specified by the Collateral Agent, whether at a Debtor's premises or elsewhere;
(b) permit the Collateral Agent, by the Collateral Agent's representatives and agents, to enter, occupy and use any premises where all or any part of the Collateral, or the books and records relating thereto, or both, are located, to take possession of all or any part of the Collateral or the books and records relating thereto, or both, to remove all or any part of the Collateral or the books and records relating thereto, or both, and to conduct sales of the Collateral, without any obligation to pay the Debtor for such use and occupancy;
(c) at its own expense, cause the independent certified public accountants then engaged by each Debtor to prepare and deliver to the Collateral Agent and each Lender, at any time, and from time to time, promptly upon the Collateral Agent’s request, the following reports with respect to the applicable Debtor: (i) a reconciliation of all Accounts; (ii) an aging of all Accounts; (iii) trial balances; and (iv) a test verification of such Accounts;
(d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals by the licensor of each Intellectual Property License to effect the assignment of all of such Debtor’s right, title and interest thereunder to the Collateral Agent or its designee; and
(e) grant to the Collateral Agent an irrevocable (except for failure to comply with the terms and conditions set forth herein), non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to Debtors) to use, license or sub-license, on a non-exclusive basis only, any of the Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property (other than where such use, license, or sublicense would constitute a breach or violation of any then-existing Intellectual Property Licenses or any other license arrangements), subject, in the case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights to quality control and inspection in favor of such Debtor to avoid the risk of abandonment, invalidation, unenforceability or dilution of such Trademark, now owned or hereafter acquired by such Debtor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof. Such license to the Collateral Agent may be exercised, at the option of the Collateral Agent, only upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Priority Lien Debt Default; provided that any license, sub-license or other transaction entered into by the Collateral Agent in accordance herewith will be binding upon Debtors notwithstanding any subsequent cure or waiver of a Priority Lien Debt Default.
No Debtor shall have any obligation to register or qualify any Pledged Equity whether to enable the Collateral Agent to consummate a public sale or other disposition of the Pledged Equity or otherwise.
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6.6 Cumulative Rights; Obligations Not Affected.
6.6.1 All rights of Collateral Agent and each other Priority Lien Secured Party under the Collateral Agency Agreement, the Security Instruments and the Priority Lien Documents are cumulative of each other and of every other right which Collateral Agent and each other Priority Lien Secured Party may otherwise have at law or in equity or under any other agreement. The exercise of one or more rights shall not prejudice or impair the concurrent or subsequent exercise of other rights. Any exercise by Collateral Agent of any of its rights hereunder shall be subject to the Collateral Agency Agreement.
6.6.2 To the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law, the obligations of each Debtor under this Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect without regard to, and shall not be impaired or affected by:
(a) any amendment, addition, or supplement to, or restatement of any Priority Lien Document or any instrument delivered in connection therewith or any assignment or transfer thereof;
(b) any exercise, non-exercise, or waiver by Collateral Agent or any other Priority Lien Secured Party of any right, remedy, power, or privilege under or in respect of, or any release of any guaranty, any collateral, or the Collateral or any part thereof provided pursuant to this Security Agreement, any other Security Instrument or any Priority Lien Document;
(c) any waiver, consent, extension, indulgence, or other action or inaction in respect of this Security Agreement, any other Security Instrument or any Priority Lien Document or any assignment or transfer of any thereof; or
(d) any other event which may give Debtor or any other Loan Party a defense to, or a discharge of, any of its obligations under any Priority Lien Document.
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Article
VII
PROCEEDS; COLLECTION OF RECEIVABLE
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Article VIII
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8.17 Amendment and Restatement.
8.17.1 On the Effective Date, the Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2017, among Borrower, Parent and certain subsidiaries of Parent as Debtors thereunder and the Administrative Agent (as in effect immediately before the effectiveness hereof, the “Existing Agreement”) shall be amended and restated in its entirety by this Security Agreement, and the Existing Agreement shall thereafter be of no further force and effect, except that Debtors, the Collateral Agent and the Priority Lien Secured Parties agree that (i) Liens created under the Existing Agreement shall continue to exist under and be evidenced by this Security Agreement and (ii) the Existing Agreement shall continue to evidence the representations and warranties made by Debtors prior to the Effective Date. This Security Agreement is not in any way intended to constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities existing under the Existing Agreement.
