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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

[X]
  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2004

OR

     
[   ]
  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ........ to ........

Commission file number is 000-4197

UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS, INC.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
TEXAS   75-0789226

 
 
 
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
     
13800 Montfort Drive, Suite 330, Dallas, TX   75240

 
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(972) 991-8400


(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

     Yes [ X] No [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

     Yes [   ] No [ X ]

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of August 2, 2004, 5,843,530 shares of common stock, $0.10 par value, were outstanding.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
ITEM 2: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
ITEM 3: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK
ITEM 4: CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 4: SUBMISISON OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
ITEM 6: EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
SIGNATURES
Oil and Gas Lease Agreement
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by the CEO
Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by the CFO
Section 1350 Certification by the CEO
Section 1350 Certification by the CFO


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UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands of dollars)
(Unaudited)

                 
    June 30, 2004
  December 31, 2003
ASSETS
               
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 946       6,375  
Trade receivables, net
    8,777       6,959  
Inventories
    4,740       4,609  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    347       721  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total current assets
    14,810       18,664  
Property, plant and equipment, at cost
    132,992       126,638  
Less accumulated depreciation
    (52,762 )     (49,371 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Property, plant and equipment, net
    80,230       77,267  
Deferred tax assets, net
    1,131       1,899  
Other assets, net
    1,392       1,670  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total assets
  $ 97,563       99,500  
 
   
 
     
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
Current installments of debt
  $ 3,333       3,333  
Accounts payable
    2,524       3,369  
Accrued expenses
    1,833       2,053  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total current liabilities
    7,690       8,755  
Debt, excluding current installments
    43,303       47,886  
Other liabilities
    1,272       899  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total liabilities
    52,265       57,540  
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Common stock
    584       582  
Additional paid-in capital
    10,512       10,458  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (237 )     (237 )
Retained earnings
    34,439       31,157  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total stockholders’ equity
    45,298       41,960  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 97,563       99,500  
 
   
 
     
 
 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands of dollars, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

                                                                 
    THREE MONTHS ENDED   SIX MONTHS ENDED
    JUNE 30,   JUNE 30,
    2004   2003   2004   2003
Revenues
  $ 14,752       100.0 %   $ 11,529       100.0 %   $ 26,827       100.0 %   $ 21,085       100.0 %
Cost of revenues:
                                                               
Labor and other operating expenses
    8,255       56.0 %     6,531       56.6 %     15,297       57.0 %     12,831       60.9 %
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
    1,892       12.8 %     1,539       13.4 %     3,510       13.1 %     3,046       14.4 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    10,147       68.8 %     8,070       70.0 %     18,807       70.1 %     15,877       75.3 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Gross profit
    4,605       31.2 %     3,459       30.0 %     8,020       29.9 %     5,208       24.7 %
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    1,214       8.2 %     987       8.6 %     2,402       9.0 %     2,047       9.7 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Operating profit
    3,391       23.0 %     2,472       21.4 %     5,618       20.9 %     3,161       15.0 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Other expenses (income):
                                                               
Interest expense
    1,579       10.7 %     1,038       9.0 %     2,786       10.4 %     2,059       9.8 %
Other (income), net
    (1,252 )     (8.5 )%     (699 )     (6.1 )%     (1,270 )     (4.7 )%     (711 )     (3.4 )%
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
 
    327       2.2 %     339       2.9 %     1,516       5.7 %     1,348       6.4 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
    3,064       20.8 %     2,133       18.5 %     4,102       15.3 %     1,813       8.6 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income tax expense (benefit), net
    612       4.2 %     320       2.8 %     820       3.1 %     272       1.3 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income (loss)
  $ 2,452       16.6 %   $ 1,813       15.7 %   $ 3,282       12.2 %   $ 1,541       7.3 %
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Income (loss) per share of common stock:
                                                               
Basic
  $ 0.42             $ 0.31             $ 0.56             $ 0.27          
Diluted
  $ 0.42             $ 0.31             $ 0.56             $ 0.27          

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands of dollars)
(Unaudited)

                 
    JUNE 30,
    2004
  2003
Operating Activities:
               
Net income (loss)
  $ 3,282       1,541  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operations:
               
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
    3,615       3,156  
Amortization of financing costs
    276       137  
Amortization of debt discount
    84        
Accretion of repurchase liability - warrants
    91        
Deferred income taxes
    768        
Loss on disposal of assets
    40       14  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Trade receivables
    (1,818 )     (2,093 )
Inventories
    (67 )     240  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    373       (746 )
Other assets
    1       (141 )
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    213       354  
Other liabilities
    (216 )     (127 )
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total adjustments
    3,360       794  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash provided by operations
  $ 6,642       2,335  
Investing Activities:
               
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
  $ (7,474 )     (2,395 )
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
    13       6  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash used in investing activities
  $ (7,461 )     (2,389 )
Financing Activities:
               
Payment of common stock dividends
  $       (290 )
Proceeds from borrowings, net
          2,201  
Repayment of debt
    (4,667 )     (1,667 )
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
    57        
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
  $ (4,610 )     244  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
    (5,429 )     190  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    6,375       226  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 946       416  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Supplemental cash flow information:
               
Interest paid
  $ 2,669       1,922  
Income taxes paid, net
  $ 145       5  

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

1.   Basis of Presentation

     Presentation. The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company without independent audit. In the opinion of the Company’s management, all adjustments of a normal and recurring nature necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented have been made. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2003. The results of operations for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of operating results for the full year.

     Stock-Based Compensation. The Company accounts for stock-based compensation using the intrinsic value method prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” Stock-based compensation expense associated with option grants was not recognized in the net income for the quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2004 and 2003, as all options granted have had exercise prices equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the dates of grant. The following table illustrates the effect on net income and income per common share if the Company had applied the fair-value-based recognition provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,” to stock-based employee compensation (in thousands, except per share amounts):

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
Net income as reported
  $ 2,452       1,813       3,282       1,541  
Stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair-value-based method for all awards, net of related tax effects
    (61 )     (13 )     (94 )     (16 )
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Pro forma net income
  $ 2,391       1,800       3,188       1,525  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Basic and diluted income per common share, as reported
  $ 0.42       0.31       0.56       0.27  
Pro forma basic income per common share
  $ 0.41       0.31       0.55       0.26  
Pro forma diluted income per common share
  $ 0.40       0.31       0.54       0.26  

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2.   Income (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock

     The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted income (loss) per common share:

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,
  June 30,
    2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
Numerator:
                               
Net income for basic income per common share
  $ 2,452       1,813       3,282       1,541  
Warrant interest adjustment (1)
                       
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Net income for diluted income per common share
  $ 2,452       1,813       3,282       1,541  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Denominator:
                               
Denominator for basic income per common share – weighted-average shares
    5,828,069       5,799,845       5,823,250       5,799,845  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Effect of dilutive securities:
                               
Warrants (1)
                       
Employee stock options
    74,526       932       73,436       466  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Denominator for diluted income per common share – adjusted weighted- average shares and assumed exercises
    5,902,595       5,800,777       5,896,686       5,800,311  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 
Basic and diluted income per common share
  $ 0.42       0.31       0.56       0.27  
 
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
 

    (1) Potential dilutive warrant shares and associated warrant interest adjustment are excluded from the computations of diluted income per common share for the 2004 periods presented above because they are antidilutive.

3.   Inventories

     Inventories consisted of the following at:

                 
    June 30,   December 31,
(In thousands of dollars)   2004
  2003
Lime and limestone inventories:
               
Raw materials
  $ 1,810     $ 1,616  
Finished goods
    562       769  
 
   
 
     
 
 
 
    2,372       2,385  
Parts inventories
    2,368       2,224  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Total inventories
  $ 4,740     $ 4,609  
 
   
 
     
 
 

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4.   Oil and Gas Lease

     As of May 28, 2004, the Company entered into an oil and gas lease agreement with EOG Resources, Inc. with respect to oil and gas rights on its Cleburne, Texas property. Pursuant to the lease, the Company received a lease bonus payment of $1,192,000 which is reflected in other income for the quarter ended June 30, 2004. In addition, the Company retained a royalty interest in oil and gas produced from any successful wells drilled on the leased property.

5.   Banking Facilities and Other Debt

     On April 22, 1999, the Company entered into a credit agreement with a consortium of commercial banks for a $50,000,000 Senior Secured Term Loan (the “Loan”). The Loan is repayable over a period of approximately eight years, maturing on March 30, 2007, and requires monthly principal payments of $278,000, which began April 30, 2000, with a final principal payment of $26,944,000 on March 30, 2007, which equates to a 15-year amortization. The Company paid a fee equivalent to 2.50% of the Loan value to the placement agent.

     The interest rate on the first $30,000,000 of the Loan is 8.875%. The subsequent installments bear interest from the date they were funded at 3.52% above the secondary market yield of the United States Treasury obligation maturing May 15, 2005. The blended rate for the additional $20,000,000 is 9.84%.

     The Loan is secured by a first lien on substantially all of the Company’s assets, with the exception of accounts receivable and inventories which secure the Company’s $6,000,000 revolving credit facility. The Loan agreement contains covenants that restrict the incurrence of debt, guaranties and liens, and places certain restrictions on the payment of dividends and the sale of significant assets. The Company is also required to meet minimum debt service coverage ratios on an ongoing basis and maintain a minimum level of tangible net worth.

     On March 3, 2003, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement with one of its banks for a $5,000,000 revolving credit facility to replace a prior facility. In addition, the Company obtained a new $2,000,000 equipment line of credit (available for financing or leasing large mobile equipment used in its operations) from the same bank. The revolving credit facility is secured by the Company’s accounts receivable and inventories, provides for an interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.75% and originally matured on March 1, 2004. On December 29, 2003, the Loan and Security Agreement was amended to increase the revolving credit facility to $6,000,000 and extend the maturity to April 1, 2005. As of July 31, 2004, the Company had an outstanding balance of $1,250,000 on the revolving credit facility and had entered into approximately $1,100,000 of operating leases for mobile equipment under the $2,000,000 equipment line.

     In April 2003, the Company engaged Frost Securities, Inc. (“Frost”) to advise it on possible financing alternatives for the Phase II expansion of the Company’s Arkansas facilities. Frost contacted potential sources of financing and obtained several term sheet proposals for a subordinated debt placement from outside investors. In conjunction with the review of the proposals and further negotiations, Frost and the Company renewed discussions with the Company’s two largest shareholders and a third party to determine whether they would be interested in the investment on terms more favorable to the Company than those then available from other potential outside investors.

     On August 5, 2003, the Company sold $14,000,000 of unsecured subordinated notes (the “Sub Notes”) in a private placement under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 to three accredited investors, one of which is an affiliate of Inberdon Enterprises Ltd., the Company’s majority shareholder (“Inberdon”), and another of which is an affiliate of Robert S. Beall, who owns

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approximately 11% of the Company’s outstanding shares. The Company believes that the terms of the private placement are more favorable to the Company than the proposals previously received. Frost provided an opinion to the Company’s Board of Directors that, from a financial point of view, the private placement was fair to the unaffiliated holders of the Company’s common stock in relation to other potential subordinated debt transactions then available to the Company. The Company paid Frost an aggregate of $381,000 for its advice, placement services and opinion.

     The net proceeds of approximately $13,450,000 from the private placement were primarily used to fund the Phase II expansion of the Company’s Arkansas facilities. Terms of the Sub Notes include: a maturity date of August 5, 2008, subject to acceleration upon a change in control; no mandatory principal payments prior to maturity; an interest rate of 14% (12% paid in cash and 2% paid in cash or in kind at the Company’s option); and, except as discussed below, no optional prepayment prior to August 5, 2005 and a 4% prepayment penalty if repaid before maturity. The terms of the Sub Notes are identical to one another, except that the Sub Note for the affiliate of Inberdon does not prohibit prepayment prior to August 5, 2005 and does not require a prepayment penalty if repaid before maturity, resulting in a weighted average prepayment penalty of approximately 2.4% if the Sub Notes are repaid before maturity. The Sub Notes include covenants similar to the covenants for the Loan.

     The private placement also included six-year detachable warrants, providing the Sub Note investors the right to purchase an aggregate of 162,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at 110% of the average closing price of one share of common stock for the trailing 30 trading days prior to closing, or $3.84. The fair value of the warrants was recorded as a reduction of the carrying value of the Sub Notes and is being accreted over the term of the Sub Notes, resulting in an effective annual interest rate of 14.44%. After August 5, 2008, or upon an earlier change in control, the investors may require the Company to repurchase any or all shares acquired through exercise of the warrants (the “Warrant Shares”). The repurchase price for each Warrant Share will equal the average closing price of one share of the Company’s common stock for the 30 trading days preceding the date the Warrant Shares are put back to the Company. Changes in the repurchase price for each Warrant Share are accreted or decreted over the five-year period from the date of issuance to August 5, 2008. The investors are also entitled to certain registration rights for the resale of their Warrant Shares.

     As a result of negotiations with the Company’s existing bank lenders, the Loan and the revolving credit facility were amended to approve the terms of the Sub Notes. As part of these amendments, the Company is prohibited from paying any dividends in cash through June 30, 2005 without the prior written consent of the bank lenders.

     A summary of outstanding debt at the dates indicated is as follows:

                 
    June 30,   December 31,
(In thousands of dollars)   2004
  2003
Term loan
  $ 35,833       37,500  
Sub Notes
    11,000       14,000  
Discount on Sub Notes
    (197 )     (281 )
Revolving credit facility
           
 
   
 
     
 
 
Subtotal
    46,636       51,219  
Less current installments
    3,333       3,333  
 
   
 
     
 
 
Debt, excluding current installments
  $ 43,303       47,886  
 
   
 
     
 
 

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     The Company made a $3,000,000 principal prepayment on the Sub Notes on May 7, 2004. Pursuant to the terms of the Sub Notes, a $30,000 prepayment penalty was also paid on $1,500,000 of the principal prepayment. On July 29, 2004, the Company made another $3,000,000 principal prepayment on the Sub Notes. No prepayment penalty was required for the July payment.

ITEM 2:  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Forward-Looking Statements. Any statements contained in this Report that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this Report, including without limitation statements relating to the Company’s plans, strategies, objectives, expectations, intentions, and adequacy of resources, are identified by such words as “will,” “could,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “schedule,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” and “project.” The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. The Company cautions that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, including without limitation the following: (i) the Company’s plans, strategies, objectives, expectations, and intentions are subject to change at any time in the Company’s discretion; (ii) the Company’s plans and results of operations will be affected by its ability to manage its growth; (iii) the Company’s ability to meet short-term and long-term liquidity demands, including servicing the Company’s debt; (iv) inclement weather conditions; (v) increased fuel costs; (vi) unanticipated delays or cost overruns in completing current or planned construction projects; (vii) reduced demand for the Company’s products; and (viii) other risks and uncertainties set forth below or indicated from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

     Net cash provided by operations was $6,642,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2004, compared to $2,335,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2003. The $4,307,000 increase was primarily the result of the $1,741,000 increase in net income in the 2004 period compared to the same period in 2003, a $459,000 increase in depreciation, $768,000 of deferred tax expense, and a $1,000,000 net increase from changes in operating assets and liabilities in the 2004 period compared to the 2003 period. The most significant change in operating assets and liabilities was a $746,000 increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the first six months 2003, primarily due to the accrual of $813,000 of embezzlement-related recoveries, compared to a $373,000 decrease in the comparable 2004 period primarily resulting from amortization of prepaid insurance expense.

     The Company invested $7,474,000 in capital expenditures in the first six months 2004, $4,912,000 of which related to the Phase II expansion of the Company’s Arkansas facilities, compared to $2,395,000 in the same period last year.

     Financing activities used $4,610,000 net cash in the first six months 2004, primarily for repayment of debt. Net cash provided by financing activities was $244,000 in the first six months 2003, primarily from $2,201,000 of draws on the Company’s revolving credit facility, partially offset by $1,667,000 repayment of debt and $290,000 payment of cash dividends.

     On March 3, 2003, the Company entered into a Loan and Security Agreement with one of its banks for a $5,000,000 revolving credit facility to replace a prior facility. In addition, the Company obtained a new $2,000,000 equipment line of credit (available for financing or leasing large mobile equipment used in its operations) from the same bank. The revolving credit facility is secured by the Company’s accounts receivable and inventories, provides for an interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.75% and originally

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matured on March 1, 2004. On December 29, 2003, the Loan and Security Agreement was amended to increase the revolving credit facility to $6,000,000 and extend the maturity to April 1, 2005. As of July 31, 2004, the Company had an outstanding balance of $1,250,000 on the revolving credit facility and has entered into approximately $1,100,000 of operating leases for mobile equipment under the $2,000,000 equipment line.

     In April 2003, the Company engaged Frost Securities, Inc. (“Frost”) to advise it on possible financing alternatives for the Phase II expansion of the Company’s Arkansas facilities. Frost contacted potential sources of financing and obtained several term sheet proposals for a subordinated debt placement from outside investors. In conjunction with the review of the proposals and further negotiations, Frost and the Company renewed discussions with the Company’s two largest shareholders and a third party to determine whether they would be interested in the investment on terms more favorable to the Company than those then available from other potential outside investors.

     On August 5, 2003, the Company sold $14,000,000 of unsecured subordinated notes (the “Sub Notes”) in a private placement under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 to three accredited investors, one of which is an affiliate of Inberdon Enterprises Ltd., the Company’s majority shareholder (“Inberdon”), and another of which is an affiliate of Robert S. Beall, who owns approximately 11% of the Company’s outstanding shares. The Company believes that the terms of the private placement are more favorable to the Company than the proposals previously received. Frost provided an opinion to the Company’s Board of Directors that, from a financial point of view, the private placement was fair to the unaffiliated holders of the Company’s common stock in relation to other potential subordinated debt transactions then available to the Company. The Company paid Frost an aggregate of $381,000 for its advice, placement services and opinion.

     The net proceeds of approximately $13,450,000 from the private placement were primarily used to fund the Phase II expansion of the Company’s Arkansas facilities. Terms of the Sub Notes include: a maturity date of August 5, 2008, subject to acceleration upon a change in control; no mandatory principal payments prior to maturity; an interest rate of 14% (12% paid in cash and 2% paid in cash or in kind at the Company’s option); and, except as discussed below, no optional prepayment prior to August 5, 2005 and a 4% prepayment penalty if repaid before maturity. The terms of the Sub Notes are identical to one another, except that the Sub Note for the affiliate of Inberdon does not prohibit prepayment prior to August 5, 2005 and does not require a prepayment penalty if repaid before maturity, resulting in a weighted average prepayment penalty of approximately 2.4% if the Sub Notes are repaid before maturity. The Sub Notes include covenants similar to the covenants for the Loan.

     The private placement also included six-year detachable warrants, providing the Sub Note investors the right to purchase an aggregate of 162,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at 110% of the average closing price of one share of common stock for the trailing 30 trading days prior to closing, or $3.84. The fair value of the warrants was recorded as a reduction of the carrying value of the Sub Notes and is being accreted over the term of the Sub Notes, resulting in an effective annual interest rate of 14.44%. After August 5, 2008, or upon an earlier change in control, the investors may require the Company to repurchase any or all shares acquired through exercise of the warrants (the “Warrant Shares”). The repurchase price for each Warrant Share will equal the average closing price of one share of the Company’s common stock for the 30 trading days preceding the date the Warrant Shares are put back to the Company. Changes in the repurchase price for each Warrant Share are accreted or decreted over the five-year period from the date of issuance to August 5, 2008. The investors are also entitled to certain registration rights for the resale of their Warrant Shares.