8.17.2 The terms and conditions of this Security Agreement and the Collateral Agent’s and the Priority Lien Secured Parties’ rights and remedies under this Security Agreement and the other Priority Lien Documents shall apply to all of the Obligations incurred under the Existing Credit Agreement as amended and restated by the Credit Agreement and the Letters of Credit issued thereunder.
8.17.3 On and after the Effective Date, (i) all references to the Existing Agreement (or to any amendment or any amendment and restatement thereof) in the Priority Lien Documents (other than this Security Agreement) shall be deemed to refer to the Existing Agreement, as amended and restated hereby, (ii) all references to any section (or subsection) of the Existing Agreement or in any Priority Lien Document (but not herein) shall be amended to become, mutatis mutandis, references to the corresponding provisions of this Security Agreement and (iii) except as the context otherwise provides, on or after the Effective Date, all references to this Security Agreement herein (including for purposes of indemnification and reimbursement of fees) shall be deemed to be references to the Existing Agreement, as amended and restated hereby.
8.17.4 This amendment and restatement is limited as written and is not a consent to any other amendment, restatement or waiver, whether or not similar and, except as expressly provided herein or in any other Priority Lien Document, all terms and conditions of the Priority Lien Documents remain in full force and effect unless specifically amended hereby or by any other Priority Lien Document.
Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, this Agreement, the liens created hereby and the rights, remedies, duties and obligations provided for herein are subject in all respects to the provisions of the Collateral Agency Agreement and, to the extent provided therein, the applicable Security Instruments (as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement). In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Agency Agreement, the provisions of the Collateral Agency Agreement shall control.
It is understood that any reference to the Collateral Agent taking any action, making any determinations, requests, directions, consents or elections, deeming any action or document reasonable, appropriate or satisfactory, exercising discretion, or exercising any rights or duties under this Security Agreement shall be pursuant to written direction from the Controlling Priority Lien Representative.
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GRIZZLY NATURAL GAS, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
GRIZZLY ENERGY, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
GRIZZLY HOLDINGS, LLC | ||
By: | Grizzly Natural Gas, LLC | |
its Sole Member | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
GRIZZLY OPERATING, LLC | ||
By: | Grizzly Natural Gas, LLC | |
its Sole Member | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
GRIZZLY ACQUISITION PARTNERSHIP, LLC | ||
By: | GRIZZLY UPSTREAM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, | |
its general partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to 2nd Amended and Restated Security Agreement]
GRIZZLY ACQUISITION PARTNERSHIP II, LLC | ||
By: | GRIZZLY UPSTREAM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY II, LLC, | |
its general partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
GRIZZLY ENERGY ACQUISITION CO., LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
GRIZZLY ENERGY ACQUISITION CO. II, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
GRIZZLY UPSTREAM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
GRIZZLY UPSTREAM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY II, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
ESCAMBIA ASSET CO. LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to 2nd Amended and Restated Security Agreement]
ESCAMBIA OPERATING CO. LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page To 2Nd Amended And Restated Security Agreement]
COLLATERAL AGENT: | |
CITIBANK, N.A., | |
as Collateral Agent |
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page To 2Nd Amended And Restated Security Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
Form of Joinder Agreement
JOINDER AGREEMENT
THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of ____________, 20[●] by the undersigned (“Additional Debtor”), being a Subsidiary or Affiliate of Grizzly Natural Gas, LLC (“Borrower”), in favor of Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent under the Security Agreement described below (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”).
WHEREAS, Grizzly Energy, LLC., a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), Borrower and certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates of Borrower entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of July 16, 2019, in favor of Collateral Agent (as same may be amended, restated or modified from time to time, this “Security Agreement”) in order to, among other things, induce the Lenders to enter into and extend credit to Borrower under the Priority Lien Documents; and
(a) Additional Debtor’s information for purposes of Schedule 1 to the Security Agreement is set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto.