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amendments, the Company is prohibited from paying any dividends in cash through June 30, 2005 without the prior written consent of the bank lenders.

     The Arkansas modernization and expansion project began in the fourth quarter 1999 and was expected to be completed in two phases. Phase I involved the redevelopment of the quarry plant, rebuilding of the railroad to standard gauge, the purchase of a facility to establish an out-of-state terminal in Shreveport, Louisiana, the installation of a rotary kiln with preheater and increased product storage and loading capacity. The Company completed Phase I in the second quarter 2001.

     The total cost of Phase I of the Arkansas project was approximately $33,000,000. The $33,000,000 included approximately $1,800,000 of costs associated with the pre-building of certain facilities for Phase II of the project and the purchase of, but not all of the improvements to, the out-of-state terminal in Shreveport, Louisiana.

     The Phase II expansion has doubled the Arkansas plant’s quicklime production capacity through the installation of a second preheater rotary kiln and additional storage capacity substantially identical to the kiln system built in Phase I. Construction of the second kiln system commenced in the third quarter 2003 and was completed with lime production from the new kiln beginning in late February 2004. The plans for Phase II also include the rehabilitation of the distribution terminal in Shreveport, Louisiana, currently expected to be completed in 2004. The estimated total cost to complete Phase II is approximately $16,000,000, of which approximately $13,400,000, including capitalized interest, has been spent through June 30, 2004. The Company plans to finance the completion of the Phase II expansion principally through cash flows from operations.

     In March 2004, the Company incorporated a new Texas subsidiary, U. S. Lime – Houston (“Houston”), to conduct lime slurry operations in Houston, Texas.

     The Company is not contractually committed to any planned capital expenditures until actual orders are placed for equipment. As of June 30, 2004, the Company had no material open orders.

     The Company made a $3,000,000 principal prepayment on the Sub Notes on May 7, 2004. Pursuant to the terms of the Sub Notes, a $30,000 prepayment penalty was also paid on $1,500,000 of the principal prepayment. On July 29, 2004, the Company made another $3,000,000 prepayment on the Sub Notes, reducing the outstanding principal balance to $8,000,000. No prepayment penalty was required for the July payment. As of July 31, 2004, the Company has $43,358,000 in total debt outstanding.

Results of Operations

     Revenues increased to $14,752,000 in the second quarter 2004 from $11,529,000 in the second quarter 2003, an increase of $3,223,000, or 28.0%. Prices remained firm and the increases in revenues for the second quarter 2004 primarily resulted from increased sales resulting from lime production from the new kiln at the Company’s Arkansas plant which came on line in late February 2004. The Company’s revenues increased in the second quarter 2004 in spite of near record levels of rainfall in the quarter that reduced construction demand for products from the Company’s Texas plant. In the first half 2004, revenues increased to $26,827,000 from $21,085,000 in the first half 2003, an increase of $5,742,000, or 27.2%, primarily resulting from sales of the increased lime production from the new Arkansas kiln.

     Due in part to continuing temporary lime shortages, principally in the states east of the Arkansas plant, the Company sold most of the increased lime production at Arkansas during the quarter. These shortages were primarily due to increased consumption of lime for steel-related uses, closing of three lime plants in the Midwest, and production difficulties at some competitors’ plants.

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     The Company’s gross profit increased to $4,605,000 for the second quarter 2004 from $3,459,000 for the second quarter 2003, an increase of $1,146,000, or 33.1%. Compared to the 2003 quarter, gross profit margin as a percentage of revenues and gross profit increased in the 2004 quarter primarily due to the increase in lime sales volume, partially offset by a $353,000 increase in depreciation that was primarily attributable to depreciation of the new kiln in the 2004 quarter. For the first half 2004, the Company’s gross profit increased to $8,020,000 from $5,208,000 for the comparable 2003 period, an increase of $2,812,000, or 54.0%. Gross profit margin and gross profit increased in the first half 2004, compared to the same period last year, primarily due to the increase in lime sales volume resulting from the new Arkansas kiln, partially offset by a $464,000 increase in depreciation primarily resulting from placing the new kiln in service in late February 2004.

     Natural gas prices remain high and solid fuel costs are also increasing. In addition, the Company has experienced delays in rail delivery of some of its coal due to the problems a major rail carrier is experiencing with its rail system. This has resulted in the Company’s having to purchase higher priced coal from sources other than its normal provider. The Company is currently reviewing various alternatives to ensure long-term supplies for solid fuels, but expects its fuel costs to continue to increase.

     Selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) increased to $1,214,000 in the second quarter 2004 from $987,000 in the second quarter 2003, an increase of $227,000, or 22.9%. As a percentage of sales, SG&A declined to 8.2% in the second quarter 2004 from 8.6% in the 2003 quarter. SG&A increased to $2,402,000 in the first six months 2004 from $2,047,000 in the comparable 2003 period, an increase of $355,000, or 17.4%. As a percentage of sales, SG&A declined to 9.0% in the first six months 2004 from 9.7% in 2003. The increase in SG&A in 2004 was primarily attributable to increases in salaries, employee bonuses and benefits, increased reserves for bad debts and audit and professional fees along with expenses associated with the startup of slurry operations in Houston.

     Interest expense in the second quarter 2004 increased to $1,579,000 from $1,038,000 in the second quarter 2003, an increase of $541,000, or 52.1%. Interest expense in the first six months 2004 increased to $2,786,000 from $2,059,000 in the first six months 2003, an increase of $727,000, or 35.3%. The increase in interest expense in 2004 primarily resulted from the private placement of the Sub Notes, partially offset by the $3,333,000 in repayments on the Loan and $3,401,000 in repayment of the Company’s revolving Credit Facility over the last 12 months. Approximately $334,000 of interest was capitalized in the first half 2004 as part of the Arkansas Phase II expansion project.

     Other, net was $1,252,000 income in the second quarter 2004, as compared to $699,000 income in the second quarter 2003. In the second quarter 2004, the receipt of an oil and gas lease bonus payment of $1,192,000 ($954,000, or $0.16 per share, net of income taxes) for the lease of the Company’s oil and gas rights on its Cleburne, Texas property was the primary other income. Other, net in the 2003 quarter consisted of interest, other income and $813,000 ($691,000, or $0.12 per share, net of income taxes) of embezzlement-related recoveries, partially offset by $105,000 of embezzlement-related costs. In the first six months 2004, other, net was $1,270,000 income as compared to $711,000 income in the comparable 2003 period. In the first half 2004, the $1,192,000 oil and gas lease bonus was the primary other income. Other, net in the 2003 period consisted of interest, other income and $913,000 of embezzlement-related recoveries, partially offset by $186,000 of embezzlement-related costs.

     Income tax expense increased to $612,000 in the second quarter from $320,000 in the second quarter 2003, an increase of $292,000. For the first six months 2004, income tax expense increased to $820,000 from $272,000 in the comparable 2003 period, an increase of $548,000.

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     The Company’s net income increased to $2,452,000 ($0.42 per share) during the second quarter 2004 from net income of $1,813,000 ($0.31 per share) during the second quarter 2003, an increase of $639,000, or 35.2%. For the first six months 2004, the Company’s net income increased to $3,282,000 ($0.56 per share) compared to net income of $1,541,000 ($0.27 per share) during the comparable 2003 period, an increase of $1,741,000, or 113.0%.

ITEM 3: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK

     Not Applicable.

ITEM 4: CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

     The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), evaluated the effectiveness the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report were effective.

     No change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 4: SUBMISISON OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

     The Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held May 5, 2004 in Dallas, Texas. The table below shows the proposal submitted to shareholders in the Company’s Proxy Statement, dated April 5, 2004:

                 
Election of Directors
  FOR
  WITHHELD
Timothy W. Byrne
    5,442,225       65,125  
Richard W. Cardin
    5,432,793       74,557  
Antoine M. Doumet
    5,409,523       97,827  
Wallace G. Irmscher
    5,431,593       75,757  
Edward A. Odishaw
    5,431,593       75,757  

ITEM 6: EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

     (a) Exhibits:

     
10.1
  Oil and Gas Lease Agreement dated as of May 28, 2004 between Texas Lime Company and EOG Resources, Inc.
 
   
31.1
  Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by the Chief Executive Officer.
 
   
31.2
  Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by the Chief Financial Officer.
 
   
32.1
  Section 1350 Certification by the Chief Executive Officer.
 
   
32.2
  Section 1350 Certification by the Chief Financial Officer.

b.   Reports on Form 8-K:
 
    On June 2, 2004, the Company filed a Form 8-K Current Report announcing that it had entered into an oil and gas lease on its Cleburne, Texas property.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

     
 
  UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS, INC.
         
     
August 3, 2004  By:   /s/ Timothy W. Byrne    
    Timothy W. Byrne   
    President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) 
 
 
         
     
August 3, 2004  By:   /s/ M. Michael Owens    
    M. Michael Owens   
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)   
 

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UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS, INC.

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
Quarter Ended
June 30, 2004

Index to Exhibits

     
EXHIBIT    
NUMBER
  DESCRIPTION
10.1
  Oil and Gas Lease Agreement dated as of May 28, 2004 between Texas Lime Company and EOG Resources, Inc.
 
   
31.1
  Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by the Chief Executive Officer.
 
   
31.2
  Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by the Chief Financial Officer.
 
   
32.1
  Section 1350 Certification by the Chief Executive Officer.
 
   
32.2
  Section 1350 Certification by the Chief Financial Officer.

 

 

         
6972
       
PROD 88
       
(1994-7/01)
  PAID UP OIL AND GAS LEASE    

THIS LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 28th day of May, 2004, between Texas Lime Company, 15865 FM 1434, Cleburne, Texas 76033, as Lessor, and EOG Resources, Inc., P. O. Box 2267, Midland, Texas 79702, as Lessee. All printed portions of this lease were prepared by the party hereinabove named as Lessee, but all other provisions (including the completion of blank spaces) were prepared jointly by Lessor and Lessee.

1. Description. In consideration of a cash bonus in hand paid and the covenants herein contained, Lessor hereby grants, leases and lets exclusively to Lessee the following described land, hereinafter called leased premises:

See Exhibit A , attached hereto, for detailed description.

See Exhibit B, attached hereto, for additional provisions.

In the County of Johnson , State of Texas , containing 3453.624 gross acres, more or less for the purpose of exploring for, developing, producing and marketing oil and gas, along with all hydrocarbon and nonhydrocarbon substances produced in association therewith. The term “gas” as used herein includes helium, carbon dioxide, gaseous sulfur compounds, coalbed methane and other commercial gases, as well as normal hydrocarbon gases. For the purpose of determining the amount of any payments based on acreage hereunder, the number of gross acres above specified shall be deemed correct, whether actually more or less.

2. Term of Lease. This lease, which is a “paid-up” lease requiring no rentals, shall be in force for a primary term of eighteen (18) months from the date hereof, and for as long thereafter as oil or gas or other substances covered hereby are produced in paying quantities from the leased premises or from lands pooled therewith or this lease is otherwise maintained in effect pursuant to the provisions hereof.

3. Royalty Payment. Royalties on oil, gas and other substances produced and saved hereunder shall be paid by Lessee to Lessor as follows: (a) For oil and other liquid hydrocarbons separated at Lessee’s separator facilities, the royalty shall be one-fifth ( 1/5th ) of such production, to be delivered at Lessee’s option to Lessor at the wellhead or to Lessor’s credit at the oil purchaser’s transportation facilities, provided that Lessee shall have the continuing right to sell such production to itself or an affiliate at the wellhead market price then prevailing in the same field (or if there is no such price then prevailing in the same field, then in the nearest field in which there is such a prevailing price) for production of similar grade and gravity; (b) for gas (including casinghead gas) and all other substances covered hereby, Lessee shall have the continuing right to sell such production to itself or an affiliate; and (c) in calculating royalties on production hereunder, Lessee may only deduct Lessor’s proportionate part of any ad valorem, production and excise taxes.

4. Shut-in Payment. All shut-in royalty payments under this lease shall be paid or tendered directly to Lessor at the above address , or its successors, regardless of changes in the ownership of said land. All payments or tenders may be made in currency, or by check or by draft and such payments or tenders to Lessor by deposit in the U.S. Mails in a stamped envelope addressed to the Lessor at the last address known to Lessee shall constitute proper payment.

5. Operations. If Lessee drills a well which is incapable of producing in paying quantities (hereinafter called “dry hole”) on the leased premises (or Producing Unit, if appropriate) or lands pooled therewith, or if all production (whether or not in paying quantities) permanently ceases from any cause, including a revision of unit boundaries pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 6 or the action of any governmental authority, then in the event this lease is not otherwise being maintained in force it shall nevertheless remain in force if Lessee commences operations for reworking an existing well or for drilling an additional well or for otherwise obtaining or restoring production on the leased premises (or Producing Unit, if appropriate) or lands pooled therewith within 90 days after completion of operations on such dry hole or within 90 days after such cessation of all production. If at the end of the primary term, or at any time thereafter, this lease is not otherwise being maintained in force but Lessee is then engaged in drilling, reworking or any other operations reasonably calculated to obtain or restore production therefrom, this lease shall remain in force so long as any one or more of such operations are prosecuted with no interruption of more than 90 consecutive days, and if any such operations result in the production of oil or gas or other substances covered hereby, as long thereafter as there is production in paying quantities from the leased premises or lands pooled therewith. After completion of a well capable of producing in paying quantities hereunder, Lessee shall drill such additional wells on the leased premises (or Producing Unit, if appropriate) or lands pooled therewith as a reasonably prudent operator would drill under the same or similar circumstances to (a) develop the leased premises (or Producing Unit, if appropriate) as to reservoirs then capable of producing in paying quantities on the leased premises (or Producing Unit, if appropriate) or land pooled therewith, or (b) protect the leased premises (or Producing Unit, if appropriate) from uncompensated drainage by any well or wells located on other lands not pooled therewith.

6. Pooling. Lessee shall have the right but not the obligation to pool all or any part of the leased premises or interest therein with any other lands or interests, as to any or all depths or zones, and as to any or all substances covered by this lease, either before or after the commencement of drilling or production, whenever Lessee deems it necessary or proper to do so in order to prudently develop or operate the leased premises, whether or not similar pooling authority exists with respect to such other lands or interests. The creation of a unit by such pooling shall be based on the following criteria (hereinafter called “pooling criteria”): A unit for an oil well (other than a horizontal completion) shall not exceed 40 acres plus a maximum acreage tolerance of 10%, provided that a larger unit may be formed for an oil well or gas well or horizontal completion to conform to any well spacing or density pattern that may be prescribed or permitted by any governmental authority having jurisdiction to do so. For the purpose of the forgoing, the terms “oil well” and “gas well” shall have the meanings prescribed by applicable law or the appropriate governmental authority, or, if no definition is so prescribed, “oil well” means a well with an initial gas-oil ratio of less than 100,000 cubic feet per barrel and “gas well” means a well with an initial gas-oil ratio of 100,000 cubic feet or more per barrel, based on a 24-hour production test conducted under normal producing conditions using standard lease separator facilities or equivalent testing equipment; and the term “horizontal completion” means an oil or gas well in which the horizontal component of the gross completion interval in the reservoir exceeds the vertical component thereof. In exercising its pooling rights hereunder, Lessee shall file of record a written declaration describing the unit and stating the effective date of pooling.

 


 

In the event a unit is formed hereunder before the unit well is drilled and completed, so that the applicable pooling criteria are not yet known, the unit shall be based on the pooling criteria Lessee expects in good faith to apply upon completion of the well; provided that within a reasonable time after completion of the well, the unit shall be revised if necessary to conform to the pooling criteria that actually exist. Pooling in one or more instances shall not exhaust Lessee’s pooling rights hereunder, and Lessee shall have the recurring right but not the obligation to revise any unit formed hereunder by expansion or contraction or both, either before or after commencement of production, in order to conform to the well spacing or density pattern prescribed or permitted by the governmental authority having jurisdiction, or to conform to any productive acreage determination made by such governmental authority. To revise a unit hereunder, Lessee shall file of record a written declaration describing the revised unit and stating the effective date of revision. To the extent any portion of the leased premises is included in or excluded from the unit by virtue of such revision, the proportion of unit production on which royalties are payable hereunder shall thereafter be adjusted accordingly. In the absence of production in paying quantities from a unit, or upon permanent cessation thereof, Lessee may terminate the unit by filing of record a written declaration describing the unit and stating the date of termination. Pooling hereunder shall not constitute a cross-conveyance of interests.

7. Payment Reductions. If Lessor owns less than the full mineral estate in all or any part of the leased premises, the royalties and shut-in royalties payable hereunder for any well on any part of the leased premises or lands pooled therewith shall be reduced to the proportion that Lessor’s interest in such part of the leased premises bears to the full mineral estate in such part of the leased premises. To the extent any royalty or other payment attributable to the mineral estate covered by this lease is payable to someone other than Lessor, such royalty or other payment shall be deducted from the corresponding amount otherwise payable to Lessor hereunder.

8. Ownership Changes. The interest of either Lessor or Lessee hereunder may be assigned, devised or otherwise transferred in whole or in part, by area and/or by depth or zone, and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall extend to their respective heirs, devisees. executors, administrators, successors and assigns. No change in Lessor’s ownership shall have the effect of reducing the rights or enlarging the obligations of Lessee hereunder, and no change in ownership shall be binding on Lessee until 60 days after Lessee has been furnished the original or duly authenticated copies of the documents establishing such change of ownership to the satisfaction of Lessee or until Lessor has satisfied the notification requirements contained in Lessee’s division order. In the event of the death of any person entitled to shut-in royalties hereunder, Lessee may pay or tender such shut-in royalties to the credit of decedent or decedent’s estate at the address designated above. If at any time two or more persons are entitled to shut-in royalties hereunder. Lessee may pay or tender such shut-in royalties to such persons, either jointly, or separately in proportion to the interest which each owns. If Lessee transfers a full or undivided interest in all or any portion of the area covered by this lease, the obligation to pay or tender shut-in royalties hereunder shall be divided between Lessee and the transferee in proportion to the net acreage interest in this lease then held by each.

9. Release of Lease. Lessee may, at any time and from time to time, deliver to Lessor or file of record a written release of this lease as to a full or undivided interest in all or any portion of the area covered by this lease or any depths or zones thereunder, and shall thereupon be relieved of all obligations thereafter arising with respect to the interest so released. If Lessee releases less than all of the interest or area covered hereby, Lessee’s obligation to pay or tender shut-in royalties shall be proportionately reduced in accordance with the net acreage interest retained hereunder.

10. Ancillary Rights. In exploring for developing, producing and marketing oil, gas and other substances covered hereby on the leased premises or lands pooled or unitized therewith, in primary and/or enhanced recovery, Lessee shall have the right of ingress and egress along with the right to conduct such operations on the leased premises as may be reasonably necessary for such purposes, including but not limited to geophysical operations, the drilling of wells, and the construction and use of roads, canals, pipelines, tanks, water wells, disposal wells, injection wells, pits, electric and telephone lines, power stations, and other facilities deemed necessary by Lessee to discover, produce, store, treat and/or transport production. Lessee may use in such operations, free of cost, any oil, gas, or water on the leased premises, except water from Lessor’s wells or ponds. When requested by Lessor in writing, Lessee shall bury its pipelines below ordinary plow depth on cultivated lands. No well shall be located less than 200 feet from any house or barn now on the leased premises or other lands of Lessor used by Lessee hereunder, without Lessor’s consent, and Lessee shall pay for damage caused by its operations to buildings and other improvements now on the leased premises or such other lands, and to commercial timber and growing crops thereon. Lessee shall have the right at any time to remove its fixtures, equipment and materials, including well casing, from the leased premises or such other lands during the term of this lease or within a reasonable time thereafter.