(b) Additional Debtor’s information for purposes of Schedule 2 to the Security Agreement is set forth on Schedule 2 attached hereto.
(c) Additional Debtor’s information for purposes of Schedule 3 to the Security Agreement is set forth on Schedule 3 attached hereto.
(d) Additional Debtor’s information for purposes of Schedule 4 to the Security Agreement is set forth on Schedule 4 attached hereto.
(e) Additional Debtor’s information for purposes of Schedule 5 to the Security Agreement is set forth on Schedule 5 attached hereto.
8. Section 8.15 of the Security Agreement is hereby incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, for all purposes.
ADDITIONAL DEBTOR | |
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: | |||
Notice Address: |
COLLATERAL AGENT | |
CITIBANK, N.A., | |
as Collateral Agent |
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: |
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF]
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of ____________, 201__, by the undersigned (“Grantor”), being a Subsidiary or Affiliate of Grizzly Natural Gas, LLC (“Borrower”), in favor of Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Priority Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”), and is executed and delivered pursuant to that Second Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of July 16, 2019, in favor of Collateral Agent (as same may be amended, restated or modified from time to time, this “Security Agreement”) in order to, among other things, induce the Priority Lien Secured Parties to enter into and extend credit to Borrower under the Priority Lien Documents.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Security Agreement.
SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the prompt and complete payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, [each][the] Grantor, pursuant to the Security Agreement, did and hereby does pledge, collaterally assign, mortgage, transfer and grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Priority Lien Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of its right, title or interest in, to or under all of the following assets, whether now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of [such][the] Grantor and regardless of where located (collectively, the “IP Collateral”):
(A) all Trademarks, including the Trademark registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office listed on Schedule I hereto but excluding any intent-to-use Trademark application prior to the filing and acceptance of a “Statement of Use”, “Declaration of Use”, “Amendment to Allege Use” or similar notice and/or filing with respect thereto, only to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period if any, in which, the grant of such security interest may impair the validity or enforceability, or result in the voiding, of such intent-to-use Trademark application or any registration issuing therefrom under applicable Requirements of Law;
(B) all Patents, including the Patent registrations and pending applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office listed on Schedule II hereto
(C) all Copyrights, including the Copyright registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office listed on Schedule III; [and]
(D) all proceeds of the foregoing;
in each case to the extent the foregoing items constitute Collateral.
SECTION 3. Security Agreement. The security interests granted to the Collateral Agent herein are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreement. [Each][The] Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the IP Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the Security Agreement, the terms of the Security Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 4. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
[Signature Pages Follow]
[Grantor] |
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
COLLATERAL AGENT | |
CITIBANK, N.A., | |
as Collateral Agent |
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: |
SCHEDULE I
TRADEMARKS
REGISTERED OWNER | REGISTRATION NUMBER | TRADEMARK | ||
TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS
APPLICANT | APPLICATION NO. | TRADEMARK | ||
Schedule I |
SCHEDULE II
PATENTS
REGISTERED OWNER | SERIAL NUMBER | DESCRIPTION | ||
PATENT APPLICATIONS
APPLICANT | APPLICATION NO. | DESCRIPTION | ||
Schedule II |
SCHEDULE III
COPYRIGHTS
REGISTERED OWNER | REGISTRATION NUMBER | TITLE | ||
COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS
APPLICANT | APPLICATION NUMBER | TITLE | ||
Schedule III |
Schedule 1
Deposit Accounts, Commodities Accounts and Securities Accounts
Account Name | Entity | Account Description | Last 4 Digits Account Number |
Bank | ||||
Vanguard Operating, LLC | Grizzly Operating, LLC | Parent/Primary Operating Account, bank service fees, lockbox | 4917 | Capital One | ||||
Vanguard Natural Gas, LLC | Grizzly Natural Gas, LLC | Credit Facility, Xxxxxx and G&A expenses, sweeps to VO, ending daily balance of $250k | 1814 | Capital One | ||||
Vanguard Natural Gas, LLC | Grizzly Natural Gas, LLC | Fund Check Outsourcing Fees | 1301 | Xxxxx Fargo | ||||
Vanguard Natural Resources, Inc | Grizzly Energy, LLC | Parent Company Account - no activity | 5603 | Capital One | ||||
Vanguard Operating | Grizzly Operating, LLC | Depository Account for Wyoming oil royalties | 7000 | US Bank | ||||
Vanguard Operating, LLC - Utilities | Grizzly Operating, LLC | Adequate assurance for utilities | 1271 | Capital One | ||||
Vanguard Natural Resources, Inc | Grizzly Energy, LLC | Restricted Account – Cure Payments Account | 1360 | Capital One | ||||
Vanguard Natural Resources, Inc | Grizzly Energy, LLC | Restricted Account – General Unsecured Creditor Account | 1352 | Capital One | ||||
Vanguard Natural Resources, Inc | Grizzly Energy, LLC | Escrow Account – Professional Fees | 2464 | Citibank |
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Schedule 2
Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks
None.