11. Regulation and Delay. Lessee’s obligations under this lease, whether express or implied, shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any governmental authority having jurisdiction, including restrictions on the drilling and production of wells, and regulation of the price or transportation of oil, gas and other substances covered hereby. When drilling, reworking, production or other operations are prevented or delayed by such laws, rules, regulations or orders, or by inability to obtain necessary permits, water, electricity, fuel, access or easements, or by fire, flood, adverse weather conditions, war, sabotage, rebellion, insurrection, riot, strike or labor disputes, or by inability to obtain a satisfactory market for production or failure of purchasers or carriers to take or transport such production, or by any other cause not reasonably within Lessee’s control, this lease shall not terminate because of such prevention or delay, and, at Lessee’s option, the period of such prevention or delay shall be added to the term hereof. Lessee shall not be liable for breach of any provisions or implied covenants of this lease when drilling, production or other operations are so prevented or delayed.

12. Breach or Default. No litigation shall be initiated by Lessor for damages, forfeiture or cancellation with respect to any breach or default by Lessee hereunder, for a period of at least 90 days after Lessor has given Lessee written notice fully describing the breach or default, and then only if Lessee fails to remedy the breach or default within such period. In the event the matter is litigated and there is a final judicial determination that a breach or default has occurred, this lease shall not be forfeited or cancelled in whole or in part unless Lessee is given a reasonable time after said judicial determination to remedy the breach or default and Lessee fails to do so.

13. Warranty of Title. Lessor agrees that Lessee at Lessee’s option may pay and discharge any taxes, mortgages or liens existing, levied or assessed on or against the leased premises. If Lessee exercises such option, Lessee shall be subrogated to the rights of the party to whom payment is made, and, in addition to its other rights, may reimburse itself out of any royalties or shut-in royalties otherwise payable to Lessor hereunder. In the event Lessee is made aware of any claim inconsistent with Lessor’s title, Lessee may suspend the payment of royalties and shut-in royalties hereunder, without interest, until Lessee has been furnished satisfactory evidence that such claim has been resolved.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , this lease is executed to be effective as of the date first written above, but upon execution shall be binding on the signatory and the signatory’s heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, whether or not this lease has been executed by all parties hereinabove named as Lessor.

     
LESSOR (WHETHER ONE OR MORE)
  TAX ID
 
   
TEXAS LIME COMPANY
   
 
   

 
Timothy W. Byrne, President,
   

 


 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

         
STATE OF TEXAS
  §    
  §    
COUNTY OF                    
  §    

    This instrument was acknowledged before me on this                     day of May, 2004, by Timothy W. Byrne, as President of Texas Lime Company.

         
My Commission Expires:
 
 
      Notary Public

 


 

EXHIBIT “A”

Attached to that certain Oil and Gas Lease dated May 28, 2004 by and between Texas Lime Company, as Lessor, and EOG Resources, Inc., as Lessee

DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PREMISES

TRACT 1. 1.574 acres of land, more or less , out of the J.W. O’Neal Survey, A-667, Johnson County, Texas, and being the same land described in a Deed dated April 8, 1978 from Leonard B. Lewis, et ux to Texas Lime Company and recorded in Volume 755 at Page 358 of the Deed Records of Johnson County, Texas.

TRACT 2. 100.195 acres of land, more or less, out of the J.M. Bright Survey, A-41, John O’Neal Survey, A-667, Edward Spears Survey, A-795, and John Cameron Survey, A-952, Johnson County, Texas, and being the same land described in a Deed dated April 8, 1971 from A.D. Holland, et ux to Texas Lime Company and recorded in Volume 549 at Page 742 of the Deed Records of Johnson County, Texas.

TRACT 3. 129.38 acres of land, more or less, out of the E. Spear Survey, A-795, John M. Bright Survey, A-41, J.J. Allen Survey, A-1224, and John O’Neal Survey, A-667, Johnson County, Texas, and being the same land described in a Deed dated June 24, 1997 from Hidden Springs Ranch and Land Company to Texas Lime Company and recorded in Volume 2093 at Page 324 of the Deed Records of Johnson County, Texas.

TRACT 4. 255.8 acres of land, more or less, out of the Nathaniel Dabney Survey, A-211, Levi fowler survey, A-286, and H.H. Wilbanks Survey, A-905, Johnson County, Texas, and being the same land described in a Deed dated December 3, 1976 from Lola Irene Aguilar and Anthony E. Aguilar, Jr. to Texas Lime Company and recorded in Volume 707 at Page 912 of the Deed Records of Johnson County, Texas.

TRACT 5. 371.485 acres of land, more or less, out of the J.W. O’Neal Survey, A-667, Edward Spear Survey, A-795, J.J. Allen Survey, A-1224, S.T. Moore Survey, A-611, and the S.P.R.R. Co. Survey, A-815, Johnson County, Texas, and being the same land described in a Deed dated June 25, 1990 from Carl E. Chafin, et ux to Texas Lime Company and recorded in Volume 1495 at Page 262 of the Deed Records of Johnson County, Texas.

TRACT 6. 458.6 acres of land, more or less, out of the Mrs. F.B. Purtell Survey, A-1141, W.E. Rogers Survey, A-1142 and John Cameron Survey, A-952, Johnson County, Texas, and being the same land described in a Warranty Deed dated September 10, 1956 from A.D. Holland et ux, to Texas Lime Company and recorded in Volume 411 at Page 70 of the Deed Records of Johnson County, Texas.

TRACT 7. 482 acres of land, more or less, out of the W.W. Atchison Survey, A-1048, the Decatur Daniels Survey, A-200, and the W.A. Mynatt Survey, A-639 Johnson County, Texas, and being the same land described in a Deed dated January 28, 1999 from Lola Irene Aguilar and Anthony E. Aguilar, Jr. to Texas Lime Company and recorded in Volume 2289 at Page 130 of the Deed Records of Johnson County, Texas.

TRACT 8. 560 acres of land, more or less, out of the Decatur Daniels Survey, A-200, and E.G. Lynch Survey, A-1165, Johnson County, Texas, and being the same land described in a Mineral Deed dated January 1, 1966 from Tres Company to Texas Lime Company and recorded in Volume 493 at Page 517 of the Deed Records of Johnson County, Texas.

TRACT 9. 94.59 acres of land, more or less, out of the Santos Coy Survey, A-126, Johnson County, Texas, and being the same land described as the “First Tract” in a Warranty Deed dated December 3, 1976 from R.E. Roberts, et ux to Texas Lime Company and recorded in Volume 707 at Page 908 of the Deed records of Johnson County, Texas, LESS AND EXCEPT that land described in a Deed dated February 25, 1990 from Texas Lime Company to Curtis D. Rives, et ux and recorded in Volume 1489 at Page 188 of the Deed Records of Johnson County, Texas..

TRACT 10. 1000.00 acres, more or less, out of the B. Caine Survey A-147, J. Cameron A-952, N. Dabney A-218, A. J. Farris A-1217, Levi Fowler A-286, J. D. Houchin A-430, W. F. Lafon A-530, E. G. Lynch A-1165, C. U. Phillips A-1170, W. E. Rogers A-1142, J. M. Rush A-947, A. C. Sullivan A-1192, or T. J. Lynch A-1186, A. G. Wilbanks A-1095, A. M. Wilbanks A-1093 and being the same land described in a Warranty Deed dated December 8, 1972, by and between Clyde McClung et ux to Texas Lime Company and recorded in Volume 593, Page 748 of the Deed Records of Johnson County, Texas.


 

EXHIBIT “B”

Attached to that certain Oil and Gas Lease dated May 28, 2004 by and between Texas Lime Company, as Lessor, and EOG Resources, Inc., as Lessee

THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS SHALL SUPPLEMENT THE PRINTED PROVISIONS OF THE LEASE; AND, IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS, AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE PRINTED LEASE, THESE SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS SHALL PREVAIL AND CONTROL.

A.   GAS ROYALTY.

1.   As to all gas sold by Lessee to an unaffiliated entity, the royalties payable to Lessor for gas, including casinghead gas or other gaseous substances produced and saved from the leased premises and sold on or off the leased premises, shall be one-fifth (1/5th) of the proceeds realized by Lessee from the sale thereof. Upon request, Lessee shall make available for Lessor’s review a copy of any gas contract entered into between Lessee and such unaffiliated entity for gas sold from the leased premises, and Lessor shall not disclose the terms of such contract to any party (except its agents, accountants, or attorneys for review and analysis thereof for the sole benefit of Lessor) without the prior written consent of Lessee.
 
2.   Where the Lessee or an entity affiliated with Lessee is the purchaser of the gas, including casinghead gas or other gaseous substances produced and saved from the leased premises and sold on or off the leased premises, the royalties payable to Lessor shall be one-fifth (1/5th) of the greater of (i) the highest price obtainable (described below) or (ii) the net proceeds received by Lessee from such affiliated entity. Such highest price obtainable may not be less than any relevant market value index prices for the month of production as set forth in Published Indices. For purposes of this lease, “Published Indices” must be industry recognized published price references, unaffiliated with Lessee, which reflect the market value for natural gas produced in Johnson County, Texas. Examples of such publications include Natural Gas Week, Inside F.E.R.C.’s Gas Market Report and Natural Gas Intelligence Gas Price Index and other current or future publication satisfying the Published Indices criteria. However, if a Published Indices is not available, the highest price obtainable may not be less than the proceeds received by any affiliate of Lessee for the sale of such production (or products therefrom) without any deductions for the costs further described in Section (A)(3) below.
 