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Schedule 3
Investment Property, Pledged Equity
Grantor | Name of Issuer | Description of Collateral |
Certificate Number |
Number of Shares |
Percentage of Outstanding Equity Interests Owned by Debtor | |||||
Grizzly Energy, LLC | Grizzly Natural Gas, LLC | Limited liability company interest | N/A | N/A | 100% | |||||
Grizzly Natural Gas, LLC | Grizzly Operating, LLC | Limited liability company interest | N/A | N/A | 100% | |||||
Grizzly Natural Gas, LLC | Grizzly Energy Holdings, LLC | Limited liability company interest | N/A | N/A | 100% | |||||
Grizzly Operating, LLC | Escambia Asset Co. LLC | Limited liability company interest | N/A | N/A | 100% | |||||
Grizzly Operating, LLC | Escambia Operating Co. LLC | Limited liability company interest | N/A | N/A | 100% | |||||
Grizzly Operating, LLC | Grizzly Energy Acquisition Co., LLC | Limited liability company interest | N/A | N/A | 100% | |||||
Grizzly Operating, LLC | Grizzly Energy Acquisition Co. II, LLC | Limited liability company interest | N/A | N/A | 100% | |||||
Grizzly Energy Acquisition Co., LLC | Grizzly Upstream Development Company, LLC | Limited liability company interest | N/A | N/A | 100% | |||||
Grizzly Energy Acquisition Co. II, LLC | Grizzly Upstream Development Company II, LLC | Limited liability company interest | N/A | N/A | 100% | |||||
Grizzly Upstream Development Company, LLC | Grizzly Acquisition Partnership, LLC | Limited liability company interest | N/A | N/A | 100% | |||||
Grizzly Upstream Development Company II, LLC | Grizzly Acquisition Partnership II, LLC | Limited liability company interest | N/A | N/A | 100% |
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Schedule 4
Principal Location
0000 Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000-0000
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Schedule 5
Identification Information
Name | Jurisdiction | Federal EIN | Organizational ID | |||
Grizzly Natural Gas, LLC | Kentucky | 00-0000000 | 0601349 | |||
Grizzly Energy, LLC | Delaware | 00-0000000 | 4686581 | |||
Grizzly Operating, LLC | Delaware | 00-0000000 | 5407161 | |||
Grizzly Energy Holdings, LLC | Delaware | 00-0000000 | 4328433 | |||
Escambia Asset Co. LLC | Delaware | 00-0000000 | 4154040 | |||
Escambia Operating Co. LLC | Delaware | 00-0000000 | 4164275 | |||
Grizzly Energy Acquisition Co., LLC | Delaware | 00-0000000 | 4393164 | |||
Grizzly Energy Acquisition Co. II, LLC | Delaware | 00-0000000 | 4537128 | |||
Grizzly Upstream Development Company, LLC | Delaware | 00-0000000 | 3779972 | |||
Grizzly Upstream Development Company II, LLC | Delaware | 00-0000000 | 3843535 | |||
Grizzly Acquisition Partnership, LLC | Delaware | 00-0000000 | 4404235 | |||
Grizzly Acquisition Partnership II, LLC | Delaware | 00-0000000 | 4541467 |
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