3.   Lessor’s royalty interest shall be free of costs and expenses, directly or indirectly, for exploration, drilling, development, treating, processing, delivery, and production, including gathering dehydration, storage, separation by mechanical means and product stabilization, and free of all marketing costs, including without limitation any costs incurred by Lessee to negotiate and enter into sales contracts for any production or any commissions related thereto (“Marketing Costs”) and depreciation of any plant or other facilities or equipment for processing or treating said oil or gas produced from the leased premises. It is intended that the terms of this section or paragraph of this Lease be controlling and is intended among other things to avoid the court’s holding on the language addressed in Heritage Resources, Inc. vs. NationsBank , cited at 939 S.W.2d 118 (Tex. 1996), and not merely surplusage.

B.   TAKING PRODUCTION IN-KIND OR OTHERWISE.

1.   Lessor may take its royalty gas, or any portion thereof as designated by Lessor, in kind upon giving Lessee 30 day written notice of its intention to do so.
 
2.   In the event Lessor elects to take its royalty gas in-kind, Lessee shall deliver said gas to the Lessor, in pipeline quality, free of costs and expenses for exploration, drilling, development, treating, processing, delivery, Marketing Costs, and production including, gathering, dehydration, storage, separation by mechanical means and product stabilization incurred prior to connection into Lessor’s pipeline after the Lone Star metering station. The gas production taken in-kind by Lessor shall be connected at the appropriate pressure and shall be metered by Lessee at the Lone Star metering station.
 
3.   If Lessor desires more gas than its royalty share to be used solely for Lessor’s operations on the property described on Exhibit A, Lessor and Lessee agree that Lessor may also purchase additional gas upon giving Lessee 30-days written notice of its intention to do so. The purchase price shall be the weighted average price for such month received in Section A(1) above or if no unaffiliated sales are made, the weighted average comparable sales price for such month in Johnson County. The gas production taken by

 


 

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    Lessor hereby shall be connected at the appropriate pressure and shall be metered by Lessee at the Lone Star metering station.

C.   OIL AND GAS ONLY.
 
    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Lease covers only oil and gas, including other liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, as well as such other minerals or substances as may be produced incidental to and as a part of or mixed with oil, gas and other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons, but this lease does not cover gravel, uranium, fissionable materials, coal, limestone, lignite or any hard minerals or substances of any type which shall be produced from the leased premises separate and apart from, or independently of, oil, gas or other liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons.
 
D.   [Intentionally omitted]
 
E.   CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT AND RETAINED ACREAGE.
 
    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, at the expiration of the primary term hereof, this Lease shall remain in effect as to all of the leased premises for so long as Lessee is then engaged to continuously develop the leased premises allowing no more than 90 days to elapse from the date the drilling rig is released from one well until the commencement of actual operations for the drilling of another well on the leased premises (“Continuous Development Period”). Upon the expiration of the primary term (if Lessee elects not to continuously develop) or the Continuous Development Period, this Lease shall terminate as to all lands (i) not then included within a Producing Unit and (ii) for each Producing Unit, all depths at and below the base of the producing formation in any well drilled in each Producing Unit. Producing Unit is defined as follows:

1.   Land herein leased, or lands upon which the leased premises or a portion thereof is pooled or unitized, but only in spacing units which do not exceed:

a.   for Horizontal Wells, 160 acres plus a 10% tolerance (for purposes hereof, a “Horizontal Well” shall be defined as an oil or gas well in which the Horizontal Displacement of the gross completion Interval exceeds a minimum of 50 feet in length. “Horizontal Drainhole Displacement” shall be the distance from the penetration point of the correlative interval to the terminus of the wellbore); and
 
b.   for all wells other than Horizontal Wells, 40 acres plus 10% tolerance for an oil or gas well.

    Such acreage shall be as nearly a rectangle for Horizontal Wells and a square for all other wells as is practical with the configuration of the outer boundaries of the leased premises. Such rectangle and square shall have all sides an equal distance on all sides from the horizontal leg of the Horizontal Well and the well bore for all other wells.
 
2.   Upon Lessor’s request after the expiration of the primary term (if Lessee elects not to continuously develop) or the Continuous Development Period, Lessee shall execute and record a partial release containing a satisfactory legal description of the acreage not retained hereunder.

    From and after the end of the primary term (if Lessee elects not to continuously develop) or the Continuous Development Period, it shall be considered that each Producing Unit retained hereunder is subject to a separate lease, on the terms and provisions contained in this lease, so that production, operations and/or payments on one Producing Unit will not maintain this lease in force as to any other Producing Unit. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Lessee shall have the continuing duty to develop and explore the leased premises and Producing Units as would a prudent operator.
 
F.   SHUT-IN LIMITATION.
 
    If at the end of the primary term (if Lessee elects not to continuously develop) or the Continuous Development Period, or any time thereafter one or more wells on the leased premises (or Producing Unit, if applicable) or lands pooled therewith are capable of producing oil or gas or other substances covered hereby in paying quantities, but

 


 

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(a) such well or wells are either shut in or production therefrom is not being sold by Lessee, and

(b) if other wells within 1 mile from the boundary of the leased premises described on Exhibit A are also shut in or with no production sales (if there are other wells in such section),

    then such well or wells shall nevertheless be deemed to be producing in paying quantities for the purpose of maintaining this lease. If for a period of 90 consecutive days such well or wells are shut in or production therefrom is not being sold by Lessee, then Lessee shall pay an aggregate shut-in royalty of two dollars ($2.00) per acre then covered by this lease, such payment to be made to Lessor, on or before the end of said 90-day period to cover that individual shut-in period up to a one-year period as limited by the terms of this section; provided that if this lease is otherwise being maintained by operations, or if production is being sold by Lessee from another well or wells on the leased premises (or Producing Unit, if appropriate) or lands pooled therewith, no shut-in royalty shall be due until the end of the 90-day period next following cessation of such operations or production. This lease may not be maintained in force and effect solely under this provision (for shut-in wells and production not being sold) (i) for a period in excess of one (1) consecutive year at a time, and (ii) no more than three hundred and sixty-five (365) days over any five (5) year period. Unless the lease is maintained by some other provision of this lease upon expiration of such one (1) year period, or in excess of such three hundred and sixty-five (365) days above, this lease shall terminate. Lessee’s failure to properly pay shut-in royalty shall terminate this lease.
 
G.   POOLING.
 
    A unit for a gas well shall not exceed 40 acres plus a maximum acreage tolerance of 10% or a horizontal completion shall not exceed 160 acres plus a maximum acreage tolerance of 10% subject to the allowable exception for larger units set forth in Paragraph 6 of the lease. Production, drilling or reworking operations anywhere on a unit which includes all or any part of the leased premises shall be treated as if it were production, drilling or reworking operations on the leased premises (or Producing Unit, if appropriate) included in such unit, except that the production on which Lessor’s royalty is calculated shall be that proportion of the total unit production which the net acreage (productive or surface, as consistent with any agreement or regulations) covered by this lease and included in the unit bears to the total gross acreage (productive or surface, as consistent with any agreement or regulations) in the unit, but only to the extent such proportion of unit production is sold by Lessee.
 
H.   ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
 
    Lessee shall use a high degree of care and all reasonable safeguards to prevent contamination or pollution of any environmental medium, including soil, surface waters, storm water, groundwater, sediments, and surface or subsurface strata, ambient air or any other environmental medium in, on, or under, or about the leased premises, by any waste, pollutant, or contaminant including, without limitation, sediment in storm water and materials tracked onto public roadways. Lessee shall not bring or permit to remain on the premises any explosives, toxic materials, or substances regulated as hazardous wastes, hazardous materials, hazardous substances, or toxic substances under any federal, state, or local law or regulation (“Hazardous Materials”), except products commonly used in connection with oil and gas exploration and development operations and stored in the usual manner and quantities. Lessee’s obligations under this lease, whether express or implied, shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any governmental authority having jurisdiction including, without limitation, regulation of discharges of pollutants or contaminants to air, land, and water, including the discharge of storm water from Lessee’s land disturbance activities and operations hereunder. Lessee shall clean up, remove, remedy and repair any soil or ground water contamination and damage caused by the presence or release of any Hazardous Materials in, on, under, or about the leased premises related to Lessee’s operations on the leased premises. The obligations of Lessee hereunder shall survive the expiration or earlier termination, for any reason, of this Lease.

 


 

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I.   SURFACE AND MINERAL OPERATIONS.
 
    Lessee agrees to conduct its operations hereunder in such a manner as to least interfere with Lessor’s present and future mining operations or any future use of the property by Lessor. The exact location of each drill site, access road, pipeline, pits, tank battery, electric line and poles, any other equipment or property and alterations to the leased premises must receive the prior written consent of Lessor.

1.   Locations of Drillsites

a.   Lessee recognizes that the leased premises are mined by Lessor to extract the Edwards Limestone formation and the surface availability will be restricted by future activities of Lessor. Lessee hereby agrees, by execution of this lease, that Lessor has the dominant estate over the estate granted Lessee in this lease. Any development activities or other activities conducted pursuant to this lease, unless expressly allowed by this lease, will be subordinate to the dominant estate of Lessor.
 
b.   Lessee shall confine its drilling and production operations to areas where Edwards Limestone formation has been mined out or areas which Edwards Limestone formation is not present. Drilling locations will not be within 200 feet of an active quarry face.
 
c.   The prior written consent of Lessor is required for the drilling path of any well directionally drilled except such consent is not required for any extension of horizontal drilling from the bottom hole location in horizontal wells drilled consistent with now current industry practice.

2.   Roads

a.   With respect to each road used for activities under this Lease, Lessee shall, at its sole cost and expense, construct and maintain an all weather road (which road shall have as its base crushed limestone or asphalt and shall be constructed so that rainwater drains off the surface of the road and does not collect or puddle on said road). The location of any road must be approved by Lessor, such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Lessor may require that culverts meeting Lessor’s specifications be installed at all crossings of low places. Additionally, Lessor may require that ditches, canals, and/or other methods concerning drainage meeting Lessor’s specifications be constructed on the leased premises in order to properly protect and maintain drainage of the leased premises. As required by Lessor, Lessee is to place adequate drain tile where all roadway crossings used by Lessee in its operations impede the drainage of the leased premises and the adequacy of such drain tile installations is to be determined by Lessor or its duly authorized representative, and all such drain tile shall remain in place as the property of Lessor at the termination of this Lease, unless otherwise directed by Lessor.
 
b.   All presently existing roads which are used by Lessee in connection with its operations shall be maintained by Lessee during its use thereof, and at the conclusion of Lessee’s operations, these said roads shall be left by Lessee in a useful condition, equal or superior to their condition at the present time. Lessee shall promptly repair all damages to said roads which are caused by Lessee’s operations.

3.   Surface Equipment and Fixtures

a.   Lessee will not erect any permanent above ground buildings such as plants, stations or houses without obtaining prior written permission from Lessor.
 
b.   Tank batteries, compressors, separators, dehydrators and other equipment shall be located only on drill sites. Lessee shall not place such compressors, separators, dehydrators, or other equipment on the leased premises without the express written consent of Lessor in its sole discretion. In the event Lessor permits the use of such items on the leased premises, such items shall be located at a location approved by Lessor. Lessor may refuse to approve said location because of the proximity of such compressors or pumping units to the edge of the leased premises or the potential exists to disturb neighboring landowners. Lessee, as owner and operator of the exploration and production activities on the premises contemplated by this lease, shall be solely responsible for obtaining all required authorizations for such items. Lessee shall provide Lessor the opportunity to review the related applications or registrations prior to submitting them to any regulatory agency, and shall provide Lessor a copy of all authorizations issued therefor.

 


 

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c.   All equipment, fixtures, appliances and facilities used by or for Lessee in the drilling of and/or production from wells or in connection with any other activities permitted under the provisions hereof shall be removed as soon as practicable after the completion or abandonment of the particular well, and the area upon which said equipment, appliances and fixtures were located or were erected shall be left in as nearly as practicable the same condition as said area was in prior to the erection of said rig and equipment, and the leased premises shall, in any case, be restored as near as reasonably practicable. so as to be fully useful for residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural and grazing purposes to at least the extent that such lands and the surface thereof could have been used for such purposes without added cost to Lessor as of the date of this Lease.

4.   Pits & Produced Water

a.   Upon the digging of any pits and where feasible and practical, top soil shall remain separate from the subsoil. Upon the covering of any pits, subsoil shall be used first and then the separated topsoil shall be spread evenly on top of the subsoil. Upon completion of drilling operations on each location, all mud, drilling fluids, chemicals, liquid waste and other liquids shall be removed from the leased premises by vacuum truck or other means. Lessee, shall fill and level all pits and/or excavations made by it or them in connection with operations hereunder after termination of use thereof.
 
b.   Also, it is expressly agreed and provided that if any salt water or other deleterious substances shall come from or in any manner be extracted or produced from any well as the result of any drilling operations hereunder, Lessee, shall not permit same to flow on and over Lessor’s land, but shall confine same in lined and water-tight pits or excavations adjacent to the drilling site.
 
c.   Lessee shall not allow any water produced or used in the operations of this lease to drain off of the property, be released on the property in any way which would be in violation of any environmental laws or other laws or materially impact the value of such property. Any water released contrary to these provisions must be remediated and contained by Lessee and the leased premises must be restored by Lessee to its condition before such release. The obligations of Lessee hereunder shall survive the expiration or earlier termination, for any reason, of this lease.

5.   Clean up and Damages

a.   Lessee shall be liable for all damage caused by Lessee’s (or its agents or contractors) actions or omissions on the leased premises or operations relating to this Lease to any and all of the property of Lessor, including, but not limited to roads, fences, berms, bridges, erosion control devices, active quarry faces, livestock, growing crops, buildings and ground surfaces, and should such damage occur, Lessee agrees to either repair the same or to pay Lessor the cost and amount of such damage within thirty (30) days after written notice of the occurrence of such damage.
 
b.   Lessee agrees and obligates itself to conduct its operations upon the leased premises as a reasonable and prudent operator. All property used by Lessee shall be maintained in good order and appearance by painting, clearing and removing brush, trash, and scrap from the area at Lessee’s cost, and Lessee taking such other actions as are necessary to maintain said property in clean and neat appearance. In the event Lessee receives written notice from Lessor that Lessee has failed to maintain any portion of the leased premises that is the obligation of Lessee, and Lessee does not remedy the matter within thirty (30) days of receipt by Lessee of said written notice, then in addition to all other rights and remedies available to Lessor, Lessor shall have the right to perform such maintenance at Lessee’s expense, and Lessee shall repay upon demand all amounts so incurred by Lessor. All roads constructed by Lessee shall be maintained by Lessee at Lessee’s sole cost and expense.
 
c.   All trash, debris and drilling mud from Lessee’s operations shall be removed from the leased premises.
 
d.   Lessee has the right at any time during this lease or within 60 (days) after the expiration, termination or release of this Lease, or any part thereof, to remove, as applicable, all of its recoverable casing (except water well casing), machinery and fixtures unless specifically indicated otherwise herein including without limitation gates or road tiles. If Lessee fails to remove its property within the 60-day period, title to it shall become vested automatically in Lessor, free of all liens, or Lessor may remove such items at

 


 

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    Lessee’s expense, at the sole option of Lessor. Lessee agrees to pay such charges within five (5) days of presentment by Lessor.

6.   Relocation of Pipelines

a.   Upon request of Lessor, Lessee agrees to relocate or cause any pipeline to be relocated at any time and from time to time to any other location or locations on the leased premises as specified by the Lessor provided said pipeline, as relocated, will connect with the wells or facilities as to which Lessee shall have perpetuated its right of ingress and egress pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. Lessee agrees to relocate said pipeline and all improvements of Lessee thereon, including, without limitation, roads and fences, if any, of Lessee thereon as soon as reasonably possible and in any event within thirty (30) days after delivery of such written notice by or on behalf of Lessor to Lessee. The relocation set forth in Section 6(a) shall be at Lessor’s sole cost and expense if such pipeline is being relocated from a location previously approved by Lessor as required under this Lease.
 
b.   Additionally, upon request of Lessor in writing, Lessee at Lessee’s expense shall promptly relocate, bury and case all pipelines to the extent required in order to permit Lessor to comply with all applicable laws and all rules and regulations or governmental authorities having or asserting jurisdiction or concerning Lessor’s development of the surface or hard minerals of the leased premises.

7.   Injection wells
 
    The leased premises shall not be used for the injection of salt water without the expressed written permission of Lessor.
 
8.   Seismic
 
    Lessee must provide Lessor with five (5) business days notice before any seismic or other geological or geophysical operations involving explosives will be conducted on the leased premises. Lessor may object to and prevent such operations if Lessor reasonably believes such explosives could materially damage Lessor’s property or materially interfere with Lessor’s mining operations.

J.   LIMITED WARRANTY.
 
    Lessor hereby warrants and agrees to defend title conveyed to Lessee hereunder, against anyone claiming by, through or under Lessor, but not otherwise.
 
K.   REGULATION OR DELAY.
 
    The provisions of Section 11 of the lease shall apply to prevent termination of the lease only so long as (i) Lessee’s actions are those of a reasonably prudent operator, and (ii) such prevention or delay in no way arises from or relates to Lessee’s financial condition or lack of financial requirements. In addition, such avoidance of termination based upon causes of prevention or delays set forth in Section 11 of the lease (collectively, the “Delaying Causes”) shall not be available until Lessee provides Lessor with written notice of such Delaying Causes. Lessee agrees to provide Lessor with written notice with five (5) days of the date on which the Delaying Cause no longer exists.
 
L.   ASSIGNMENT.
 
    Lessee shall not assign this Lease in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Lessor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. It is understood and agreed that Lessor’s rights granted herein shall not be exhausted upon the approval of any assignment by Lessor, and the terms of this provision, as well as the other provisions of this lease, shall apply to all assignees of all, or part, of this lease. If Lessee transfers its interest hereunder in whole or in part Lessee shall be relieved, upon Lessor’s written approval of such transfer in its sole discretion, of all obligations thereafter arising with respect to the transferred interest, and failure of the transferee to satisfy such obligations with respect to the transferred interest shall not affect the rights of Lessee with respect to any interest not so transferred. If Lessor’s approval is not obtained, such transfer shall not be void but Lessee shall remain obligated hereunder until such approval is obtained.

 


 

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M.   REPORTS AND INFORMATION.
 
    Upon written request by Lessor, Lessee shall deliver promptly to Lessor, without cost, to the extent that same pertains to the leased premises or lands pooled therewith and is available to Lessee, a copy of all geophysical and land surveys and title opinions, abstracts, daily drilling reports, well logs or surveys, core records and analyses, production analyses, formation test results, well completion reports, well workover reports, gas-oil ratio reports, well history and performance reports, production reports, sales records, applications and reports made to any governmental agency or authority, and orders, rules or permits issued by any such agency or authority affecting the leased premises. Lessor shall have the right to inspect the operations of Lessee on or pertaining to the leased premises, and, upon request, Lessor shall be furnished with copies of all run tickets, meter runs, sales information, and such other information as may be appropriate to the settlement of accounts between Lessor and Lessee, or to determine the respective rights and obligations of said parties, or to enable Lessor to comply with applicable laws, rules or regulations of governmental authorities. However, Lessee shall not be in any manner whatsoever responsible or liable for the contents of the title opinions, land surveys, or abstracts, or other documents not prepared by Lessee or by an agent or contractor of Lessee. Lessor agrees to keep all such information or data provided by Lessee confidential until the earlier of (a) the release of such information by Lessee to the public, (b) the release of such information into the public domain by means other than unauthorized disclosure by Lessor or its agents, employees, representatives, accountants, attorneys, or others hired to review or verify such information, or (c) 5 years from the date such information was prepared; provided, however, Lessor may share such information with its agents, employees, representatives, accountants, lawyers, others hired to review or verify such information, any court of law or governmental body to the extent required by same, or as otherwise required by law, regulation or the rules of any security exchange. Lessee shall keep records (i) to the same extent as Lessor is required to keep records by applicable governmental law, rule, regulation, or ordinance, or (ii) which Lessor in its reasonable judgment believes is necessary to be kept as to the disposal and removal of any Hazardous Materials or other debris, wastes or trash as provided in Section H of Exhibit B or in Section I.4 and 5 of Exhibit B.
 
N.   REVIEW.
 
    Lessor shall have the right to audit the accounts and records of Lessee, its successors and assigns, relating to the leased premises and to its operations under this lease. Such right shall be exercised by Lessor by giving Lessee reasonable notice and such audit shall be conducted only during normal business hours.
 
O.   INDEMNITY.
 
    LESSEE SHALL INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS LESSOR FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITY, LIENS, DEMANDS, JUDGMENTS, SUITS, ACTIONS, FINES, PENALTIES, COSTS, AND EXPENSES INCLUDING ATTORNEY FEES, AND CLAIMS OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR RELATING TO ANY OPERATION CONDUCTED BY LESSEE, OR ITS AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, EMPLOYEES, LICENSEES OR INVITEES, ON THE LEASED PREMISES UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS LEASE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FOR INJURY OR DEATH OF ANY PERSONS, DAMAGE, LOSS OR DESTRUCTION OF ANY PROPERTY, REAL OR PERSONAL, REMEDIAL OBLIGATIONS, OR VIOLATION OF LAW, UNDER ANY THEORY OF TORT, CONTRACT OR STRICT LIABILITY AND EXPRESSLY INCLUDING LESSOR’S OWN NEGLIGENCE . LESSEE FURTHER COVENANTS AND AGREES TO DEFEND ANY SUITS BROUGHT AGAINST LESSOR ON ACCOUNT OF SAID CLAIMS AND TO PAY ANY JUDGMENTS AGAINST OR LOSSES OF LESSOR RESULTING FROM ANY SUCH SUIT OR SUITS TOGETHER WITH ALL COSTS AND EXPENSES RELATIVE TO ANY SUCH CLAIMS, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES. LESSOR SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEFENSE OF ANY SUIT OR CLAIM IN WHICH IT MAY BE A PARTY WITHOUT RELIEVING LESSEE OF ITS OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER.

 


 

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    THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT ARISING OUT OF THE SOLE, JOINT, OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE, FAULT OR STRICT LIABILITY OF LESSOR AND SHALL APPLY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, TO ANY LIABILITY IMPOSED UPON LESSOR AS A RESULT OF ANY THEORY OF STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER DOCTRINE OF LAW, PROVIDED THAT THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY COSTS, EXPENSES, LOSSES OR LIABILITIES INCURRED BY LESSOR TO THE EXTENT PROXIMATELY CAUSED BY THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF LESSOR. THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL SURVIVE ANY TERMINATION OF THIS LEASE AND SHALL INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF LESSOR, ANY AFFILIATE OF LESSOR, AND ALL OF THE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS OF LESSOR AND AFFILIATES OF LESSOR.
 
P.   INSURANCE.
 
    Lessee agrees to maintain customary forms of insurance, including without limitation, commercial general liability ($1,000,000 each occurrence, limit $5,000,000 general aggregate), automobile liability ($1,000,000 combined single limit for bodily injury or property damage or $100,000 bodily injury per person/$300,000 bodily injury per accident/$50,0000 property damage), and workers compensation insurance as required by statute, and if the commercial general liability policy contains an exclusion for pollution or other environmental exposures, Lessee shall obtain and maintain pollution liability coverage ($1,000,000 per occurrence, with a deductible of not more than $100,000), to cover Lessee’s potential liability and any obligations under this lease and for any operations conducted by Lessee, or its agents, contractors, employees, licensees or invitees on the leased premises under the terms of this lease. Concurrently with the execution of this Lease, Lessee shall provide Lessor with a certificate of insurance (which may be in a short form), as appropriate, and which is in a form satisfactory to Lessor, and any new certificates to keep Lessor’s copy current. The insurance requirements will in no way limit Lessee’s liability under this Lease (including liability under the indemnification provisions set forth in paragraph O above).
 
Q.   DIVISION ORDERS.
 
    Lessee’s division orders shall only contain those terms prescribed in the form of division order for oil in the Texas Natural Resources Code.
 
R.   BREACH OR DEFAULT.
 
    1.  The remedy to a final judicially determined breach or default includes Lessee’s payment of Lessor’s attorney’s fees and any other costs relating to such breach or default. In addition to any other remedy granted herein, if Lessee fails to remedy such breach or default within the thirty (30) day period or if such breach or default involves any environmental or regulatory issue, Lessor is hereby granted the right to remedy such breach or default after giving five (5) days notice of such intent. Lessee agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses incurred by Lessor within five (5) days of Lessor’s presentation to Lessee of same. However, if Lessee disputes such breach or default, it shall notify Lessor within the five (5) days notice period, after which Lessor may initiate litigation. If litigation is pursued and a final judicial determination is made in favor of Lessor, Lessee shall be liable for any and all damages and interest on all money expended by Lessor to remedy such breach or default (if applicable) at the higher of simple annual rate of 18%, or the highest rate allowed pursuant to applicable law.
 
    2.  If Lessor has given Lessee four (4) or more notices of breach or default within any eighteen-month period that Lessee has failed to comply with its obligations under this lease with respect to the leased premises or any Production Unit with respect to any matter, and Lessee has failed to comply, then Lessor may, at its election, notify Lessee that this lease is terminated as to the leased premises or all Production Units, effective thirty (30) days from receipt of such notice via hand-delivery or upon the first attempted delivery by certified mail.
 
S.   ANCILLARY RIGHTS.
 
    In exploring, developing, producing or marketing from the leased premises or lands pooled or unitized therewith, the ancillary rights granted herein shall apply to the entire leased premises described in Paragraph 1 above, notwithstanding any partial release or other partial termination of this lease, but only to the extent (1) such rights were exercised and items were in existence at the time of such release or termination and

 


 

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    continued use is necessary to continue operations on a Producing Unit, or (2) any other uses after such release or termination have been approved in writing by Lessor.
 
T.   WORKING INTEREST.
 
    Lessor hereby retains the option to participate in any well drilled hereunder as a twenty percent (20%) working interest owner. Prior to commencing each well, Lessee shall provide Lessor with five (5) days notice in writing which includes reasonable detail to such proposed operations and costs. Lessor may elect within said five (5) days period to participate by telephoning Lessee at the number provided in such notice or by sending such election to Lessee via fax or hand delivery (notice is upon receipt by Lessee). Should Lessor elect to participate, the parties agree to enter into the AAPL Form 610 – 1989 Model Form Operating Agreement (“JOA”) attached hereto as Exhibit C for each well. Such JOA shall cover the entire Producing Unit for that well, if such Producing Unit is established. If Lessor elects not to participate in a well, Lessor shall have waived all rights to a working interest ownership in that well and the entire Producing Unit for that well, if such Producing Unit is established. However, Lessor’s rights to participate shall continue as to all other wells on the leased premises. However, Lessor shall not be responsible as a working interest owner to bear any percentage of costs or expenses related to Lessee’s breach or default of this lease as to any surface, environmental or regulation fees or damages hereunder. Lessor’s working interest participation shall be without warranty of title and should this lease be terminated or expire for any reason, Lessor shall have no obligation under the JOA to contribute such property thereunder. This paragraph shall control over any provision in the JOA in the event of any conflict.
 
U.   TIME OF THE ESSENCE.
 
    Time is of the essence with respect to the performance by either party of the duties and obligations set forth herein.
 
V.   HEADINGS.
 
    Headings of sections and paragraphs are included in this instrument for convenience of reference and shall in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provision hereof. Titles appearing at the beginning of any of such subdivisions are for convenience only and shall not constitute part of such subdivisions and shall be disregarded in construing the language contained in such subdivisions.
 
W.   BINDING EFFECT.
 
    All the covenants and agreements of Lessee herein contained shall be deemed to be covenants running with Lessee’s interest in the leased premises. All of the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of Lessor and Lessee and their respective successors and assigns and shall be binding upon Lessor and Lessee and their respective successors and assigns.

 

 

EXHIBIT 31.1

RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Timothy W. Byrne, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
b)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
c)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
 
b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

     
Dated: August 3, 2004
  /s/ Timothy W. Byrne
 
  Timothy W. Byrne
  President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

EXHIBIT 31.2

RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

I, M. Michael Owens, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
b)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
c)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
 
b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

     
Dated: August 3, 2004
  /s/ M. Michael Owens
 
  M. Michael Owens
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

EXHIBIT 32.1

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

     I, Timothy W. Byrne, Chief Executive Officer of United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certify that, to my knowledge:

(1)   The Company’s periodic report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2004 (the “Form 10-Q”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
(2)   The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

     
Dated: August 3, 2004
  /s/ Timothy W. Byrne
 
  Timothy W. Byrne
  President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

EXHIBIT 32.2

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

     I, M. Michael Owens, Chief Financial Officer of United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby certify that to my knowledge:

(1)   The Company’s periodic report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2004 (the “Form 10-Q”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
(2)   The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

     
Dated: August 3, 2004
  /s/ M. Michael Owens
 
  M. Michael Owens
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer