UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 7, 2012

 

 

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   1-33292   20-3431375

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

4200 W. 115th Street, Suite 210, Leawood, KS   66211
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(913) 981-1020

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Purchase and Sale Agreement

On December 7, 2012, Pinedale Corridor, LP (“Pinedale LP”), a newly formed subsidiary of CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Ultra Wyoming, Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Ultra Petroleum Corp. (“Ultra Petroleum”). The Purchase and Sale Agreement provides for Pinedale LP’s acquisition, for $225 million in cash, of a system of pipelines and central gathering facilities (the “LGS”) and certain associated real property rights in the Pinedale Anticline in Wyoming (the “Acquisition”). The Purchase and Sale Agreement provides that at the closing of the Acquisition Pinedale LP will enter into a 15-year triple net lease (the “Lease”) relating to the use of the LGS with Ultra Wyoming LGS, LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Ultra Petroleum (the “Tenant”). The Lease provides for a minimum annual base rent of $20 million, subject to inflation adjustment. The Tenant’s obligations under the Lease will be guaranteed by Ultra Petroleum. The Acquisition is expected to close in mid-December, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The description of the Purchase and Sale Agreement set forth in this Item 1.01 is qualified in its entirety by the full Purchase and Sale Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Subscription Agreement

On December 7, 2012, Pinedale LP and Pinedale GP, Inc., a newly formed subsidiary of the Company and the general partner of Pinedale LP (“Pinedale GP”), entered into a Subscription Agreement with Ross Avenue Investments, LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential”), pursuant to which Prudential has agreed to fund a portion of the Acquisition by investing $30 million in cash in Pinedale LP, and Pinedale GP has agreed to fund a portion of the Acquisition by contributing approximately $134 million in cash to Pinedale LP. The investments contemplated by the Subscription Agreement are expected to close in mid-December, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Following the closing, Prudential will hold a limited partner interest in Pinedale LP, and Pinedale GP will hold a general partner interest. Prudential will hold approximately 18% of the economic interest in Pinedale LP, and Pinedale GP will hold approximately 82% of the economic interest.

The description of the Subscription Agreement set forth in this Item 1.01 is qualified in its entirety by the full Subscription Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.


Credit Agreement

On December 7, 2012, Pinedale LP entered into a $65 million secured Term Credit Agreement (the “Credit Facility”) with KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”) serving as a lender and the administrative agent on behalf of other participating lenders. Funding of the Credit Facility is conditioned on our contribution, through Pinedale GP, of cash to Pinedale LP and the receipt by Pinedale LP of the funds from the Prudential co-investment described above. Outstanding balances under the Credit Facility will generally accrue interest at a variable annual rate equal to LIBOR plus 3.25%. The Credit Facility will remain in effect through December 2015, with an option to extend through December 2016. The Credit Facility will be secured by the LGS.

The description of the Credit Agreement set forth in this Item 1.01 is qualified in its entirety by the full Credit Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

The information regarding the Credit Facility set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

Item 8.01 Other Events

On December 10, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the Acquisition and the entry into the Credit Facility and Subscription Agreement. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits

 

  2.1    Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated December 7, 2012, by and between Ultra Wyoming, Inc. and Pinedale Corridor, LP**
10.1    Subscription Agreement, dated December 7, 2012, by and among Pinedale GP, Inc., Ross Avenue Investments, LLC and Pinedale Corridor, LP.
10.2    Term Credit Agreement, dated December 7, 2012, by and among Pinedale Corridor, LP, KeyBank National Association, as lender and KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent
99.1    Press Release dated December 10, 2012

 

** Portions of the Lease Agreement attached as an exhibit to the Purchase and Sale Agreement have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

The confidential portions have been provided to the SEC.


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

    CORENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST, INC.
Dated: December 7, 2012     By:  

/s/ David J. Schulte

      David J. Schulte
      Chief Executive Officer and President


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  2.1    Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated December 7, 2012, by and between Ultra Wyoming, Inc. and Pinedale Corridor, LP**
10.1    Subscription Agreement, dated December 7, 2012, by and among Pinedale GP, Inc., Ross Avenue Investments, LLC and Pinedale Corridor, LP
10.2    Term Credit Agreement, dated December 7, 2012, by and among Pinedale Corridor, LP, KeyBank National Association, as lender and KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent
99.1    Press Release dated December 10, 2012

 

** Portions of the Lease Agreement attached as an exhibit to the Purchase and Sale Agreement have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

The confidential portions have been provided to the SEC.

Exhibit 2.1

LIQUIDS GATHERING SYSTEM

SUBLETTE COUNTY, WYOMING

PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

ULTRA WYOMING, INC.

AS SELLER

AND

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP

AS BUYER

AND

DATED DECEMBER 7, 2012


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

              Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

     1   
 

1.1

   Definitions      1   
 

1.2

   Certain Interpretive Provisions      11   

ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE

     11   
 

2.1

  

Purchase and Sale

     11   
 

2.2

  

Nonrefundable Consideration

     11   

ARTICLE III PURCHASE PRICE

     12   
 

3.1

  

Purchase Price

     12   

ARTICLE IV BUYER’S INSPECTION

     12   
 

4.1

  

Access to Records, Insurance Policies and Services Agreement

     12   
 

4.2

  

Disclaimer

     12   
 

4.3

  

Access to the Assets

     12   

ARTICLE V TITLE MATTERS; CASUALTY; CONSENTS

     13   
 

5.1

  

Title

     13   
 

5.2

  

Casualty Loss

     13   
 

5.3

  

Consents

     14   
 

5.4

  

Nerd Farm Mortgage and Nerd Farm Judgment

     15   

ARTICLE VI CONFIDENTIALITY

     15   
 

6.1

  

No Disclosure or Use of Confidential Information

     15   
 

6.2

  

Compelled and Anticipated Disclosure

     16   
 

6.3

  

Ownership and Return

     16   
 

6.4

  

Standstill

     16   
 

6.5

  

Attorneys’ Fees

     17   
 

6.6

  

Announcements

     17   
 

6.7

  

Injunctive Relief

     17   
 

6.8

  

Survival

     17   

ARTICLE VII SELLER’S REPRESENTATIONS

     17   
 

7.1

  

Incorporation/Qualification

     17   
 

7.2

  

Power and Authority

     17   
 

7.3

  

Authorization and Enforceability

     18   
 

7.4

  

Liability for Brokers’ Fees

     18   
 

7.5

  

No Bankruptcy

     18   
 

7.6

  

Litigation

     18   
 

7.7

  

Environmental Condition of Assets

     18   
 

7.8

  

Assets

     18   
 

7.9

  

Taxes

     19   
 

7.10

  

Records, Insurance Policies, Services Agreement and Easements

     19   


 

7.11

  

Compliance with Laws

     20   
 

7.12

  

Governmental Authorizations

     20   
 

7.13

  

Bonds, Letters of Credit, Guarantees

     20   
 

7.14

  

Ownership

     20   
 

7.15

  

Consents

     20   
 

7.16

  

Preferential Rights

     21   
 

7.17

  

Material Agreements

     21   
 

7.18

  

Sufficiency of the Assets

     21   
 

7.19

  

Adverse Change

     21   
 

7.20

  

Disclaimers

     21   
 

7.21

  

Survival

     22   

ARTICLE VIII BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS

     22   
 

8.1

  

Incorporation and Qualification

     22   
 

8.2

  

Power and Authority

     22   
 

8.3

  

Authorization and Enforceability

     22   
 

8.4

  

Liability for Brokers’ Fees

     23   
 

8.5

  

No Bankruptcy

     23   
 

8.6

  

Litigation

     23   
 

8.7

  

Buyer’s Evaluation

     23   
 

8.8

  

Loan Documents and Ownership Documents and Information

     23   
 

8.9

  

No Buyer Factual Default Under the Lease or Equity Investment Agreement

     24   
 

8.10

  

Survival

     24   

ARTICLE IX COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

     24   
 

9.1

  

Conduct of Business

     24   
 

9.2

  

Insurance

     25   
 

9.3

  

Loan Documents, Ownership Documents and Information, Financial Resources

     25   
 

9.4

  

Further Assurances

     25   
 

9.5

  

Fees and Expenses

     26   
 

9.6

  

PSA Guaranties

     26   
 

9.7

  

Survival

     26   

ARTICLE X TAX MATTERS

     26   
 

10.1

  

Apportionment of Property Tax Liability

     26   
 

10.2

  

Property Tax Reports and Returns

     27   
 

10.3

  

Sales Taxes

     27   
 

10.4

  

Federal Tax Reporting

     27   
 

10.5

  

Like Kind Exchange

     27   

ARTICLE XI CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING

     28   
 

11.1

  

Seller’s Conditions Precedent

     28   
 

11.2

  

Buyer’s Conditions Precedent

     28   

ARTICLE XII RIGHT OF TERMINATION

     29   
 

12.1

  

Termination

     29   

 

iii


ARTICLE XIII CLOSING

     30   
 

13.1

  

Date of Closing

     30   
 

13.2

  

Time and Place of Closing

     30   
 

13.3

  

Closing Obligations

     30   

ARTICLE XIV ASSUMPTION AND RETENTION OF OBLIGATIONS AND INDEMNIFICATION

     31   
 

14.1

  

Seller’s Retention of Liabilities and Obligations

     31   
 

14.2

  

Environmental Indemnification

     31   
 

14.3

  

Indemnification

     31   
 

14.4

  

Survival

     32   
 

14.5

  

Procedure

     33   
 

14.6

  

No Insurance; Subrogation

     34   
 

14.7

  

Reservation as to Non-Parties

     34   
 

14.8

  

Consequential Damages

     34   
 

14.9

  

No Derivative Liability

     34   
 

14.10

  

Attorneys’ Fees

     34   

ARTICLE XV MISCELLANEOUS

     35   
 

15.1

  

Expenses

     35   
 

15.2

  

Notices

     35   
 

15.3

  

Amendments

     36   
 

15.4

  

Assignment

     36   
 

15.5

  

Counterparts/PDF and Fax Signatures

     36   
 

15.6

  

GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION, VENUE; JURY WAIVER

     36   
 

15.7

  

Entire Agreement

     37   
 

15.8

  

Binding Effect

     37   
 

15.9

  

No Third-Party Beneficiaries

     37   
 

15.10

  

Time of the Essence

     37   
 

15.11

  

Business Day

     37   
 

15.12

  

No Recordation of Agreement

     37   
 

15.13

  

No Waiver

     37   
 

15.14

  

Waiver of Trial by Jury

     37   
 

15.15

  

Further Assurances

     38   

 

iv


SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 7.13 :

   Bonds, Letters of Credit and Guarantees

Schedule 7.19

   Adverse Change

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A :   Partial Assignment of Jensen Easements to Buyer
Exhibit B :   BLM Request for Consent to Assignment to Buyer
Exhibit C :   List of BLM Easements
Exhibit D :   BLM Easements Assignment to Buyer/ BLM Filing
Exhibit E :   BLM Easements Assignment to Buyer/ County Filing
Exhibit F :   Map of Pipelines and Gathering Facilities
Exhibit G :   Bill of Sale
Exhibit H :   Resources Guaranty
Exhibit I :   Buyer PSA Guaranty
Exhibit J :   Equity Investors Agreement
Exhibit K :   SNDA
Exhibit L :   Lease
Exhibit M :   Lessee Lease Guaranty
Exhibit N :   Lessor Lease Guaranty
Exhibit O :   Memorandum of Lease
Exhibit P :   Nerd Farm Easement
Exhibit Q :   Non-Foreign Affidavit
Exhibit R :   Seller PSA Guaranty
Exhibit S :   List of Well Pads/ LGS Pipeline Riser Exhibit
Exhibit T :   Improvements Exhibit
Exhibit U :   Central Gathering Facility Exhibit
Exhibit V :   Photo of Inlet Flange/ Liquids Gathering System Exhibit

 

v


DEFINED TERMS

Certain terms are defined in Section 1.1 of this Agreement. In addition, other terms are defined on the pages indicated below:

 

Additional Required Consent      15   
Agreement      1   
Authorizations      20   
Buyer      1   
Buyer Warranties      24   
Buyer’s Conditions      28   
Casualty Loss      13   
Claim      33   
Claim Notice      33   
Closing      30   
Closing Date      30   
Controlling and Controlled      4   
Effective Date      1   
Improvements      2   
Indemnified Party      33   
Indemnifying Party      33   
Independent Contract Consideration      11   
Loan Documents      23   
Loss or Losses      31   
Major Casualty Loss      14   
Major Casualty Notice      14   
Material Agreements      21   
Non-Assignable Assets      15   
Notice      35   
Other BLM Matters      14   
Ownership Documents and Information      23   
Party      1   
Purchase Price      12   
Real Estate Records      30   
Recorded Documents      30   
Restoration Operations      13   
Restricted Period      24   
Retained Liabilities      31   
Seller      1   
Seller’s Conditions      28   
Seller’s Warranties      21   

Taxes

     19   
Transaction      12   
Transaction Documents      1   
 

 

vi


PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

This Purchase and Sale Agreement (this “ Agreement ”), is made as of December 7, 2012 (“ Effective Date ), by and between ULTRA WYOMING, INC., a Wyoming corporation (“ Seller ) whose address is 400 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 1200, Houston, Texas 77060, and PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Buyer ) whose address is 4200 W. 115 th Street, Suite 210, Leawood, Kansas 66211. Seller and Buyer may be referred to individually as a “ Party or collectively as the “ Parties .”

RECITALS

Seller owns certain rights in and to the Assets (as defined in this Agreement) located in the Pinedale Anticline in Sublette County, Wyoming, as more fully described in this Agreement.

Buyer desires to purchase, and Seller desires to sell and convey, the Assets pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

As a condition to Closing (as defined in this Agreement) of the purchase and sale of the Assets, Seller and Buyer will enter into the Lease described herein (this Agreement, the Lease and the other Closing Deliveries (as defined in this Agreement) to be collectively referred to as the “ Transaction Documents ).

Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement by the Parties, Seller Guarantor (as defined in this Agreement) has executed and delivered to Buyer the Seller PSA Guaranty (as defined in this Agreement), and the Buyer Guarantor (as defined in this Agreement) has executed and delivered to Seller the Buyer PSA Guaranty (as defined in this Agreement).

AGREEMENT

In consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and warranties contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Buyer and Seller agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Actual Daily Product Volume: the average daily volume (expressed in Bbls per day) of Condensate and water physically transported through the Liquids Gathering System.

Affiliate: With respect to a specified Person, (a) any Subsidiary of that Person, and (b) any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with, the specified Person.

Assets : The Liquids Gathering System and the Personal Property.


Bill of Sale: The Bill of Sale executed by Seller and Buyer in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit G .

BLM : The United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office.

BLM Consent : The consent of BLM to the BLM Easement Assignments to Buyer, in response to the BLM Request for Consent to Assignment to Buyer.

BLM Easements Assignment to Buyer: The assignment by Seller to Buyer of all of Seller’s right, title and interest under the BLM Easements pursuant to (a) the Application for Transportation and Utility Systems and Facilities on Federal Lands to be executed by Seller and Buyer, in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit D , and (b) the Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements (LGS) [BLM Easements] to be executed by Seller and Buyer and with their signatures acknowledged, in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit E.

BLM and Jensen Easements Assignment to Seller: The assignment by Ultra Resources to Seller of all of Ultra Resources’ right, title and interest under the BLM Easements by (a) the Application for Transportation and Utility Systems and Facilities on Federal Lands dated June 29, 2012, and (b) the Assignment and Bill of Sale (LGS) dated effective as of January 1, 2012, and recorded in the Real Estate Records.

BLM Easements : The easements, rights of way and agreements listed in Exhibit C, which shall be assigned to Seller pursuant to the BLM Easements Assignment to Seller.

BLM Request for Consent to Assignment to Buyer: The form of request for BLM’s consent to the BLM Easements Assignment to Buyer, a copy of which request is attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B .

Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any day that is a national banking holiday in the United States.

Buyer Closing Deliveries: The Equity Investors Agreement executed by Buyer, Ross Avenue Investments, LLC, Pinedale GP, Inc. and CorEnergy, the Lease executed by Buyer, the Memo of Lease executed by Buyer and with its signature acknowledged, the BLM Easements Assignment to Buyer executed by Buyer and with its signature acknowledged, the BLM Request for Consent to Assignment to Buyer executed by Buyer, the Partial Assignment of Jensen Easements to Buyer executed by Buyer and with its signature acknowledged, the Nerd Farm Easement executed by Buyer and with its signature acknowledged, the Lessor Lease Guaranty executed by CorEnergy, the Bill of Sale executed by Buyer, the SNDA executed by Buyer, CorEnergy and KeyBank, National Association, and with their signatures acknowledged, and true, correct and complete copies of the executed Loan Documents and the executed Ownership Documents and Information.

Buyer Closing Payments: The Purchase Price in Current Funds, and to the extent payable at Closing, any Taxes that Buyer is required to pay as a result of Closing under Section 10.3 of this Agreement, any recording fees or costs to record the Recorded Documents in the Real Estate Records or to file with BLM the BLM Assignment to Buyer.

 

2


Buyer PSA Guaranty : The Guaranty of certain obligations of Buyer under this Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I , executed by CorEnergy.

Central Gathering Facility or CGF : The four locations within the Liquids Gathering System at which condensate, produced water, and associated natural gas is collected and separated for sale and transport off the subject location or alternatively, in the case of associated natural gas, used for fuel or flared on the subject location. A legal description of each of CGF#1, CGF#2, CGF#3, and CGF#4 is set out on the attached Exhibit U .

CGF#1 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit U attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #1”.

CGF#2 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit U attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #2”.

CGF#3 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit U attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #3”.

CGF#4 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit U attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #4”.

Closing Deliveries: The Seller Closing Deliveries and the Buyer Closing Deliveries.

Code: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. All references to the Code, Treasury Regulations or other governmental pronouncements shall be deemed to include references to any applicable successor regulations or amending pronouncements.

Condensate : Liquid hydrocarbons.

Condensate Loading Point: The condensate loading coupling off each condensate storage tank located on a Central Gathering Facility on the Effective Date, as the Condensate Loading Points may be modified consistent with the terms of this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date.

Condensate Terminus Point : The (a) inlet flange for each LACT Unit Facility and (b) each Condensate Loading Point.

Confidentiality Agreement: The Confidentiality and Nondisclosure Agreement dated as of December 1, 2011, between Corridor Energy, LLC, and Ultra Resources.

Confidential Information : (i) all Proprietary Information, and (ii) all other information furnished to Buyer by or on behalf of Seller, Ultra Resources or any of their respective Affiliates and designated as confidential. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include information that is publicly available other than as a result of actions in violation of Article VI hereof.

 

3


Confidentiality Provisions: The terms, conditions and requirements of Article VI of this Agreement .

Control : The possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

CorEnergy: CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, formerly known as Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation.

Current Funds : Wire transfers of immediately available funds to Seller.

Diligence Commencement Date: February 1, 2012.

Disclosing Party : The Party disclosing Confidential Information to the Recipient Party .

Easement Rights: Collectively, the right, title and interest in the BLM Easements conveyed to Buyer under the BLM Easements Assignment to Buyer, the right, title and interest in the Jensen Easements conveyed to Buyer under the Partial Assignment of Jensen Easements to Buyer, and the Nerd Farm Easement (but exclusive of the Improvements transferred pursuant to the Nerd Farm Easement).

Easements : The BLM Easements, the Jensen Easements and the Nerd Farm Easement.

Environmental Laws: All federal, state, and local laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, judgments, ordinances, codes, injunctions, decrees, and other legally enforceable requirements relating to (i) pollution or protection of the environment or natural resources, (ii) any actual or threatened depositing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, placing, emitting, discarding, abandoning, emptying, discharging, migrating, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or disposing into the environment of, or any exposure to, any Hazardous Substances or (iii) the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, transport, disposal or handling of any Hazardous Substances; including the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Law, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act, each as amended through the Closing Date.

Environmental Permit: Any permit, approval, identification number, license, registration, certification, consent, exemption, variance or other authorization required under or issued pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law.

Equity Investors Agreement : The Equity Investors Agreement in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit J , executed by Buyer, Seller, CorEnergy, Pinedale GP, Inc. and Ross Avenue Investments, LLC.

 

4


Flash Gas Terminus Point: means: (a) with respect to CGF#1, CGF #3, and CGF #4, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date to each dehydrator located on each such Central Gathering Facility; and (b) with respect to CGF #2, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date on (i) each three-phase heated separator located on CGF #2, (ii) each condensate storage tank located on CGF #2, and (iii) each water storage tank located on CGF #2, in each case, as the Flash Gas Terminus Points may be modified consistent with the terms of this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date .

Flow and Volume Information: any Actual Daily Product Volume information or similar flow and volume information furnished or made available by Seller or Ultra Resources.

GAAP : means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States of America from time to time or at a specific time if so specified in this Agreement.

Hazardous Substance: (a) Any substance that is designated as a hazardous waste, solid waste, hazardous material, pollutant, contaminant or toxic or hazardous substance, as those terms are used in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, (b) any petroleum, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum products, petrochemical products and any components, fractions or derivatives thereof, any oil or gas exploration or production waste, and any natural gas, synthetic gas, and any mixtures thereof, and (c) radioactive materials or polychlorinated biphenyls.

Improvements: All of the improvements and fixtures used directly in connection with the Liquids Gathering System, including, without limitation, any and all surface and/or subsurface pipelines, surface and/or subsurface machinery and equipment, line pipe, pipe connections, fittings, flanges, welds, or other interconnections, valves, control and monitoring equipment, cathodic or electrical protection units, by-passes, regulators, drips, treating equipment, dehydration equipment, separation equipment, processing equipment, condensate and water storage tanks and other storage facilities, generators, gas compressors, vapor recovery units, combustors, flares, storage sheds, towers, gas and electric fixtures, radiators and heaters, in each case that are downstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser and that are upstream of each LGS Terminus Point, including any of the foregoing described on the attached Exhibit T , but specifically excluding (i) any of the facilities, improvements and fixtures located upstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser (an example of such an inlet flange is shown, for the Parties’ convenience, on the photograph on the attached Exhibit V ) and (ii) any of the facilities, improvements or fixtures located downstream of each LGS Terminus Point, except in each case to the extent explicitly described on Exhibit T . The term “ Improvements ” includes all of the improvements and fixtures which are a part of the Liquids Gathering System as described herein, regardless of whether they are included or properly described in Exhibit T .

Indebtedness : With respect to a Person, such Person’s (a) liabilities for borrowed money, (b) liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by it (excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of businesses), (c) obligations that are required to be accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet under GAAP (and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP), and (d) guaranty obligations with respect to liabilities of another Person of the type described in the preceding subsections (a) - (c) .

 

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Insurance Policies: The material policies of general liability, workers’ compensation and other insurance held as of the Effective Date by Seller or its Affiliates with respect to the Assets.

Jensen Easements : The following easements: (a) that certain Grant of Pipeline Easements dated June 24, 2010, recorded in Book 95, Page 423 of the Records of the Sublette County Clerk’s Office, Sublette County, Wyoming, from Mary Kay Jensen, as grantor, to Ultra Resources, as grantee, and (b) that certain Grant of Pipeline Easements dated June 24, 2010, in Book 95, Page 418 of the Records of the Sublette County Clerk’s Office, Sublette County, Wyoming, from Mary Kay Jensen, as personal representative of the Estate of John Wayne Jensen, individually, as grantor, to Ultra Resources, as grantee, as both such easements were assigned by Ultra Resources to Seller pursuant to the BLM and Jensen Easements Assignment to Seller.

LACT Unit Facilities: The condensate pump, meter and sales point as well as the associated equipment downstream of the inlet risers to any Lease Automated Custody Transfer Unit located on a Central Gathering Facility.

Land: The land underlying, subject to and covered by the Easement Rights.

Lease: The Lease of the Assets from Buyer to Lessee, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L , executed by Lessee, as lessee, and Buyer, as lessor, provided however, if Lessee determines that its deemed incremental borrowing rate for this transaction has declined materially after the Effective Date, then at any time on or before the Closing Date, Lessee may request that the Specified Discount Rate set forth in Section 23.2(a)(i) of the Lease be reduced to the amount that is specified by Lessee as its deemed incremental borrowing rate for this transaction. If Lessee makes such request, then the Specified Discount Rate set forth in Section 23.2(a)(i) of the Lease shall be the amount specified by Lessee in such request. As used in this definition, “this transaction” means the transactions pursuant to this Agreement.

Lessee: Ultra Wyoming LGS , LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Lessee Lease Guaranty : The Guaranty of certain obligations of Lessee under the Lease, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit M , executed by Ultra Petroleum.

Lessor Lease Guaranty : The Guaranty of certain obligations of Buyer under the Lease, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit N , executed by CorEnergy.

LGS Pipeline Riser: The pipeline riser downstream of the liquids legs of the production separators located on each of the producing well pads described on the attached Exhibit S , as each is in existence on the Effective Date, as they may have been modified consistent with the terms of this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date.

LGS Terminus Point : Each Flash Gas Terminus Point, each Condensate Terminus Point and each Produced Water Terminus Point.

Lien : Any mortgage lien, deed of trust lien, vendor’s lien, security interest, mechanic’s or materialman’s lien, or other lien.

 

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Liquids Gathering System : Generally, the system of pipelines and central gathering facilities highlighted on the map attached as Exhibit F , together with the related equipment that is capable of gathering, separating, collecting, and delivering for sale or transport, condensate and water, together with associated natural gas, produced from natural gas and oil wells that are operated by Ultra Resources and are located in the Pinedale Anticline Field in Sublette County, Wyoming, including, specifically, the Easement Rights and the Improvements, which Liquids Gathering System begins at the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser (an example of such an inlet flange is shown, for the Parties’ convenience, on the photograph on the attached Exhibit V ), extends through an interconnected system of pipelines to the production and separation equipment and storage tanks located at the Central Gathering Facilities, and terminates at each LGS Terminus Point.

Material Adverse Effect: Any circumstance, change, or effect that is materially adverse to the ownership, operation, or financial condition of the Assets, taken as a whole.

Material Adverse Effect for Closing Conditions : Any circumstance, change, or effect that is materially adverse to the ownership, operation, or financial condition of the Assets, taken as a whole, but excluding any circumstance, change, or effect resulting or arising from: (a) any general change in conditions in the industries or markets in which Seller operates; (b) seasonal reductions in revenues and/or earnings of Seller in the conduct of its business with respect to the Assets in the ordinary course; (c) any adverse change, event, or effect on the global, national, or regional energy industry as a whole, including those impacting energy prices or the value of gathering assets and properties or other commodities, goods, or services, or the availability or costs of hedges; (d) national or international political conditions, including any engagement in hostilities, whether or not pursuant to declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack; (e) changes in law or generally accepted accounting procedures, or the interpretation thereof; (f) the entry into or announcement of this Agreement, actions contemplated by this Agreement, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (g) any failure to meet internal or third party projections or forecasts or revenue or earnings or reserve predictions; (h) changes or developments in financial or securities markets or the economy in general; (i) effects of weather, meteorological events, natural disasters, or other acts of God; or (j) fire or other casualty.

Memo of Lease: The Memorandum of Lease in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit O .

Nerd Farm Easement : The Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit P .

Nerd Farm Judgment : Judgment dated December 8, 2010, recorded January 6, 2011, in Book 96, Page 421 of the Miscellaneous Records of Sublette County, Wyoming, against Questar Exploration and Production Company et al and in favor of Doyle Hartman et al.

Nerd Farm Mortgage : Mortgage recorded April 30, 1997, recorded in Book 68, Page 75 of the Mortgage Records of Sublette County, Wyoming, from Nerd Enterprises, Inc., to George P. Westman.

 

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Nerd Farm Title Policy : An Owner Policy of Title Insurance issued by a title insurer acceptable to Buyer, to be procured by Buyer at Buyer’s expense, insuring the easement estate of Buyer in the Nerd Farm Easement.

Non-Foreign Affidavit: The Non-Foreign Affidavit (Federal) in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit Q , executed by Seller, and equivalent forms, if any, required by the State of Wyoming.

Outside Closing Date : December 21, 2012, or such other date as may be mutually agreed in writing by Buyer and Seller, in either case as such date may be automatically extended upon a Major Casualty Loss if Buyer and Seller fail to terminate this Agreement, but only as and to the extent expressly provided in Section 5.2 .

Partial Assignment of Jensen Easements to Buyer : The Partial Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements (LGS) [Jensen Easements] to be executed by Seller and Buyer and with their signatures acknowledged, in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A.

Person: Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or any other entity of any kind.

Personal Property: (a) The monitoring equipment located in or on the Liquids Gathering System, (b) the computer hardware located in the centralized monitoring building for each CGF constituting a portion of the Liquids Gathering System to which such monitoring equipment connects, (c) the wires and other connectors for such monitoring equipment between such computer hardware and such monitoring equipment, (d) all office furniture in each centralized monitoring building for each Central Gathering Facility, (e) engineering drawings and plans and specifications in Seller’s possession for the Liquids Gathering System except to the extent assignment thereof is prohibited by contract or applicable law, (f) as-built drawings and surveys of the Liquids Gathering System in Seller’s possession, and (g) to the extent assignable, the other Records.

Produced Water Terminus Point: Each outlet flange to the water pump facility or facilities, as the case may be, on each Central Gathering Facility that is directly upstream of each water meter and through which the produced water flows after it is separated from the condensate and the associated natural gas, as in existence on the Effective Date, as they may be modified consistent with the terms of this Agreement on or prior to the Closing Date.

Proprietary Information : (a) the business concept, operating techniques, marketing methods, financial information, plans, site and system renderings, schedules, itemized costs, development plans and all related trade secrets or confidential or proprietary information treated as such by Seller, whether by course of conduct, by letter or report or by use of any appropriate proprietary stamp of legend designating such information item to be confidential or proprietary, by communication to such effect made prior to or at the time any such Proprietary Information is disclosed to Buyer, or otherwise, (b) all financial statements and financial information relating to the Liquids Gathering System delivered to Buyer by Seller and Ultra Resources pursuant to Article IV , and (c) all Flow and Volume Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Proprietary Information shall not include information that is publicly available other than as a result of actions in violation of Article VI hereof.

 

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Recipient Party : The Party receiving, directly or by delivery to its Representatives, Confidential Information disclosed by or on behalf of the other Party hereto.

Records : The following information, to the extent in Seller’s Possession: all engineering drawings or plans of or covering the Liquids Gathering System or any component thereof, site assessments and environmental reports regarding or covering the Liquids Gathering System or any component thereof, manuals relating to the operation of the Assets, and “as-built” surveys of the pipelines and drawings of the Liquids Gathering System.

Representatives : Those Persons including, without limitation, officers, directors, employees, accountants, attorneys consultants, independent contractors, agents, stockholders, members, partners, actual or potential financing sources, investment advisers, and investment bankers, with a need to know the Confidential Information in order to evaluate the Transaction.

Resources Guaranty : The Limited Guaranty of Collection, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H , executed by Ultra Resources.

Seller Closing Deliveries: The Equity Investors Agreement executed by Seller, the Lease executed by Lessee, the Memo of Lease executed by Lessee and with its signature acknowledged, the BLM Easements Assignment to Buyer, executed by Seller and with its signature acknowledged, the BLM Request for Consent to Assignment to Buyer executed by Seller, the Partial Assignment of Jensen Easements to Buyer executed by Seller and with its signature acknowledged, the Nerd Farm Easement executed by Seller and with its signature acknowledged, the Bill of Sale, executed by Seller, the SNDA executed by Lessee, Ultra Petroleum and Ultra Resources and with their signatures acknowledged, the Non-Foreign Affidavit executed by Seller, the Lessee Lease Guaranty executed by Ultra Petroleum and the Resources Guaranty executed by Ultra Resources.

Seller PSA Guaranty : The Guaranty of certain obligations of Seller under this Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit R , executed by Ultra Petroleum.

Seller’s Knowledge : As of any date, the then current actual knowledge of Seller’s Representatives as of such date, and not any implied, imputed or constructive knowledge of such individuals, and without any independent investigation or inquiry having been made or any implied duty to investigate, make any inquiries or review any information. The foregoing qualification of Seller’s Knowledge shall in no event give rise to any personal liability on the part of any Seller’s Representative or any other officer or employee of Seller or its Affiliates on account of any breach of any representation or warranty made by Seller herein. No broker, agent or Person other than Seller is authorized to make any representation or warranty for or on behalf of Seller.

Seller’s Possession : With respect to information, records and materials, only such information, records and materials as may be in the actual possession or control of Seller or its Affiliates, and without including any information or materials in the possession or control of a third Person or any other agent of Seller or its Affiliates.

 

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Seller’s Representatives : As of any date, the Chief Executive Officer, the Senior Vice President of Operations and the Chief Financial Officer of Ultra Resources.

Services Agreement: The Services Agreement dated as of January 1, 2012, between Ultra Resources, as Services Provider, and Seller.

SNDA: The Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement (Liquids Gathering System, Sublette County, Wyoming) to be executed by KeyBank, N.A., Lessee and Buyer, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K .

Subsidiary: With respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity or more than fifty percent (50%) of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than fifty percent (50%) of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

Survival Period: The period beginning on the Closing Date and ending twelve (12) months following the Closing Date.

Tax or Taxes : (a) all federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental (including taxes under Section 59A of the Code), customs, duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, escheat, registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated or any other taxes, unclaimed property liabilities, any payments in lieu of taxes or other similar payments, charges, fees, levies, imposts, customs or duties of any kind whatsoever, that are imposed by a Taxing Authority, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not and including any obligations to indemnify or otherwise assume or succeed to the tax liability of any other Person or (b) any liability for the payment of any taxes, interest, penalty, addition to tax or like additional amount resulting from the application of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or comparable federal, state or local laws.

Tax Return : any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, property rendition or information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto and including any amendment thereof.

Taxing Authority : a governmental entity having jurisdiction over the assessment, determination, collection, or other imposition of any Tax.

Treasury Regulations: the regulations promulgated by the United States Treasury Department under the Code.

 

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Ultra Petroleum: Ultra Petroleum Corp., a Yukon Territory of Canada corporation.

Ultra Resources : Ultra Resources, Inc., a Wyoming corporation.

1.2 Certain Interpretive Provisions . As used in this Agreement: (a) the word “or” is not exclusive and the word “including” is not limiting, (b) references to a law include any rule or regulation issued under the law and any amendment to the law, rule or regulation, (c) whenever the words “include,” “includes,” or “including” appear, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” (d) personal pronouns shall be deemed to include the other genders and the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, and (e) the words “herein,” “hereof’ and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. Wherever a period of time is stated in this Lease as commencing or ending on specified dates, such period of time shall be deemed (i) inclusive of such stated commencement and ending dates, and (ii) to commence at 12:00 A.M. Central Time on such stated commencement date and to end at 11:59 P.M. Central Time on such stated ending date. Unless the context otherwise requires, (A) any definition or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (B) subject to restrictions on assignment set forth herein, any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successor and assigns, and (C) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulation provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time. Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other document executed in connection herewith.

ARTICLE II

PURCHASE AND SALE

2.1 Purchase and Sale . Seller agrees to sell the Assets to Buyer, and Buyer agrees to purchase the Assets from Seller, pursuant to, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement.

2.2 Nonrefundable Consideration Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Buyer has delivered to Seller, and Seller herby acknowledges the receipt of, a check in the amount of $100.00 (the “ Independent Contract Consideration ”), which amount the Parties bargained for and agreed to as consideration for Buyer’s right to inspect and purchase the Assets pursuant to this Agreement, and for Seller’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Independent Contract Consideration is in addition to and independent of any other consideration or payment provided in this Agreement, is nonrefundable, and is fully earned and shall be retained by Seller notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE III

PURCHASE PRICE

3.1 Purchase Price . The purchase price for the Assets shall be Two Hundred Twenty-five Million U.S. Dollars (U.S. $225,000,000) (the “ Purchase Price ). If the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents (“ Transaction ) closes, Buyer agrees to pay to Seller the Purchase Price at Closing in Current Funds.

ARTICLE IV

BUYER’S INSPECTION

4.1 Access to Records, Insurance Policies and Services Agreement . Prior to the Effective Date and pursuant to the Confidentiality Agreement, Seller has provided Buyer and its Affiliates and Representatives with access to the Liquids Gathering System and to certain information about the Liquids Gathering System, and has made available to Buyer and such Persons certain of Seller’s officers, employee, agents and others for question and answer sessions related to the Liquids Gathering System, including during two field tours of the Liquids Gathering System, all of which inspections and information shall for all purposes be deemed to have been made pursuant to, and shall in all respects be subject to, this Agreement. From and after the Effective Date until Closing, and subject to the Confidentiality Provisions, upon reasonable advance notice and compliance with applicable law governing the access to or use of such Confidential Information, Seller will make originals or copies of the Records and the Insurance Policies, in each case only to the extent such documents and information are in Seller’s Possession, and the Services Agreement, available to Buyer and its Representatives for inspection and review during normal business hours to permit Buyer to perform its due diligence review. Subject to the consent and cooperation of third parties and subject to the Confidentiality Provisions, Seller will assist Buyer in Buyer’s efforts to obtain, at Buyer’s expense, such additional information from third parties as Buyer may reasonably request in writing, for the purposes of Buyer’s due diligence review.

4.2 Disclaimer . Except for Seller’s Warranties, Seller makes no warranty or representation of any kind as to the Records or the Insurance Policies or any other information provided by or on behalf of Seller or its Affiliates to Buyer or its Affiliates or Representatives in connection with Buyer’s review of the Assets or the Transaction.

4.3 Access to the Assets . Subject to the Confidentiality Provisions, Seller agrees to grant Buyer access to the Assets during reasonable business hours and after prior reasonable written notice, with Seller’s representative present and Buyer complying with Seller’s rules and regulations, including safety, so Buyer may, at its sole risk and expense, (a) conduct non-invasive on-site inspections and environmental assessments of the Assets and (b) conduct inspections of the operation of the Assets and prepare to assume ownership of the Assets after Closing. Buyer acknowledges and agrees that: (1) Seller owns oil and gas wells, leases,

 

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and other related properties in and around the Assets separate and apart from the Liquids Gathering System and the Personal Property; (2) Ultra Resources operates such oil and gas wells, leases, and other related properties and may itself own rights and property in and around the Assets separate and apart from the Liquids Gathering System and the Personal Property; (3) after the Closing, Seller intends to continue to own such oil and gas wells, leases, and other related properties; (4) after the Closing, Ultra Resources intends to continue to operate such oil and gas wells, leases, and other related properties, to own its other rights and property in and around the Assets, and to co-use the Jensen Easements as contemplated in the Partial Assignment of Jensen Easements to Buyer; and (5) nothing in this Agreement or otherwise gives Buyer or any of its Representatives any right to make inspections or investigations with respect to such operations, oil and gas wells, leases, and other related properties. If Buyer or its agents prepares an environmental assessment of any Asset, Buyer agrees to keep such assessment confidential (unless legally required to disclose) and to furnish copies thereof to Seller. In connection with any on-site inspections, Buyer (a) agrees not to interfere with the normal operation of the Assets, (b) agrees to comply with Seller’s requirements of the operators of the Assets and (c) represents that it is adequately insured. Buyer waives, releases and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Seller and its Affiliates, and each of their directors, officers, shareholders, members, employees, agents and representatives against all claims, liabilities and obligations, including without limitation, personal injury, death and/or property damage, arising from Buyer’s activities or inspection of the Assets, the Records, the Insurance Policies or any other related information prior to Closing, except to the extent such liabilities or damages are caused by Seller’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, and such indemnification shall survive Closing and termination of this Agreement. The provisions of this Section 4.3 shall survive termination of this Agreement for a period of twelve (12) months after such termination and shall survive Closing until the expiration of the Survival Period.

ARTICLE V

TITLE MATTERS; CASUALTY; CONSENTS

5.1 Title . Except for Seller’s Warranties, neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates makes any representation or warranty, express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect to Seller’s title to any of the Assets, except by, through and under Seller and its Affiliates, but not otherwise, and Buyer hereby acknowledges and agrees that Buyer has no claim or remedy against Seller or its Affiliates, or their respective successors or assigns, for any defect of title relating to the Assets, including but not limited to any lien, encumbrance, claim, defect in or object to real property title, and the existence or non-existence of any leases, easements or rights-of-way, except those claims or rights against the Assets that arise by, through and under Seller and its Affiliates, but not otherwise.

5.2 Casualty Loss . If (a) a portion of the Assets is damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty prior to Closing (“ Casualty Loss ) and such Casualty Loss is not a Major Casualty Loss, or (b) such Casualty Loss is a Major Casualty Loss but neither Seller nor Buyer elect to terminate this Agreement as permitted in this Section 5.2 , then (i) this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and the Parties shall proceed to close the Transaction, without adjustment or reduction to the Purchase Price, (ii) the insurance proceeds shall be paid to Seller to be used and applied as provided in the Lease, and (iii) Seller will commence to repair, restore and/or replace the Assets or part thereof damaged or destroyed by such fire or other casualty as soon as reasonably practicable to substantially the same condition as immediately prior to the Casualty Loss and in a manner consistent with the applicable

 

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provisions of the Lease (the “ Restoration Operations ), (iv) if the Restoration Operations cannot be completed prior to the Closing Date but can be completed prior to the Outside Closing Date, the Closing Date shall be automatically extended until the Restoration Operations are complete (but not beyond the Outside Closing Date), and (v) if the Major Casualty Notice indicates that the Restoration Operations cannot be completed by the Outside Closing Date and neither Seller or Buyer terminates the Agreement pursuant to this Section 5.2 , then the Outside Closing Date shall be automatically extended until the estimated completion date for the Restoration Operations as set forth in the Major Casualty Notice. If Seller determines in good faith that either (A) the Casualty Loss is greater than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000), or (B) the casualty cannot be repaired, restored or replaced prior to the Outside Closing Date (each, a “ Major Casualty Loss ), Seller shall so notify Buyer in writing (“ Major Casualty Notice ), and either Seller or Buyer may elect to terminate this Agreement by giving written notice of termination to the other Party within five (5) Business Days following the date of Seller’s Major Casualty Notice. Upon any such termination, neither Seller nor Buyer shall have any further rights or obligations hereunder except those which expressly survive termination. Seller shall consult with Buyer regarding any Casualty Loss in excess of Two Million ($2,000,000.00) and consider in good faith any input from Buyer as to whether such Casualty Loss is a Major Casualty Loss prior to making any determination in respect thereof.

5.3 Consents .

(a) Buyer and Seller acknowledge that BLM consent to the assignment of a right of way or easement from BLM is customarily not requested or obtained until after the closing of the actual assignment of such right of way or easement. Buyer and Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts after Closing to obtain the BLM Consent, through submission of the BLM Request for Consent to Assignment to Buyer in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B , with such changes to such form as may be required by changes in applicable law or regulations after the Effective Date. Buyer shall pay any costs or expenses assessed by BLM in connection with such BLM Request for Consent to Assignment to Buyer.

(b) Prior to Closing, Seller shall request of the BLM that the BLM Easement issued under the Federal Land Policy Management Act be converted to a right-of-way under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (or issue a new right-of-way under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 covering the same lands for the same purposes). If such conversion (or new issuance) is not completed by September 1, 2013, Seller shall, as expeditiously as possible, either (i) obtain the written approval of the BLM to Lessee’s use of such BLM Easement pursuant to the Lease, or (ii) obtain an amendment to such BLM Easement to allow such use and the sublease thereof. Such September 1, 2013, date may be extended by Buyer if Seller has demonstrated to Buyer’s reasonable satisfaction that the conversion (or new issuance) is imminent. Seller shall, as expeditiously as possible, take all action the BLM deems necessary or appropriate (including making any such filings, providing such information, materials and documentation and obtaining such approvals, consents and other action as is necessary or appropriate) in connection with the transfer of the BLM Easements to Buyer, the lease of the BLM Easements by Lessee pursuant to the Lease, and the use of such BLM Easements by Lessee pursuant thereto. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ Other BLM Matters means the issues, matters and obligations under this Section 5.3(b ).

 

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(c) Except for the BLM Consent and the Other BLM Matters, if prior to Closing Seller or Buyer discovers a consent necessary for the valid assignment of the Assets, or a portion thereof, required by either (a) the contract or agreement granting or creating Seller’s rights in an Asset component (other than a consent to assignment of the Records or any part of the Records, which shall not be considered an Additional Required Consent) or (b) a law applicable to the transfer of an Asset component from Seller to Buyer hereunder (other than the BLM Request for Consent to Assignment to Buyer) (each, and except for the BLM Consent and the Other BLM Matters (which are governed by subsections (a ) and ( b ), above), an “ Additional Required Consent ”) such Party shall promptly notify the other of the need for such Additional Required Consent, the Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such Additional Required Consent, and Buyer shall cooperate (without any obligation on Buyer’s part to make any payments or incur any liabilities) with Seller in a commercially reasonable manner. In connection with Seller’s efforts to acquire any Additional Required Consent, “commercially reasonable efforts” may include the payment of reasonable costs and expenses in connection therewith. Unless and until any such Additional Required Consent is obtained, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Parties will cooperate in good faith to establish an arrangement reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and Seller under which Buyer would obtain the claims, rights and benefits associated with the Assets (or portion thereof) affected by such Additional Required Consents (the “ Non-Assignable Assets ”) and under which Seller would enforce for the benefit of Buyer any and all claims, rights and benefits of Seller associated with the Non-Assignable Assets against a third party thereto. Nothing in this Section 5.3 shall be deemed to constitute an agreement by Buyer to exclude from the Assets any of the Non-Assignable Assets. Seller will convey such Non-Assignable Assets to Buyer promptly upon receipt of the requisite Additional Required Consents with the Closing Date for such Non-Assignable Assets being adjusted appropriately, but subject in all other respects to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Buyer and Seller agree, upon the request and at the expense of Buyer, to use commercially reasonable efforts to acquire consent to the assignment of any of the Records for which consent to assignment is required.

5.4 Nerd Farm Mortgage and Nerd Farm Judgment . For each of the Nerd Farm Mortgage and the Nerd Farm Judgment, Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain prior to Closing either (a) a subordination to the Nerd Farm Easement, (b) a release, or (c) agreement of the Title Company to issue to Buyer the Nerd Farm Title Policy without exception for the Nerd Farm Mortgage and Nerd Farm Judgment. Upon receipt of any release or subordination, Seller shall cause such releases and subordinations to be recorded in the applicable public records of Sublette County, Wyoming.

ARTICLE VI

CONFIDENTIALITY

6.1 No Disclosure or Use of Confidential Information . Except as permitted in this Agreement, each Party agrees not to disclose the Confidential Information to any other Person not having a need to know such Confidential Information in connection with the evaluation of the Transaction, and to use all reasonable efforts to protect the confidentiality of such Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Party may disclose Confidential Information to its Representatives; provided that each Party shall obtain an agreement from such Representatives to abide by the Confidentiality Provisions.

 

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6.2 Compelled and Anticipated Disclosure.

(a) If the Recipient Party is requested, through legal or administrative process, to disclose any Confidential Information, the Recipient Party must (a) disclose only that portion of the Confidential Information that the Recipient Party’s legal counsel advises is required to be disclosed, (b) use its reasonable efforts to ensure that the Confidential Information is treated confidentially, (c) notify the Disclosing Party as promptly as possible of the request for disclosure and the items of Confidential Information to be disclosed; and (d) if requested by Disclosing Party, reasonably cooperate with the Disclosing Party, at the Disclosing Party’s expense, in the Disclosing Party’s efforts to limit disclosure of such Confidential Information.

(b) The Parties acknowledge: (i) that Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation changed its name to CorEnergy and CorEnergy will conduct a public offering of its common stock to partially finance the Transaction and (ii) that the public offering will require or make appropriate the public disclosure of certain Confidential Information. In addition, the Parties acknowledge that CorEnergy is subject to the reporting obligations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “ 34 Act ”) and, as a result, it will be required or appropriate that CorEnergy make public disclosure of certain Confidential Information on a periodic basis. Further, the Parties acknowledge that the partners of Buyer will be entitled, under state partnership law and Buyer’s partnership agreement, to access to certain Confidential Information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties agree that neither Buyer nor CorEnergy shall, under any circumstance contemplated in this subparagraph (b ), disclose any Proprietary Information in any securities law filing or to any Person who is a Disqualified Person as that term is defined in the Lease.

6.3 Ownership and Return . All Confidential Information will remain the property of the Disclosing Party, and no right or license is granted to the Recipient Party with respect to any Confidential Information. Except as explicitly noted in Section 13.3(f ), nothing in this Agreement creates an agency or partnership relationship between the Parties. Upon the request of the Disclosing Party, the Recipient Party agrees to (a) immediately return to the Disclosing Party or destroy all Confidential Information, including copies of the same, and (b) destroy any memoranda, summaries, reports, documents or analyses created by the Recipient Party that contain or are based in any way on the Confidential Information. Upon the Disclosing Party’s request, the fact of any such destruction must be certified in writing to the Disclosing Party by an officer of the Recipient Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Recipient Party is required by federal securities laws to retain certain records, nothing herein shall prevent the Recipient Party from complying with its ordinary records retention policy, and each Recipient Party may retain Confidential Information contained or reflected in materials presented to its board of directors, to the extent required by law, or which would be unreasonably burdensome for it to destroy (such as archived computer records).

6.4 Standstill . The Recipient Party agrees that while it is in possession of material nonpublic information concerning the Disclosing Party, it will not purchase, sell or otherwise engage in any transaction in or related to the securities of: (a) the Disclosing Party, or (b) any entity in which the Disclosing Party has invested or advises and that is the subject of any of the Confidential Information. Each Party confirms that it is familiar with federal and state securities laws concerning material non-public information. Each Party hereby confirms that it will not use the Confidential Information in any manner inconsistent with those laws.

 

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6.5 Attorneys’ Fees . Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Disclosing Party commences a lawsuit or other proceeding against the Recipient Party under this Article VI and successfully enforces any of the provisions of this Article VI or on account of any damages sustained by the Disclosing Party by reason of the Recipient Party’s proven violation of any provisions of this Article VI , the Recipient Party agrees that it will pay, in addition to other costs and damages, the Disclosing Party’s reasonable attorneys’ fees.

6.6 Announcements . Seller and Buyer shall consult with each other with regard to, and shall jointly review prior to issuance, all press releases and other announcements issued on or after the Effective Date concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby so as to ensure consistency of description of the Transaction.

6.7 Injunctive Relief . Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Agreement to the contrary, the Recipient Party agrees that if it breaches any provision of this Article VI , the Disclosing Party may suffer irreparable damages and its remedy at law may be inadequate. Therefore, if the Recipient Party breaches this Agreement, the Disclosing Party will be entitled, in addition to the damages provided for in Section 6.5 , above, and all other remedies available to it at law or in equity, to seek equitable relief, including specific performance and injunctive relief to enforce any provision hereof and to restrain the Recipient Party from using or disclosing, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information.

6.8 Survival . The Parties shall comply with this Article VI until Closing. The actions of the Parties with respect to Confidential Information after Closing shall be governed by the provisions of the Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rights of the Parties to enforce the provisions of this Article VI for actions taken prior to Closing shall survive Closing. If, for any reason, this Agreement is terminated and Closing does not occur, the provisions of this Article VI shall survive termination of this Agreement for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of such termination.

ARTICLE VII

SELLER’S REPRESENTATIONS

Seller represents and warrants to Buyer as of the Effective Date and as of the Closing Date the following:

7.1 Incorporation/Qualification . Seller is a Wyoming corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Wyoming and is qualified to conduct business in Wyoming.

7.2 Power and Authority . Seller has all requisite power and authority to own the Assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and to execute and deliver this Agreement and perform its respective obligations under this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and consummation of the Transaction and the fulfillment of and compliance with the terms and conditions hereof will not violate, or be in conflict with, any material provision of its governing documents or any material provision of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or, to Seller’s Knowledge, any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to it.

 

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7.3 Authorization and Enforceability . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction have been duly and validly authorized by all requisite corporate action on behalf of Seller. This Agreement constitutes Seller’s legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject however, to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws for the protection of creditors, as well as to general principles of equity, regardless whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

7.4 Liability for Brokers’ Fees . Seller has not incurred any liability, contingent or otherwise, for brokers’ or finders’ fees relating to the Transaction for which Buyer shall have any responsibility whatsoever.

7.5 No Bankruptcy . Seller is solvent and will be solvent immediately before and after the Closing. There are no bankruptcy proceedings pending, being contemplated by or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened in writing against Seller.

7.6 Litigation . There are no actions, suits, or proceedings pending against Seller or any of the Assets in any court or by or before any federal, state, municipal or other governmental agency that would affect Seller’s ability to consummate the Transaction or have a Material Adverse Effect. To Seller’s Knowledge, (a) there are no ongoing governmental investigations or written governmental inquiries pending or threatened in writing against the Assets that would affect Seller’s ability to consummate the Transaction, and (b) there are no actions, suits or proceedings threatened in writing against Seller or any of the Assets that would affect Seller’s ability to consummate the Transaction. Neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates are subject to any outstanding injunction, judgment, settlement, order, decree, ruling or charge that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

7.7 Environmental Condition of Assets . To Seller’s Knowledge: (a) the Assets are and have been operated by Seller in material compliance with all Environmental Laws, and all material Environmental Permits have been procured; (b) there are no pending proceedings, and Seller has not received written notice of any threatened proceedings, asserting a violation of Environmental Laws or noncompliance with Environmental Permits against Seller with respect to the Assets or the operation of the Assets by Seller or its Affiliates, and (c) there has been no material release of any Hazardous Substances by Seller or its Affiliates, or by any other Person, on or about the Assets.

7.8 Assets . Ultra Resources operates the Liquids Gathering System for Seller pursuant to the Services Agreement. The Improvements and Personal Property are and have been maintained by Seller or its Affiliates consistent with the standards of a reasonably prudent operator in the area where such Assets are located except to the extent the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Ultra Resources nor Seller has assigned or pledged, in whole or in part, its right, title or interest under any BLM Easement or either Jensen Easement, other than the assignment of such rights from Ultra Resources to Seller. The copies of the BLM Easements and the Jensen Easements furnished or made available to Buyer by Seller are true, correct and complete in all material respects. The BLM Easements and the Jensen Easements are in full force and effect. No material default exists under any of the BLM Easements or either of the Jensen Easements, and to Seller’s Knowledge, no events or conditions exist which, with or

 

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without notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default thereunder or result in a termination of any such Easement except to the extent the grantor of any BLM Easement or the Jensen Easements has terminations rights unrelated to any default by the holder or beneficiary of such easement under applicable law or regulations or the express terms of the BLM Easements or the Jensen Easements. No part of the Liquids Gathering System was acquired by Seller or any of its Affiliates using eminent domain proceedings.

7.9 Taxes . To Seller’s Knowledge,

(a) Seller has (i) duly and timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect to Seller or with respect to the Assets with the appropriate Taxing Authority, and each such Tax Return is complete and correct in all material respects and (ii) paid all Taxes due or claimed to be due by a Taxing Authority (whether or not shown as due on a filed Tax Return) from or with respect to Seller which, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, if unpaid would result in the filing of a lien against the Assets for a material amount of Taxes.

(b) There are not pending any, and Seller has received no written notice of any currently proposed, material adjustments by any Taxing Authority in connection with any Tax Returns relating to the Assets which if unpaid would result in the filing of a lien against the Assets for a material amount of Taxes and no waiver or extension of any statute of limitations as to any federal, state, local or foreign Tax matter relating to the Assets has been given by or requested from Seller with respect to any Tax year.

(c) There are no liens for material Taxes upon any of the Assets except liens for Taxes not yet due and payable.

(d) Seller does not have any liability for any unpaid Taxes of any other Person under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of United States state, local, or foreign Law), as a result of being a member of a consolidated or combined group (other than a consolidated or combined group with a common parent with Seller), as a transferee, by contract, or otherwise.

7.10 Records, Insurance Policies, Services Agreement and Easements . To Seller’s Knowledge, the copies of the Records, the Insurance Policies, the BLM Easements and the Jensen Easements furnished or made available to Buyer are true, correct and complete. To Seller’s Knowledge: (a) no events or conditions exist which, with or without notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under the Services Agreement, the BLM Easements or the Jensen Easements, (b) neither Seller nor Ultra Resources has canceled, terminated, or modified, or threatened to cancel, terminate, or modify, the Services Agreement, (c) neither the grantor nor Seller nor Ultra Resources has canceled or terminated any of the BLM Easements or the Jensen Easements, (d) neither Seller nor Ultra Resources has threatened to cancel, terminate or modify any of the BLM Easements or the Jensen Easements (except as and to the extent set forth in the Closing Deliveries), (e) BLM has not threatened to cancel, terminate or modify the BLM Easements, and (f) the grantors of the Jensen Easements have not threatened to cancel, terminate or modify the Jensen Easements.

 

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7.11 Compliance with Laws . To Seller’s Knowledge: (a) Seller and its Affiliates are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws with respect to ownership, use and operation of the Assets by Seller and its Affiliates, and (b) Seller and its Affiliates have not received written notice from any governmental authority or any other Person alleging a material violation of, or material failure to comply with, any legal requirement applicable to the use, operation and ownership of the Assets by Seller and its Affiliates.

7.12 Governmental Authorizations . To Seller’s Knowledge: (a) Seller or its applicable Affiliates have obtained all material federal, state and local governmental licenses, permits, orders, exemptions, waivers, authorizations, certificates, consents and applications (collectively, “ Authorizations ) that are presently necessary or required for the ownership and operation of the Assets, (b) Seller or its applicable Affiliates are in material compliance with all such Authorizations that are presently necessary or required for the ownership and operation of the Assets, and (c) all such Authorizations are in full force and there are no proceedings pending or threatened before any governmental authority that seek the revocation, cancellation, suspension, or adverse modification thereof.

7.13 Bonds, Letters of Credit, Guarantees . To Seller’s Knowledge, Schedule 7.13 identifies the bonds, letters of credit, guarantees, and security deposits posted (or supported) by Seller or any of its Affiliates with respect to the ownership of the Assets.

7.14 Ownership . Neither Seller nor Ultra Resources has transferred, assigned, pledged or conveyed its rights as “grantee” or “holder” under the BLM Easements or the Jensen Easements, other than pursuant to the BLM and Jensen Easements Assignment to Seller. Seller owns the Improvements and Personal Property free and clear of all Liens which secure Indebtedness (other than the Nerd Farm Mortgage and Nerd Farm Judgment) and no Improvements or Personal Property are held under a lease or installment sale contract. To Seller’s Knowledge, there are no condemnation proceedings pending or threatened in writing against any of the Assets. To Seller’s Knowledge, no portion of the Liquids Gathering System is located upon land other than the Land. As noted in Section 4.3 , above, (a) Seller owns oil and gas wells, leases, and other related properties in and around the Assets separate and apart from the Liquids Gathering System and the Personal Property; (b) Ultra Resources operates such oil and gas wells, leases, and other related properties and may itself own rights and property in and around the Assets separate and apart from the Liquids Gathering System and the Personal Property; (c) after the Closing, Seller intends to continue to own such oil and gas wells, leases, and other related properties; (d) after the Closing, Ultra Resources intends to continue to operate such oil and gas wells, leases, and other related properties and owns its other rights and property in and around the Assets; and (e) nothing in this Agreement or otherwise gives Buyer or any of its Representatives any right to make inspections or investigations with respect to such operations, oil and gas wells, leases, and other related properties.

7.15 Consents . To Seller’s Knowledge, except for (a) the BLM Consent, (b) the Other BLM Matters (which shall be governed by Section 5.3(b )), and (c) any Additional Required Consent that may be discovered after the Effective Date, the consent of a third party to the transfer or assignment of such Asset component from Seller to Buyer hereunder is not required under any (i) contract or agreement granting or creating Seller’s rights in an Asset component or (ii) law applicable to the transfer of an Asset component from Seller to Buyer hereunder.

 

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7.16 Preferential Rights . To Seller’s Knowledge, no third party holds a preferential purchase right to purchase any Asset.

7.17 Material Agreements . There are no Material Agreements which cover, relate to or are otherwise associated with the ownership or operation of the Assets. For the purposes hereof, “ Material Agreements ” means any agreements binding on Seller or Ultra Resources, with respect to the ownership or operation of the Liquids Gathering System for which alternative agreements could not be readily procured and which, if terminated, would (i) impair the ability of an operator to operate the Liquids Gathering System or (ii) have an adverse economic impact on Buyer, but in any case “Material Agreements” shall exclude agreements related to the material or product that flows into or flows out of the Liquids Gathering System including, without limitation, leases, operating agreements, and sales or delivery agreements.

7.18 Sufficiency of the Assets . The Assets constitute all of the property and assets that comprise and are necessary for the ownership and operation of the Liquids Gathering System immediately prior to the Effective Date, assuming the existence of (i) the equipment and fixtures attached or connected to the Liquids Gathering System upstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser and downstream of each LGS Terminus Point and (ii) the material or product that flows into or flows out of the Liquids Gathering System.

7.19 Adverse Change . Except as disclosed on Schedule 7.19 , from and including June 30, 2012 through the Effective Date, (i) there has not been any circumstance, condition, event, or state of facts (either singly or in the aggregate) which has had, or reasonably would be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect for Closing Conditions, and (ii) except for matters relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or described in schedules to this Agreement, the Assets have been operated in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices of Seller and Ultra Resources. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.19 , the representation in clause (i) preceding is given only as of the Effective Date and is not made or deemed re-made as of the Closing Date.

7.20 Disclaimers . THE EXPRESS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT (COLLECTIVELY “ Seller’s Warranties ) ARE EXCLUSIVE AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. SELLER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL SUCH OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. WITHOUT LIMITATION OF THE FOREGOING AND, EXCEPT FOR SELLER’S WARRANTIES, THE INTEREST IN THE ASSETS TO BE CONVEYED TO BUYER SHALL BE CONVEYED PURSUANT HERETO WITHOUT (i) ANY WARRANTY, COVENANT OR REPRESENTATION WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO TITLE TO THE ASSETS (OTHER THAN BY, THROUGH OR UNDER SELLER), THE CONDITION, QUANTITY, QUALITY, EXISTENCE OF DEFECTS, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, CONFORMITY TO THE MODELS OR SAMPLES OF MATERIALS OR MERCHANTABILITY OF ANY EQUIPMENT OR PROPERTY OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE OR (ii) ANY OTHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHER WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WHATSOEVER. BUYER IS RELYING SOLELY

 

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UPON ITS OWN INSPECTION OF THE ASSETS, AND, SUBJECT TO BUYER’S EXPRESS RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, BUYER SHALL ACCEPT ALL OF THE SAME IN THEIR “AS IS”, “WHERE IS” CONDITION, “WITH ALL FAULTS”.

7.21 Survival . Seller’s Warranties (a) are made as of the Effective Date, (b) are remade as of the Closing Date (except for the representation in Section 7.19(i) ), (c) shall not be deemed to be merged into or waived by the Closing Deliveries, and (d) shall survive Closing only for the Survival Period. If Buyer first learns of a breach of Seller’s Warranties prior to Closing, Buyer’s remedies shall be governed solely and exclusively by Section 11.2 . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Buyer elects to proceed to Closing notwithstanding Buyer’s knowledge of the existence of a breach by Seller with respect to any Seller Warranty, Buyer shall be deemed to have waived each such breach and any and all rights and remedies in connection therewith. Seller shall have no liability or obligation to Buyer with respect to the breach of any representation or warranty of which Buyer first learns after Closing unless Buyer delivers written notice to Seller of the alleged breach prior to the end of the Survival Period, which notice must include the information described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Subsection 14.5(a) .

ARTICLE VIII

BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS

Buyer represents and warrants to Seller as of the Effective Date and as of the Closing Date the following:

8.1 Incorporation and Qualification . Buyer is a Delaware limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and on the Closing Date will be qualified to conduct business in Wyoming.

8.2 Power and Authority . Buyer has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and consummation of the Transaction and the fulfillment of and compliance with the terms and conditions hereof will not violate, or be in conflict with, any material provision of its governing documents or any material provision of any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or, to its knowledge, any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation applicable to it.

8.3 Authorization and Enforceability . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction have been duly and validly authorized by all requisite company action on behalf of Buyer. This Agreement constitutes Buyer’s legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, however, to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws for the protection of creditors, as well as to general principles of equity, regardless whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

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8.4 Liability for Brokers’ Fees . Buyer has not incurred any liability, contingent or otherwise, for brokers’ or finders’ fees relating to the Transaction for which Seller shall have any responsibility whatsoever.

8.5 No Bankruptcy . There are no bankruptcy proceedings pending, being contemplated by or, to Buyer’s knowledge, threatened against Buyer.

8.6 Litigation . There is no action, suit, proceeding, claim or investigation by any person, entity, administrative agency or governmental body pending or, to Buyer’s knowledge, threatened against it before any governmental authority that impedes or is likely to impede its ability (a) to consummate the Transaction or (b) to assume the obligations and liabilities to be assumed by it under this Agreement.

8.7 Buyer’s Evaluation . Buyer has made a complete and thorough investigation and examination of the Assets and the Transaction, employing the levels of due diligence as Buyer has elected to perform in its sole and absolute discretion. To the extent Buyer does not currently have available its own employees who are competent to conduct such examinations and inspections, Buyer has retained such consultants, independent contractors and other professional advisors as necessary to enable it to complete its due diligence and investigation of the Assets and the Transaction as Buyer determines is necessary in its sole and absolute discretion. Except for the Seller Warranties, Buyer acknowledges and agrees that Seller has not made any other representations or warranties, express or implied, written or oral, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information supplied by Seller or any other information relating to the Assets or the Transaction furnished or to be furnished to Buyer or its representatives by or on behalf of Seller, including without limitation any estimate of the value of the Assets or reserves or any projections as to future events. Buyer acknowledges and affirms that it has relied on and will rely solely on the terms of this Agreement and upon its own independent analysis, evaluation and investigation of, and judgment with respect to, the business, economic, legal, tax or other consequences of this Transaction including, without limitation, its estimate and appraisal of the extent, condition and value of the Assets. Buyer and its Representatives have been given opportunities to examine the Assets and the books and records relating to the ownership of the Assets.

8.8 Loan Documents and Ownership Documents and Information . Prior to the Effective Date, Buyer has furnished to Seller (a) true, correct and complete copies of the documents which will be executed in connection with the Closing to evidence and secure the loan to be made to finance a portion of Buyer’s acquisition of the Property (collectively, the “ Loan Documents ), (b) true, correct and complete copies of the organizational documents for Buyer (including, without limitation, the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Pinedale Corridor, LP, of even date herewith and the Certificate of Limited Partnership for Pinedale Corridor, LP, executed on November 30, 2012 and filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 3, 2012, and for the general partner of Buyer, and (c) the identity of each partner of Buyer at Closing as well as information regarding the financial contribution of each partner of Buyer at Closing (collectively, the “ Ownership Documents and Information” ).

 

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8.9 No Buyer Factual Default Under the Lease or Equity Investment Agreement . There are no facts in existence with respect to Buyer, CorEnergy, the Loan Documents or the Ownership Documents and Information which would result in a material breach, default or failure of performance under the Lease or the Equity Investors Agreement, upon execution of such documents at Closing.

8.10 Survival . Buyer’s representations and warranties under this Agreement (collectively, the “ Buyer Warranties ) (a) are made as of the Effective Date, (b) are remade as of the Closing Date, (c) shall not be deemed to be merged into or waived by the Closing Deliveries, and (d) shall survive Closing only for the Survival Period. If Seller first learns of the breach prior to Closing, Seller’s remedies shall be governed solely and exclusively by Section 11.2 . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event Seller elects to proceed to Closing notwithstanding Seller’s knowledge of the existence of a breach by Buyer with respect to any Buyer Warranties, Seller shall be deemed to have waived each such breach and any and all rights and remedies in connection therewith. Buyer shall have no liability or obligation to Seller with respect to the breach of any representation or warranty of which Seller first learns after Closing unless Seller delivers written notice to Buyer of the alleged breach prior to the end of the Survival Period, which notice must include the information described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Subsection 14.5(a) .

ARTICLE IX

COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

9.1 Conduct of Business .

(a) Operations before Closing . Except as provided in this Agreement, during the period from and including the Effective Date until the Closing Date (the “ Interim Period ), Seller shall, in all material respects: (i) operate or cause its Affiliates to operate the Assets in the ordinary course and in a manner substantially consistent with past practices; (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve or cause its Affiliates to preserve intact the Assets in a manner consistent with past practices, except for fire or other casualty; (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to operate its business and maintain the Assets in accordance with all applicable laws; and (iv) use commercially reasonable efforts to manage its relationships with agents, vendors, lessors, contractors, suppliers, and customers in a manner which would reasonably be expected to result in operations of the Assets by Seller and its Affiliates in the ordinary course and in a manner substantially consistent with past practices. During the period following the Effective Date and until Closing, upon Seller’s Knowledge thereof, Seller shall promptly notify Buyer of any events or circumstances which would cause any of Seller’s Warranties to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect.

(b) Activities During Interim Period . As noted in Section 4.3 hereof, Seller and Ultra Resources are engaged in oil and gas development activities in and around the Assets. Those oil and gas development activities will continue during the Interim Period, and Buyer agrees and acknowledges that nothing in this Agreement, including in this Article IX, limits or is intended to limit Seller and/or Ultra Resources from engaging in these oil and gas development activities to the extent either Seller or Ultra Resources or both of them deem beneficial to Seller and/or Ultra Resources. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, however, Seller agrees that, during the Interim Period, without the prior written consent of Buyer, Seller shall:

(i) Not sell, transfer, lease, encumber, or create a Lien on, exchange, or otherwise dispose of any of the Assets (other than the sale of worn-out or obsolete equipment, spare parts, or minor or insignificant Assets) in a manner which would cause Seller’s Warranties under Section 7.14 hereof to be untrue or incorrect;

 

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(ii) manage and maintain all Authorizations with respect to the ownership and operation of the Assets in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past practices;

(iii) not grant in favor of any Person a preferential purchase right to purchase any Assets;

(iv) not remove from the Liquids Gathering System any material portion of the Liquids Gathering System except for replacement, substitution or upgrades of the Liquids Gathering System in the ordinary course of Seller’s operations and except such as would not diminish the operational capability of the Liquids Gathering System as it existed on the Effective Date; or

(v) not agree, whether in writing or otherwise, to do any of the foregoing.

9.2 Insurance . During the Interim Period, Seller shall maintain liability insurance generally similar to that under the Insurance Policies in effect on the Effective Date and in accordance with the corporate practices of Ultra Resources and its Affiliates and will maintain worker’s compensation insurance in substantial compliance with applicable law.

9.3 Loan Documents, Ownership Documents and Information, Financial Resources , Buyer’s Warranties . Buyer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to secure the financial resources to close the Transaction as and when required by this Agreement, to make the Buyer Closing Payments at Closing and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Buyer Closing Deliveries on the Closing Date. Buyer shall not revise, amend, terminate, restate, or supplement, or permit the revision, amendment, termination, restatement or supplement, in any material respect of, (a) the Loan Documents the forms of which were delivered to Seller prior to the Effective Date or (b) any of the Ownership Documents and Information, the forms of which were delivered to Seller prior to the Effective Date. Buyer shall not take or refrain from taking any action, or permit its Affiliates to take or refrain from taking any action, which would result in a material breach, default or failure of performance under the Lease or the Equity Investors Agreement with respect to Buyer or its direct or indirect owners or its Affiliates upon execution of the Lease and the Equity Investors Agreement at Closing. During the Interim Period, upon acquiring knowledge thereof, Buyer shall promptly notify Seller of any events or circumstances which would cause any of Buyer’s Warranties to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect.

9.4 Further Assurances . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the Interim Period, each Party will use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, and cause its applicable Affiliates to take and cause to be taken, all actions and to do,

 

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or cause to be done, all things necessary or desirable, under applicable law or otherwise, to consummate the Transaction. The Parties agree to execute and deliver such other documents, certificates, agreements, and other writings and to take such other actions as may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate or implement expeditiously the Transaction hereof, in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement.

9.5 Fees and Expenses . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all fees and expenses, including fees and expenses of counsel, financial advisors, investment and equity advisors, real estate and other brokers and agents, and accountants, incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions shall be paid by the Party (or their applicable Affiliate) incurring such fee or expense. The provisions of this Section 9.5 shall survive termination of this Agreement and Closing.

9.6 PSA Guaranties . Contemporaneous with execution of this Agreement by the Parties (a) Seller shall cause Ultra Petroleum to execute and deliver to Buyer the Seller PSA Guaranty, and (b) Buyer shall cause CorEnergy to execute and deliver to Seller the Buyer PSA Guaranty.

9.7 Survival The covenants and agreements of the Parties under Sections 9.1 and 9.2 shall survive Closing only for the Survival Period. If Buyer first learns of a breach by Seller of these covenants and agreements prior to Closing, Buyer’s remedies shall be governed solely and exclusively by Section 11.2 . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if Buyer elects to proceed to Closing notwithstanding Buyer’s knowledge of the existence of a breach by Seller with respect to any of such covenants and agreements, Buyer shall be deemed to have waived each such breach and any and all rights and remedies in connection therewith. If Seller first learns of the breach prior to Closing, Seller’s remedies shall be governed solely and exclusively by Section 11.1 . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event Seller elects to proceed to Closing notwithstanding Seller’s knowledge of the existence of a breach by Buyer with respect to any such covenant or agreement, Seller shall be deemed to have waived each such breach and any and all rights and remedies in connection therewith. All liability or obligation of any Party with respect to the breach of any covenant or agreement under this Article IX shall lapse and be of no further force or effect with respect to any matters not described in a written notice delivered to such Party by the other Party on or prior to the end of the Survival Period, which notice must include the information described in clauses (i), (ii ) and ( iii ) of Subsection 14.5(a) . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (a) the obligations of Seller under Section 9.4 shall survive so long as Lessee or any of its Affiliates is the lessee under the Lease, and (b) the obligations of Buyer under Section 9.4 shall survive so long as Buyer or any of its Affiliates is the lessor under the Lease.

ARTICLE X

TAX MATTERS

10.1 Apportionment of Property Tax Liability . “Property Taxes” means all ad valorem and property taxes and obligations assessed by a Taxing Authority against the Assets or based upon the ownership of the Assets, but excluding income, franchise or similar taxes. All Property Taxes assessed against the Assets shall be prorated between Buyer and Seller as of the end of the Closing Date for all taxable periods that include the Closing Date. Accordingly, (a)

 

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Buyer shall be responsible for all Property Taxes assessed against the Assets that are attributable to the period of time after the Closing Date and (b) Seller shall be responsible for all Property Taxes assessed against the Assets that are attributable to the period of time prior to and ending on the Closing Date. Such proration shall, initially, be based on the most recent Property Tax statements received by Seller or available from the applicable taxing authority as of the Closing Date. Following the Closing Date, each Party shall, upon request of the other Party, immediately reimburse the other Party for any such Property Taxes for which said Party is responsible but have been paid by the other Party.

10.2 Property Tax Reports and Returns . Seller agrees to file all Tax Returns required to be filed by Seller, applicable to the ownership of the Assets, for all Property Taxes related to the Assets attributable to the period of time before the Closing Date. Buyer agrees to file all Tax Returns applicable to ownership of the Assets for all Property Taxes related to the period of time on and after the Closing Date. The Parties will cooperate with each other after the Closing Date in connection with audits and other proceedings with respect to Property Taxes relating to the ownership of the Assets.

10.3 Sales Taxes . Buyer shall be liable for and shall indemnify Seller for, any sales and use taxes, conveyance, transfer and recording fees and real estate transfer stamps or taxes (including any related interest, penalties or legal costs) that may be imposed on any transfer of the Assets pursuant to this Agreement. If required by applicable law, Seller shall, in accordance with applicable law, calculate and remit any sales or similar taxes that are required to be paid as a result of the transfer of the Assets to Buyer and Buyer shall promptly reimburse Seller therefor. If Seller receives notice that any sales and/or use taxes are due, Seller shall promptly forward such notice to Buyer for handling.

10.4 Federal Tax Reporting . Buyer and Seller will comply, to the extent required pursuant to the procedural requirements of Section 1060 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, with respect to the allocation of the Purchase Price among the Assets. Buyer and Seller agree that they will not take any Tax position inconsistent with allocations made in this Agreement, if any; provided, however, that (a) Buyer’s cost for the Assets may differ from the total amount allocated thereunder to reflect Buyer’s capitalized transaction costs so allocated, and (b) Seller’s amount realized on the sale of the Assets may differ from the total amount so allocated to reflect Seller’s transaction costs that reduce the amount realized. The Parties will promptly inform one another of any challenge by any Taxing Authority to any allocation made pursuant to this Section 10.4 and agree to consult and keep one another informed with respect to the status of, and any discussion, proposal or submission with respect to, such challenge.

10.5 Like Kind Exchange . Seller may desire to have its transfer of one or more of the Assets to Buyer qualify as a deferred like kind exchange within the meaning of Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Further, either Seller or Buyer may desire to effectuate a deferred like kind exchange through the use of an intermediary in the manner described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.031(k)1(g)(8), example 4 or other applicable provisions. Each party shall reasonably cooperate with the other Party in effectuating such a deferred like kind exchange through the use of such an intermediary, including consenting to an assignment of any or all of the exchanging Party’s rights under this Agreement to an intermediary. Such other

 

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Party, however, shall have no obligation to locate, contract for or take title to any property that the exchanging Party may wish to buy or to incur any cost, expense, indebtedness, liability or other obligation of any kind as a part of such other Party’s agreement to reasonably cooperate.

ARTICLE XI

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING

11.1 Seller’s Conditions Precedent . The obligations of Seller at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions precedent (collectively, the “ Seller’s Conditions ):

(a) (i) The representations and warranties of Buyer made in this Agreement will be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, as if remade on the Closing Date (without duplication of any materiality qualifiers within the representations and warranties themselves); and (ii) Buyer shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all of the covenants and agreements required of Buyer or its Affiliates under this Agreement to be performed at or prior to Closing;

(b) No order has been entered by any court or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Parties or the subject matter of this Agreement that restrains or prohibits the Transaction and that remains in effect at the time of Closing;

(c) No Additional Required Consent, which has not been obtained, would cause Closing of the Transaction to be in violation of applicable law which would result in (i) criminal liability to Buyer or Seller or (ii) a material civil fine or penalty to Buyer or Seller;

(d) Buyer shall have delivered at Closing all Buyer Closing Deliveries and have paid all Buyer Closing Payments unless Buyer’s failure to deliver the Buyer Closing Deliveries and pay the Buyer Closing Payments results from Buyer’s termination of this Agreement as a result of its termination rights under Section 11.2 below as a result of a failure of Buyer’s Conditions; and

(e) There shall not have occurred any event or circumstance giving rise to a Material Adverse Effect for Closing Conditions which event or circumstance first occurred after the Effective Date.

Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Agreement to the contrary, if any Seller’s Condition has not been satisfied by the Closing Date, then Seller may, as Seller’s sole and exclusive remedy with respect to such Seller’s Condition, either (1) terminate this Agreement, in which case the Parties shall have no further rights or obligations hereunder except those which expressly survive termination, or (2) proceed to Closing, in which case such Seller’s Condition shall be deemed to be waived for all purposes, or (3) with respect to a failure of Seller’s Condition set forth in subsection (c) , above, bring suit for specific performance.

11.2 Buyer’s Conditions Precedent . The obligations of Buyer at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions precedent (collectively, the “ Buyer’s Conditions ):

(a) (i) The representations and warranties of Seller made in this Agreement will be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date, as if remade on the Closing Date (without duplication of any “materiality” qualifiers in the representations and warranties themselves); and (ii) Seller shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all of the covenants and agreements required of Seller or its Affiliates under this Agreement to be performed at or prior to Closing;

 

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(b) No order has been entered by any court or governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Parties or the subject matter of this Agreement that restrains or prohibits the Transaction and that remains in effect at the time of Closing;

(c) No Additional Required Consent, which has not been obtained, would cause Closing of the Transaction to be in violation of applicable law which would result in (i) criminal liability to Buyer or Seller or (ii) a material civil fine or penalty to Buyer or Seller.

(d) Buyer shall have received funds sufficient to enable it to pay the Purchase Price through the combination of capital contributions to the Buyer by one or more of its equity investors, debt financing, and the completion of an equity offering by the parent of the general partner of the Buyer unless such failure results from a failure of performance by Buyer of Section 9.3 of this Agreement;

(e) Seller shall have delivered at Closing all Seller Closing Deliveries unless Seller’s failure to deliver the Seller Closing Deliveries results from Seller’s termination of this Agreement as a result of its termination rights under Section 11.1 above as a result of a failure of Seller’s Conditions; and

(f) There shall not have occurred any event or circumstance giving rise to a Material Adverse Effect for Closing Conditions which event or circumstance first occurred after the Effective Date.

Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Agreement to the contrary, if any Buyer’s Condition has not been satisfied by the Closing Date, then Buyer may, as Buyer’s sole and exclusive remedy with respect to such Buyer’s Condition, either (1) terminate this Agreement, in which case the Parties shall have no further rights or obligations hereunder except those which expressly survive termination, or (2) proceed to Closing, in which case such Buyer’s Condition shall be deemed to be waived for all purposes or (3) with respect to a failure of Buyer’s Condition set forth in subsection (d ), above, bring suit for specific performance.

ARTICLE XII

RIGHT OF TERMINATION

12.1 Termination . This Agreement may be terminated in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) by mutual written consent of Seller and Buyer, in which case this Agreement shall terminate and the Parties shall have no further rights or obligations hereunder except those which expressly survive termination;

 

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(b) as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement including Section 5.2 and Article XI hereof; or

(c) if the Closing has not occurred by the Outside Closing Date and neither Buyer nor Seller is entitled to enforce specific performance of this Agreement pursuant to the terms of Article XI hereof, in which case this Agreement shall terminate and the Parties shall have no further rights or obligations hereunder except those which expressly survive termination.

ARTICLE XIII

CLOSING

13.1 Date of Closing . The “ Closing will be held on December 14, 2012, or on such other date as Buyer and Seller mutually agree in writing, but in any event on or before the Outside Closing Date (the “ Closing Date ).

13.2 Time and Place of Closing . The Closing shall be held at the offices of Seller’s counsel in Houston, Texas beginning at 9:00 a.m. Central Standard Time, or at such other time and place as Buyer and Seller may agree in writing.

13.3 Closing Obligations . At Closing, the following events shall occur, each being a condition precedent to the others and each being deemed to have occurred simultaneously with the others:

(a) Seller shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to Buyer the Seller Closing Deliveries;

(b) Buyer shall deliver the Purchase Price to the account at a bank designated by Seller in Current Funds, or by such other method as agreed to by the Parties, and Buyer shall pay the Taxes required to be paid by Buyer in connection with the Closing under Section 10.3 of this Agreement and Buyer shall pay the other Buyer Closing Payments as required hereby;

(c) Buyer shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to Seller the Buyer Closing Deliveries and pay the Buyer Closing Payments;

(d) Seller shall deliver to Buyer copies of all additional consents obtained prior to Closing pursuant to Section 5.3 of this Agreement;

(e) Seller and Buyer shall cause the following documents (collectively, the “ Recorded Documents ) to be recorded in the applicable real estate records of Sublette County, Wyoming (the “ Real Estate Records ), in the following order: the BLM Easement Assignment to Buyer to be recorded in the Real Estate Records, the Partial Assignment of Jensen Easements to Buyer, the Nerd Farm Easement, the Memo of Lease, and any Loan Documents required to be recorded in the Real Estate Records, and Buyer shall pay all fees and costs for such recording;

(f) Seller, as agent for Buyer for this limited purpose, shall deliver to BLM and provide to Buyer (i) the BLM Easement Assignment to Buyer which is not a Recorded Document and (ii) the BLM Request for Consent to Assignment to Buyer, and Buyer shall pay all fees and costs for such filing; and

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ARTICLE XIV

ASSUMPTION AND RETENTION OF OBLIGATIONS AND INDEMNIFICATION

14.1 Seller’s Retention of Liabilities and Obligations . Upon Closing Seller retains all claims, costs, expenses, liabilities and obligations accruing or relating to (a) the failure or inability of the Parties to obtain any Additional Required Consent prior to Closing and the implementation of the arrangements in lieu thereof contemplated by Section 5.3 (excluding costs to Buyer allocated to Buyer under this Agreement), (b) any injury or death attributable to or occurring on the Assets prior to the Closing Date; (c) any Tax liability or lien resulting therefrom in connection with the Assets with respect to any period prior to the Closing Date, and (d) any other Losses that arise, accrue in respect of are otherwise attributable to the Assets prior to the Closing Date (collectively, the “ Retained Liabilities ). This Section 14.1 is for the sole benefit of Buyer and no other party shall be entitled to rely hereon. Specifically, and without limitation, Seller’s retention of any Retained Liabilities hereunder is not intended to and shall not be deemed to be an admission of liability to any third party by Seller. The provisions of this Section 14.1 are independent of, and are not intended to cover, liability with respect to Hazardous Substances and with respect to or arising under Environmental Laws, which is the subject solely of Section 14.2 .

14.2 Environmental Indemnification . Subject to Sections 14.4 , 14.5 , 14.6 , 14.7 and 14.8 of this Agreement, Seller shall indemnify, save and hold harmless Buyer, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against Losses for violations of Environmental Laws and releases of Hazardous Substances associated with Seller’s and its Affiliates operations of the Assets prior to the Closing Date where such use was not in conformance with Environmental Laws at the time the environmental conditions arose provided, however, Buyer shall not affirmatively cause a third party to issue a claim unless required to do so under applicable law. The provisions of this Section 14.2 are independent of the provisions of Section 14.1 and Section 14.3(a) . The provisions of this Section 14.2 are the only provisions of this Article XIV that address Hazardous Substances and Environmental Laws.

14.3 Indemnification . For the purposes of this Article XIV , “ Loss or “ Losses ” means (i) any actual losses, costs, expenses (including court costs, reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, technical experts and expert witnesses and the cost of investigation), liabilities, damages, demands, suits, claims, and sanctions of every kind and character (including civil fines) arising from, related directly or indirectly or reasonably incident to matters indemnified against, excluding however any special, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages, loss of profits, any Loss incurred as a result of the indemnified party indemnifying a third party, or diminution in value of the Assets unless caused directly and exclusively by Seller or an Affiliate of Seller and (ii) in respect of the Buyer, any amounts that the Buyer receives for such matters under the Lease. After the Closing, the Parties shall indemnify each other as follows:

(a) Seller’s Indemnification of Buyer . Seller assumes all risk, liability, obligation and Losses in connection with, and shall indemnify, save and hold harmless Buyer, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against all Losses which arise from or in connection with (i) the Retained Liabilities, (ii) claims asserted against Buyer or the Assets under the Nerd Farm Mortgage or the Nerd Farm Judgment as to either or both if included as an exception to title in the Nerd Farm Title Policy, (iii) any matter for which Seller has agreed to indemnify Buyer under this Agreement, and (iv) any breach of representations, warranties, covenants, or agreements by Seller under this Agreement which are not waived or deemed waived under Sections 5.1 , 7.20 , 7.21 , or 11.2 of this Agreement or this Article XIV of this Agreement. The provisions of this Section 14.3(a) are independent of, and are not intended to cover, liability with respect to Hazardous Substances and with respect to or arising under Environmental Laws, which is the subject solely of Section 14.2 . The Seller’s obligations under this Section 14.3(a) are limited as provided in Section 14.4 .

 

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(b) Buyer’s Indemnification of Seller . Buyer assumes all risk, liability, obligation and Losses in connection with, and Buyer shall indemnify, save and hold harmless Seller, its officers, directors, employees and agents, from and against all Losses which arise from or in connection with (i) any matter for which Buyer has agreed to indemnify Seller under this Agreement, and (ii) any breach of representations, warranties, covenants, or agreements by Buyer under this Agreement which are not deemed waived or deemed waived under Sections 8.10 and 11.1 of this Agreement or this Article XIV of this Agreement. The Buyer’s obligations under this Section 14.3(b) are limited as provided in Section 14.4 .

(c) Release . Buyer shall be deemed to have released Seller at the Closing from any Losses for which Buyer has agreed to indemnify Seller hereunder, and Seller shall be deemed to have released Buyer at the Closing from any Losses for which Seller has agreed to indemnify Buyer hereunder.

(d) Express Negligence . Buyer understands and agrees that Buyer’s indemnity obligations under this Article XIV include and cover indemnification for certain claims arising from its indemnitee’s negligence, as and to the extent provided herein. Seller understands and agrees that Seller’s indemnity obligations under this Article XIV include and cover indemnification for certain claims arising from its indemnitee’s negligence, as and to the extent provided herein.

14.4 Survival .

(a) The indemnity and other obligations of the Parties contained in Sections 14.1 (a), (b ) and ( d ), and 14.3(a ) (i), (iii ) and ( iv)  and ( b ) of this Agreement shall survive Closing only for the Survival Period.

(b) The indemnity and other obligations of the Parties contained in Section 14.1(c) of this Agreement shall survive Closing until the statute of limitations for such matters expires.

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(d) All liability or obligation of any Party with respect to any indemnity or other obligation contained in Sections 14.1 , 14.2 , or 14.3(a)(i), (iii ) or ( iv)  or (b)  of this Agreement shall lapse and be of no further force or effect with respect to any matters not described in reasonable detail in a Claim Notice delivered to such Party by the other Party on or prior to the end of the applicable period described in Sections 14.4(a) , (b)  or (c) .

(e) The provisions of Sections 14.3(a)(ii ), ( c ) and (d) , 14.4 , 14.5 , 14.6 , 14.7 , 14.8 , 14.9 and 14.10 shall survive termination of this Agreement and Closing without limitation.

14.5 Procedure . The indemnifications contained in this Article XIV shall be implemented as follows:

(a) Claim Notice . The Party seeking indemnification under the terms of this Agreement (“ Indemnified Party ”) shall submit a written “ Claim Notice ” to the other Party (“ Indemnifying Party ”) which, to be effective, must state: (i) the amount of each payment claimed by an Indemnified Party to be owing, (ii) the basis for such claim, with supporting documentation, and (iii) a list identifying to the extent reasonably possible each separate item of Loss for which payment is so claimed. The amount claimed shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party to the extent required herein within 30 days after receipt of the Claim Notice, or after the amount of such payment has been finally established, whichever last occurs; provided, however, that any objection to the Claim Notice by the Indemnifying Party must be provided to the Indemnified Party within 15 days of receipt of the Claim Notice and any undisputed portion of the Claim paid within 30 days of receipt of the Claim Notice, or the Indemnifying Party waives its right to protest the Claim.

(b) Information . Within 60 days after the Indemnified Party receives notice of a claim or legal action that may result in a Loss for which indemnification may be sought under this Agreement (a “ Claim ”), the Indemnified Party shall give written notice of such Claim to the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnifying Party or its counsel so requests, the Indemnified Party shall furnish the Indemnifying Party with copies of all pleadings and other information with respect to such Claim. At the election of the Indemnifying Party made within 60 days after receipt of such notice, the Indemnified Party shall permit the Indemnifying Party to assume control of such Claim (to the extent only that such Claim, legal action or other matter relates to a Loss for which the Indemnifying Party is liable), including the determination of all appropriate actions, the negotiation of settlements on behalf of the Indemnified Party, and the conduct of litigation through attorneys of the Indemnifying Party’s choice. No settlement of a Claim can result in any liability or cost to the Indemnified Party for which it is entitled to be indemnified hereunder without its consent. If the Indemnifying Party elects to assume control, (i) any expense incurred by the Indemnifying Party thereafter for investigation or defense of the matter shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party, and (ii) the Indemnified Party shall give all reasonable information and assistance, other than pecuniary, that the Indemnifying Party shall deem necessary to the proper defense of such Claim, legal action, or other matter. In the absence of such an election to assume control by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party will use commercially reasonable efforts to defend, at the Indemnifying Party’s expense, any claim, legal action or other matter to which such other Party’s indemnification under this Article XIV applies until the Indemnifying Party assumes such defense, and, if the Indemnifying Party fails to

 

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assume such defense within the time period provided above, settle the same in the Indemnified Party’s reasonable discretion at the Indemnifying Party’s expense. If such a Claim requires immediate action, the Parties agree to cooperate in good faith to take appropriate action so as not to jeopardize defense of such Claim or either Party’s position with respect to such Claim.

14.6 No Insurance; Subrogation . The indemnifications provided in this Agreement shall not be construed as a form of insurance. Buyer and Seller hereby waive for themselves, their successors or assigns including, without limitation, any insurers, any rights to subrogation for Losses for which each of them is respectively liable or against which each respectively indemnifies the other, and, if required by applicable policies, Buyer and Seller shall obtain waiver of such subrogation from their respective insurers.

14.7 Reservation as to Non-Parties . Nothing herein is intended to limit or otherwise waive any recourse Buyer or Seller may have against any Person not a Party to this Agreement for any obligations or liabilities that may be incurred with respect to the Assets. For purposes of this Section 14.7 only, Ultra Resources and CorEnergy shall be deemed to be Parties to this Agreement.

14.8 Consequential Damages . Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Agreement, Buyer and Seller, on behalf of themselves and their respective Affiliates, expressly waive any and all rights to consequential, special, incidental, punitive, or exemplary damages and loss of profits resulting from a breach of this Agreement, including under or with respect to any indemnifications required hereby, and agree that the indemnifications set forth herein shall not include or cover any consequential, special, incidental, punitive, or exemplary damages or loss of profits. Nothing in this Section 14.8 shall constitute a waiver by any Party to a claim under this Article XIV with respect to diminution in value to the extent diminution in value is expressly included in the definition of the “Losses” covered by the Section of this Article under which the claim is made.

14.9 No Derivative Liability . Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Agreement, the Closing Deliveries or otherwise, no direct or indirect (through tiered ownership or otherwise) advisor, trustee, director, officer, employee, beneficiary, shareholder, participant, partner, member, owner, investor, representative or agent of a Party or its applicable Affiliates shall have any personal liability, directly or indirectly, under or in connection with this Agreement or any Closing Deliveries or any amendment or amendments to any of the foregoing made at any time or times, heretofore or hereafter, and the other Party and its successors and assigns and, without limitation, all other persons and entities, shall look solely to the assets of such Party (or, if expressly applicable, the assets of such Party’s Affiliate) for the payment of any claim or for any performance, and each other Party, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns, hereby waive any and all such personal liability. Nothing in this Section 14.9 is intended or shall be deemed to impair or limit the liability of any Person under the Seller PSA Guaranty, the Buyer PSA Guaranty, the Lessee Lease Guaranty, the Resources Guaranty or the Lessor Lease Guaranty.

14.10 Attorneys’ Fees . If it shall be necessary for any Party to this Agreement to employ an attorney to enforce its rights pursuant to this Agreement, the non-prevailing Party shall reimburse the prevailing Party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and the reasonable attorneys’ fees of the prevailing Party’s applicable Affiliates, if any, in such proceeding.

 

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ARTICLE XV

MISCELLANEOUS

15.1 Expenses . Except as otherwise specifically provided, all fees, costs and expenses incurred by Buyer or Seller in negotiating this Agreement or in consummating the Transaction shall be paid by the Party incurring the same, including without limitation, engineering, land, title, legal and accounting fees, costs and expenses. This Section 15.1 shall survive termination of this Agreement and Closing.

15.2 Notices . All notices and communications required or permitted under this Agreement (a “ Notice ”) shall be in writing and addressed as set forth below. Any Notice shall be deemed to have been duly made and the receiving Party charged with notice (a) if personally delivered, or sent by registered or certified Mail, or nationally recognized overnight courier, when received; (b) if sent by facsimile, upon receipt by the sending party of an acknowledgment or transmission report generated by the machine from which the facsimile was sent indicating that the facsimile was sent in its entirety to the addressee’s facsimile number; and (c) if the addressee rejects or otherwise refuses to accept the Notice, or if the Notice cannot be delivered because of a change in address for which no Notice was given, then upon the rejection, refusal, or inability to deliver the Notice; provided, however, that if a Notice is sent by facsimile, the party sending the Notice also must send, on the date that the facsimile is sent, a confirmation copy of the Notice (including the acknowledgement/transmission report described above) by one of the other methods set forth in this Section. All Notices shall be addressed as follows:

If to Seller:

Ultra Wyoming, Inc.

400 N. Sam Houston Parkway E. Suite 1200

Houston, Texas, 77060

Attention: Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Telecopy No.: 281-876-2831

With a copy to:

Ultra Wyoming, Inc.

400 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 1200

Houston TX 77060

Attention: Legal Department

Telecopy No.: 281-876-2831

If to Buyer:

Pinedale Corridor, LP

4200 W. 115 th Street, Suite 210

Leawood, KS 66211

 

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With a copy to:

Husch Blackwell LLP

4801 Main Street, Ste. 1000

Kansas City, MO 64112

Attn: Steven F. Carman

Telecopy No.: 816-983-8080

Any Party may, by written notice so delivered to the other Party, change the address or individual to which delivery shall thereafter be made.

15.3 Amendments . This Agreement may not be amended nor any rights hereunder waived except by an instrument in writing signed by the Party to be charged with such amendment or waiver and delivered by such Party to the Party claiming the benefit of such amendment or waiver.

15.4 Assignment . Neither Party may assign all or any portion of its rights or delegate all or any portion of its duties hereunder without the prior written consent of the other Party. Any assignment or delegation made in violation of this Section 15.4 shall be null and void. In the event a Party consents in writing to the other Party’s assignment or delegation of its rights or duties hereunder, the assigning or delegating Party shall not be released from any of its liabilities or obligations hereunder, and no such assignment or delegation shall increase the burden on the non-assigning or non-delegating Party, and the non-assigning or non-delegating Party may continue to look to the assigning or delegating Party for all purposes under this Agreement.

15.5 Counterparts/PDF and Fax Signatures . This Agreement may be executed by Buyer and Seller in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original instrument, but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. PDF and facsimile signatures shall be considered binding. The Parties agree to exchange originally executed counterparts of this Agreement within three (3) Business Days of the request of a Party hereto.

15.6 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION, VENUE; JURY WAIVER . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS AND ANY DISPUTE RESOLUTION CONDUCTED PURSUANT HERETO AND THERETO SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS EXCEPT AS MAY OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED FOR REAL PROPERTY ISSUES UNDER THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES OF WYOMING. THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LOCATED IN HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. BY THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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15.7 Entire Agreement . Except for the Confidentiality Agreement, this Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all negotiations, prior discussions and prior agreements and understandings relating to such subject matter.

15.8 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

15.9 No Third-Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is intended to benefit only the Parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. This Section 15.9 shall survive termination of this Agreement and Closing.

15.10 Time of the Essence . It is expressly agreed by the Parties hereto that time is of the essence with respect to this Agreement and the obligations and duties of the Parties hereunder.

15.11 Business Day . In the event that any event hereunder is to occur, or a time period is to expire, on a date which is not a Business Day, such event shall occur or such time period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day.

15.12 No Recordation of Agreement . In no event shall this Agreement or any memorandum hereof be recorded in the public records of any place in which all or any part of the Property is situated, and any such recordation or attempted recordation shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement by the Party responsible for such recordation or attempted recordation. The provisions of this Section 15.12 shall survive termination of this Agreement and Closing.

15.13 No Waiver . Except as and to the extent expressly provided herein, (a) the failure of any Party hereto to enforce at any time any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed as a waiver of any of such provisions, or the right of any party thereafter to enforce each and every such provision, and (b) no waiver of any breach of this Agreement shall be held to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach.

15.14 Waiver of Trial by Jury . NEITHER SELLER NOR BUYER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND EACH WAIVES TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY CLOSING DELIVERY, THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY EACH PARTY, AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. ANY PARTY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS SECTION IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER BY EACH PARTY HERETO. This Section 15.14 shall survive termination of this Agreement and Closing.

 

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15.15 Further Assurances . In furtherance of the provisions of this Agreement, Buyer agrees to take and cause its Affiliates to take, and Seller agrees to take and cause its Affiliates to take, such commercially reasonable further actions and to execute, deliver and file such further reasonable documents and instruments as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, but only if such actions and documents are consistent with the terms of this Agreement and do not expand or otherwise vary from the obligations and liabilities of such Persons under this Agreement and the Closing Deliveries. Any and all such documents and instruments shall be prepared by, or at the direction of, the requesting Party, at the requesting Party’s sole cost and expense, and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the other Party. This Section 15.15 shall survive Closing.

[ Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank

Signature Pages Follow ]

 

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Executed as of the Effective Date.

 

SELLER :
ULTRA WYOMING, INC. ,
a Wyoming corporation
By:  

 

  Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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BUYER :
PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP,
a Delaware limited partnership
By:   PINEDALE GP, INC.,
  a Delaware corporation,
  its sole general partner
  By:  

 

    Richard C. Green, Chairman

 

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Schedule 7.13

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Bonds, Letters of Credit and Guaranties

BLM Bond WYBOOO566 Statewide BLM Surety Bond issued in the amount of $150,000 with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company as surety.

 

41


Schedule 7.19

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Adverse Change

None

 

42


Exhibit A

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Partial Assignment of Jensen Easements to Buyer

PARTIAL ASSIGNMENT OF EASEMENTS AND

TRANSFER OF IMPROVEMENTS

(LGS) [Jensen Easements]

This Partial Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements (LGS) [Jensen Easements] (this “ Assignment ”) is executed and delivered as of December     , 2012 (the “ Effective Date ”) by and between ULTRA WYOMING, INC. , a Wyoming corporation (“ Assignor ”) and PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP. , a Delaware limited partnership (“ Assignee ”).

This Assignment is executed pursuant to, and is made subject to the terms and conditions of, that certain Liquids Gathering System Sublette County, Wyoming Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated December 7, 2012, between Assignor, as seller, and Assignee, as buyer (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), and is subject to the terms and conditions thereof. This Assignment is made without representation or warranty by Assignor except as and to the extent expressly provided in the Purchase Agreement and this Assignment. Assignor, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged and agreed, does by these presents GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL, CONVEY, ASSIGN, TRANSFER, SET OVER and DELIVER unto Assignee, the following (collectively, the “ Properties ”):

1. Easements . A partial assignment of the easement estate under the following easements, which partial assignment shall constitute an assignment of the following easements only to the extent Assignor’s rights under the following easements relate to the Liquids Gathering System (as such term is defined in Exhibit A attached hereto) (such right, title and interest being assigned hereunder to be collectively referred to herein as the “ Easement Rights ”), it being understood and agreed that Assignor is reserving to itself, and is not assigning, any of its right, title or interest under the following easements to the extent related to anything other than the Liquids Gathering System, provided that Assignor shall not exercise its rights in any way that would (a) interfere in any material respect with the easement assigned to Assignee hereunder or (b) so long as the lease of even date herewith with respect to the Property and other leased property between Assignee, as lessor, and Ultra Wyoming LGS, LLC, as lessee, remains in effect, causes a breach by the lessor under such lease:

(a) Jensen Easement 1 : That certain Grant of Pipeline Easements (“ Jensen Easement 1 ”) dated June 24, 2010, recorded in Book 95, Page 423 of the Records of the Sublette County Clerk’s Office, Sublette County, Wyoming, from Mary Kay Jensen

 

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(the “ Easement 1 Grantor ”), as Grantor, to Ultra Resources, Inc. (“ Resources ”), as Grantee, and covering the following described property (the “ Easement 1 Grantor Property ”):

 

  (i)

Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 108 West, 6 th P.M.

Section 18: Lot 1

 

  (ii)

Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 108 West, 6 th P.M.

Section 18: SW1/4SE1/4

(b) Jensen Easement 2 : That certain Grant of Pipeline Easements (“ Jensen Easement 2 ”) dated June 24, 2010, recorded in Book 95, Page 418 of the Records of the Sublette County Clerk’s Office, Sublette County, Wyoming, from Mary Kay Jensen, as personal representative of the Estate of John Wayne Jensen, and individually (in such capacities, the “ Easement 2 Grantor ”) as Grantor, to Resources, as Grantee, and covering the following described property (the “ Easement 2 Grantor Property ”):

 

  (i)

Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 108 West, 6 th P.M.

Section 12: S1/2SE1/4

Section 13: N1/2NE1/4

 

  (ii)

Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 109 West, 6 th P.M.

Section 13: NE1/4NW1/4

For purposes of this Assignment, the portion of the Easement 1 Grantor Property underlying, subject to and covered by Jensen Easement 1 and the portion of the Easement 2 Grantor Property underlying, subject to and covered by Jensen Easement 2 shall be referred to as the “ Easement Land ”.

2. Improvements . All of the improvements and fixtures used directly in connection with the Liquids Gathering System and located on the Easement Land, including, without limitation, any and all surface and/or subsurface pipelines, surface and/or subsurface machinery and equipment, line pipe, pipe connections, fittings, flanges, welds, or other interconnections, valves, control and monitoring equipment, cathodic or electrical protection units, by-passes, regulators, drips, treating equipment, dehydration equipment, separation equipment, processing equipment, condensate and water storage tanks and other storage facilities, generators, gas compressors, vapor recovery units, combustors, flares, storage sheds, towers, gas and electric fixtures, radiators and heaters, in each case that are downstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser and that are upstream of each LGS Terminus Point, including any of the foregoing described on the attached Exhibit B , but specifically excluding (i) any of the facilities, improvements and fixtures located upstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser (an example of such an inlet flange is shown, for the Parties’ convenience, on the photograph on the attached Exhibit D ) and (ii) any of the facilities, improvements or fixtures located downstream of each LGS Terminus Point, except in each case to the extent explicitly described on Exhibit B . The term “ Improvements

 

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includes all of the improvements and fixtures which are a part of the Liquids Gathering System as described herein located on the Easement Land, regardless of whether they are included or properly described in Exhibit B .

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE PROPERTIES UNTO ASSIGNEE, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, FOREVER. ASSIGNOR HEREBY BINDS ITSELF, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, TO WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND ALL AND SINGULAR TITLE TO THE PROPERTIES UNTO ASSIGNEE AGAINST EVERY PERSON WHOSOEVER LAWFULLY CLAIMING OR TO CLAIM THE SAME BY, THROUGH OR UNDER ASSIGNOR AND ITS AFFILIATES, BUT NOT OTHERWISE. Assignor transfers to Assignee, to the extent so transferable, the full right of substitution and subrogation, concurrent with a retained right by Assignor, in and to all covenants of warranty heretofore given or made with respect to the Properties by parties other than Assignor. Any references herein or in any Exhibit hereto to liens, encumbrances and other burdens are for the purposes of defining the nature and extent of Assignor’s warranties and shall not be deemed to ratify, recognize or create any rights in third parties. The foregoing warranties are subject in all respects to and limited by the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement.

OTHER PROVISIONS:

A. This Assignment is made, delivered and accepted pursuant to and is subject to the terms and provisions of the Purchase Agreement, which shall survive delivery of this Assignment as provided in the Purchase Agreement. To the extent of any conflict between the terms of this Assignment and the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the terms of the Purchase Agreement shall control. The transfer of the Properties pursuant to this Assignment is intended to be without duplication to the transfer of assets and properties described in the other Closing Deliveries executed and delivered by Assignor and Assignee in connection with the transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement, and Assignor and Assignee instruct, agree and confirm it is their mutual intention that this Assignment be construed to avoid duplicative transfers of the assets and properties described in such Closing Deliveries. So, solely by way of example, if any of the Easement Rights or Improvements are also the sort of property right that could be considered assigned or transferred by one of the other Closing Deliveries, such Easement Rights or Improvements shall be construed to have been conveyed only once, and not more than once, pursuant to this Assignment and any such other Closing Deliveries.

B. Assignee hereby assumes and agrees to pay and perform the obligations and liabilities of “Grantee” under the Jensen Easement 1 and the Jensen Easement 2, to the extent appurtenant to the Easement Rights, but only as and to the extent of the Easement Rights assigned hereunder, and only to the extent such obligations and liabilities arise or accrue from and after the Effective Date.

C. This Assignment may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Assignment.

 

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D. All exhibits and schedules attached hereto are hereby made a part hereof and incorporated herein by this reference. References in such exhibits to instruments on file in public records are intended to constitute, and do constitute, notice of such instruments for all purposes. Unless otherwise provided, all recording references in such exhibits are to the appropriate records of Sublette County, Wyoming.

E. The provisions of Section 15.15 (Further Assurances) of the Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference.

Schedule of Exhibits :

Exhibit A : Liquids Gathering System Definitions

Exhibit B : Improvements Exhibit

Exhibit C : Central Gathering Facility Exhibit

Exhibit D : LGS Pipeline Riser Exhibit

Exhibit E : Liquids Gathering System Exhibit

Exhibit F : Map of Pipelines and Gathering Facilities

[ Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank

Signature Pages Follow ]

*        *        *

 

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Executed as of the Effective Date.

 

ASSIGNOR :
ULTRA WYOMING, INC.
A Wyoming corporation
By:  

 

  Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice
  President and Chief Financial Officer
Address of Assignor:
304 Inverness Way South, Suite 295
Englewood, Colorado 80112

 

STATE OF TEXAS    §   
   §   
COUNTY OF HARRIS    §   

This instrument was acknowledged before me on December     , 2012 by Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of ULTRA WYOMING, INC., a Wyoming corporation, on behalf of the corporation.

 

 

Notary Public in and for

The State of TEXAS

 

My Commission Expires:

 

 

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ASSIGNEE :
PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP,
a Delaware limited partnership
By:   PINEDALE GP, INC.,
  a Delaware corporation,
  its sole general partner
  By:  

 

    Richard C. Green, Chairman
Address of Assignee:
4200 W. 115 th Street, Suite 210
Leawood, KS 66211

 

STATE OF TEXAS    §
   §
COUNTY OF HARRIS    §

This instrument was acknowledged before me on December     , 2012 by Richard C. Green, the Chairman of Pinedale GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, on behalf of said corporation as the sole general partner of PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, on behalf of the limited partnership.

 

 

Notary Public in and for

The State of TEXAS

 

My Commission Expires:

 

 

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Exhibit A

To

Partial Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements

(LGS) [Jensen Easements]

Liquids Gathering System Definitions

Central Gathering Facility or CGF : The four locations within the Liquids Gathering System at which condensate, produced water, and associated natural gas is collected and separated for sale and transport off the subject location or alternatively, in the case of associated natural gas, used for fuel or flared on the subject location. A legal description of each of CGF#1, CGF#2, CGF#3 and CGF#4 is set out on the attached Exhibit C .

CGF#1 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit C attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #1”.

CGF#2 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit C attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #2”.

CGF#3 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit C attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #3”.

CGF#4 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit C attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #4”.

Condensate Loading Point: The condensate loading coupling off each condensate storage tank located on a Central Gathering Facility on the Effective Date.

Condensate Terminus Point : The (a) inlet flange for each LACT Unit Facility and (b) each Condensate Loading Point.

Flash Gas Terminus Point: (a) with respect to CGF#1, CGF #3, and CGF #4, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date to each dehydrator located on each such Central Gathering Facility; and (b) with respect to CGF #2, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date on (i) each three-phase heated separator located on CGF #2, (ii) each condensate storage tank located on CGF #2, and (iii) each water storage tank located on CGF #2.

LACT Unit Facilities: The condensate pump, meter and sales point as well as the associated equipment downstream of the inlet risers to any Lease Automated Custody Transfer unit located on a Central Gathering Facility.

LGS Pipeline Riser: The pipeline riser downstream of the liquids legs of the production separators located on each of the producing well pads described on the attached Exhibit E , as each is in existence on the Effective Date.

LGS Terminus Point : Each Flash Gas Terminus Point, each Condensate Terminus Point and each Produced Water Terminus Point.

 

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Liquids Gathering System : Generally, the system of pipelines and central gathering facilities highlighted on the map attached as Exhibit F , together with the related equipment that is capable of gathering, separating, collecting, and delivering for sale or transport, condensate and water, together with associated natural gas, produced from natural gas and oil wells that are operated by Ultra Resources and are located in the Pinedale Anticline Field in Sublette County, Wyoming, including, specifically, the Easement Rights and the Improvements, which Liquids Gathering System begins at the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser (an example of such an inlet flange is shown, for the Parties’ convenience, on the photograph on the attached Exhibit D ), extends through an interconnected system of pipelines to the production and separation equipment and storage tanks located at the Central Gathering Facilities, and terminates at each LGS Terminus Point.

Produced Water Terminus Point: Each outlet flange to the water pump facility or facilities, as the case may be, on each Central Gathering Facility that is directly upstream of each water meter and through which the produced water flows after it is separated from the condensate and the associated natural gas, as in existence on the Effective Date.

 

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Exhibit B

To

Partial Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements

(LGS) [Jensen Easements]

Improvements Exhibit

[ Insert Exhibit T from the PSA ]

 

9


Exhibit C

To

Partial Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements

(LGS) [Jensen Easements]

Central Gathering Facility Exhibit

[ Insert Exhibit U from the PSA ]

 

10


Exhibit D

To

Partial Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements

(LGS) [Jensen Easements]

LGS Pipeline Riser Exhibit

[ Insert Exhibit V from the PSA ]

 

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Exhibit E

To

Partial Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements

(LGS) [Jensen Easements]

Liquids Gathering System Exhibit

[ Insert Exhibit S from the PSA ]

 

12


Exhibit F

To

Partial Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements

(LGS) [Jensen Easements]

Map of Pipelines and Gathering Facilities

[ Insert Exhibit F from the PSA ]

 

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Exhibit B

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

BLM Request for Consent to Assignment to Buyer

[See Attached]

 

1


LOGO

  

United States Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management

Wyoming State Office

 

LOGO

 

Casefile  

.

  
  [Serial Number]   

Assignor Consent

                                                                                                   does hereby consent to assign to

          [Name of Assignor as shown on existing grant]

                                                                                                   , all undivided right, title, and interest in and

            [Name of Assignee as shown on application]

to right-of-way grant number                                  , if approved by the United States

                                                    [Serial Number]

Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management.

 

 

   

 

 
Signature of Assignor     Date  

 

     
Print Name of Assignor      

 

     
Title      

Assignee Agreement

                                                                                                   does hereby make application for approval

            [Name of Assignee as shown on application]

of the above assignment of right-of-way grant number                                  . This application

                                                                                             [Serial Number]

is made pursuant to the regulations in 43 CFR Part 2800/2880.

                                                                                                   , the undersigned applicant, agrees to

            [Name of Assignee as shown on application]

comply with and be bound by all terms and conditions of the right-of-way grant.

 

 

   

 

 
Signature of Assignee     Date  

 

     
Print Name of Assignee      

 

     
Title       WY 2800-1 (1_08)

 

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Exhibit C

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

List of BLM Easements

[See following]

 

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Lease

 

Right of Way

 

Holder

 

Date

 

Book

 

Page

 

Reception No.

 

County

 

State

 

Legal Description

WY8142   WYW-176857   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC   4/17/2009   100 Misc.   178   359612   SUBLETTE   WY  

T31N R109W

SEC 2: LOT 4

WY8143   WYW-176863   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC   4/17/2009   100 Misc.   223   359615   SUBLETTE   WY  

T32N R109W

SEC 35: SESW, W2SE

WY8144   WYW-176856   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC   4/17/2009   100 Misc.   164   359611   SUBLETTE   WY  

T31N R109W

SEC 3: LOT 3, SWNE, E2NW, N2SW, SWSW, NWSE

SEC 4: SESE

SEC 10: NWNW

WY8146   WYW-176861   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC   4/17/2009   100 Misc.   209   359614   SUBLETTE   WY  

T31N R109W

SEC 2: LOT 4

SEC 3: LOT 1

T32N R109W

SEC 26: S2SW

SEC 27: S2NW, E2SW, S2SE

SEC 34: SWNE, E2NW, NESW, W2SE, SESE

SEC 35: NWNE, N2NW

WY8148   WYW-176858   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC   4/17/2009   100 Misc.   192   359613   SUBLETTE   WY  

T31N R109W

SEC 2: LOT 4

SEC 3: LOT 1

SEC 4: LOT 1

T32N R109W

SEC 27: W2SW

SEC 28: S2NE, N2SE

SEC 33: NENE, E2SE

SEC 34: S2NW, N2SW, SWSW, W2SE, SESE

WY8150   WYW-176864   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC   4/17/2009   100 Misc.   237   359616   SUBLETTE   WY  

T31N R109W

SEC 2: LOT 4

SEC 3: LOT 1

T32N R109W

SEC 27: S2NW, W2SW

SEC 34: E2NW, NESW, W2SE, SESE

WY8152   WYW-176866   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC   4/17/2009   100 Misc.   251   359617   SUBLETTE   WY  

T31N R109W

SEC 3: SWNE, N2SW, SWSW, NWSE

SEC 4: E2E2

WY8154   WYW-176868   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC   6/17/2009   100 Misc.   265   359618   SUBLETTE   WY  

T30N R108W

SEC 4: LOTS 11, 14

WY8155   WYW-176885   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC   6/17/2009   100 Misc.   446   359630   SUBLETTE   WY  

T30N R108W

SEC 4: LOTS 10, 11, 15, 16

SEC 5: LOTS 10, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20

SEC 8: LOTS 1, 2, 8

 

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Lease

 

Right of Way

 

Holder

  Date     Book   Page   Reception No.   County   State  

Legal Description

WY8156

 

WYW-176884

 

ULTRA RESOURCES, INC

    6/17/2009      100 Misc.   432   359629   SUBLETTE   WY  

T30N R108W

                 

SEC 4: LOTS 7, 8, 10, 11

SEC 5: LOTS 5, 6

T31N R108W

SEC 29: W2NW, E2SW, SWSE

SEC 30: NENE, S2NE, NWSE

SEC 32: N2NE, SENE, SENW, E2SW, SWSE

SEC 33: W2SW

WY8157

 

WYW-176883

 

ULTRA RESOURCES, INC

    6/17/2009      100 Misc.   418   359628   SUBLETTE   WY  

T30N R1QSW

SEC 3: LOTS 7, 8

SEC 4: LOTS 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

T31N R108W

SEC 32: E2NE, NESE

SEC 33: NWNW, SW

SEC 34: SESW

WY8158

 

WYW-176869

 

ULTRA RESOURCES, INC

    6/17/2009      100 Misc.   278   359619   SUBLETTE   WY  

T30N R108W

SEC 4: LOTS 10, 11, 15, 16

SEC 5: LOTS 13, 20

SEC 8: LOTS 1, 7, 8, 9, 10

WY8159

 

WYW-176870

 

ULTRA RESOURCES, INC

    6/17/2009      100 Misc.   292   359620   SUBLETTE   WY  

T30N R108W

SEC 3: LOT 17

SEC 4: LOTS 14, 19, SESE

SEC 9: LOTS 1, 8

SEC 10: LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16

SEC 15: LOTS 1, 7, 8, 9, 10

WY8161

 

WYW-176872

 

ULTRA RESOURCES, INC

    6/17/2009      100 Misc.   306   359621   SUBLETTE   WY  

T30N R108W

SEC 4: LOTS 14, 19, SESE

SEC 9: LOTS 1, 2, 7-9

SEC 10: LOTS 5, 11-15

SEC 15: LOTS 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 15, 16

SEC 22: LOTS 1, 2, 8

SEC 23: LOTS 4-6

WY8163

 

WYW-176874

 

ULTRA RESOURCES, INC

    6/17/2009      100 Misc.   320   359622   SUBLETTE   WY  

T30N R108W

SEC 4: LOTS 9-11, 15, 16

SEC 5: LOTS 13, 15

SEC 8: LOT 1

SEC 9: LOT 4

WY8164   WYW-176875   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC     6/17/2009      100 Misc.   334   359623   SUBLETTE   WY  

T30N R108W

SEC 4: LOTS 8-11

T31N R108W

SEC 29: S2NW, NESW, W2SE

SEC 32: SENE, N2NE, N2SE, SWSE

SEC 33: N2NW, N2SW, SWSW

 

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Lease

 

Right of Way

 

Holder

  Date     Book   Page   Reception No.   County   State    

Legal Description

WY8165   WYW-176876   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC     6/17/2009      100 Misc.   363   359624   SUBLETTE     WY     

T30N R108W

SEC 3: LOT 17

SEC 4: LOTS 14, 19, SESE

SEC 10: LOTS 3, 4

WY8167   WYW-176878   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC     6/17/2009      100 Misc.   377   359625   SUBLETTE     WY     

T30N R108W

SEC 4: LOTS 11, 14

WY8168   WYW-176879   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC     6/17/2009      100 Misc.   390   359626   SUBLETTE     WY     

T30N R108W

SEC 2: LOTS 16, 17

SEC 3: LOTS 7, 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20

SEC 4: LOTS 14, 19, SESE

SEC 10: LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4

WY8170   WYW-176881   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC     6/17/2009      100 Misc.   404   359627   SUBLETTE     WY     

T30N R108W

SEC 4: LOTS 14, 19, SESE

SEC 9: LOTS 1, 8

SEC 10: LOTS 5, 11, 12, 14-16

SEC 11:8-10, 13, 14

SEC 14: LOTS 3, 4

SEC 15: LOT 1

WY8192   WYW-178598   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.     4/19/2010      100 Misc.   460   359631   SUBLETTE     WY     

T31N R108W

SEC 7: S2SE

SEC 18: NWNE, NENW

SEC 19: SESE, W2SE, NESW, NW

SEC 29: NENE

SEC 30: W2NW

T31N R109W

SEC 13: SENW, NESW, W2SE, SESE

SEC 24: NENE

WY8193   WYW-178599   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.     4/19/2010      100 Misc.   475   359632   SUBLETTE     WY     

T31N R109W

SEC 12: SWSW

SEC 13: W2NW, SENW, NESW, W2SE, SESE

SEC 24: NENE

WY8194   WYW-178600   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.     4/19/2010      100 Misc.   489   359633   SUBLETTE     WY     

T31N R109W

SEC 12: SWSW

SEC 13: W2NW, SENW, NESW, W2SE, SESE

SEC 24: NENE

WY8195   WYW-178601   ULTRA RESOURCES,INC.     4/19/2010      100 Misc.   503   359634   SUBLETTE     WY     

T31N R108W

SEC 18: NESW

SEC 19: NWNE, N2NW, SENW

WY8196   WYW-178602   ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.     4/19/2010      100 Misc.   517   359635   SUBLETTE     WY     

T31N R108W

SEC 19: LOT 1, W2NE, E2NW, NESW,W2SE, SESE

SEC 29: W2NW

SEC 30: NENE

 

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Lease

  

Right of Way

  

Holder

  

Date

  

Book

  

Page

  

Reception No.

  

County

  

State

  

Legal Description

WY8197    WYW-178603    ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.    4/19/2010    100 Misc.    546    359636    SUBLETTE    WY   

T31N R109W

SEC 13: S2NW, NESW, W2SE, SESE

SEC 14: NESW, S2SW, N2SE, SWSE

SEC 23: NWNW, W2SE, SESE

SEC 24: NENE, S2NE, SENW, NESW, S2SW

SEC 25: N2NW

WY8198    WYW-178604    ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.    4/19/2010    100 Misc.    560    359637    SUBLETTE    WY   

T31N R108W

SEC 19: LOT 1, 3, W2NW, SENW, SW

T31N R109W

SEC 13: W2NW, SENW, NESW, W2SE, SESE

SEC 14: SE

SEC 24: NENE, S2NE, NWNW, SENW, E2SW, NESE

SEC 25: W2NE, SENE, NWSE, N2NW

WY8199    WYW-178613    ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.    4/19/2010    100 Misc.    574    359638    SUBLETTE    WY   

T30N R108W

SEC 6: N2NE

T31N 108W

SEC 19: LOT 1, S2NW, NESW, W2SE, SESE

SEC 29: W2NW, E2SW, SWSE

SEC 30: LOT 2, NENE

SEC 31: E2SW, SESE

SEC 32: W2NE, SENW, NESW, S2SW

T31N R109W

SEC 24: NENE, S2NE, SENW, W2SW

SEC 25: W2NE, SENE, NENW

WY8200    WYW-178614    ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.    4/19/2010    100 Misc.    594    359639    SUBLETTE    WY   

T30N R108W

SEC 5: LOT 8

SEC 6: LOTS 8, 9

T31N R108W

SEC 19: LOT 1, S2NW, NESW, W2SE, SESE

SEC 29: W2NW, E2SW, SWSE

SEC 30: E2NE

SEC 31: E2SW, S2SE

SEC 32: W2NE, SENW, NESW, S2SW

T31N R109W

SEC 24: NENE

WY8203    WYW-178617    ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.    4/19/2010    100 Misc.    619    359640    SUBLETTE    WY   

T31N R108W

SEC 19: LOT 1, N2NW

T31 R109W

SEC 24: NENE

WY8210    WYW-178656    ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.    7/1/2010    100 Misc.    633    359641    SUBLETTE    WY   

T30N R108W

SEC 23: LOT 15

SEC 24: LOT 13

SEC 25: LOT 4

 

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Lease

  

Right of Way

  

Holder

  

Date

  

Book

  

Page

  

Reception No.

  

County

  

State

  

Legal Description

WY8211    WYW-178657    ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.    7/1/2010    100 Misc.    651    359642    SUBLETTE    WY   

T30N R108W

SEC 11: LOTS 8, 9, 10, 14

SEC 12: LOTS 11, 12

SEC 13: LOTS 3, 5

SEC 14: LOTS 3, 4, 5

SEC 15: LOTS 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16

SEC 22: LOT 1

SEC 23: LOTS 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 15, SWSE

SEC 24: LOTS 4, 5

SEC 25: LOTS 1, 3, 4, 6, 7

WY8212    WYW-178658    ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.    7/1/2010    100 Misc.    676    359643    SUBLETTE    WY   

T30N R107W

SEC 30: LOTS 9, 10

T30N R108W

SEC 25: LOTS 3, 4, 5, 7, 8

WY8213    WYW-178659    ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.    7/1/2010    100 Misc.    690    359644    SUBLETTE    WY   

T30N R108W

SEC 21: LOTS 1, 2

SEC 22: LOTS 3, 4, 5

SEC 23: LOTS 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, SWSE

WY8214    WYW-178660    ULTRA RESOURCES, INC.    7/1/2010    100 Misc.    704    359645    SUBLETTE    WY   

T30N R108W

SEC 23: LOTS 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, SWSE

SEC 25: LOTS 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16

SEC 26: LOTS 4, 5, 6, 8, 9

 

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Exhibit D

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

BLM Easements Assignment to Buyer/ BLM Filing

[ See Attached]

 

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STANDARD FORM 299 (5/2009)         
Prescribed by DOI/USDA/DOT         
P.L. 96487 and Federal         FORM APPROVED
Register Notice 5-22-95                     APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION AND         OMB NO. 1004-0189
                                                        UTILITY SYSTEMS AND FACILITIES         Expires: April 30, 2012
                                                                      ON FEDERAL  LANDS   
                     FOR AGENCY USE ONLY
NOTE:   Before completing and filing the application, the applicant should completely review this package and schedule a preapplication meeting with representatives of the agency responsible for processing the application. Each agency may have specific and unique requirements to be met in preparing and processing the application. Many times, with the help of the agency representative, the application can be completed at the preapplication meeting.   

 Application Number

 

 Date filed

 

     
    1.   Name and address of applicant (include zip code)     2.   Name, title, and address of authorized agent if different from Item 1 (include zip code)         3. TELEPHONE  (area code)
          

 Applicant

 

 Authorized Agent

 

     
    4.   As applicant are you? (check one)     5.   Specify what application is for: (check one)         
  a.   ¨  Individual       a.    ¨ New authorization         
  b.   ¨  Corporation*       b.    ¨ Renewing existing authorization No.   
  c.   ¨  Partnership/Association*       c.    ¨ Amend existing authorization No.   
  d.   ¨  State Government/State Agency       d.    ¨ Assign existing authorization No.   
  e.   ¨ Local Government       e.    ¨ Existing use for which no authorization has been received*
  f.   ¨ Federal Agency       f.    ¨ Other*         
 

*  If checked, complete supplemental page

   

*  If checked provide details under Item 7

     
    6.   If an individual, or partnership are you a citizen(s) of the United States?   ¨ Yes    ¨ No   
    7.   Project description (describe in detail): (a) Type of system or facility, (e.g., canal, pipeline road) ; (b) related structures and facilities; (c) physical specifications (length, width, grading, etc.); (d) term of years needed; (e) time of year of use or operation; (f) Volume or amount of product to be transported; (g) duration and timing of construction; and (h) temporary work areas needed for construction (Attach additional sheets, if additional space is needed,)
    8.   Attach a map covering area and show location of project proposal   
    9.   State or local government approval:    ¨ Attached    ¨ Applied for    ¨ Not required   
  10.   Nonreturnable application fee.    ¨ Attached    ¨ Not required   
  11.   Does project cross international boundary or affect international waterways?   ¨ Yes    ¨ No (If “yes,” indicate on map)
  12.   Give statement of your technical and financial capability to construct, operate, maintain, and terminate system for which authorization is being requested.

 

 

(Continued on page 2)    This form is authorized for local reproduction.

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13a. Describe other reasonable alternative routes and modes considered.

 

    b. Why were these alternatives not selected?

 

    c. Give explanation as to why it is necessary to cross Federal Lands

 

14. List authorizations and pending applications filed for similar projects which may provide information to the authorizing agency. (Specify number, date, code, or name)

 

15. Provide statement of need for project, including the economic feasibility and items such as: (a) cost of proposal (construction, operation, and maintenance) ; (b) estimated cost of next best alternative; and (c) expected public benefits.

 

16. Describe probable effects on the population in the area, including the social and economic aspects, and the rural lifestyles.

 

17. Describe likely environmental effects that the proposed project will have on: (a) air quality; (b) visual impact; (c) surface and ground water quality and quantity; (d) the control or structural change on any stream or other body of water; (e) existing noise levels; and (f) the surface of the land, including vegetation, permafrost, soil, and soil stability.

 

18. Describe the probable effects that the proposed project will have on (a) populations of fish, plantlife, wildlife, and marine life, including threatened and endangered species; and (b) marine mammals, including hunting, capturing, collecting, or killing these animals.

 

19. State whether any hazardous material, as defined in this paragraph, will be used, produced, transported or stored on or within the right-of-way or any of the right-of-way facilities, or used in the construction, operation, maintenance or termination of the right-of-way or any of its facilities. “Hazardous material” means any substance, pollutant or contaminant that is listed as hazardous under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., and its regulations. The definition of hazardous substances under CERCLA includes any “hazardous waste” as defined in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., and its regulations. The term hazardous materials also includes any nuclear or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq. The term does not include petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof that is not otherwise specifically listed or designated as a hazardous substance under CERCLA Section 101(14), 42 U.S.C. 9601(14), nor does the term include natural gas.

 

20. Name all the Department(s)/Agency(ies) where this application is being filed.

I HEREBY CERTIFY, That I am of legal age and authorized to do business in the State and that I have personally examined the information contained in the application and believe that the information submitted is correct to the best of my knowledge.

 

Signature of Applicant    Date

Title 18, U.S.C. Section 1001 and Title 43 U.S.C. Section 1212, make it a crime for any person knowingly and willfully to make to any department or agency of the United States any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations as to any matter within its jurisdiction.

 

(Continued on page 3)   (SF-299, page 2)

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APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITY SYSTEMS

AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS

This application will be used when applying for a right-of-way, permit, license, lease, or certificate for the use of Federal lands which lie within conservation system units and National Recreation or Conservation Areas as defined in the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. Conservation system units include the National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System, National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, National Trails System, National Wilderness Preservation System, and National Forest Monuments.

Transportation and utility systems and facility uses for which the application may be used are:

 

1. Canals, ditches, flumes, laterals, pipes, pipelines, tunnels, and other systems for the transportation of water.

 

2. Pipelines and other systems for the transportation of liquids other than water, including oil, natural gas, synthetic liquid and gaseous fuels, and any refined product produced therefrom.

 

3. Pipelines, slurry and emulsion systems, and conveyor belts for transportation of solid materials.

 

4. Systems for the transmission and distribution of electric energy.

 

5. Systems for transmission or reception of radio, television, telephone, telegraph, and other electronic signals, and other means of communications.

 

6. Improved rights-of-way for snow machines, air cushion vehicles, and all-terrain vehicles.

 

7. Roads, highways, railroads, tunnels, tramways, airports, landing strips, docks, and other systems of general transportation.

This application must be filed simultaneously with each Federal department or agency requiring authorization to establish and operate your proposal.

In Alaska, the following agencies will help the applicant file an application and identify the other agencies the applicant should contact and possibly file with:

U.S. Department of Agriculture

FOREST SERVICE (USFS)

Alaska Regional Office (Region 10)

Physical Address:

Federal Office Building

709 West 9th Street

Juneau, Alaska 99801

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 21628

Juneau, Alaska 99802

Telephone: 907-586-8806

U.S. Department of the Interior

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS (BIA)

Alaska Regional Office (Juneau)

Mailing/Physical Address:

P.O. Box 25520

709 West 9th Street

Juneau, Alaska 99802

Telephone: 800-645-8397

U.S. Department of the Interior

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT (BLM)

Alaska State Office

Mailing/Physical Address:

222 West 7th Avenue #13

Anchorage, Alaska 99513

Telephone: 907-271-5960

U.S. Department of the Interior

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS)

Alaska Regional Office (Anchorage)

Mailing/Physical Address:

240 West 5th Avenue, Room 114

Anchorage, Alaska 99501

Telephone: 907-644-3501

U.S. Department of the Interior

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Alaska Regional Office (Region 7)

Mailing/Physical Address:

1011 East Tudor Road

Anchorage, Alaska 99501

Telephone: 907-271-5011

Note: Filings with any Department of the Interior agency may be filed with any office noted above or with the:

U.S. Department of the Interior

OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND COMPLIANCE

Alaska Regional Office (Anchorage)

Regional Environmental Officer

1689 C Street, Room 119

Anchorage, Alaska 99501

Telephone: (907) 271-5011

U.S. Department of Transportation

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

Alaska Regional Office (Anchorage)

222 West 7th Avenue, #14

Anchorage, Alaska 99513

Telephone: 907-271-5269

NOTE - The Department of Transportation has established the above central filing point for agencies within that Department. Affected agencies are: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Coast Guard (USCG), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).

OTHER THAN ALASKA NATIONAL INTEREST LANDS

Use of this form is not limited to National Interest Conservation Lands of Alaska.

Individual departments/agencies may authorize the use of this form by applicants for transportation and utility systems and facilities on other Federal lands outside those areas described above.

For proposals located outside of Alaska, applications will be filed at the local agency office or at a location specified by the responsible Federal agency.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS

(Items not listed are self-explanatory)

Item

 

7 Attach preliminary site and facility construction plans. The responsible agency will provide instructions whenever specific plans are required.

 

8 Generally, the map must show the section(s), township(s), and ranges within which the project is to be located. Show the proposed location of the project on the map as accurately as possible. Some agencies require detailed survey maps. The responsible agency will provide additional instructions.

9, 10, and 12 - The responsible agency will provide additional instructions.

 

13 Providing information on alternate routes and modes in as much detail as possible, discussing why certain routes or modes were rejected and why it is necessary to cross Federal lands will assist the agency(ies) in processing your application and reaching a final decision. Include only reasonable alternate routes and modes as related to current technology and economics.

 

14 The responsible agency will provide instructions.

 

15 Generally, a simple statement of the purpose of the proposal will be sufficient. However, major proposals located in critical or sensitive areas may require a full analysis with additional specific information. The responsible agency will provide additional instructions.

 

16 through 19 - Providing this information in as much detail as possible will assist the Federal agency(ies) in processing the application and reaching a decision. When completing these items, you should use a sound judgment in furnishing relevant information. For example, if the project is not near a stream or other body of water, do not address this subject. The responsible agency will provide additional instructions.

Application must be signed by the applicant or applicant’s authorized representative.

If additional space is needed to complete any item, please put the information on a separate sheet of paper and identify it as “Continuation of Item”.

 

 

 

(For supplemental, see page 4)   (SF-299, page 3)

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SUPPLEMENTAL

 

NOTE: The responsible agency(ies) will provide additional instructions   

CHECK APPROPRIATE

BLOCK

I - PRIVATE CORPORATIONS    ATTACHED    FILED*
a.    Articles of Incorporation    ¨    ¨
b.    Corporation Bylaws    ¨    ¨
c.    A certification from the State showing the corporation is in good standing and is entitled to operate within the State.    ¨    ¨
d.    Copy of resolution authorizing filing    ¨    ¨
e.    The name and address of each shareholder owning 3 percent or more of the shares, together with the number and percentage of any class of voting shares of the entity which such shareholder is authorized to vote and the name and address of each affiliate of the entity together with, in the case of an affiliate controlled by the entity, the number of shares and the percentage of any class of voting stock of that affiliate owned, directly or indirectly, by that entity, and in the case of an affiliate which controls that entity, the number of shares and the percentage of any class of voting stock of that entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the affiliate.    ¨    ¨
f.    If application is for an oil or gas pipeline, describe any related right-of-way or temporary use permit applications, and identify previous applications    ¨    ¨
g.    If application is for an oil and gas pipeline, identify all Federal lands by agency impacted by proposal.    ¨    ¨
II - PUBLIC CORPORATIONS      
a.    Copy of law forming corporation    ¨    ¨
b.    Proof of organization    ¨    ¨
c.    Copy of Bylaws    ¨    ¨
d.    Copy of resolution authorizing filing    ¨    ¨
e.    If application is for an oil or gas pipeline, provide information required by Item “I-f” and “I-g” above.    ¨    ¨
III - PARTNERSHIP OR OTHER UNINCORPORATED ENTITY      
a.    Articles of association, if any    ¨    ¨
b.    If one partner is authorized to sign, resolution authorizing action is    ¨    ¨
c.    Name and address of each participant, partner, association, or other    ¨    ¨
d.    If application is for an oil or gas pipeline, provide information required by Item “I-f” and “I-g” above.    ¨    ¨

 

* If the required information is already filed with the agency processing this application and is current, check block entitled “Filed.” Provide the file identification information (e.g., number, date, code, name). If not on file or current, attach the requested information.

 

 

(Continued on page 5)   (SF-299, page 4)

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NOTICES

NOTE: This applies to the Department of the Interior/Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

The Privacy Act of 1974 provides that you be furnished with the following information in connection with the information provided by this application for an authorization.

AUTHORITY: 16 U.S.C. 310 and 5 U.S.C. 301.

PRINCIPAL PURPOSE: The primary uses of the records are to facilitate the (1) processing of claims or applications; (2) recordation of adjudicative actions; and (3) indexing of documentation in case files supporting administrative actions.

ROUTINE USES: BLM and the Department of the Interior (DOI) may disclose your information on this form: (1) to appropriate Federal agencies when concurrence or supporting information is required prior to granting or acquiring a right or interest in lands or resources; (2) to members or the public who have a need for the information that is maintained by BLM for public record; (3) to the U.S. Department of Justice, court, or other adjudicative body when DOI determines the information is necessary and relevant to litigation; (4) to appropriate Federal, State, local, or foreign agencies responsible for investigating, prosecuting violation, enforcing, or implementing this statute, regulation, or order; and (5) to a congressional office when you request the assistance of the Member of Congress in writing.

EFFECT OF NOT PROVIDING THE INFORMATION: Disclosing this information is necessary to receive or maintain a benefit. Not disclosing it may result in rejecting the application.

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 requires us to inform you that:

The Federal agencies collect this information from applicants requesting right-of-way, permit, license, lease, or certifications for the use of Federal lands.

Federal agencies use this information to evaluate your proposal.

No Federal agency may request or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a request for information which does not contain a currently valid OMB Control Number.

BURDEN HOURS STATEMENT: The public burden for this form is estimated at 25 hours per response including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this form to: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (1004-0189), Bureau Information Collection Clearance Officer (WO-630) 1849 C Street, N.W., Mail Stop 401 LS, Washington, D.C. 20240.

A reproducible copy of this form may be obtained from the Bureau of Land Management, Division of Lands, Realty and Cadastral Survey, 1620 L Street, N.W., Rm. 1000 LS, Washington, D.C. 20036.

 

 

 

  (SF – 299, page 5)

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Exhibit E

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

BLM Easements Assignment to Buyer/ County Filing

ASSIGNMENT OF EASEMENTS AND

TRANSFER OF IMPROVEMENTS

(LGS) [BLM Easements]

This Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements (LGS) [BLM Easements] (this “ Assignment ”) is executed and delivered as of December     , 2012 (the “ Effective Date ”) by and between ULTRA WYOMING, INC. , a Wyoming corporation (“ Assignor ”) and PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP. , a Delaware limited partnership (“ Assignee ”).

This Assignment is executed pursuant to, and is made subject to the terms and conditions of, that certain Liquids Gathering System Sublette County, Wyoming Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated December 7, 2012, between Assignor, as seller, and Assignee, as buyer (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), and is subject to the terms and conditions thereof. This Assignment is made without representation or warranty by Assignor except as and to the extent expressly provided in the Purchase Agreement and this Assignment.

Assignor, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged and agreed, does by these presents GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL, CONVEY, ASSIGN, TRANSFER, SET OVER and DELIVER unto Assignee, the following (collectively, the “ Properties ”):

1. Easements . The easements described on Exhibit A attached hereto (collectively, the “ BLM Easements ”) (collectively referred to herein as the “ Easement Rights ”). For purposes of this Assignment, the land underlying, subject to and covered by the Easement Rights shall be referred to herein as the “ Easement Land ”.

2. Improvements . All of the improvements and fixtures used directly in connection with the Liquids Gathering System located on the Easement Land, including, without limitation, any and all surface and/or subsurface pipelines, surface and/or subsurface machinery and equipment, line pipe, pipe connections, fittings, flanges, welds, or other interconnections, valves, control and monitoring equipment, cathodic or electrical protection units, by-passes, regulators, drips, treating equipment, dehydration equipment, separation equipment, processing equipment, condensate and water storage tanks and other storage facilities, generators, gas compressors, vapor recovery units, combustors, flares, storage sheds, towers, gas and electric fixtures, radiators and heaters, in each case that are downstream of the inlet flange to each LGS

 

1


Pipeline Riser and that are upstream of each LGS Terminus Point, including any of the foregoing described on the attached Exhibit C , but specifically excluding (i) any of the facilities, improvements and fixtures located upstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser (an example of such an inlet flange is shown, for the Parties’ convenience, on the photograph on the attached Exhibit E ) and (ii) any of the facilities, improvements or fixtures located downstream of each LGS Terminus Point, except in each case to the extent explicitly described on Exhibit C . The term “ Improvements ” includes all of the improvements and fixtures which are a part of the Liquids Gathering System as described herein located on the Easement Land, regardless of whether they are included or properly described in Exhibit C .

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE PROPERTIES UNTO ASSIGNEE, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, FOREVER. ASSIGNOR HEREBY BINDS ITSELF, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, TO WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND ALL AND SINGULAR TITLE TO THE PROPERTIES UNTO ASSIGNEE AGAINST EVERY PERSON WHOSOEVER LAWFULLY CLAIMING OR TO CLAIM THE SAME BY, THROUGH OR UNDER ASSIGNOR AND ITS AFFILIATES, BUT NOT OTHERWISE. Assignor transfers to Assignee, to the extent so transferable, the full right of substitution and subrogation, concurrent with a retained right by Assignor, in and to all covenants of warranty heretofore given or made with respect to the Properties by parties other than Assignor. Any references herein or in any Exhibit hereto to liens, encumbrances and other burdens are for the purposes of defining the nature and extent of Assignor’s warranties and shall not be deemed to ratify, recognize or create any rights in third parties. The foregoing warranties are subject in all respects to and limited by the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement.

OTHER PROVISIONS:

A. This Assignment is made and delivered and is accepted pursuant to and subject to the terms and provisions of the Purchase Agreement, which shall survive delivery of this Assignment as provided in the Purchase Agreement. To the extent of any conflict between the terms of this Assignment and the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the terms of the Purchase Agreement shall control. The transfer of the Properties pursuant to this Assignment is intended to be without duplication to the transfer of assets and properties described in the other Closing Deliveries executed and delivered by Assignor and Assignee in connection with the transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement, and Assignor and Assignee instruct, agree and confirm it is their mutual intention that this Assignment be construed to avoid duplicative transfers of the assets and properties described in such Closing Deliveries. So, solely by way of example, if any of the Easement Rights or Improvements are also the sort of property right that could be considered assigned or transferred by one of the other Closing Deliveries, such Easement Rights or Improvements shall be construed to have been conveyed only once, and not more than once, pursuant to this Assignment and any such other Closing Deliveries.

B. Assignee hereby assumes and agrees to pay and perform the obligations and liabilities of the owner of the easement, permit and right-of-way rights under the BLM Easements, but only to the extent such obligations and liabilities arise or accrue from and after the Effective Date.

 

2


C. This Assignment may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Assignment.

D. All exhibits and schedules attached hereto are hereby made a part hereof and incorporated herein by this reference. References in such exhibits to instruments on file in public records are intended to constitute, and do constitute, notice of such instruments for all purposes. Unless otherwise provided, all recording references in such exhibits are to the appropriate records of Sublette County, Wyoming.

E. Separate assignments of the BLM Easements may be executed on forms promulgated by the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, by Assignor to Assignee in sufficient counterparts to satisfy applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Those assignments shall be deemed to contain all of the exceptions, reservations, limitations, warranties, rights, titles, power and privileges set forth herein as fully as though they were set forth in each such assignment. The interests conveyed by such separate assignments are the same, and not in addition to, the interests conveyed herein.

F. The provisions of Section 15.15 (Further Assurances) of the Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit A : BLM Easements

Exhibit B : Liquids Gathering System Definitions

Exhibit C : Improvements Definitions Exhibit

Exhibit D : Central Gathering Facility Exhibit

Exhibit E : LGS Pipeline Riser Exhibit

Exhibit F : Liquids Gathering System Exhibit

Exhibit G : Map of Pipelines and Gathering Facilities

[ Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank

Signature Pages Follow ]

*        *        *

 

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Executed as of the Effective Date.

 

ASSIGNOR :

ULTRA WYOMING, INC.

a Wyoming corporation

By:  

 

  Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice
  President and Chief Financial Officer
Address of Assignor:
304 Inverness Way South, Suite 295
Englewood, Colorado 80112

 

STATE OF TEXAS    §
   §
COUNTY OF HARRIS    §

This instrument was acknowledged before me on December     , 2012 by Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ULTRA WYOMING, INC., a Wyoming corporation, on behalf of the corporation.

 

 

Notary Public in and for

The State of TEXAS

My Commission Expires:

 

 

 

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ASSIGNEE :

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP,

a Delaware limited partnership

By:  

PINEDALE GP, INC.,

a Delaware corporation,

its sole general partner

  By:  

 

    Richard C. Green, Chairman
Address of Assignee:
4200 W. 115 th Street, Suite 210
Leawood, KS 66211

 

STATE OF TEXAS    §
   §
COUNTY OF HARRIS    §

This instrument was acknowledged before me on December     , 2012 by Richard C. Green, the Chairman of Pinedale GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, on behalf of said corporation as the sole general partner of PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, on behalf of the limited partnership.

 

 

Notary Public in and for
The State of TEXAS

 

My Commission Expires:

 

 

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Exhibit A

To

Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements

(LGS) [BLM Easements]

BLM Easements

[to be completed consistent with the description of the BLM Easements from the PSA]

 

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Exhibit B

To

Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements

(LGS) [BLM Easements]

Liquids Gathering System Definitions

Central Gathering Facility or CGF : The four locations within the Liquids Gathering System at which condensate, produced water, and associated natural gas is collected and separated for sale and transport off the subject location or alternatively, in the case of associated natural gas, used for fuel or flared on the subject location. A legal description of each CGF#1, CGF #2, CGF#3 and CGF#4 is set out on the attached Exhibit C .

CGF#1 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit C attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #1”.

CGF#2 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit C attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #2”.

CGF#3 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit C attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #3”.

CGF#4 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit C attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #4”.

Condensate Loading Point: The condensate loading coupling off each condensate storage tank located on a Central Gathering Facility on the Effective Date.

Condensate Terminus Point : The (a) inlet flange for each LACT Unit Facility and (b) each Condensate Loading Point.

Flash Gas Terminus Point: (a) with respect to CGF#1, CGF #3, and CGF #4, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date to each dehydrator located on each such Central Gathering Facility; and (b) with respect to CGF #2, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date on (i) each three-phase heated separator located on CGF #2, (ii) each condensate storage tank located on CGF #2, and (iii) each water storage tank located on CGF #2.

LACT Unit Facilities: The condensate pump, meter and sales point as well as the associated equipment downstream of the inlet risers to any Lease Automated Custody Transfer unit located on a Central Gathering Facility.

LGS Pipeline Riser: The pipeline riser downstream of the liquids legs of the production separators located on each of the producing well pads described on the attached Exhibit F , as each is in existence on the Effective Date.

LGS Terminus Point : Each Flash Gas Terminus Point, each Condensate Terminus Point and each Produced Water Terminus Point.

 

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Liquids Gathering System : Generally, the system of pipelines and central gathering facilities highlighted on the map attached as Exhibit G , together with the related equipment that is capable of gathering, separating, collecting, and delivering for sale or transport, condensate and water, together with associated natural gas, produced from natural gas and oil wells that are operated by Ultra Resources and are located in the Pinedale Anticline Field in Sublette County, Wyoming, including, specifically, the Easement Rights and the Improvements, which Liquids Gathering System begins at the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser (an example of such an inlet flange is shown, for the Parties’ convenience, on the photograph on the attached Exhibit E ), extends through an interconnected system of pipelines to the production and separation equipment and storage tanks located at the Central Gathering Facilities, and terminates at each LGS Terminus Point.

Produced Water Terminus Point: Each outlet flange to the water pump facility or facilities, as the case may be, on each Central Gathering Facility that is directly upstream of each water meter and through which the produced water flows after it is separated from the condensate and the associated natural gas, as in existence on the Effective Date.

 

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Exhibit C

To

Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements

(LGS) [BLM Easements]

Improvements Definitions Exhibit

[ Insert Exhibit T from the PSA ]

 

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Exhibit D

To

Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements

(LGS) [BLM Easements]

Central Gathering Facility Exhibit

[Insert Exhibit U from the PSA ]

 

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Exhibit E

To

Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements

(LGS) [BLM Easements]

LGS Pipeline Riser Exhibit

[ Insert Exhibit V from the PSA ]

 

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Exhibit F

To

Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements

(LGS) [BLM Easements]

Liquids Gathering System Exhibit

[ Insert Exhibit S from the PSA ]

 

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Exhibit G

To

Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements

(LGS) [BLM Easements]

Map of Pipelines and Gathering Facilities

[ Insert Exhibit F from the PSA ]

 

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Exhibit F

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Map of Pipelines and Gathering Facilities

[Attached on next page]

 

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LOGO

 

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Exhibit G

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

BILL OF SALE

This Bill of Sale (this “ Bill of Sale ”), dated as of December     , 2012 (the “ Effective Date ”), is executed by ULTRA WYOMING, INC., a Wyoming corporation (“ Seller ”) and PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Buyer ”), pursuant to, and is expressly made subject to the terms and conditions of, that certain Liquids Gathering System Sublette County, Wyoming Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) dated effective as of December 7, 2012, between Seller, as seller, and Buyer, as buyer, with respect to the Liquids Gathering System described therein. Each capitalized term used in this Bill of Sale and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Purchase Agreement. This Assignment constitutes a Seller Closing Delivery and a Buyer Closing Delivery under the Purchase Agreement.

For and in consideration of TEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and confirmed, Seller hereby transfers and assigns to Buyer, without recourse, representation or warranty except as expressly provided in the Purchase Agreement (a) the monitoring equipment located in or on the Liquids Gathering System, (b) the computer hardware located in the centralized monitoring building for each CGF constituting a portion of the Liquids Gathering System to which such monitoring equipment connects, (c) the wires and other connectors for such monitoring equipment between such computer hardware and such monitoring equipment, (d) all office furniture in each centralized monitoring building for each Central Gathering Facility, (e) engineering drawings and plans and specifications in Seller’s possession for the Liquids Gathering System except to the extent assignment thereof is prohibited by contract or applicable law, (f) as-built drawings and surveys of the Liquids Gathering System in Seller’s possession, and (g) to the extent assignable, the other Records (collectively, the “ Personalty ”).

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE PERSONALTY UNTO ASSIGNEE, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, FOREVER. ASSIGNOR HEREBY BINDS ITSELF, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, TO WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND ALL AND SINGULAR TITLE TO THE PERSONALTY UNTO ASSIGNEE AGAINST EVERY PERSON WHOSOEVER LAWFULLY CLAIMING OR TO CLAIM THE SAME BY, THROUGH OR UNDER ASSIGNOR AND ITS AFFILIATES, BUT NOT OTHERWISE. The foregoing warranties are subject in all respects to and limited by the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement.

This Assignment may be executed in a number of identical counterparts and delivered by facsimile or pdf. If so executed and delivered, each of such counterparts, facsimiles and pdf’s is to be deemed an original for all purposes, and all such counterparts shall, collectively, constitute one agreement but, in making proof of this Assignment, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart.

 

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Executed as of the Effective Date.

 

SELLER :
ULTRA WYOMING, INC.
A Wyoming corporation
  By:  

 

  Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice
  President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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BUYER :

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP,

a Delaware limited partnership

By:  

PINEDALE GP, INC.,

a Delaware corporation,

its sole general partner

  By:  

 

    Richard C. Green, Chairman

 

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Exhibit H

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

LIMITED GUARANTY OF COLLECTION

This LIMITED GUARANTY OF COLLECTION (this “ Guaranty ”) is executed and delivered as of December     , 2012, ULTRA RESOURCES, INC., a Wyoming corporation (“ Guarantor ”), whose address is 400 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 1200, Houston, Texas 77060, Attn: Marshall D. Smith, in favor of PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Landlord ”).

RECITALS:

A. ULTRA WYOMING LGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Tenant ”), and Landlord are party to that certain Lease dated as of December     , 2012 (the “ Lease ”).

B. In order to induce Landlord to enter into the Lease, Guarantor agreed to execute and deliver to Landlord this Guaranty. Guarantor acknowledges that Landlord would not have entered into the Lease without the execution and delivery by Guarantor of this Guaranty.

AGREEMENT:

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by Guarantor, Guarantor hereby agrees in favor of Landlord (and Landlord’s successors and assigns) as follows:

1. Guarantor irrevocably guarantees the full and prompt collection of the payment obligations, whether now in existence or hereafter arising, of Tenant to Landlord under the Lease, including without limitation all amounts due to the Landlord as rent or otherwise under the Lease (the “ Obligations ”); provided , that (a) the amount payable by Guarantor hereunder shall not under any circumstances exceed the sum of Eighty Million and No/100 Dollars (US$80,000,000), and (b) this Guaranty is limited and conditional in that it is a guaranty of collection only and Guarantor shall be obligated to make payments hereunder only after (i) the Landlord has reduced its claims with respect to the Obligations against the Tenant to judgment and execution has been returned unsatisfied and has not been paid by any Lessee Guarantor (as such term is defined in the Lease) or (ii) if a bankruptcy proceeding has been commenced with respect to Tenant, the closing of the bankruptcy proceeding after its administration under 11 U.S.C. Section 350(a) shall have occurred and the Landlord shall have received, after distributions contemplated by such bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise, less than payment in full of the obligations owed by Tenant to Landlord under the Lease. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Guaranty, Guarantor hereby agrees to pay and/or perform punctually, upon written demand by the Landlord, each such Obligation which is not paid or performed as and when due and payable by the Tenant (taking into account any applicable cure periods under the Lease), in

 

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like manner as such amount is due from the Tenant. For purposes hereof, the Obligations shall be performed and/or due and payable when due and payable under the terms of the Lease notwithstanding the fact that the collection or enforcement thereof as against the Tenant may be stayed or enjoined under Title 11 of the United States Code or similar applicable law.

2. Except as set forth in this Guaranty, Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Obligations or the Lease, or by any other circumstance relating to the Obligations or the Lease which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense of a guarantor or surety. Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any and all suretyship defenses, defenses that could be asserted by Tenant (except payment or performance) and all other defenses that would otherwise be available to Guarantor. All payments by Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty shall be made without setoff. The Landlord shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations in the event that the Tenant becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of the Landlord so to file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty. Guarantor irrevocably waives any defense arising by reason of any disability, bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Tenant. In the event that any payment in respect of any Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, Guarantor shall remain liable under this Guaranty in respect of such Obligations as if such payment had not been made.

3. Guarantor agrees that the Landlord may at any time and from time to time, either before or after the maturity thereof, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time of payment of, or performance of, or renew, any of the Obligations, and may also make any agreement with the Tenant or with any other party to or person liable on any of the Obligations, or interested therein, for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, waiver, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any amendment or modification of the terms thereof or of the Lease or any other agreement between the Landlord and the Tenant or any such other party or person, without in any way impairing, releasing or affecting the liabilities of the Guarantor under this Guaranty.

4. Guarantor will not exercise any rights which it may acquire under or in connection with this Guaranty by way of subrogation until all of the Obligations to Landlord shall have been indefeasibly paid in full, or performed in its entirety. Any amount paid to Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Landlord and shall forthwith be paid to the Landlord to be credited and applied to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.

5. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns until all of the Obligations have been satisfied in full and the Lease shall have been terminated or fully performed. This Guaranty may not be modified, discharged or terminated orally or in any manner other than by an agreement in writing signed by Landlord and Guarantor. This is a continuing Guaranty relating to all Obligations, including any arising during any holdover term or arising under transactions renewing or extending the term of the Lease, changing the terms of any Obligations, or creating new or additional Obligations after prior Obligations have in whole or in part been satisfied, regardless of any lapse of time. If any

 

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of the present or future Obligations are guaranteed by persons, partnerships, corporations or other entities in addition to Guarantor, the death, release or discharge, in whole or in part, or the bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution of one or more of them shall not discharge or affect the liabilities of Guarantor under this Guaranty. The obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall be additional to, and not in substitution for, any security or other guarantee or indemnity at any time existing in respect of Tenant’s obligations, liabilities and covenants under the Lease.

6. No failure on the part of the Landlord to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Landlord of any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty. Each and every right, remedy and power granted to the Landlord under this Guaranty or allowed it by law or by the Lease or any other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Landlord from time to time.

7. Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guaranty and notice of any obligation or liability to which it may apply, and waives presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of dishonor or non-payment of any such obligation.

8. Landlord may at any time and from time to time without notice to or consent of the Guarantor and without impairing or releasing the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder: (a) compromise or subordinate any obligation or liability of the Tenant to Landlord including any security therefor, (b) consent to the assignment by Tenant of its interest in the Lease, or (c) consent to any other matter or thing under or relating to the Lease. Guarantor waives trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim, involving any matters whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected with the Guaranty and by executing the Lease Landlord also waives such trial by jury. Guarantor agrees to reimburse Landlord for the costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by reason of Landlord having to enforce this Guaranty.

9. Guarantor represents and warrants to Landlord that (a) the Lease has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Tenant and is a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against Tenant in accordance with its terms, and (b) this Guaranty has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Guarantor and is a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

10. Guarantor may not assign its rights nor delegate its obligations under this Guaranty, in whole or in part, without prior written consent of the Landlord, which consent may be withheld by Landlord in its sole and absolute discretion, and any purported assignment or delegation absent such consent is void. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding (a) any assignment or transfer by Tenant of its interest in the Lease (in which case this Guaranty shall apply, from and after such assignment or transfer, to all of the obligations, liabilities and covenants of the assignee or transferee under the Lease), or (b) any assignment or transfer by Landlord of its interest in the Lease (in which case Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of Landlord’s assignee or transferee), in each case irrespective of whether Guarantor has notice of or consents to any such assignment or transfer.

 

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11. Guarantor acknowledges its address as set forth above and will notify Landlord of any changes thereto.

12. Reference is made to (a) Sections 15.1(d) and 16.2(d) of the Lease pursuant to which Guarantor shall be released from certain obligations under this Guaranty as and to the extent provided therein,, (b) Section 17.3 of the Lease pursuant to which Guarantor has certain rights to notice of and an opportunity to cure a Lessee Event of Default (as such term is defined in the Lease) as and to the extent provided therein, (c) Section 17.4 of the Lease pursuant to which Lessor shall be released from its obligations under this Guaranty with respect to matters arising or accruing from and after the date of a “Permitted Lease Assignment” (as such term is defined in the Lease), and (d) Section 17.1(g) of the Lease pursuant to which Guarantor’s obligations shall not be increased in connection with an amendment to the Lease which results in an increase of the lessee’s obligations under the Lease, and which amendment or modification is made without Guarantor’s consent, all of which provisions are hereby incorporated into this Guaranty by reference.

13. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. GUARANTOR AND LANDLORD JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY AGREE TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OVER ANY DISPUTES ARISING OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Guaranty has been executed and delivered as of the date and year first above written.

 

ULTRA RESOURCES, INC. ,
a Wyoming corporation
By:  

 

Name:   Marshall D. Smith
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit I

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Buyer PSA Guaranty

GUARANTY

[Buyer PSA Guaranty]

This GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”) is executed and delivered as of December 7, 2012, by CORENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation (“ Guarantor ”), whose address is 4200 W. 115 th Street, Suite 210, Leawood, KS 77211, in favor of ULTRA WYOMING, INC., a Wyoming corporation (“ Seller ”).

RECITALS:

A. PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Buyer ”), and Seller are party to that certain Liquids Gathering System Sublette County, Wyoming Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of December 7, 2012 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).

B. In order to induce Seller to enter into the Purchase Agreement, Guarantor agreed to execute and deliver to Seller this Guaranty. Guarantor acknowledges that Seller would not have entered into the Purchase Agreement without the execution and delivery by Guarantor of this Guaranty.

AGREEMENT:

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by Guarantor, Guarantor hereby agrees in favor of Seller (and Seller’s successors and assigns) as follows:

1. Guarantor absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (taking into account any applicable cure periods under the Purchase Agreement), whether by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations, liabilities and covenants, whether now in existence or hereafter arising, of Buyer to Seller, and arising under the Purchase Agreement or the Buyer Closing Deliveries (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) (collectively, the “ Obligations ”). Guarantor hereby agrees to pay and/or perform punctually, upon written demand by the Seller, each such Obligation which is not paid or performed as and when due and payable by the Buyer (taking into account any applicable cure periods under the Purchase Agreement), in like manner as such amount is due from the

 

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Buyer. For purposes hereof, the Obligations shall be performed and/or due and payable when due and payable under the terms of the Purchase Agreement notwithstanding the fact that the collection or enforcement thereof as against the Buyer may be stayed or enjoined under Title 11 of the United States Code or similar applicable law. This Guaranty is one of payment and not of collection.

2. Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Obligations or the Purchase Agreement, or by any other circumstance relating to the Obligations or the Purchase Agreement which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense of a guarantor or surety. Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any and all suretyship defenses, defenses that could be asserted by Buyer (except payment or performance) and all other defenses that would otherwise be available to Guarantor. All payments by Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty shall be made without setoff. The Seller shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations in the event that the Buyer becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of the Seller so to file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty. Guarantor irrevocably waives any right to require the Seller to pursue any other remedy in the Seller’s power whatsoever, whether against the Buyer or any other obligor principally or secondarily obligated with respect to the Obligations. Guarantor irrevocably waives any defense arising by reason of any disability, bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Buyer. In the event that any payment in respect of any Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, Guarantor shall remain liable under this Guaranty in respect of such Obligations as if such payment had not been made.

3. Guarantor agrees that the Seller may at any time and from time to time, either before or after the maturity thereof, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time of payment of, or performance of, or renew, any of the Obligations, and may also make any agreement with the Buyer or with any other party to or person liable on any of the Obligations, or interested therein, for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, waiver, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any amendment or modification of the terms thereof or of the Purchase Agreement or any other agreement between the Buyer and the Seller or any such other party or person, without in any way impairing, releasing or affecting the liabilities of the Guarantor under this Guaranty.

4. Guarantor will not exercise any rights which it may acquire under or in connection with this Guaranty by way of subrogation until all of the Obligations to Seller shall have been indefeasibly paid in full, or performed in its entirety. Any amount paid to Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Seller and shall forthwith be paid to the Seller to be credited and applied to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.

5. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns until all of the Obligations have been satisfied in full and the Purchase Agreement shall have been terminated or fully performed. This Guaranty may not be modified, discharged or terminated orally or in any manner other than by an agreement in writing signed by Seller and Guarantor. This is a continuing Guaranty relating to all Obligations,

 

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including any arising under transactions renewing or extending the term of the Purchase Agreement, changing the terms of any Obligations, or creating new or additional Obligations after prior Obligations have in whole or in part been satisfied, regardless of any lapse of time. If any of the present or future Obligations are guaranteed by persons, partnerships, corporations or other entities in addition to Guarantor, the death, release or discharge, in whole or in part, or the bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution of one or more of them shall not discharge or affect the liabilities of Guarantor under this Guaranty. The obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall be additional to, and not in substitution for, any security or other guarantee or indemnity at any time existing in respect of Buyer’s obligations, liabilities and covenants under the Purchase Agreement.

6. No failure on the part of the Seller to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Seller of any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty. Each and every right, remedy and power granted to the Seller under this Guaranty or allowed it by law or by the Purchase Agreement or any other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Seller from time to time.

7. Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guaranty and notice of any obligation or liability to which it may apply, and waives presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of dishonor or non-payment of any such obligation or liability, suit or the taking of other action by Seller against, and all other notices whatsoever to, the Buyer, Guarantor or others.

8. Seller may at any time and from time to time without notice to or consent of the Guarantor and without impairing or releasing the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder: (a) take or fail to take any action of any kind in respect of any security for any obligation, covenant or liability of the Buyer to Seller, (b) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Buyer or others, (c) compromise or subordinate any obligation or liability of the Buyer to Seller including any security therefor, (d) consent to the assignment by Buyer of its interest in the Purchase Agreement, or (e) consent to any other matter or thing under or relating to the Purchase Agreement. Guarantor waives trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim, involving any matters whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected with the Guaranty and by executing the Purchase Agreement Seller also waives such trial by jury. Guarantor agrees to reimburse Seller for the costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by reason of Seller having to enforce this Guaranty.

9. Guarantor represents and warrants to Seller that (a) the Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Buyer and is a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against Buyer in accordance with its terms, and (b) this Guaranty has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Guarantor and is a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

10. Guarantor may not assign its rights nor delegate its obligations under this Guaranty, in whole or in part, without prior written consent of the Seller, which consent may be withheld by Seller in its sole and absolute discretion, and any purported assignment or delegation

 

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absent such consent is void. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding (a) any assignment or transfer by Buyer of its interest in the Purchase Agreement (in which case this Guaranty shall apply, from and after such assignment or transfer, to all of the obligations, liabilities and covenants of the assignee or transferee under the Purchase Agreement), or (b) any assignment or transfer by Seller of its interest in the Purchase Agreement (in which case Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of Seller’s assignee or transferee), in each case irrespective of whether Guarantor has notice of or consents to any such assignment or transfer.

11. Guarantor acknowledges its address as set forth above and will notify Seller of any changes thereto.

12. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. GUARANTOR AND SELLER JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY AGREE TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OVER ANY DISPUTES ARISING OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Guaranty has been executed and delivered as of the date and year first above written.

 

CORENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation
By:  

 

  David J. Schulte, President

 

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Haynes and Boone

Draft 12/5/12

Exhibit J

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

 

 

 

EQUITY INVESTORS’ AGREEMENT

among

ULTRA WYOMING LGS, LLC,

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP

PINEDALE GP, INC.,

ROSS AVENUE INVESTMENTS, LLC,

AND

CORENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST, INC.

 

 

 


EQUITY INVESTORS’ AGREEMENT

This Equity Investors’ Agreement (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Agreement ”) is dated as of December     , 2012 and is made by and among:

 

Company :    PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership,
Lessee :    ULTRA WYOMING LGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
Parent :    CORENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST, INC. (formerly known as TORTOISE CAPITAL RESOURCES CORPORATION), a Maryland corporation,
Equity Investors :    PINEDALE GP, INC. and ROSS AVENUE INVESTMENTS, LLC, collectively; and
Permitted Assignees :    Those Persons who acquire an interest in Company as permitted by, and who then become a party to, this Agreement.

WHEREAS, Company, as lessor, and Lessee, as lessee, are entering into the Lease (as defined below);

WHEREAS, the Equity Investors own all of the outstanding equity interests in the Company, and

WHEREAS, the Parent and the Equity Investors will benefit from the Company entering into the Lease and desire to make the covenants and agreements set forth herein to induce Lessee to enter into the Lease.

For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions . For all purposes of this Agreement, except as may be expressly set forth herein or unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intent, the following terms have the following definitions:

“Addendum Agreement” means an Addendum Agreement in the form of Exhibit C to this Agreement.

Affiliate ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.

“Beneficial Owner” a Person shall be deemed the “ Beneficial Owner ” of, and shall be deemed to “ beneficially own ” and have “ beneficial ownership of” any Company Equity Interests:

(i) which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates, directly or indirectly, has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the


passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise;

(ii) which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates, directly or indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of or has “beneficial ownership” of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing; provided , however , that a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, or to “beneficially own,” any Company Equity Interest under this subparagraph (ii) as a result of an agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such Company Equity Interest, if such agreement, arrangement or understanding: (A) arises solely from a revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, and (B) is not also then reportable by such Person on a Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

(iii) which are “beneficially owned,” directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate thereof) with which such Person (or any of such Person’s Affiliates) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing), for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy as described in the proviso to subparagraph (ii)) or disposing of any voting Company Equity Interests;

provided , however , that (a) a Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of or to “beneficially own” any Company Equity Interests acquired through such Person’s participation in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting and (b) the existence of rights of first bid, pre-emptive rights, drag along rights, or tag along rights set forth in the Company Organizational Documents shall not themselves cause one Person to be deemed the Beneficial Owner of Company Equity Interests held by one or more other Equity Investors.

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or Houston, Texas, are authorized or required by law to remain closed. If the last day of any time period under this Agreement, or the last day for performance of any obligation, or for giving any notice, or for taking any other action under this Agreement falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the last day of such time period shall be extended to the first day thereafter that is a Business Day.

Company ” means the entity identified in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“Company Organizational Documents” means the Limited Partnership Agreement of Company a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A to this Agreement, or any similar organizational documents of any successor to the Company.

Company Loan Documents ” has the same meaning as the term “Lessor Loan Documents” in the Lease.

“Company Equity Interests” means the equity interests issued by Company, including, as applicable, any general or limited partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests, common or preferred stock, or other interest which would be classified as equity on a Person’s balance sheet under generally accepted accounting principles and any right to acquire such equity interests in the Company, including upon conversion or exercise of securities. References herein to a percentage of

 

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Company Equity Interests means Company Equity Interests which confer on the holder thereof the right to vote the applicable percentage of votes for the election of directors or similar governing body, or to receive the applicable percentage of dividends, distributions, including liquidating distributions, or other payments with respect to the Company Equity Interests.

Control ” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Controlling Lease Rights ” means the voting or other rights a Person possesses or exercises, directly or indirectly, which allows or would allow such Person to Control a vote on, consent to, approval of or blocking of decisions made by the Company with respect to any actions, decisions, approvals, waivers, consents, declarations of default, exercise of remedies or other matters under the Lease, whether through ownership of securities, the ability to exercise voting power, by contract, arrangement, understanding, course of conduct or otherwise; provided that for purposes of Section 2.3(a)(i) each Disqualified Person shall be deemed to Control the Company Equity Interests Beneficially Owned by each other Disqualified Person.

Disqualified Person ” has the meaning set forth in the Lease, including the provision that for so long as (i) both (A) the Company is the Lessor under the Lease, and (B) the Company is owned in whole or in part by direct or indirect subsidiaries of Parent, then no direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Parent shall be a Disqualified Person, and (ii) both (A) the Company is the Lessor under the Lease and (B) the Company is owned in whole or in part by direct or indirect subsidiaries of Prudential Financial, Inc., then no direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc., shall be a Disqualified Person.

Equity Investor ” means Pinedale GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation which is the general partner of the Company, and Ross Avenue Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is the sole Class B limited partner of the Company, and any Person who becomes a party to this Agreement by executing an Addendum Agreement. Equity Investor shall include Pinedale GP, Inc. or Parent with respect to any limited partner interest either owns in the Company.

Lease means the Lease, dated of even date, among Lessee and the Company, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.

Lien ” means any mortgage lien, deed of trust lien, vendor’s lien, security interest, mechanic’s or materialman’s lien, or other lien or security interest.

Permitted Controller of Lease Rights ” means any Person that (i) is not an individual, and (ii) whose net worth, or the net worth of an Affiliate providing an appropriate guarantee, both immediately before and after giving effect to the applicable Transfer is at least $50,000,000 determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, provided that such Affiliate guarantees the obligations, if any, of such Person under the Company Partnership Agreement and this Agreement, and provided further that each Permitted Controller of Lease Rights that is a direct beneficial owner of Company Equity Interests shall be a party to this Agreement as an Equity Investor (or become a party by executing an Addendum Agreement as provided in Section 2.3 ).

Person shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity.

Proprietary Information has the meaning set forth in the Lease.

 

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SNDA has the meaning set forth in the Lease.

Transfer means: (i) any sale, charge, gift, pledge, encumbrance, mortgage, transfer or any other disposition of Company Equity Interests (or any interest therein) whatsoever, whether voluntary or involuntary, (ii) a change in the Person or Persons who have beneficial ownership of a Company Equity Interest, or (iii) transferring to a Person or Persons Controlling Lease Rights. A Transfer shall be deemed to be involuntary if it involves any transaction, proceeding or action by or in which the Equity Investor or other Beneficial Owner of Company Equity Interests shall be involuntarily deprived or divested of any right, title or interest in or to any of the Company Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any seizure under levy of attachment or execution, transfer in connection with bankruptcy or other court proceeding to a trustee or receiver or other officer or agency or any transfer to a state or to a public officer or agency pursuant to any statute pertaining to escheat or abandoned property). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Transfer shall not include (i) any sale, assignment, or other transfer of the Company Equity Interest held initially by Ross Avenue Investments, LLC to any Affiliate of Prudential Financial, Inc., provided that such affiliate shall become a party to this Agreement by executing an addendum agreement as provided in Section 2.3 or (ii) any exchange by Ross Avenue Investments, LLC of its Company Equity Interests with the Company or the Parent for cash, equity of the Parent, or both.

Ultra Entity Person ” has the meaning set forth in the Lease.

ARTICLE II

AGREEMENTS REGARDING OWNERSHIP AND

TRANSFER OF COMPANY EQUITY INTERESTS

2.1 Company Organizational Documents . Parent represents and warrants to Lessee that (i)  Exhibit A attached to this Agreement is a true and correct copy of the Company Organizational Documents as in effect on the date hereof and (ii) the sole Equity Investors are identified on Exhibit B .

2.2 Amendment of Company Organizational Documents . Each Equity Investor agrees that such Equity Investor will not approve, consent to, adopt or otherwise take any action which would permit or facilitate the amendment of the terms of any of the following, without the prior, express written consent of Lessee: Section 2.7 (Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Entity Provisions); Section 2.8 (LGS Lease and LGS Equity Investors’ Agreement); Section 3.1 (Purpose); the provisions of Section 4.6 (Authority to Issue New Units) that impose requirements of the type set forth in this Agreement or otherwise refer to this Agreement; the provisions of Section 7.3 (Actions Requiring a Class B Limited Partner Majority) in a manner that would require the consent of Limited Partner Majority to additional matters with respect to the Lease; the provisions of Section 7.4(a) (Advisory Board) referring to Disqualified Persons; Section 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.1 or 11.2 (Transfers of Partnership Interest etc.) that impose requirements of the type set forth in this Agreement or otherwise refer to this Agreement; the provisions of Section 11.5(a) and (b) (Additional or Successor General Partners) that impose requirements of the type set forth in this Agreement or otherwise refer to this Agreement; the proviso at the end of Section 14.7 (Amendments) referring to the Lease or this Agreement; Exhibit B (Equity Investors’ Agreement); or any other provision that references this Agreement or the LGS Lease; or any of the following terms as used in any of the foregoing listed Sections: Beneficial Owner, Company Equity Interests, Disqualified Person, Equity Investors’ Agreement, Leased Property, LGS Lease, LGS Purchase Agreement, LGS Transaction or LGS Transaction Documents.

2.3 Transfer of Company Equity Interests . Each Equity Investor agrees that it will not Transfer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, indirectly by allowing a change in the beneficial owner of) all or any part of its Company Equity Interest,

(a) if such Transfer would result in: (i) a Disqualified Person or Disqualified Persons possessing Controlling Lease Rights, (ii) Disqualified Persons, in the aggregate, having beneficial ownership of 25% or more of the Company Equity Interests or (iii) for so long as an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee under the Lease, a Person who is not a Permitted Controller of Lease Rights possessing Controlling Lease Rights;

 

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(b) unless prior notice shall have been given to Lessee in accordance with Sections 2.5 and 3.2 of this Agreement;

(c) unless each Person acquiring direct beneficial ownership of Company Equity Interests executes an Addendum Agreement agreeing to be bound by this Agreement;

(d) unless each Person acquiring beneficial ownership is a United States Person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code or the Equity Investor and each Person acquiring beneficial ownership indemnifies Lessee, in a manner reasonably acceptable to Lessee, against any amounts payable by Lessee, as Lessee, pursuant to the Lease or otherwise to the extent such liabilities arise out of the status of such transferee as a Person other than a United States Person;

(e) unless such Transfer of beneficial ownership complies with all applicable laws, including securities laws, and the related Transfer documents are provided to Lessee to confirm within ten Business Days, to the reasonable satisfaction of Lessee, compliance with the provisions of this Agreement;

(f) unless no default or event of default attributable to such Equity Investor or the Company shall occur under the Company Loan Documents as a result of such Transfer;

(g) if the Transfer documents alter the rights of Lessee under the Lease or as to the Leased Property; and

(h) unless, immediately after giving effect to such Transfer, Lessee, as Lessee, shall have no greater obligation or liability under the Lease Agreement as a result of such Transfer, based on current laws in effect at the time of such Transfer, than it would have had if the Transfer had not taken place (other than obligations indemnified by such Person acquiring such beneficial ownership pursuant to paragraph (d)  of this Section 2.3 ).

2.4 Prohibition of Liens on Company Equity Interest . No Equity Investor shall grant or permit the granting, or suffer to exist, any Lien upon any Company Equity Interest which such Equity Investor directly Beneficially Owns; provided that (a) the general partner may create and suffer to exist a Permitted Lessor Lien (as defined on the Lease) on the general partner interest in the Company, and (b) so long as an Affiliate of the Parent holds the general partner interest in the Company, the Parent or an Affiliate of the Parent may create and suffer to exist a Permitted Lessor Lien on the general partner and limited partner interest in the Company owned by such Affiliate(s), provided that in each case under the foregoing clauses (a) and (b): (I) such Liens secure Permitted Indebtedness (as defined in the Lease), which Permitted Indebtedness is also secured by a Lien on the Company’s interest in the Lease and Leased Property as permitted by the Lease, and (II) the holder of such Lien on such partner interests in the Company has executed an SNDA.

2.5 Notice. Each Equity Investor agrees to give notice to Lessee of any proposed Transfer. Such notice shall be given at least fifteen Business Days (ten Business Days in the case of a Transfer to an Affiliate) prior to executing a definitive agreement for such Transfer. Such notice shall describe in detail

 

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the material terms of such proposed Transfer, the name of each Person proposed to acquire Beneficial Ownership of a Company Equity Interest or to possess Controlling Lease Rights, and provide reasonably sufficient information to enable the Lessee to notify, within ten Business Days of Lessee’s receipt of such notice, whether such Person(s) is/are Disqualified Person(s) and to verify within such ten Business Day period that such Transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.3(a). Each Equity Investor further agrees to provide to Lessee copies of all material documents evidencing such Transfer, in their then current form, at least ten Business Days prior to the closing date or effective date of any Transfer and any material revisions or amendments to such documents promptly after they become available.

2.6 Consequence of a Prohibited Transfer or Prohibited Lien. Any purported Transfer in breach of the terms of this Agreement, or any Lien on a Company Equity Interest made or suffered to exist in breach of this Agreement, shall be null and void ab initio , and the Company shall not recognize any such Transfer, or Lien.

2.7 Restrictions on Information Available to Disqualified Persons; Confidentiality .

(a) So long as the Lease remains outstanding, no Equity Investor that is a Disqualified Person shall have any right to (a) inspect the Leased Assets (as defined in the Lease) or (b) receive any Proprietary Information. Each Equity Investor agrees that it shall not provide any such information to any Disqualified Person.

(b) Each Equity Investor agrees to comply with the confidentiality provisions set forth in the Lease applicable to Confidential Information as defined in the Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as Prudential Financial, Inc. or one of its Affiliates is the direct or indirect owner of Ross Avenue Investments, LLC, the Confidentiality Provisions attached hereto as Exhibit D shall apply to Ross Avenue Investments, LLC, Prudential Financial, Inc., and all Affiliates of Prudential Financial, Inc. in lieu of any and all other confidentiality provisions contained in the Lease or other related documentation, including as “Recipient Party” or “Representative” as such terms are defined and used in the Purchase and Sale Agreement pursuant to which the Leased Assets were conveyed to the Company. [Exhibit D is open]

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

3.1 Legends . Each Equity Investor hereby agrees that the following legend shall be written, printed or stamped on the back of any certificates representing Company Equity Interests:

“The transfer of the equity interests represented by this certificate are restricted by the terms and conditions of an Equity Investors’ Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated [ ], 2012, by and among Pinedale Corridor, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Company”), Ultra Wyoming LGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and the Equity Investors (as defined therein). As more fully set forth in the Agreement, the partnership interests represented by this certificate may not be sold, assigned, gifted, transferred, pledged or otherwise Transferred (as defined in the Agreement) except in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. A transferee, pledgee or mortgagee of the partnership interests represented by this certificate shall be deemed to have notice of and to be bound by the terms of the Agreement. A copy of the Agreement is on file at the registered office of the Company.”

Such certificates shall be endorsed on the front thereof as follows:

“See restrictions on transfer hereof on reverse side.”

 

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3.2 Notices. All notices, demands or requests which a party is required to or may desire to serve upon the other shall be in writing and shall be sufficiently served upon such other party by (a) mailing a copy thereof by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed to the party to whom the notice is directed at the address of such party set forth below (or for Equity Investors who become a party to this Agreement in the future, in an Addendum Agreement), or (b) by reliable overnight courier (such as Federal Express or UPS), all charges prepaid, furnishing a receipt upon delivery, and addressed to the party to whom the notice is addressed at the address of the party. The address of each party executing this Agreement on the date hereof is:

Lessee:

Ultra Wyoming LGS, LLC

c/o Ultra Resources, Inc.

400 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 1200

Houston TX 77060

Attention: Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Telecopy No.: 281-876-2831

With a copy to:

Ultra Petroleum Corp.

400 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 1200

Houston TX 77060

Attention: Legal Department

Telecopy No.: 281-876-2831

Company:

Pinedale Project Company, LP

4200 W. 115 th Street, Suite 210

Leawood, KS 66211

With a copy to:

Husch Blackwell LLP

4801 Main Street, Ste. 1000

Kansas City, MO 64112

Attn: Brogan T. Sullivan

Telecopy No.: 816-983-8080

Parent:

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.

f/k/a Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation

4200 W. 115 th Street, Suite 210

Leawood KS 66211

 

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With a copy to:

Husch Blackwell LLP

4801 Main Street, Ste. 1000

Kansas City, MO 64112

Attn: Brogan T. Sullivan

Telecopy No.: 816-983-8080

Equity Investor:

Ross Avenue Investments, LLC

c/o Prudential Capital Group

2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 4200E

Dallas, TX 75201

Attn: Managing Director, Energy Finance Group – Oil & Gas

Telecopy No.: 214-720-6222

With a copy to:

Ross Avenue Investments, LLC

c/o Prudential Capital Group

2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 4200E

Dallas, TX 75201

Attn: Law Department

Telecopy No.: 214-720-6296

The addresses to which notices and demands shall be delivered or sent may be changed from time to time by notice served by either party upon the other as provided above.

3.3 Deemed Delivery. Notice shall be deemed to have been served at the earlier of the date received, refused or returned as undeliverable to the address as provided in Section 3.2 . If such notice pertains to the change of address of either of the parties, then such notice shall be deemed to have been served upon receipt thereof by the party to whom such notice is given.

3.4 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be subject to and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.

3.5 Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company, Lessee, Parent, the Equity Investors and their permitted successors and assigns. The rights and obligations under this Agreement may not be assigned by a party without the express written consent of the other parties hereto, except (a) by an Equity Investor when done in compliance with Section 2.3 and the other terms of this Agreement and (b) Lessee’s interests hereunder may be assigned by Lessee in connection with an assignment by Lessee of its interests in the Lease and the Leased Property (in accordance with the terms of, and as defined in, the Lease).

3.6 Amendment, Waiver. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto. No failure or delay on the part of any party in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. No modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement nor consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing, and then such waiver or

 

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consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Each party to this Agreement consents to the execution of an Addendum Agreement by the Company to add a Person as an Equity Investor, and upon such execution of an Addendum, the New Equity Investor (as defined in the Addendum Agreement) shall be deemed a party to this Agreement as if a signatory hereto.

3.7 Number . Whenever the context requires, the gender of all words used herein shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter, and the number of all words shall include the singular and the plural.

3.8 Termination . This Agreement shall terminate automatically: (i) upon the termination of the Lease, or (ii) in the event that the rights of Lessee under the Lease are foreclosed on by a lender to Lessee. This Agreement may also be terminated by an instrument in writing signed by the each of the parties to this Agreement.

3.9 Severability. If any term or provision contained in this Agreement is or is hereafter found to be inconsistent with, contrary to or invalid or unenforceable under any law or official rule, regulation or order, this Agreement shall be deemed to be modified accordingly and the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.

3.10 Section and Paragraph Headings. The sections and paragraph headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

3.11 Equitable Remedies. All representations, warranties and agreements of the parties in this Agreement shall be deemed special, unique and extraordinary. Any breach of any representation, warranty or agreement by any party shall be deemed to cause the other parties irreparable injury not properly compensable by damages in an action at law, such that the rights and remedies of a non-breaching party may be enforced both at law or in equity. Each party hereto acknowledges that a remedy at law for any breach or attempted breach of this Agreement shall be inadequate, agrees that each other party hereto shall be entitled to seek specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in order to maintain the status quo in case of any such breach or attempted breach and further agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief.

[ Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank; Signature Pages Follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY:
PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
By: PINEDALE GP, INC., a Delaware corporation, its general partner
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


LESSEE:
ULTRA WYOMING LGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By:  

 

  Name:   Marshall D. Smith
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


PARENT:
CORENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
EQUITY INVESTORS :
PINEDALE GP, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
ROSS AVENUE INVESTMENTS, LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


Exhibit A

Limited Partnership Agreement


Exhibit B

EQUITY INVESTORS AS OF THE CLOSING DATE

CORENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST, INC. (formerly known as TORTOISE CAPITAL RESOURCES CORPORATION), a Maryland corporation

PINEDALE GP, INC., a Delaware corporation, a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of CoreEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.

ROSS AVENUE INVESTMENTS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is directly wholly-owned by The Prudential Insurance Company of America, which itself is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc.

 

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Exhibit C

Addendum Agreement

Addendum Agreement made this      day of             , 20    , by and among                     (the “New Equity Investor”) and [    ], a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”), and the other Equity Investors (the “Equity Investors”) of the Company, who are parties to that certain Equity Investors’ Agreement dated [    ], 2012 (the “Agreement”), among CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (“Parent”), the Company, Ultra Wyoming LGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Lessee”) and the Equity Investors.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Parent, the Company, Lessee and the Equity Investors entered into the Agreement to impose certain restrictions and obligations upon the Transfer (as defined in the Agreement) of the equity interests in Company and other matters;

WHEREAS, the New Equity Investor is desirous of becoming a general/limited partner of the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Company, the Lessee and the Equity Investors have required in the Agreement that all persons acquiring a partnership interest in Company must enter into an Addendum Agreement binding the New Equity Investor to the Agreement to the same extent as if it was an original party thereto, so as to promote the mutual interests of the Company, the Lessee, the Equity Investors and the New Equity Investor by imposing the same restrictions and obligations on the New Equity Investor and the partnership interests in the Company to be acquired by it as were imposed upon the Equity Investors under the Agreement,

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties, and as a condition of the acquisition of a partnership interest in the Company, the New Equity Investor acknowledges that it has read the Agreement. The New Equity Investor shall be bound by, and shall have the benefit of, all the terms and conditions set out in the Agreement to the same extent as if it was an “Equity Investor” as defined in the Agreement. This Addendum Agreement shall be attached to and become a part of the Agreement.

 

 

New Equity Investor
By  

 

Address for notices under
Section 3.2 of the Agreement:

 

 

 

[    ], a Delaware limited partnership,
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title

 

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Exhibit D

Confidentiality Provisions

EQUITY INVESTORS’ AGREEMENT

Confidentiality

Reference is hereby made to the First Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Pinedale Corridor, LP, dated as of             , 2012 (the “Partnership Agreement”) by and between Pinedale GP, Inc. (as General Partner) and Ross Avenue Investments, LLC (as a Class B Limited Partner) (“Ross Avenue Investments”). It is a requirement of the Partnership Agreement and the LGS Transaction Documents that Ross Avenue Investments and its Affiliates (including Prudential Investment Management, Inc., The Prudential Insurance Company of America and Prudential Financial, Inc.) (collectively, “Prudential”) as a “Partner”, “Recipient Party”, “Representative” or otherwise agree to maintain the confidentiality of all Confidential Information (herein defined) provided to Lessor or Prudential pursuant to the LGS Transaction Documents. The confidentiality provisions contained in this Exhibit D are intended to consolidate into a single document the confidentiality provisions applicable to Prudential both before and after the effective date of the LGS Equity Investors’ Agreement (the “Effective Date”). The terms of this Exhibit D (as they relate to Prudential) shall be operative and supersede any and all other confidentiality obligations or undertakings contained in any of the LGS Transaction Documents or related agreements. Terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the LGS Transaction Documents.

(a) General Confidentiality Provisions. Prudential agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted in good faith to protect confidential information of third parties delivered to Prudential, provided that Prudential may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) its directors, officers and employees (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by interests in the Partnership, including the Class B Limited Partnership Interests and to the extent such Person is subject to an obligation of confidentiality), (ii) Prudential’s financial advisors, attorneys and other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this Exhibit D or who are otherwise subject to a professional obligation of confidentiality, (iii) any other Partner in the Partnership which is not a Disqualified Person, (iv) any institutional investor (other than a Disqualified Person) to which Prudential sells or makes a bona fide offer to sell its interests in the Partnership (in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement); provided that such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of Section 26.10 of the Lease, (v) any Person (other than a Disqualified Person) from which Prudential offers to purchase any interest in the Partnership; provided, such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this Exhibit D, (vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over Prudential, (vii) the NAIC or the SVO or, in each case, any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about Prudential’s investment portfolio or (viii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary (w) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to Prudential, (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, or (y) if a Lessee Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent Prudential reasonably determines such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under the Lease or other LGS Transaction Documents; provided that in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, Prudential shall be responsible for any disclosure by such person in contravention of the terms of this Exhibit D). Prudential agrees in connection with any transfer of an interest in the Partnership to require the transferee to agree and confirm, in writing, that such purchaser accepts the terms and agrees to be bound by the confidentiality provisions contained in the Partnership Agreement, the Equity Investors’ Agreement and the Lease.

 

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(b) Standstill. Prudential acknowledges and agrees that the Confidential Information may constitute material nonpublic information and confirms that it is familiar with federal and state securities laws concerning material non-public information. Prudential confirms that it will not use the Confidential Information in any manner inconsistent with those laws.

(c) Special Restrictions Regarding Proprietary Information. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Exhibit D or elsewhere in the LGS Transaction Documents, no Proprietary Information may, under any circumstance at any time during the term of the Lease and for a period of two (2) years following its termination, be (i) disclosed to any Person who, at the time of such disclosure, is a Disqualified Person, or (ii) without the written consent of Lessee, be disclosed in any document, agreement or exhibit filed pursuant to the federal securities laws or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

(d) Survival, Specific Performance and Equitable Remedies. The obligations of Prudential under this Exhibit D, and of all Persons to whom Confidential Information or Proprietary Information is disclosed by Prudential, shall survive the expiration and termination of the LGS Equity Investors’ Agreement and the Lease and shall continue for a period of two (2) years after termination of the Lease. Prudential acknowledges and agrees (and all Persons to whom Confidential Information or Proprietary Information is disclosed shall be deemed to acknowledge and agree) that Lessee may suffer irreparable harm in the event of a breach of the provisions of this Exhibit D, or by a disclosure of Confidential Information or Proprietary Information by any other Person to whom Confidential Information or Proprietary Information is disclosed hereunder, in each case for which Lessee has no adequate remedy at law. Therefore, in addition to all other remedies available pursuant to the terms of the LGS Equity Investors’ Agreement or at law, Lessee shall have the right to obtain immediate injunctive or other equitable relief upon a breach of this Exhibit D by Prudential or any other Person to whom Confidential Information or Proprietary Information is disclosed.

(e) Defined Terms. For purposes of this Exhibit D:

“Confidential Information” means (a) all Proprietary Information, and (b) all other information furnished to Lessor or Prudential by or on behalf of Lessee, Lessee Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates prior to, on or after the Effective Date of the LGS Equity Investors’ Agreement and designated as confidential. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include information that (i) was publicly available or otherwise known to Prudential on a nonconfidential basis prior to the time of such disclosure, (ii) subsequently becomes publicly known other than as a result of actions or omissions in violation hereof or in violation of any confidentiality obligations contained in the LGS Transaction Documents or other agreement, (iii) otherwise is received by Prudential at any time from a third party having the right to make disclosure thereof, provided that such information was not obtained from such third party under an obligation to maintain confidentially.

“Proprietary Information” means (a) the business concept, operating techniques, marketing methods, financial information, plans, site and system renderings, schedules, itemized costs, development plans and all related trade secrets or confidential or proprietary information treated as such by Lessee, whether by course of conduct, by letter or report or by use of any appropriate proprietary stamp of legend designating such information item to be confidential or proprietary, by communication to such effect made prior to or at the time any such Proprietary Information is disclosed to Lessor or Prudential, or otherwise, (b) all financial statements and financial information that relates to the Liquids Gathering System delivered to Lessor or Prudential by Lessee, Lessee Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates pursuant to Section

 

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26.7(b) of the LGS Lease Agreement and similar financial statements and financial information that relates to the Liquids Gathering System delivered to Lessor by Lessee, Lessee Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates prior to the Effective Date of the LGS Equity Investors’ Agreement, and (c) all Flow and Volume Information and similar information that relates to the Liquids Gathering System delivered to Lessor or Prudential by Lessee or Lessee Guarantor prior to the Effective Date of the LGS Equity Investors’ Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Proprietary Information shall not include information that is publicly available other than as a result of actions in violation hereof or in violation of any confidentiality obligations contained in the LGS Transaction Documents.

 

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Exhibit K

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

SNDA

[ See attached ]

 

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Exhibit L

Confidential Treatment Requested. Confidential treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidentiality request. Omissions are designated as “[Redacted].” A complete version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

 

LEASE

between

ULTRA WYOMING LGS, LLC,

as Lessee

and

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP,

as Lessor

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I. FUNDAMENTAL LEASE PROVISIONS

     1   
    1.1   

Definitions

     1   
    1.2   

Certain Interpretive Provisions

     32   

ARTICLE II. LEASE CHARACTERIZATION

     33   
    2.1   

Lease Characterization

     33   

ARTICLE III. LEASED PROPERTY

     34   
    3.1   

Lease of Leased Property

     34   
    3.2   

Additional Encumbrances

     34   
    3.3   

Lessee Other Activities

     36   

ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     36   
    4.1   

Representations and Warranties of Lessor

     36   
    4.2   

Representations and Warranties of Lessee

     37   

ARTICLE V. RENT

     38   
    5.1   

Base Rent

     38   
    5.2   

Account for Payment of Base Rent

     38   
    5.3   

Payment to Party Claiming Rent

     38   
    5.4   

Past Due Rent

     38   

ARTICLE VI. TAXES AND IMPOSITIONS

     38   
    6.1   

Taxes and Impositions

     38   
    6.2   

Payment

     38   
    6.3   

Exclusions from Taxes and Impositions

     39   
    6.4   

Payment of Taxes and Impositions

     40   
    6.5   

Abatements

     40   
    6.6   

Right to Contest Taxes

     40   
    6.7   

Right to Contest Impositions

     41   

ARTICLE VII. CONDITION OF LEASED PROPERTY; MAINTENANCE

     41   
    7.1   

Lessee Maintenance of Leased Property

     41   
    7.2   

No Trespass

     41   

ARTICLE VIII. UTILITIES

     41   
    8.1   

Payment of Utility Charges

     41   

ARTICLE IX. USE

     42   
    9.1   

Lessee Use

     42   
    9.2   

Operating Requirement

     42   


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ARTICLE X. PERMITTED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND ADDITIONAL LINES, PARTS AND LESSEE OTHER ACTIVITIES

     42   
  10.1   

Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines

     42   
  10.2   

Replacement of Parts

     44   
  10.3   

Lessee Other Activities

     45   

ARTICLE XI. REGULATORY ISSUES

     45   
  11.1   

Lessee’s Rights

     45   
  11.2   

Lessor’s Rights

     46   
  11.3   

No Application to Condemnation

     47   

ARTICLE XII. MECHANIC’S LIENS

     47   
  12.1   

Lessee’s Obligations

     47   
  12.2   

Lessor’s Obligations

     47   

ARTICLE XIII. LESSEE PROPERTY

     47   
  13.1   

No Lien

     47   
  13.2   

Sole Risk of Lessee

     47   
  13.3   

Lessee’s Ability to Grant Liens on Lessee Property

     48   

ARTICLE XIV. INSURANCE

     48   
  14.1   

Insurance Coverage

     48   
  14.2   

Insurance Requirements Generally

     49   
  14.3   

Self-Insurance

     49   
  14.4   

Waiver of Subrogation

     50   
  14.5   

No Release from Liability

     50   

ARTICLE XV. FIRE AND OTHER CASUALTY

     50   
  15.1   

Fire and Other Casualty

     50   
  15.2   

Restoration Conditions

     52   

ARTICLE XVI. CONDEMNATION

     52   
  16.1   

Condemnation Damages and Awards

     52   
  16.2   

Apportionment of Award, Termination and Purchase Offer

     53   
  16.3   

Restoration Conditions

     54   

ARTICLE XVII. LIMITS ON TRANSFERS, ASSIGNMENTS, LEASES AND LIENS

     55   
  17.1   

Assignment and Subletting by Lessee

     55   
  17.2   

No Restrictions on Indebtedness or Liens of Lessee or Lessee Guarantors

     57   
  17.3   

Cure Rights Upon Assignee Default

     57   

 

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              Page  
  17.4   

Release of Lessee and Lessee Guarantor

     58   
  17.5   

Transfers and Liens by Lessor and Equity Investors

     58   
ARTICLE XVIII. LESSEE’S SURRENDER OF LEASED PROPERTY      62   
  18.1   

Surrender

     62   
ARTICLE XIX. ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE      62   
  19.1   

Assignment of Lease

     62   
ARTICLE XX. MORTGAGE SUBORDINATION AND NON-DISTURBANCE AND NOTICE TO MORTGAGEE      62   
  20.1   

Mortgage Subordination

     62   
ARTICLE XXI. INDEMNIFICATION      63   
  21.1   

Indemnification by Lessee

     63   
  21.2   

Release and Indemnification by Lessor

     64   
  21.3   

Concurrent Negligence

     64   
  21.4   

Survival

     65   
  21.5   

Claims Procedure

     65   
ARTICLE XXII. ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS      65   
  22.1   

Environmental Undertakings

     65   
  22.2   

Environmental Covenants

     65   
  22.3   

Lessee Environmental Indemnity

     66   
  22.4   

Lessor Environmental Indemnity

     66   
  22.5   

Claims Procedure

     67   
  22.6   

Survival

     67   
ARTICLE XXIII. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES      67   
  23.1   

Lessee Events of Default

     67   
  23.2   

Lessor’s Remedies for a Lessee Event of Default

     68   
  23.3   

Lessor Events of Default

     71   
  23.4   

Lessee’s Remedies for a Lessor Event of Default

     72   
  23.5   

Mitigation of Damages

     74   
ARTICLE XXIV. NOTICE      75   
  24.1   

Notices

     75   
  24.2   

Deemed Receipt

     75   
  24.3   

Delivery; Time of Notice

     75   

 

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(continued)

 

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ARTICLE XXV. RENEWAL AND END OF TERM OPTIONS, RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL, AND OTHER PREFERENTIAL PURCHASE RIGHTS

     76   
  25.1   

Renewal Option

     76   
  25.2   

Lessee as Operator After Term

     78   
  25.3   

Right of First Refusal With Respect to the Transfer of All of the Leased Property

     78   
  25.4   

Right of First Refusal With Respect to a Lessor Lease Transaction

     81   
  25.5   

Burdensome Buyout

     82   
  25.6   

Application of Certain Right of First Refusal Rights to a Foreclosure Sale

     84   

ARTICLE XXVI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     84   
  26.1   

Memorandum/Notice of Lease

     84   
  26.2   

Force Majeure

     84   
  26.3   

Consequential Damages

     84   
  26.4   

Holding Over

     84   
  26.5   

Quiet Enjoyment

     84   
  26.6   

Cost and Expense

     84   
  26.7   

Access; Reporting

     85   
  26.8   

Accord and Satisfaction

     86   
  26.9   

Prevailing Party

     87   
  26.10   

Confidentiality

     87   
  26.11   

Consent of Lessor and Lessee

     88   
  26.12   

Permitted Lessee Contests

     88   
  26.13   

Waiver

     88   
  26.14   

Interpretation

     89   
  26.15   

No Derivative Liability

     89   
  26.16   

Successors and Assigns

     89   
  26.17   

No Offer; Entire Agreement

     89   
  26.18   

Headings

     89   
  26.19   

Counterparts

     89   
  26.20   

Governing Law; Venue; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial

     89   
  26.21   

Time of the Essence

     90   
  26.22   

Estoppel Certificates

     90   

ARTICLE XXVII. OTHER AGREEMENTS OF LESSOR

     91   
  27.1   

Special Purpose Entity; Lessor’s Governing Documents

     91   
  27.2   

Additional Lessor Covenants

     91   

 

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EXHIBITS      
Exhibit A    BLM Easements   
Exhibit B    Central Gathering Facility Exhibit   
Exhibit C    Form of Equity Investor Agreement   
Exhibit D    Estoppel Certificate   
Exhibit E    Form of SNDA   
Exhibit F-1    Form of Services Agreement   
Exhibit F-2    Form of Gathering Agreement   
Exhibit G    [Intentionally Deleted]   
Exhibit H    List of Improvements   
Exhibit I    List of Initial Lessor Loan Document   
Exhibit J    Lessee Guaranty   
Exhibit K    Lessor Guaranty   
Exhibit L    [Intentionally Deleted]   
Exhibit M    LGS Pipeline Riser Exhibit   
Exhibit N    Liquids Gathering System Map   
Exhibit O    Liquids Gathering System Inlet Flange Photograph   
Exhibit P    Memo of Lease   
SCHEDULES      
Schedule 27.1   

SPE Definitions; Governing Document Requirements

  

 

 

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LEASE

This Lease (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time-to-time, this “ Lease ”) is dated as of December     , 2012 (“ Effective Date ”) and is made by and between:

Lessor : PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP , a Delaware limited partnership

and

Lessee : ULTRA WYOMING LGS, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company

In consideration of the rents and the other terms, covenants and conditions set forth in this Lease, Lessor leases to Lessee and Lessee leases from Lessor all of Lessor’s rights, title, and interests in and to the Leased Property (defined below) upon the following terms and conditions:

ARTICLE I.

FUNDAMENTAL LEASE PROVISIONS

1.1 Definitions . For all purposes of this Lease, except as may be expressly set forth herein or unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intent, the following terms have the following definitions:

Action ” means, for any Person, such Person’s filing a petition under the Code, or initiating a proceeding under any similar law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or adjustment of debts.

Actual Daily Product Volume ” means for any calendar month [redacted] transported through the Liquids Gathering System. For the avoidance of doubt, Actual Daily Product Volume shall include [redacted] physically transported through the Liquids Gathering System from Additional Lines, if any, even if such Additional Lines do not become part of the Leased Property as provided in Section 10.1 .

Actual Knowledge ” means (a) with respect to any Ultra Entity Person, as of any date, the then current actual knowledge of the President, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Financial Officer of Ultra Resources as of such date, and not any implied, imputed or constructive knowledge of such individuals, and without any independent investigation or inquiry having been made or any implied duty to investigate, make any inquiries or review any information, (b) with respect to Pinedale, as of any date, the then current actual knowledge of the Chair of the Board, the President and the Principal Accounting Officer of CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. as of such date, and not any implied, imputed or constructive knowledge of such individuals, and without any independent investigation or inquiry having been made or any implied duty to investigate, make any inquiries or review any information, and (c) with respect to any other Person, as of any date, the then current actual knowledge of the Responsible Officers of such Person as of such date, and not any implied, imputed or constructive knowledge of such individuals, and without any independent investigation or inquiry having been made or any implied duty to investigate, make any inquiries or review any information. The foregoing qualification of Actual Knowledge shall in no event give rise to any personal liability on the part of any such Person or any other officer or employee of such party or its Affiliates on account of any breach hereunder.

Additional Lines ” means such additional easements and rights of way and such additional gathering lines, distribution or sales lines, and appurtenances that connect to or adjoin the Leased Property but that are, in all cases, either upstream or downstream of the Liquids Gathering System, as Lessee may from time-to-time desire or be required to use, acquire or make.


Additional Rent ” means all amounts, costs, expenses, Losses, liabilities, indemnities and other monetary obligations (including Lessee’s obligation to pay any interest at the Default Interest Rate hereunder) which Lessee is required to pay pursuant to the terms of this Lease, other than Base Rent.

Adjustment Date ” means the first day of the month following the month in which the first anniversary of the Effective Date occurs, and every anniversary of such first day of the month thereafter during the Term.

Adverse Party ” means, as of any date, (a) any Person who is, or whose Affiliate is, an adverse party in any then-existing litigation or arbitration involving Lessee or an Affiliate of Lessee, (b) any Person who is, or whose Affiliate is, the potential plaintiff or claimant in any litigation which has been threatened in writing against Lessee or any Affiliate of Lessee, (c) any Person who (i) is a substantial investor in Lessee or any Affiliate of Lessee, and (ii) has a pending proposal to merge with, acquire or takeover Lessee or any Affiliate of Lessee, which merger, acquisition or other takeover shall not have been approved by the board of directors of Lessee or such Affiliate or otherwise be perceived by Lessee or such Affiliate to be hostile to the management of Lessee or such Affiliate, and (d) any Affiliate of each Person in subsection (c ). Within ten (10) Business Days after written request therefor from Lessor, Lessee shall advise Lessor if a Person(s) named by Lessor in such notice is an Adverse Party within the scope of this definition.

Affiliate ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act and, with respect to a Person, includes any Subsidiary of that Person.

Agreed FMV Rent ” has the meaning given in Section 25.1(b ).

Applicable Leased Assets ” has the meaning given in Section 25.4(b).

Applicable Legal Requirements ” mean all statutes, ordinances, regulations and codes of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, including, without limitation, zoning, health, fire, safety and building codes, applicable to the Leased Property (or portion thereof at issue), applicable to Lessee (with respect only to Lessee’s (rather than Lessor’s) obligations hereunder regarding compliance with Applicable Legal Requirements), or applicable to Lessor (with respect only to Lessor’s (rather than Lessee’s) obligations hereunder regarding compliance with Applicable Legal Requirements).

Auditor’s Report ” means, with respect to financial statements or information of Lessee Guarantor or Lessee required to be delivered pursuant to Section 26.7(b)(ii) (a) the written report of the auditor for Lessee Guarantor or Lessee, as applicable, with respect to such financial statements or information (excluding any auditor’s report on internal controls), manually executed by such auditor, and (b) a manually executed consent of such auditor to the inclusion of such auditor’s report in filings to be made by Lessor or Lessor Guarantor with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Bankruptcy Action ” means, with respect to any Person, if such Person:

(a) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors;

(b) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy;

(c) is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or has entered against it an order for relief, in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings;

(d) consents to, orchestrates or participates in the orchestration of, or files a petition or answer seeking for itself, any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation;

(e) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;

 

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(f) seeks, consents to, orchestrates or participates in the orchestration of, or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, custodian or any similar official of or for such Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties;

(g) fails to cause the dismissal of any proceeding against such Person seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation within one hundred twenty (120) days after the commencement of such proceeding;

(h) fails to cause the vacation or stay of any appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties made without such Person’s consent or acquiescence, within ninety (90) days after such appointment and, if stayed within such time period, the vacation of such appointment within ninety (90) days after the expiration of such stay; or

(i) takes any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

Base Daily Product Volume ” means the [redacted] transported through the Liquids Gathering System for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2011, being [redacted] per day.

Base Rent ” means (a) during the Initial Term, (i) prior to the first Adjustment Date, $1,666,667 per month, and (ii) from and after the first Adjustment Date, [redacted] and (b) during any Renewal Term, the amount determined pursuant to Section 25.1 hereof.

Beneficial Owner ” a Person shall be deemed the “ Beneficial Owner ” of, and shall be deemed to “ beneficially own ” and have “ beneficial ownership of” any equity interests or other securities:

(a) which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates, directly or indirectly, has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise;

(b) which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates, directly or indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of or has “beneficial ownership” of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing; provided, however , that a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, or to “beneficially own,” any equity interest or other security under this subsection (b ) as a result of an agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such equity interest or other security if such agreement, arrangement or understanding: (i) arises solely from a revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, and (ii) is not also then reportable by such Person on a Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

(c) which are “beneficially owned,” directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate thereof) with which such Person (or any of such Person’s Affiliates) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing), for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy as described in the proviso to subsection (b ) above) or disposing of any voting equity interests or other securities of Lessor,

provided, however , that (A) a Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of or to “beneficially own” any securities acquired through such Person’s participation in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting, and (B) the existence of rights of first bid, pre-emptive rights, drag along rights, or tag along rights set forth in the Lessor’s Governing Documents shall not themselves cause one Person to be deemed the Beneficial Owner of Lessor Equity Interests held by one or more other Equity Investors.

 

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“BLM” means the United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office.

“BLM Easements” means the easements, rights of way and agreements listed in Exhibit A, the rights of the holder thereunder having been assigned to Lessee by Ultra Resources, and as subsequently assigned to Lessor by Lessee by assignment documents dated as of the Effective Date.

Burdensome Buyout Lease Termination Date ” has the meaning given in Section 25.5(c ) .

Burdensome Buyout Notice ” has the meaning given in Section 25.5(a ).

Burdensome Buyout Response Notice ” has the meaning given in Section 25.5(b).

Burdensome Event ” means any one or more of the following events or circumstances: (a) Lessee has been or will be obligated to make indemnity payments or expenditures or take Corrective Action in respect of Lessee’s Environmental Liabilities under Article XXII of this Lease in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the Insured Value and any such amounts payable in the future would be avoided by termination of this Lease, (b) Lessee has been or will be obligated to make payments or expenditures as a result of compliance with changes in Applicable Legal Requirements, practices, or standards under this Lease in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the Insured Value and any such amounts payable in the future would be avoided by termination of this Lease, (c) there is a change in Applicable Legal Requirements, or industry practices or standards which (i) requires modification of any part of the Leased Property, the cost of which Lessee reasonably anticipates to be in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the Insured Value, or (ii) makes Lessee’s use of the Leased Property under the terms of the Lease uneconomic, or (d) Lessee’s use of the Leased Property for its intended purposes becomes, in Lessee’s sole but reasonable judgment, uneconomic.

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or Houston, Texas, are authorized or required by law to remain closed. If the last day of any time period under this Lease, or the last day for performance of any obligation, or for giving any notice, or for taking any other action under this Lease falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the last day of such time period shall be extended to the first day thereafter that is a Business Day.

Capital Improvements ” means such alterations, additions and replacements to any of the Improvements or Personal Property as Lessee may from time-to-time desire or be required to make.

Casualty Date ” means the date fire or other casualty damages any portion of the Improvements or Personal Property.

Casualty Proceeds ” means the insurance proceeds actually received by or payable to Lessee with respect to a fire or other casualty of the Leased Property, but excluding from such insurance proceeds (a) Lessee’s reasonable third party costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in collecting same, (b) as of any date, proceeds previously paid to Lessee and used to repair, restore or replace the Leased Property as a result of such fire or other casualty, and (c) the proceeds of any business interruption or similar insurance with respect to such fire or other casualty.

“Casualty Response Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.1(c).

“Casualty Termination Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 15.1(d ).

“Central Gathering Facility” or “CGF ” means each of the four locations within the Liquids Gathering System at which condensate, produced water, and associated natural gas is collected and separated for sale and transport off the subject location or alternatively, in the case of associated natural gas, used for

 

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fuel or flared on the subject location, as of the Effective Date and as such locations may be modified after the Effective Date as permitted by this Lease. A legal description of each of CGF#1, CGF#2, CGF#3 and CGF#4 as of the Effective Date is set out on the attached Exhibit B .

CGF#1 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit B attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #1”.

CGF#2 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit B attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #2”.

CGF#3 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit B attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #3”.

CGF#4 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit B attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #4”.

Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq. , as amended.

Competitor ” means, as of any date, (a) any Person engaged in the business of exploration or production of oil or gas, and (b) for so long as an Ultra Entity Person is Lessee, any Person for whom the performance of the types of services commonly known as the midstream services, which services generally include gathering, fractionating, storing, transporting and marketing of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids, is the primary or a significant source of revenue, and (c) any Affiliate of any Persons described in subsections (a ) – ( b ), above.

Condensate ” means liquid hydrocarbons.

“Condensate Loading Point” means the condensate loading coupling off each condensate storage tank located on a Central Gathering Facility as of the Effective Date, and as the Condensate Loading Points may be modified as permitted by this Lease.

“Condensate Terminus Point” means the (a) inlet flange for each LACT Unit Facility, and (b) each Condensate Loading Point as of the Effective Date, and as they may be modified as permitted by this Lease.

Confidential Information means (a) all Proprietary Information, and (b) all other information furnished to Lessor by or on behalf of Lessee, Lessee Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates prior to, on or after the Effective Date and designated as confidential. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include information that is publicly available other than as a result of actions in violation of Section 26.10 hereof.

Control ” or any derivation thereof has the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

Controlling Lease Rights” means the voting or other rights a Person possesses or exercises, directly or indirectly, which allows or would allow such Person to Control a vote on, consent to, approval of or blocking of decisions made by Lessor with respect to actions, decisions, approvals, waivers, consents, declarations of default, exercise of remedies or other matters under this Lease, whether through ownership of securities, the ability to exercise voting power, by contract, arrangement, understanding, course of conduct or otherwise; provided that for purposes of Section 17.5(a)(v ), Sections 17.5(b ) and ( c ), and Section 27.1(b ), each Disqualified Person shall be deemed to Control the Lessor Equity Interests Beneficially Owned by each other Disqualified Person.

 

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Corrective Action ” means environmental investigation and/or remediation, including Phase II testing, sampling, engineering, consulting, reporting, active remediation, passive remediation, monitoring and risk assessment or any combination of these activities.

Current Lease Term End ” means the end of the then current Term assuming that there will not be a Renewal Term at the end thereof.

Debtor Relief Law ” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States of America or other applicable jurisdictions from time-to-time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Default Interest Rate ” means, for any period, (a) with respect to any obligation of (i) any Ultra Entity Person, and (ii) any other Lessee or Lessee Guarantor hereunder if as of the date of such Lessee’s acquisition of the leasehold estate under this Lease either such Lessee or Lessee Guarantor is an Investment Grade Person, and their respective Affiliates, the lesser of (A) the annual rate of two percent (2%) over the average base, non-default rate of interest for such period (and without imputation of any gross-up components or default interest), under such Person’s Indebtedness which is Material Debt and which is held by a third party not an Affiliate of such Person, or, if such Person does not have any such Material Debt, then the Prime Rate for such period, and (B) the highest rate permitted by Applicable Legal Requirements, and (b) with respect to any obligation of Pinedale or any of its Affiliates, the lesser of (i) the annual rate of two percent (2%) over the average base, non-default rate of interest for such period (and without imputation of any gross-up components or default interest), under the Permitted Indebtedness of such Person which is held by a third party not an Affiliate of such Person or, if such Person does not have any such Permitted Indebtedness, then the Prime Rate for such period, and (ii) the highest rate permitted by Applicable Legal Requirements, and (c) with respect to any other Lessee, Lessee Guarantor, Lessor or Lessor Guarantor with respect to their respective obligations under or related to this Lease, the lesser of (i) the annual rate of six percent (6%) over the Prime Rate for such period, and (ii) the highest rate permitted by Applicable Legal Requirements.

Designation Notice ” has the meaning given in Section 25.1(c ).

Discount Rate ” means the greater of (a) the interest rate (on the date of termination of this Lease by Lessor pursuant to its remedies under Section 23.2(a)(i )) on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, plus one half of one percent (0.5%), and (b) the Prime Rate on the date of termination of this Lease by Lessor pursuant to its remedies under Section 23.2(a)(i ).

Disqualified Person ” means, as of any date, (a) so long as an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee, each Ultra Designated Party, (b) each Competitor, and (c) each Adverse Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as (i) both (A) Pinedale Corridor, LP, is the Lessor under this Lease, and (B) Pinedale Corridor, LP, is owned, in whole or in part, by direct or indirect subsidiaries of CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., then no direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., shall be a Disqualified Person for purposes of this Lease, and (ii) both (A) Pinedale Corridor, LP, is the Lessor under this Lease, and (B) Pinedale Corridor, LP, is owned, in whole or in part, by direct or indirect subsidiaries of Prudential Financial, Inc., then no direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc., shall be a Disqualified Person for purposes of this Lease.

Due Date for Other Additional Rent ” has the meaning given in Section 5.4 .

“Easement Rights” means, collectively (a) the right, title and interest in the BLM Easements conveyed to Lessor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (b) the right, title and interest in the Jensen

 

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Easements conveyed to Lessor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and (c) the right, title and interest conveyed to Lessor pursuant to the Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements (Nerd Farm) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (but exclusive of the Improvements transferred pursuant to such Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements).

“Easements” means the BLM Easements, the Jensen Easements and the Nerd Farm Easement.

Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in the preamble.

Effective Date Recorded Documents ” means all restrictions and charges created or imposed pursuant to documents and instruments recorded in the Official Records against the Leased Property as of the time of conveyance of the Leased Property by Ultra Wyoming, Inc., to Lessor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

Environmental Laws ” means all federal, state, and local laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders, judgments, ordinances, codes, injunctions, decrees, and other legally enforceable requirements relating to (a) pollution or protection of the environment or natural resources, (b) any actual or threatened depositing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, placing, emitting, discarding, abandoning, emptying, discharging, migrating, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or disposing into the environment of, or any exposure to, any Hazardous Materials, or (c) the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, transport, disposal or handling of any Hazardous Materials; including the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the Federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Law, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act.

Equity Investor ” means any Person that beneficially owns any Equity Investor Interest.

Equity Investor Agreement ” means (a) that certain Equity Investors Agreement entered into as of the Effective Date among Lessor, Lessee, CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., Pinedale GP, Inc., and Ross Avenue Investments, LLC, and as the same may be subsequently amended, supplemented or restated, and (b) each subsequent Equity Investors Agreement to be entered into after the Effective Date between (i) Lessor, (ii) Lessee, (iii) each owner of a Lessor Equity Interest, and (iv) the respective applicable Affiliates of Lessor and each Lessor Equity Interest Owner to the extent such Affiliate is (or Affiliates are) required to guaranty the obligations of such Person(s) under the Equity Investor Agreement as a result of the application of the definition of the term “Permitted Controller of Lease Rights” to such Person(s), in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (but with (A) the last sentence of the defined term “Transfer” therein deleted, and (B) the last sentence of Section 2.7(b ) therein and Exhibit D thereto shall be deleted), and in each case as the same may be subsequently amended, supplemented or restated.

Equity Investor Interest ” means each beneficial ownership interest in equity of the Lessor.

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Estimates ” has the meaning given in Section 25.1(c).

Excess Product Volume Factor ” means for any calendar month during the Term from and after the first Adjustment Date, the greater of [redacted] .

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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Excluded Matters ” has the meaning given in Section 6.3 .

“Exclusions from Lessee’s Indemnification Obligations” has the meaning given in Section 21.1(a) .

Fair Market Rent ” means, with respect to the Leased Property during the proposed Renewal Term (or, for purposes of Lessor’s Lease termination remedy during the continuance of a Level 1 Lessee Default, during the portion of the Term which would have occurred after termination of this Lease as a result of such Level 1 Lessee Default), that rental rate that is a fair market value rental rate that would apply assuming that the Leased Property is exposed on the open market as a rental property for the proposed Renewal Term (or, with respect to termination of this Lease by Lessor as a result of a Level 1 Lessee Default, during the portion of the Term which would have occurred after such termination of this Lease), taking into account all relevant factors. The Fair Market Rent will be assumed to be a monthly rent payable in advance on the first day of each calendar month. The Fair Market Rent may, but is not required to, follow the model of the current rent structure, i.e., having Base Rent.

Fair Market Rent Determination Notice ” has the meaning given in Section 25.1(c ).

Fair Market Value ” or “ fair market value ” means the price that would be agreed on between a willing buyer and a willing seller, with neither being required to act, and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts.

“Flash Gas Terminus Point” means (a) with respect to CGF#1 , CGF #3, and CGF #4, the dehydrator located on each such Central Gathering Facility; and (b) with respect to CGF #2, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date on (i) each three-phase heated separator located on CGF #2, (ii) each condensate storage tank located on CGF #2, and (iii) each water storage tank located on CGF #2, in each case, as of the Effective Date, and as they may be modified as permitted by this Lease.

“Flow and Volume Information” means the flow and volume information of the type to be furnished by Lessee pursuant to Section 26.7(b)(i) .

Force Majeure ” has the meaning given in Section 26.2 .

Four Quarters Lessor EBITDA ” means, on any date, Lessor EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters ending on such date, or if such date is not the last day of Lessor’s fiscal quarter, ending on the most recent March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, in all events assuming payment of Base Rent by Lessee as required by this Lease; provided that if Lessor elects to pay for a Non-Removable Addition or a Removable Addition under Article X , Four Quarters Lessor EBITDA for any four fiscal quarter period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis to give effect to any such Non-Removable Addition or Removable Addition completed during such period as if such Non-Removable Addition or Removable Addition had been completed on the first day of such period.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time-to-time in the United States of America.

Gathering Agreement ” means the Gathering Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-2.

Good Condition and Repair ” means good condition and repair consistent with (a) Lessee’s past practices and industry standards, and (b) the condition and repair that a reasonably prudent operator would maintain for a gathering system of similar size, nature, use, age and location.

Governing Documents ” means (a) with respect to Pinedale Corridor, LP, the First Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Lessor dated as of December 7, 2012, and the Certificate of

 

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Limited Partnership of Lessor executed on November 30, 2012, and filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 3, 2012, (b) with respect to a Person that is a limited partnership, its limited partnership agreement and certificate of limited partnership, (c) with respect to a Person who is a general partnership, its partnership agreement, (d) with respect to a Person who is a limited liability company, its limited liability company agreement, together with its certificate of formation and any operating agreement, regulations and similar agreements or documents of such Person, (e) with respect to a Person who is a corporation, its articles of organization and bylaws, together with any shareholders agreement and similar agreements and documents of such Person, (f) in the case of any other form of entity, its organizational agreements, certificates and documents, and (g) in each case, with respect to subsections (a) –(f ), as such agreements, certificates and documents may be amended and/ or restated from time-to-time, subject however to the limitations on amendments set forth herein.

Governmental Authority ” means any governmental authority, agency, department, commission, bureau, board, instrumentality, court or quasi-governmental authority having jurisdiction or supervisory or regulatory authority over any of the Leased Property, applicable to Lessee (with respect only to Lessee’s (rather than Lessor’s) obligations hereunder regarding compliance or interaction with Governmental Authority), or applicable to Lessor (with respect only to Lessor’s (rather than Lessee’s) obligations hereunder regarding compliance or interaction with Governmental Authority).

Hazardous Materials ” means (a) any substance that is designated as a hazardous waste, solid waste, hazardous material, pollutant, contaminant or toxic or hazardous substance, as those terms are used in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, (b) any petroleum, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum products, petrochemical products and any components, fractions or derivatives thereof, any oil or gas exploration or production waste, and any natural gas, synthetic gas, and any mixtures thereof, and (c) radioactive materials or polychlorinated biphenyls.

“Impositions” mean, collectively, all charges, fees and expenses imposed on the Leased Property under any Easement or any other Record Agreement during and accruing with respect to the Lease Term, but excluding in any event all Excluded Matters.

Improvements ” means all of the improvements and fixtures used directly in connection with the Liquids Gathering System including, without limitation, any and all surface and/or subsurface pipelines, surface and/or subsurface machinery and equipment, line pipe, pipe connections, fittings, flanges, welds, or other interconnections, valves, control and monitoring equipment, cathodic or electrical protection units, by-passes, regulators, drips, treating equipment, dehydration equipment, separation equipment, processing equipment, condensate and water storage tanks and other storage facilities, generators, gas compressors, vapor recovery units, combustors, flares, storage sheds, towers, gas and electric fixtures, radiators and heaters, in each case that are downstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser and that are upstream of each LGS Terminus Point, including any of the foregoing described on the attached Exhibit H , but specifically excluding (a) any of the facilities, improvements and fixtures located upstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser (an example of such an inlet flange is shown, for the parties convenience, on the photograph on the attached Exhibit O) , and (b) any of the facilities, improvements or fixtures located downstream of each LGS Terminus Point, except in each case to the extent explicitly described on Exhibit H . The term “ Improvements ” includes all of the improvements and fixtures which are a part of the Liquids Gathering System as described herein, regardless of whether they are included or properly described in Exhibit H .

“Indebtedness” means with respect to a Person, such Person’s (a) liabilities for borrowed money, (b) liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by it (excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of businesses), (c) obligations that are required to be accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet under GAAP (and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP), and (d) guaranty obligations with respect to liabilities of another Person of the type described in the preceding subsections (a) - (c) .

 

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“Indemnified Party” means a Lessor Indemnified Party or a Lessee Indemnified Party, as applicable.

Indemnifying Party ” has the meaning given in Section 21.3.

Independent Appraiser ” means an independent valuation firm with at least five (5) years’ experience in undertaking valuations of gas or other commodity pipeline properties.

Independent Director ” means in the case of a corporation, a natural person provided by a nationally-recognized company that provides professional independent directors who has not been, and during the continuation of his or her service as Independent Director is not, directly or indirectly:

(a) an employee, manager, stockholder, director, member, partner, officer, attorney or counsel of the corporation or any of its Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Director of the corporation);

(b) a creditor, customer of, or supplier or other Person who derives any of its purchases or revenues from its activities with the corporation or any of its shareholders or Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Director if such Person has been provided by a nationally-recognized company that provides professional independent managers);

(c) a Person controlling or under common control with any such employee, manager, stockholder, director, member, partner, officer, attorney, counsel, customer, supplier or other Person; or

(d) any member of the immediate family (including a grandchild or sibling) of a person described in subsections (a), (b )  or (c)  immediately above.

A natural person who otherwise satisfies the foregoing definition shall not be disqualified from serving as an Independent Director of the corporation because such person is an independent director of a “ Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Entity ” affiliated with the corporation that does not own a direct or indirect equity interest in the corporation if such individual is an independent director provided by a nationally-recognized company that provides professional independent directors.

Independent Manager ” means in the case of a limited liability company, a natural person provided by a nationally-recognized company that provides professional independent managers who has not been, and during the continuation of his or her service as Independent Manager is not, directly or indirectly:

 

  (a) an employee, manager, stockholder, director, member, partner, officer, attorney or counsel of the limited liability company or any of its Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Manager of the limited liability company);

(b) a creditor, customer of, or supplier or other Person who derives any of its purchases or revenues from its activities with the limited liability company or any of its members or Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Manager if such Person has been provided by a nationally-recognized company that provides professional independent managers);

(c) a Person controlling or under common control with any such employee, manager, stockholder, director, member, partner, officer, attorney, counsel, customer, supplier or other Person; or

(d) any member of the immediate family (including grandchildren or siblings) of a person described in subsections (a), (b )  or (c)  immediately above.

A natural person who otherwise satisfies the foregoing definition shall not be disqualified from serving as an Independent Manager of the limited liability company because such person is an independent manager of a “ Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Entity ” affiliated with the limited liability company that does not own a direct or indirect equity interest in the limited liability company if such individual is an independent manager provided by a nationally-recognized company that provides professional independent managers.

 

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Index ” means the Consumer Price Index which is designated for the applicable month of determination as the United States City Average for All Urban Consumers, All Items, Not Seasonally Adjusted, with a base period equaling 100 in 1982-1984, as published by the United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics or any successor agency .

Index Adjustment ” means the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (a) the change, if any, between (i) the average of the Index for the twelve months ended two months prior to the applicable Adjustment Date, and (ii) the average of the Index for the twelve months ended fourteen months prior to such Adjustment Date (the “ Base Index ”), and (b) the Base Index. If the statistics are not available or if publication of the Index is modified or discontinued in its entirety, the Index Adjustment shall be determined on the basis of an index chosen by Lessor as a comparable and recognized index of the purchasing power of the United States consumer dollar published by the United States Department of Labor or other governmental agency. If the Index contemplated herein is not reported for the months required for the calculation set forth above, the parties agree to use the Index reported for the month(s) nearest preceding the month(s) required for such calculation.

Initial Lessor Loan ” means the Indebtedness evidenced and secured by the Initial Lessor Loan Documents.

Initial Lessor Loan Documents ” means the documents and instruments listed on Exhibit I .

Initial Term ” means that period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the last day of the 180 th full calendar month thereafter.

Insured Value ” means the full replacement cost of the Improvements and Personal Property as determined (a) if Lessee carries fire and casualty property insurance with respect to the Leased Property, by Lessee’s property insurer from time-to-time for purposes of issuing the property insurance required to be carried by Lessee under this Lease, and (b) if Lessee self-insures for fire and casualty loss or damage to the Leased Property and has no third party property insurer for such loss or damage to the Leased Property, by Lessee, determined in good faith.

“Investment Grade Person” means (a) a Person that has a long term issuer corporate credit rating or long-term unsecured debt rating of “BBB-” or higher from Standard & Poor’s or Fitch, or “Baa3” or higher from Moody’s Investor Service Inc., 2 or better from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating agency, or (b) an Affiliate of such Person whose obligations under this Lease are guaranteed by such Person.

“Involuntary” and “Involuntarily” includes, with respect to a Transfer or Lien, any transaction, proceeding or action by or in which Lessor or an Equity Investor is involuntarily deprived or involuntarily divested of any right, title or interest in and to its applicable property, rights or interests (including any seizure under levy of attachment or execution, transfer in connection with bankruptcy or other court proceeding to a trustee or receiver or other officer or agency or any transfer to a state or to a public officer or agency pursuant to any statute pertaining to escheat or abandoned property).

“Jensen Easements” means the following easements: (a) that certain Grant of Pipeline Easements dated June 24, 2010, recorded in Book 95, Page 423 of the Official Public Records, from Mary Kay Jensen, as grantor, to Ultra Resources, as grantee, and (b) that certain Grant of Pipeline Easements dated June 24, 2010, in Book 95, Page 418 of the Official Public Records, from Mary Kay Jensen, as personal representative of the Estate of John Wayne Jensen, individually, as grantor, to Ultra Resources, as grantee, as both such easements were assigned by Ultra Resources to Lessee, and as such easements were further

 

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partially assigned to Lessor pursuant to that certain Partial Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements (LGS) [Jensen Easements] from Lessee, as assignor, to Lessor, as assignee, dated as of the Effective Date and recorded in the Official Public Records.

“LACT Unit Facilities” means the condensate pump, meter and sales point as well as the associated equipment downstream of the inlet risers to any Lease Automated Custody Transfer Unit located on a Central Gathering Facility as of the Effective Date, and as they may be modified as permitted by this Lease

Land ” means the land underlying, subject to and covered by the Easement Rights.

Lease ” has the meaning given in the preamble.

Lease Assignment ” means a Transfer by Lessee of its interest under this Lease or its interest in the Leased Property hereunder but excluding in any event any change or other circumstance which is a Non-Consent Matter.

Leased Property ” means the Liquids Gathering System and the Personal Property.

Lessee ” has the meaning given in the preamble.

“Lessee Casualty Termination Notice” has the meaning given in Section 15.1(b ).

Lessee Condemnation Proceeds ” has the meaning given in Section 16.1(a) .

“Lessee Taking Termination Notice” has the meaning given in Section 16.2(b) .

Lessee Environmental Liabilities ” means Losses arising or resulting from (a) the actual presence, use, storage, generation or Release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or at the Leased Property or any portion thereof during the Lease Term for which Lessee or Lessor has any legal obligation, (b) allegations made in writing by a third party not Lessor, another Lessor Party or a Lessor Lender (but only so long as neither Lessor, any Lessor Party nor any Lessor Lender has affirmatively caused such third party to raise such allegation unless such allegation is required to be made by such third party under applicable law) regarding the presence, use, storage, generation or Release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or at the Leased Property or any portion thereof during the Lease Term for which Lessee or Lessor has any legal obligation, or (c) any violation of Environmental Laws occurring during the Lease Term at or adversely affecting any portion of the Leased Property for which Lessee or Lessor has any legal obligation, but excluding in any case with respect to subsections (a), (b)  and ( c) , all Lessor Environmental Liabilities, all Excluded Matters and the matters described in Section 21.1(a)(A)-(I ) and Section 21.1(b ). It is further understood and agreed that Lessee Environmental Liabilities shall not in any event include any such matters or claims arising or occurring prior to the Effective Date, all of which such pre-Effective Date matters and claims shall be governed exclusively by the terms and conditions of such Purchase Agreement.

Lessee Event of Default ” has the meaning given in Section 23.1 .

Lessee Guarantor ” means Ultra Petroleum and any successor Lessee Guarantor executing a Lessee Guaranty until any such Person is released from further liability upon a Lease Assignment as provided in Section 17.4 . For avoidance of doubt, the term “Lessee Guarantor” does not include Ultra Resources.

Lessee Guaranty ” means that certain Lessee Guaranty executed by Ultra Petroleum and dated as of the Effective Date and any subsequent Lessee Guaranty executed after the Effective Date and in substantially the form of Lessee Guaranty attached as Exhibit J unless and until the Lessee Guarantor under such Lessee Guaranty is released to the extent provided in Section 17.4 . For avoidance of doubt, the term “Lessee Guaranty” does not include the Resources Guaranty.

 

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Lessee Indemnified Parties ” means Lessee, Lessee Guarantor, Ultra Resources and their respective Related Parties (solely in their capacity as such), and permitted successors and assigns of any of the foregoing, including any permitted successors by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or substantially all of the Lessee’s rights under this Lease.

Lessee Other Activities ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.3 .

Lessee Party ” means Lessee, any direct or indirect owner of Lessee, and their respective officers, employees, agents, servants or assignees.

Lessee Property ” means (a) the Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines which Lessor does not purchase and which, accordingly, do not become a part of the Leased Property during the Lease Term as provided in Section 10.1, and (b) the other real and personal property now or hereafter owned or used by Lessee or its Affiliates in connection with operation of the Leased Property upstream or downstream of the Liquids Gathering System by Lessee or its Affiliates or in connection with Lessee Other Activities.

Lessee Termination and Purchase Offer Rights ” means Lessee’s Lease termination and purchase offer rights under Article XV ( Casualty ), Article XVI ( Condemnation ) and Section 25.5 ( Burdensome Buyout ).

Lessee’s Possession ” means, with respect to information, records, property, documents and materials, only such information, records, property, documents and materials as may be in the actual possession or control of Lessee or its Affiliates, and without including any information or materials in the possession or control of a third Person or any agent of Lessee or its Affiliates.

Lessor ” has the meaning given in the preamble.

Lessor EBITDA ” means the sum of Lessor’s net income plus, to the extent deducted in the calculation of net income, (a) income taxes, (b) interest expense, (c) amortization and depreciation, (d) Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amount, and (e) amounts offset against Base Rent under Section  23.4(a)(vii ). Lessor’s net income, interest expense and amortization and depreciation shall be determined in accordance with GAAP.

Lessor Environmental Liabilities ” means Losses arising or resulting from any of the following (a) the actual presence, use, storage, generation or Release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or at the Leased Property or any portion thereof during the Lease Term if and to the extent caused by or resulting from the negligence or willful misconduct of Lessor, any other Lessor Party or any Lessor Lender, (b) allegations made in writing by a third party not Lessee or another Lessee Party (but only so long as neither Lessee nor any Lessee Party has affirmatively caused such third party to raise such allegation unless such allegation is required to be made by such third party under applicable law) regarding the presence, use, storage, generation or Release of any Hazardous Materials on, under, from or at the Leased Property or any portion thereof during the Lease Term for which Lessee or Lessor has any legal obligation, if and to the extent caused by the negligence of willful misconduct of Lessor, any other Lessor Party or any Lessor Lender, or (c) any violation of Environmental Laws occurring during the Lease Term at or adversely affecting any portion of the Leased Property for which Lessee or Lessor has any legal obligation if and to the extent caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of Lessor, any other Lessor Party or any Lessor Lender, but excluding in any case with respect to subsections (a), (b)  and ( c) , all Lessee Environmental Liabilities.

 

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Lessor Equity Interests ” means the equity interests issued by Lessor including, as applicable, any general or limited partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests, common or preferred stock, or other interest which would be classified as equity on Lessor’s balance sheet under GAAP and any right to acquire such equity interests in Lessor, including upon conversion or exercise of securities. References herein to a percentage of Lessor Equity Interests means Lessor Equity Interests which confer on the holder thereof the right to vote the applicable percentage of votes for the election of directors or similar governing body, or to receive the applicable percentage of dividends, distributions, including liquidating distributions or other payments with respect to the Lessor Equity Interests.

Lessor Equity Interest Owner ” means each owner of a Lessor Equity Interest.

Lessor Event of Default ” has the meaning given in Section 23.3 .

Lessor Governing Document Required Terms ” has the meaning given in Section 27.1(e) .

Lessor Guarantor ” means CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (formerly known as Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation), and any successor Lessor Guarantor executing a Lessor Guaranty until any such Person is released from further liability upon a Permitted Sale as provided in Section 17.5(b) .

Lessor Guaranty ” means that certain Lessor Guaranty executed by CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (formerly known as Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation) and dated as of the Effective Date and any subsequent Lessor Guaranty executed after the Effective Date and in substantially the form of Lessor Guaranty attached as Exhibit K unless and until the Lessor Guarantor under such Lease Guaranty is released to the extent provided in Section 17.5(b) upon a Permitted Sale.

“Lessor Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Lessor.

Lessor Indemnified Parties ” means Lessor, Lessor Guarantor and their respective Related Parties (solely in their capacity as such), and permitted successors and assigns.

Lessor Interests ” means (a) all or any portion of Lessor’s right, title and interest in and to the Leased Property, and (b) all or any portion of Lessor’s right, title and interest under this Lease.

Lessor Lease Transaction ” means a transaction pursuant to which Lessor enters into a lease or other agreement or arrangement with respect to the use and/ or occupancy by a third party of all or any portion of the Leased Property.

Lessor Lender ” means (a) any holder of (i) Lessor Indebtedness, or (ii) any Lien on any of the Lessor Interests or Lessor Equity Interests, and (b) any agent or trustee for such holders and counterparties.

Lessor Loan ” means the Indebtedness evidenced by the Lessor Loan Documents.

Lessor Loan Document Criteria ” means, with respect to Lessor Loan Documents, (a) such Lessor Loan Documents include each and every Required Loan Document Provision, and (b) such Lessor Loan Documents do not include any Prohibited Loan Document Provision. Any formal or informal waiver by Lessee of any failure of any Lessor Loan Document to comply with the Lessor Loan Document Criteria in any respect shall not in any event constitute a waiver of any other or further failure of any Lessor Loan Document to comply with the Lessor Loan Document Criteria thereafter.

 

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Lessor Loan Document Amendment ” means an amendment, restatement, modification, supplement, waiver, refinancing, termination, supplement or replacement of a Lessor Loan Document, and “ Amended ” shall have a correlative meaning.

Lessor Loan Documents ” means the agreements and instruments evidencing and/or governing Indebtedness of the Lessor and the Liens securing such Indebtedness. Such term includes the Initial Lessor Loan Documents, all Lessor Loan Document Amendments thereto, all future Lessor Loan Documents, and all future Lessor Loan Document Amendments thereto.

Lessor Parent ” means (a) for so long as Pipeline is the Lessee, CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation formerly known as Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation, and (b) for so long as any other Person is the Lessor, such Person’s ultimate parent company.

Lessor Party ” means Lessor, any Equity Investor, and their respective officers, employees, agents, servants, or assignees.

Level 1 Lessee Default ” means (a) any Lessee Event of Default described in Section 23.1(a ) ( Base Rent Defaults ), (b) any Lessee Event of Default described in Section 23.1(b ) ( Additional Rent Defaults ), (c) any Lessee Event of Default described in Section 23.1(d ) ( Lease Assignment or Sublease ), (d) any Lessee Event of Default described in Section 23.1(g ) ( Debtor Relief Laws ), and (e) any Lessee Event of Default described in Section 23.1(h ) ( Cross Acceleration with Material Debt ).

Level 1 Lessor Default ” means, for so long as an Ultra Entity Person is Lessee, (a) any Lessor Event of Default under Section 23.3(b ) ( Governing Documents, Loan & Indebtedness Representations ), (b) any Lessor Event of Default under Section 23.3(d ) ( includes Section 3.2(a ) (Prohibited Record Agreements), Section 17.5(a)(i)-(iv ) (Prohibited Lessor Transfers, Indebtedness, Liens and Leases), Section 27.1(a ) and (d)-(g)  (SPE, Lessor Owners & Governing Document Requirements), & Sections 27.2(a ), ( b ), ( c ), or ( f ) (Loan Related Requirements & Maintenance of Existence) , (c) any Lessor Event of Default arising out of a breach of Article XI ( Regulatory Issues ) or Section 26.10 ( Confidentiality ), (d) any Lessor Event of Default under Section 23.3(f ) ( Equity Investor Defaults ), (e) any Lessor Event of Default under Section 23.3(g ) ( Failure to deliver sales documents ), (f) any Lessor Event of Default under Section 23.3(h ) ( ROFR Breach ), or (g) any Lessor Event of Default under Section 23.3(j ) ( Debtor Relief Laws). During any period that an Ultra Entity Person is not the Lessee, no Lessor Event of Default shall constitute a Level 1 Lessor Default.

Level 1A Lessor Default ” means, for so long as an Ultra Entity Person is Lessee, (a) any Lessor Event of Default under Section 23.3(b ) ( Governing Documents, Loan & Indebtedness Representations ), (b) any Lessor Event of Default under Section 23.3(d ) ( picks up Section 3.2(a ) (Prohibited Record Agreements), Section 17.5(a)(i)-(iv)  (Prohibited Transfers, Indebtedness, Liens and Leases), Section 27.1(a) and (d)-(g)  (SPE, Lessor Owners & Governing Document Requirements), & Sections 27.2(a ), ( b ), ( c ), or ( f ) (Loan Related Requirements & Maintenance of Existence) , (c) any Lessor Event of Default under Section 23.3(f ) ( Equity Investor Defaults ), (d) any Lessor Event of Default under Section 23.3(g ) ( Failure to deliver sales documents ), (e) any Lessor Event of Default under Section 23.3(h ) ( ROFR Breach ), or (f) any Lessor Event of Default under Section 23.3(j ) ( Debtor Relief Laws). During any period that an Ultra Entity Person is not the Lessee, no Lessor Event of Default shall constitute a Level 1A Lessor Default.

Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amount ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 23.4(a)(vi) .

“Level 1A Lessor Default Payments” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 23.4(a)(vi ).

 

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“LGS Pipeline Riser” means the pipeline riser downstream of the liquids legs of the production separators located on each of the producing well pads described on the attached Exhibit M , as such pipeline risers may be modified after the Effective Date as permitted by this Lease.

LGS Terminus Points ” means each Condensate Terminus Point, each Flash Gas Terminus Point and each Produced Water Terminus Point.

“Lien” means any mortgage lien, deed of trust lien, deed to secure debt, vendor’s lien, security interest, pledge, collateral assignment, mechanic’s or materialman’s lien, or other similar instruments and all restatements, modifications, amendments, consolidations, extensions, renewals or substitutions thereto or thereof.

Liquids Gathering System ” means generally, the system of pipelines and central gathering facilities highlighted on the map attached as Exhibit N as it exists as of the Effective Date and as it may be subsequently modified as permitted by this Lease, together with the related equipment that is capable of gathering, separating, collecting, and delivering for sale or transport, condensate and water, together with associated natural gas, produced from natural gas and oil wells that are, as of the Effective Date, operated by Ultra Resources and are located in the Pinedale Anticline Field in Sublette County, Wyoming, including, specifically, the Easement Rights and the Improvements, which Liquids Gathering System begins at the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser (an example of such an inlet flange is shown, for the Parties’ convenience, on the photograph on the attached Exhibit O) , extends through an interconnected system of pipelines to the production and separation equipment and storage tanks located at the Central Gathering Facilities, and terminates at each LGS Terminus Point.

Loss ” or “ Losses ” means mean any actual losses, costs, expenses (including court costs, reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, technical experts and expert witnesses and the cost of investigation), liabilities, damages, demands, suits, claims, and sanctions of every kind and character (including civil fines) arising from, related directly or indirectly or reasonably incident to, matters indemnified against, excluding however all of the following:

(a) Consequential and Similar Damages . Any special, consequential, punitive or exemplary damages or loss of profits incurred by an indemnified party hereto; and

(b) Diminution in Value . Any diminution in value incurred or suffered (i) by a Lessor Indemnified Party except to the extent, and proportionately to the extent, such diminution in value results directly from the actions of, or the failure to act by, Lessee or another Lessee Party, and (ii) by a Lessee Indemnified Party except to the extent, and proportionately to the extent, such diminution in value results directly from the actions of, or the failure to act by, Lessor or another Lessor Party; and

(c) Third Party Indemnities . Any such losses, costs, expenses, liabilities, damages, demands, suits, claims and sanctions incurred by an Indemnified Party and arising as a result of such Indemnified Party indemnifying a third party (i) with respect to a Lessor Indemnified Party, if (A) such third party is either (I) an Affiliate to such Lessor Indemnified Party, (II) another Lessor Indemnified Party or (III) a Lessor Party, or (B) such third party was caused by any Person described in subsections (I ) – ( III ), above, to raise such claim (except to the extent such Person is required by Applicable Legal Requirements to cause such third party to raise such claim), (ii) with respect to a Lessee Indemnified Party, if (A) such third party is either (I) an Affiliate to such Lessee Indemnified Party, (II) another Lessee Indemnified Party or (III) a Lessee Party, or (B) such third party was caused by any Person described in subsections (I ) – ( III ), above to raise such claim (except to the extent such Person is required by Applicable Legal Requirements to cause such third party to raise such claim), or (iii) to the extent such third party indemnified claim duplicates or exceeds the loss, cost or expense to the Indemnified Party; and

 

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(d) Excluded Matters . Any such losses, costs, expenses, liabilities, damages, demands, suits, claims and sanctions which constitute an Excluded Matter; and

(e) Section 2.1 Waivers . Any such losses, costs, expenses, liabilities, damages, demands, suits, claims and sanctions with respect to claims and other matters waived in Section 2.1 .

Material Action ” means, for purposes of Part B of Schedule 27.1 to this Lease, (a) any Bankruptcy Action, (b) to take any action to merge, consolidate or combine the Lessor or Lessor’s general partner or managing member (as the case may be) with any other Person, to dissolve or wind-up the Lessor or Lessor’s general partner or managing member (as the case may be), or to approve any plan or agreement to engage in any of the foregoing actions, (c) to amend, alter or change any of the Lessor Governing Document Required Terms, (d) to take any action in contravention of the Lessor Governing Document Required Terms, or (e) to take action in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

Material Adverse Event ” means, for purposes of the definition of “Permitted Liens” herein, any event or circumstance resulting in a material adverse effect on (a) the ability of Lessee to perform the monetary and other material obligations under this Lease, or (b) the ownership, financial condition or operation of the Leased Property taken as a whole.

Material Amendment ” means (a) with respect to Section 25.3 hereof, (i) any change in the purchase price by more than three percent (3%); (ii) any change in the identity of the direct or indirect owners of the proposed purchaser; (iii) any change in the Lessor Interests included in the Transfer that is the subject of such ROFR rights of Lessee, or (iv) any other change in the terms of the Transfer that, taken together with any other changes after the relevant ROFR Asset Sale Notice, results in economic or business terms of the relevant Transfer that are materially more favorable to the proposed purchaser than the terms first disclosed to Lessee, and (b) with respect to Section 25.4 hereof, (i) any change in the rent for the Applicable Leased Assets by more than three percent (3%); (ii) any change in the identity of the direct or indirect owners of the proposed lessee, licensee or sublessee; (iii) any change in the Applicable Leased Assets included in such Lessor Lease Transaction, or (iv) any other change in the terms of the Lessor Lease Transaction that, taken together with any other changes after the relevant ROFR Lease Notice, results in economic or business terms of the relevant Lessor Lease Transaction that are materially more favorable to the proposed lessee, licensee or sublessee than the terms first disclosed to Lessee.

Material Debt ” means, (a) for so long as (i) an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee, or (ii) a successor Lessee who is an Investment Grade Person or whose Affiliate is a Lessee Guarantor that is an Investment Grade Person, in each case at the time such Person became the successor Lessee, Indebtedness the principal balance of which is in excess of $100,000,000, and (b) with respect to any other Lessee, Indebtedness the principal balance of which is in excess of $20,000,000.

Material Lease Amendment ” means any of the following:

(a) A waiver of any Level 1 Lessee Default or a waiver of any other Lessee Event of Default that remains uncured more than ninety (90) days after the occurrence of such Lessee Event of Default;

(b) A reduction in Base Rent, Minimum Rent, Total Rent or Variable Rent;

(c) A material increase in Lessor’s obligations under this Lease;

(d) A direction to Lessee to pay Base Rent to any location other than the following:             ;

 

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(e) A material reduction to Lessee’s obligations to (i) maintain insurance as required by Article XIV , provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, no Lessor Lender consent shall be required to maintain the self-insurance rights of Lessee as set forth in this Lease, (ii) pay Taxes and Impositions as required by Article VI , or (iii) maintain the Leased Property as required by Section 7.1 ;

(f) A material modification of Lessee’s obligation to pay Casualty Proceeds or Taking Proceeds to Lessor or Lessor Lender as and to the extent required by Articles XV and XVI ;

(g) A change to the definition of the terms Permitted Lease Assignment or Permitted Lessee Transferee which would expand Lessee’s right to make Lease Assignments without Lessor’s consent;

(h) A change to the definition of any of the following terms which results in a reduction to such amount or calculation: (i) Maximum Amount, (ii) Four Quarters Lessor EBITDA, or (iii) Monthly Debt Service;

(i) A reduction of the Lease Term except in connection with Lessee’s election or deemed election not to extend for a Renewal Term or in connection with a termination of this Lease pursuant to and as provided in this Lease;

(j) Any material limitation of the terms Permitted Sale, Permitted Indebtedness, Permitted Lessor Liens or Permitted Equity Transfer;

(k) A material reduction of or limitation to the Lessee Environmental Liabilities or Lessee’s indemnification obligations under Section 21.1 ;

(l) A termination of this Lease except pursuant to its terms, which permitted termination provisions include Lessee’s election or deemed election not to extend for a Renewal Term or in connection with a termination of the Lease pursuant to and as provided in the Lease (including Lessee Termination and Purchase Offer Rights and Lessee First Refusal Rights);

(m) A change to the definition of any of the terms Disqualified Person, Beneficial Owners, Ultra Designated Person, Competitor or Adverse Party which would have the effect of expanding the universe of “Persons” that could be included within any such term;

(n) A modification of Section 17.4 that expands the conditions under which the Lessee can be released from its obligations under the Lease, under which the Lessee Guarantor can be released from its obligations under the Lessee Guaranty, or under which Ultra Resources can be released from its obligations under the Resources Guaranty; or

(o) A modification of the Lessor Events of Default or the rights and remedies arising as a result of a Lessor Event of Default in a manner that is materially more beneficial to the Lessee.

Maximum Amount ” means, on any date, the greater of (a) Sixty Five Million Dollars ($65,000,000), and (b) four times Four Quarters Lessor EBITDA on such date.

“Memo of Lease ” means the Memorandum of Lease in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit P .

Minimum Rent ” means $1,666,667 per month; provided that on each Adjustment Date, the Minimum Rent shall be adjusted by the applicable Index Adjustment, except that in no event will the Minimum Rent ever increase by more than two percent (2%) per year, and provided further , that such adjusted Minimum Rent shall constitute the Minimum Rent hereunder until the next Adjustment Date (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for the avoidance of doubt, no decrease in the Index shall ever result in Minimum Rent of less than $1,666,667 per month).

 

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Monthly Debt Service ” means regularly scheduled monthly installments of principal and interest required to be paid by Lessor on a term loan or other term debt constituting Permitted Indebtedness secured only by Permitted Lessor Liens, it being understood and agreed that such monthly installments shall not include (a) default interest, penalties or late fees or charges, (b) gross-up or withholding payments, (c) payment of interest prior to accrual of such interest, (d) principal payments in excess of the greater of the amounts necessary to amortize the original principal amount of such Permitted Indebtedness either (i) in equal monthly payments of principal over a period of not less than ten (10) years, or (ii) on a straight line amortization method over a period not less than ten (10) years, (e) any “balloon” payment of principal, payment of principal at maturity, principal reductions required due to a failure to satisfy financial or other covenants or operating results, or other similar disproportionate payments of principal, (f) amounts due with respect to funding, hedging, swap or similar arrangements, or (g) other fees, charges or expenses.

Monthly Operating Fee ” means the fair market value for applicable services under the Operating Agreements as determined in accordance with Section 25.2 .

Natural Gas ” means any mixture of natural gaseous hydrocarbons or of hydrocarbons and other gases, in a gaseous state, consisting primarily of methane.

“Nerd Farm Easement” means that certain Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements between Lessee, as grantor, and Lessor, as grantee, dated as of the Effective Date, and recorded in the Official Public Records.

Non-Cash Consideration ” has the meaning given in Section 25.3(g).

“Non-Cash Consideration Value” has the meaning given in Section 25.3(g).

Non-Consent Matters ” means a change of direct or indirect ownership of Lessee as a result of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, sale, distribution, contribution or other transfer of assets or equity interests, joint venture, or public offering of common stock or other equity interests, provided that the primary purpose of the transaction which results in a change in ownership of Lessee is not to circumvent or avoid Lessor’s approval rights with respect to a Lease Assignment or Sublease.

Non-Removable Addition ” has the meaning given in Section 10.1(b ).

Notice Action ” has the meaning given in Section 17.5(c)(ii ).

Offer ” has the meaning given in Section 25.1 .

Official Public Records ” means the applicable Official Public Records of Sublette County, Wyoming.

Operating Agreements ” means the Services Agreement and the Gathering Agreement, with such changes as mutually agreed by Lessor and Lessee in accordance with Section 25.2 .

Other Recorded Document ” means any easement agreement, restrictive covenant, declaration, right-of-way or any other similar agreement or document affecting, benefiting or burdening all or any portion of the Liquids Gathering System, but excluding Liens.

Parts ” has the meaning given in Section 10.2 .

 

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Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines means Capital Improvements and Additional Lines which (a) will not materially and adversely affect the structural integrity of the then existing Improvements, (b) will not materially and adversely affect the use or functionality of the Leased Property, and (c) will not adversely affect the value of the Leased Property in any material respect.

Permitted Controller of Lease Rights ” means any Person (a) that is not an individual, and (b) whose net worth, or the net worth of an Affiliate providing an appropriate guarantee, both immediately before and after giving effect to the applicable transfer, is at least $50,000,000 determined in accordance with GAAP, provided that such Affiliate guarantees the obligations, if any, of such Person under the Governing Documents of Lessor, the Lessor Loan Documents, the SNDA and the Equity Investor Agreement to which such Person is subject, and provided further , that each Permitted Controller of Lease Rights that is a direct beneficial owner of Lessor Equity Interests shall be a party to the Equity Investor Agreement as an “Equity Investor” (as such term is defined in the Equity Investor Agreement).

Permitted Equity Transfers ” has the meaning given in Section 17.5(c).

Permitted Indebtedness ” means Lessor Indebtedness (a) consisting of a term loan or other term debt in an aggregate principal amount which does not at any time exceed the Maximum Amount, (b) with respect to which no Lessor Lender is a Disqualified Person, and (c) which is evidenced, governed and secured by Lessor Loan Documents which comply with the Lessor Loan Document Criteria and otherwise comply with Section 27.2 .

Permitted Lease Assignment ” has the meaning given in Section 17.1(a ).

Permitted Lessee Contest ” means any contest made in accordance with Section 26.12 .

Permitted Lessee Transferee ” means, with respect to any Lessee, (a) Ultra Resources, (b) any other Ultra Entity Person, (c) any successor to an Ultra Entity Person as a result of a Non-Consent Matter, (d) any Affiliate of a Lessee, (e) so long as an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee, any other Person (or an Affiliate of such Person whose obligations under this Lease are guaranteed by such acquiring Person) who purchases or otherwise accepts a transfer or assignment of all or a substantial portion of the interest of such Lessee and/ or its Affiliates in the oil and gas leases in connection with which the Leased Property is used, (f) so long as an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee, any other Investment Grade Person approved by Lessor, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld and which approval shall be based solely on the following: (i) a review of such Investment Grade Person’s experience in the oil and gas exploration and production business, and (ii) the proposed use by such Investment Grade Person would not (A) constitute a breach of Article IX , or (B) in Lessor’s reasonable judgment, impair the structural integrity, functionality or value of the Leased Property in any material respect, and (g) any other Person approved by Lessor, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld and which approval shall be based solely on the following: (i) such other Person’s current and future projected financial strength and creditworthiness, management style, financial philosophy and reputation, (ii) such other Person’s experience in the oil and gas exploration and production business, (iii) such other Person’s ability to recover costs or pass them on to its customers and other Persons, and (iv) the proposed use by such other Person would not (A) constitute a breach of Article IX , or (B) in Lessor’s reasonable judgment, impair the structural integrity, functionality or value of the Leased Property in any material respect.

Permitted Lessor Contest ” has the meaning given in Section 27.2(g ).

Permitted Lessor Liens ” means (a) Liens on the Leased Property and/ or the Lessor’s right, title and interest under this Lease but only if (i) such Liens secure only Permitted Indebtedness and, if applicable, Permitted Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreements, (ii) the Lessor Loan Documents evidencing and securing such Indebtedness comply with the Lessor Loan Document Criteria and otherwise comply with

 

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Section 27.2 , (iii) such Liens do not result in a breach, default, violation or failure of performance under the Governing Documents of Lessor, and (iv) Lessor and each Lessor Lender with respect to such Liens have executed and delivered to Lessee the SNDA, and (b) Liens on any Lessor Equity Interest which is a general partnership interest but only if (i) such Liens secure only Permitted Indebtedness and, if applicable, Permitted Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreements, secured by the Liens permitted in subsection (a ), above, (ii) the Lessor Loan Documents evidencing and securing such Indebtedness comply with the Lessor Loan Document Criteria and otherwise comply with Section 27.2, (iii) such Liens do not result in a breach, default, violation or failure of performance under the Governing Documents of Lessor, and (iv) Lessor and each Lessor Lender with respect to such Liens have executed and delivered to Lessee the SNDA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that after the Effective Date Pinedale GP, Inc., converts a portion of its general partnership interest in Pinedale Corridor, LP, to a limited partnership interest in Pinedale Corridor, LP, the Lien on such general partnership interest which qualified as a Permitted Lessor Lien prior to such conversion may continue in effect with respect to such limited partnership interest for so long as the owner of such converted limited partnership interest is a wholly owned direct or indirect subsidiary of CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.

“Permitted Liens” means, for purposes of Sections 3.1 and 3.2(a)(v ) and the definition of the term “Material Adverse Event”, (a) liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments, or similar charges, incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable, (b) liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, landlords or other like Liens, securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable, (c) covenants, zoning restrictions, rights, easements, Liens, governmental environmental permitting and operation restrictions, the exercise by governmental bodies or third parties of eminent domain or condemnation rights, or any other restrictions on the use of real property, none of which individually or in the aggregate would result in a Material Adverse Event, and (d) the following, if the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate and lawful proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are set aside on its books, and so long as they would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Event: (1) claims or liens for taxes, assessments, or charges due and payable and subject to interest or penalty, (2) claims, liens upon, and defects of title to, real or personal property, including any attachment of personal or real property or other legal process prior to adjudication of a dispute on the merits, (3) claims or liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other like liens, and (4) adverse judgments on appeal, and (e) inchoate liens in respect of royalty owners; provided that the term “ Permitted Liens ” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.

Permitted Sale ” has the meaning given in Section 17.5.

Permitted Secured Interest Rate Hedging Agreements ” means interest rate hedging agreements entered into by Lessor, with counterparties who are not Disqualified Persons, to mitigate interest rate risk in connection with Permitted Indebtedness.

Permitted Sublease ” has the meaning in Section 17.1(b ).

Permitted Ultra Petroleum Successor ” means any successor to Ultra Petroleum so long as no change in control has occurred with respect to Ultra Petroleum. As used in this defined term, “change in control” means an event or series of events by which any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan, and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the equity interests of Ultra Petroleum entitled to vote, on a fully diluted basis, for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of Ultra Petroleum.

 

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“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or any other entity of any kind.

“Personal Property” means (a) the monitoring equipment located in or on the Liquids Gathering System, (b) the computer hardware located in the centralized monitoring building for each CGF constituting a portion of the Liquids Gathering System to which such monitoring equipment connects, (c) the wires and other connectors for such monitoring equipment between such computer hardware and such monitoring equipment, (d) all office furniture in each centralized monitoring building for each Central Gathering Facility, and (e) the Records, all as of the Effective Date and as such personal property may be modified or replaced as permitted or required by this Lease.

Pinedale means Pinedale Corridor, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, the initial Lessor under this Lease; however, the term Pinedale shall not include any successor or assignee of the interest of Pinedale hereunder.

Prime Rate ” means the prime rate of interest as reported in The Wall Street Journal or, if The Wall Street Journal is no longer published or no longer reports such prime rate, the prime rate of interest as reported in other authoritative publication or news retrieval service.

“Produced Water Terminus Point” means each outlet flange to the water pump facility or facilities, as the case may be, on each Central Gathering Facility that is directly upstream of each water meter and through which the produced water flows after it is separated from the condensate and the associated natural gas, as of the Effective Date and as such outlet flanges may be modified as permitted by this Lease.

Prohibited Loan Document Provisions means each of the following:

a. Any provision which (i) provides that the exercise by Lessee of any right or remedy of Lessee under this Lease would constitute, or (ii) otherwise results in Lessee’s exercise of any right or remedy under this Lease constituting a default under a Lessor Loan Document;

b. Any provision which provides that a Permitted Lease Assignment or a Permitted Sublease would constitute or otherwise result in a default under a Lessor Loan Document;

c. Any provision which imposes any condition or restriction on the ability of the Lessor to (i) give an approval or consent under this Lease with respect to a Permitted Lessee Transferee except with respect to a Person proposed under subsection (g ) of the term “Permitted Lessee Transferee”, or with respect to a Permitted Lease Assignment except with respect to a Lease Assignment proposed under Section 17.1(a)(ii) of the term “Permitted Lease Assignment”, (ii) amend, modify, restate or supplement this Lease except for a Material Lease Amendment, (iii) waive a breach, default or failure of performance under this Lease except with respect to a Level 1 Lessee Default or with respect to any other Lessee Event of Default that remains uncured ninety (90) days after the occurrence of such Lessee Event of Default, (iv) refrain from declaring a Lessee Event of Default except with respect to a Level 1 Lessee Default or with respect to any other Lessee Event of Default that remains uncured ninety (90) days after the occurrence of such Lessee Event of Default, or (v) refrain from exercising rights or remedies in connection with a Lessee Event of Default except with respect to a Level 1 Lessee Default or with respect to any other Lessee Event of Default that remains uncured ninety (90) days after the occurrence of such Lessee Event of Default, or (vi) accept any Lessee Termination and Purchase Offer Rights offer, so long as the purchase price therefor is sufficient to repay such Permitted Indebtedness in full;

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foregoing shall not be deemed to prohibit provisions which (i) give a majority in interest of the Lessor Lenders approval rights with respect to (A) a Material Lease Amendment, or (B) a waiver of a Level 1 Lessee Default or with respect to any other Lessee Event of Default that remains uncured ninety (90) days after the occurrence of such Lessee Event of Default, or (ii) give Lessor Lenders approval rights with respect to (X) a Person proposed as a Permitted Lessee Transferee under subsection (g ) of the definition of the term “Permitted Lessee Transferee” in this Lease, (Y) a Permitted Lease Assignment proposed under Section 17.1(a)(ii ), or (Z) whether or not Lessor requires a Lessee Guaranty under subsection (ii ) of the proviso at the end of Section 17.4 , in any the case of subsections (X), (Y)  or ( Z ), upon the vote of seventy five percent (75%) in interest of the Lessor Lenders;

e. Any provision which results in Lessee’s use, maintenance or operation of the Leased Property as permitted or required by this Lease constituting or resulting in a default under a Lessor Loan Document;

f. Any provision imposing covenants, requirements or defaults with respect to Lessee (other than those covered by subsection (e ), above, with respect to Lessee’s use, maintenance or operation of the Leased Property, for which subsection (e ) shall govern and control) that (i) either (A) are inconsistent or in direct conflict with corresponding covenants or requirements imposed on Lessee under this Lease, or (B) impose additional covenants, requirements or defaults with respect to Lessee other than those set forth in this Lease, and (ii) the breach of, or failure to comply with, results in a default under any Lessor Loan Document;

g. Any representations, warranties, covenants or other provisions (i) which are expressly inconsistent by their terms with the SNDA, and (ii) the breach of, or failure to comply with, results in a default under any Lessor Loan Document;

h. Any provision which provides that the occurrence of an event or circumstance which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute a Lessee Event of Default or Lessor Event of Default also constitutes a default under a Lessor Loan Document, in any case prior to the expiration of the applicable cure period with respect to such matter under this Lease;

i. Any provision which provides for a cross-default or cross-collateralization in each case with Indebtedness or other obligations of any Person other than Lessor or (subject to the other Prohibited Loan Document Provisions) Lessee, Lessee Guarantor or Ultra Resources;

j. Any default under the Lessor Loan Documents which is triggered by or based on (i) the creditworthiness, financial condition, business, operations or other status or condition of any Person other than Lessor, Lessee Guarantor, Ultra Resources or (subject to the other Prohibited Loan Document Provisions) Lessee, or (ii) on any representation, warranty or covenant made by, or with respect to, any Person other than Lessor, Lessee Guarantor, Ultra Resources or (subject to the other Prohibited Loan Document Provisions) Lessee.

As used in this definition, “ default ” means a default, event of default, requirement for prepayment or requirement that indebtedness be converted to a demand obligation.

Lessee agrees that notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of the Lessor Loan Documents as in effect on the date hereof pertaining to a Cash Dominion Event upon a CORR Default or a Lessee Debt Default (as such terms are therein defined), including the provisions pertaining to mandatory prepayment as a consequence thereof, and any provisions that are substantially the same that are contained in any amendment, restatement or refinancing of such Lessor Loan Documents or in any Lessor Loan Documents entered into in the future, shall not be deemed to be Prohibited Loan Document Provisions.

 

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Proprietary Information ” means (a) the business concept, operating techniques, marketing methods, financial information, plans, site and system renderings, schedules, itemized costs, development plans and all related trade secrets or confidential or proprietary information treated as such by Lessee, whether by course of conduct, by letter or report or by use of any appropriate proprietary stamp of legend designating such information item to be confidential or proprietary, by communication to such effect made prior to or at the time any such Proprietary Information is disclosed to Lessor, or otherwise, (b) all financial statements and financial information that relates to the Liquids Gathering System delivered to Lessor by an Ultra Entity Person pursuant to Section 26.7(b ) and similar financial statements and financial information that relates to the Liquids Gathering System delivered to Lessor by an Ultra Entity Person prior to the Effective Date, and (c) all Flow and Volume Information and similar information that relates to the Liquids Gathering System delivered to Lessor by an Ultra Entity Person prior to the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Proprietary Information shall not include information that is publicly available other than as a result of actions in violation of Section 26.10 hereof.

Purchase Agreement ” means the Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of December 7, 2012, between Ultra Wyoming, Inc., as Seller, and Lessor, as Buyer, with respect to the transfer of the Leased Property to Lessor.

Real Property ” means the Liquids Gathering System.

Record Agreements ” shall mean the agreements constituting (a) the Effective Date Recorded Documents (and including, without limitation, those evidencing the Easements), (b) any Other Recorded Document executed by Lessee after the Effective Date other than in violation of this Lease, and (c) any Other Recorded Document executed by Lessor other than in violation of this Lease. In no event shall any Lien constitute a “Record Agreement”.

Records ” means the following information, to the extent acquired by Lessor (a) from Lessee under the Purchase Agreement or (b) in connection with construction of Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines paid for by Lessor and constructed by Lessee for Lessor hereunder: all engineering drawings or plans and specifications of or covering the Liquids Gathering System or any component thereof, site assessments and environmental reports regarding or covering the Liquids Gathering System or any component thereof, manuals relating to the operation of the Leased Property, and “as-built” surveys of the pipelines and drawings of the Liquids Gathering System.

Related Parties ” of a Person means such Person’s directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors, accountants, attorneys and representatives.

Release ” means any leaking, spilling, pouring, pumping, emitting, injecting, escaping, leeching, dumping, discharging, depositing or disposing of any Hazardous Materials into the environment (including the air, soil, groundwater or surface water) in sufficient quantity or concentration such that notification to a Governmental Authority is required under Environmental Laws.

Renewal Notice Date ” has the meaning given in Section 25.1(b ) .

Renewal Option ” shall have the meaning given in Section 25.1(a ).

Renewal Term ” has the meaning given in Section 25.1(a) .

Required Loan Document Provisions ” means all of the following:

a. The maximum principal amount of the Lessor Loan, as of the date the Lessor Loan is made and as of the date of any renewal, extension, modification, or increase of the Lessor Loan, shall not exceed the Maximum Amount;

 

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b. A provision granting Lessor the right to request a non-consenting Lessor Lender to assign its interests in the Lessor Loan to one or more replacement Lessor Lenders or increasing Lessor Lenders in the event that, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Lease requiring the consent of a majority or more than a majority of Lessor Lenders, Lessor Lenders holding more than 50% of the Lessor Loan have consented to such amendment, waiver or consent;

c. A provision prohibiting any participant in the Lessor Loan from voting with respect to approvals, consents, waivers, declarations of default, exercise of remedies or other matters or decisions to be made by Lessor Lenders under the Lessor Loan Documents;

d. A provision prohibiting any participant in the Lessor Loan who is a Disqualified Person from receiving any Proprietary Information or having any inspection rights with respect to the Leased Property;

e. A provision requiring Lessor’s consent to any assignment by any Lessor Lender to Persons other than Lessor Lenders or their affiliates of any of its respective rights or interests in or obligations under the Lessor Loan or the Lessor Loan Documents so long as no event of default exists under the Lessor Loan Documents;

f. A provision prohibiting any Lessor Lender from assigning all or any portion of its rights or interests in, or obligations under, the Lessor Loan or the Lessor Loan Documents to a Disqualified Person;

g. A provision requiring that at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to any assignment or grant of a participation by any Lessor Lender to Persons other than Lessor Lenders or their affiliates of any of its respective rights or interests in, or obligations under, the Lessor Loan or the Lessor Loan Documents, the assigning or granting Lender must deliver to Lessee or the agent for such Lessor Lenders, as applicable, written notice of the proposed assignment or participation, together with sufficiently detailed information concerning the identity of the proposed assignee or participant to enable Lessee to determine whether the proposed assignee or participant is, or meets the criteria required in order for Lessee to designate the proposed assignee as, a Disqualified Person;

h. A provision permitting Lessor to prepay the Lessor Loan; and

i. A provision authorizing and requiring Lessor Lenders to execute the SNDA, and confirming that (i) each Lessor Lender shall be bound by the SNDA and its terms, and (ii) the rights and remedies of the Lessor Lenders under the Lessor Loan Documents shall be subject to the SNDA in all respects.

Resources Guaranty ” means the Limited Guaranty of Collection dated of even date herewith executed by Ultra Resources.

Responsible Officer ” means (a) with respect to any Ultra Entity Person, the President, the Senior Vice President of Operations, the Chief Financial Officer of Ultra Petroleum or an equivalent officer of Ultra Petroleum, (b) with respect to any other Lessee, any of the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of Lessee or its Lessee Guarantor, if applicable, and (c) with respect to Lessor, any of the chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of Lessor or its Lessor Guarantor, if applicable.

 

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ROFR Asset Election Period ” has the meaning given in Section 25.3(e).

ROFR Asset Offer ” has the meaning given in Section 25.3(d).

ROFR Asset Sale Notice ” has the meaning given in Section 25.3(c).

ROFR Lease Election Period ” has the meaning given in Section 25.4(e).

ROFR Lease Notice ” has the meaning given in Section 25.4(c).

ROFR Lease Offer ” has the meaning given in Section 25.4(d).

ROFR Lease Period ” means the period beginning at the end of the Lease Term and ending two (2) years later.

ROFR Transfer Period ” means (a) the period during the Lease Term, and (b) the period beginning at the end of the Lease Term and ending two (2) years thereafter.

Separateness Covenants ” means, collectively, each of the following covenants of a Person:

(a) to correct any known misunderstanding regarding the separate identity of such Person;

(b) to maintain its accounts, books and records separate from any other Person and will file its own tax returns;

(c) to maintain its books, records, resolutions and agreements as official records;

(d) to not commingle its funds or assets with those of any other Person;

(e) to hold its assets in its own name;

(f) to conduct its business in its name only, and not use any trade name,

(g) to maintain its financial statements, accounting records and other entity documents separate from any other Person;

(h) to pay its own liabilities, including the salaries of its own employees, out of its own funds and assets;

(i) to observe all partnership, corporate or limited liability company formalities (as applicable);

(j) to maintain an arm’s-length relationship with its Affiliates;

(k) to not assume or guarantee or otherwise become obligated for the debts of any other Person or hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of any other Person;

(l) to not acquire obligations or securities issued by its partners, members or shareholders (as applicable), provided that for the avoidance of doubt, this clause does not restrict an exchange by Ross Avenue Investments, LLC, of its Company Equity Interests with the Lessor or CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.;

(m) to allocate fairly and reasonably shared expenses, including shared office space;

 

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(n) to use separate stationery, invoices and checks;

(o) except in connection with a Lessor Loan which complies with the Lease, to not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person;

(p) to hold itself out and identify itself as a separate and distinct entity under its own name and not as a division or part of any other Person;

(q) to maintain its assets in such a manner that it will not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of any other Person, except as may result from Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines under this Lease;

(r) to not make loans to any Person;

(s) to not identify its partners, members or shareholders (as applicable), or any Affiliate of any of them, as a division or part of it;

(t) to not enter into or be a party to, any transaction with its partners, members or shareholders (as applicable) or any Affiliates except in the ordinary course of its business and on terms which are intrinsically fair and are no less favorable to it than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with an unrelated third party;

(u) to not indemnify (or have any obligation to indemnify) its partners, officers, directors or members (as the case may be) (other than an Independent Director for such Person serving through an entity providing such services and which indemnity is required for such Independent Director to serve in such capacity), unless such an obligation is fully subordinated to the Lessor Loan and will not constitute a claim against it if its cash flow is insufficient to make payments due under the Lessor Loan; and

(v) to consider the interests of its creditors in connection with all corporate, partnership or limited liability company actions (as the case may be).

Services Agreement ” means the Services Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-1.

Single Member Bankruptcy Remote LLC ” means a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware which at all times since its formation and at all times thereafter:

(a) was and will be organized solely for the purpose of acting as the general partner of the limited partnership or the managing member of the limited liability company (as the case may be) that owns the Leased Property;

(b) has not engaged and will not engage in any business unrelated to acting as the general partner of the limited partnership or the managing member of the limited liability company (as the case may be) that owns the Leased Property;

(c) has not had and will not have any assets other than those related to its member interest in the limited partnership or limited liability company (as the case may be) that owns the Leased Property;

(d) has not engaged, sought or consented to and will not engage in, seek or consent to any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, termination, consolidation, merger or sale of all or substantially all of its assets;

 

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(e) has not, and without the consent of all of its directors and members (including the Independent Manager) will not, with respect to itself of any other entity in which it has a direct or indirect legal or beneficial ownership interest, take any Bankruptcy Action;

(f) has observed, and will continue to observe, the Separateness Covenants;

(g) has maintained and will maintain its accounts, books and records separate from any other person;

(h) has and will have an operating agreement which provides that the business and affairs of Lessor shall be managed by or under the direction of:

(i) a board of one or more directors designated by the sole member of the Single Member Bankruptcy Remote LLC (the “ Sole Member ”), and at all times there shall be at least one (1) duly appointed Independent Director on the board of directors, and the board of directors will not take any action requiring the unanimous affirmative vote of one hundred percent (100%) of the members of its board of directors unless, at the time of such action there is at least one member of the board of directors who is an Independent Director, and all of the directors and the Independent Director shall have participated in such vote; or

(ii) the Sole Member, provided that at all times there shall be at least one Independent Manager designated by the Sole Member and the operating agreement provides that the Sole Member shall not take any Bankruptcy Action without the unanimous affirmative vote of all of its members (including the Independent Manager);

(i) has and will have an operating agreement which provides that, as long as the Lease remains in effect:

(i) upon the occurrence of any event that causes the Sole Member to cease to be a member of Lessor (other than (x) upon an assignment by the Sole Member of all of its limited liability company interest in Lessor and the admission of the transferee, if permitted pursuant to the organizational documents of Lessor, the Lessor Loan Documents and this Lease, or (y) the resignation of Sole Member and the admission of an additional member of Lessor, if permitted pursuant to the organizational documents of Lessor, the Lessor Loan Documents and this Lease), the Independent Manager shall, without any action of any Person and simultaneously with Sole Member ceasing to be a member of Lessor, automatically be admitted as the sole member of Lessor (the “ Special Member ”) and shall preserve and continue the existence of Lessor without dissolution;

(ii) the Special Member may not resign or transfer its rights as Special Member unless (x) a successor Special Member has been admitted to Lessor as a Special Member, and (y) such successor Special Member has also accepted its appointment as an Independent Manager; and

(iii) except as expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, Sole Member may not resign and no additional member shall be admitted to Lessor;

(j) has and will have an operating agreement which provides that, at all times during the Lease Term:

(i) Lessor shall be dissolved, and its affairs shall be would up only upon the first to occur of the following: (x) the termination of the legal existence of the last remaining

 

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member of Lessor or the occurrence of any other event which terminates the continued membership of the last remaining member of Lessor in Lessor unless the business of Lessor is continued in a manner permitted by its operating agreement or the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “ Act ”) or (y) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 18-802 of the Act;

(ii) upon the occurrence of any event that causes the last remaining member of Lessor to cease to be a member of Lessor or that causes Sole Member to cease to be a member of Lessor (other than (x) upon an assignment by Sole Member of all of its limited liability company interest in Lessor and the admission of the transferee, if permitted pursuant to the organizational documents of Lessor, the Lessor Loan Documents and this Lease, or (y) the resignation of Sole Member and the admission of an additional member of Lessor, if permitted pursuant to the organizational documents of Lessor, the Lessor Loan Documents and this Lease), to the fullest extent permitted by law, the personal representative of such member shall be authorized to, and shall, within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of such member in Lessor, agree in writing to continue the existence of Lessor and to the admission of the personal representative or its nominee or designee, as the case may be, as a substitute member of Lessor, effective as of the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of such member in Lessor;

(iii) the bankruptcy of Sole Member or a Special Member shall not cause such Sole Member or Special Member, respectively, to cease to be a member of Lessor and upon the occurrence of such an event, the business of Lessor shall continue without dissolution;

(iv) in the event of dissolution of Lessor, Lessor shall conduct only such activities as are necessary to wind up its affairs (including the sale of the assets of Lessor in an orderly manner), and the assets of Lessor shall be applied in the manner, and in the order of priority, set forth in Section 18-804 of the Act; and

(v) to the fullest extent permitted by law, each of Sole Member and Special Member shall irrevocably waive any right or power that each might have to cause Lessor or any of its assets to be partitioned, to cause the appointment of a receiver for all or any portion of the assets of Lessor, to compel any sale of all or any portion of the assets of Lessor pursuant to any applicable law or to file a complaint or to institute any proceeding at law or in equity to cause the dissolution, liquidation, winding up or termination of Lessor.

SNDA ” means (a) that certain Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement entered into as of the Effective Date among KeyBank National Association, Lessor and Lessee, and consented to by the Lessor Guarantor, the Lessee Guarantor, and Ultra Resources, and as the same may be subsequently amended, supplemented or restated, and (b) each subsequent Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement to be entered into after the Effective Date between each Lessor Lender, Lessor and Lessee, and consented to by the Lessor Guarantor, the Lessee Guarantor, and, if the Resources Guaranty is still in effect, Ultra Resources, in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto (but with the first three sentences of Section 3.4 thereof updated to include correct factual information regarding any such Equity Interest Lien held by such Lessor Lender which is not prohibited by this Lease and with appropriate changes to Sections 8.1 and 8.2 of the SNDA to assure that no such Lessor Lenders are Disqualified Persons and that such Lessor Loan Documents comply with the Lessor Loan Document Criteria), and in each case as the same may be subsequently amended, supplemented or restated.

Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Entity ” has the meaning given in Part A of Schedule 27.1.

 

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Sublease ” means a Transfer by Lessee of a portion or less than all of Lessee’s rights under this Lease or in the Leased Property hereunder.

Subsidiaries ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the equity or more than fifty percent (50%) of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than fifty percent (50%) of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

Taking ” means acquisition of all or any portion of the Leased Property for any public or quasi-public use through taking by condemnation, eminent domain or any like proceeding, or purchase in lieu thereof.

Taking Proceeds ” means damages and proceeds accruing and paid by or on behalf of the applicable Governmental Authority on account of any Taking of the Leased Property, save and except (a) the reasonable third party costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by Lessee in connection with the collection of same, (b) the amount incurred by Lessee prior to the date of payment of such Taking Proceeds to repair or restore the Leased Property, and (c) any Lessee Condemnation Proceeds.

“Taking Response Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 16.2(c) .

“Taking Termination Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 16.2(d) .

Tax Challenge ” has the meaning given in Section 6.6 .

Taxes ” means (a) all property taxes and assessments actually imposed by a Governmental Authority on the ownership or operation of the Leased Property during and accruing with respect to the Lease Term, (b) all general and special assessments, levies, permits, inspection and licenses fees levied by a Governmental Authority on or with respect to the ownership or operation of the Leased Property during and accruing with respect to the Lease Term, (c) all other charges and/ or taxes levied by a Governmental Authority with respect to Lessee or the ownership or operation of the Leased Property, whether of a like or different nature from those described in subsections (a ) and ( b ), preceding, even if unforeseen or extraordinary, during and accruing with respect to the Lease Term, and (d) the costs of any contest or appeal pursued by Lessee with respect to any of the taxes, levies and assessments described in subsections (a), (b)  or (c) , preceding, but excluding in all cases with respect to subsections (a ), ( b ) and ( c ), all Excluded Matters.

Term ” means the Initial Term, as it may be extended by Lessee’s exercise of the extension and renewal rights set forth in Section 25.1, or as it may be sooner terminated as provided in this Lease.

Third Party Asset Offer ” means a bona fide outstanding offer or binding contract (that is subject to Section 25.3 of this Lease) that Lessor receives with respect to Lessor’s proposed Transfer of all of Lessor’s interest in the Leased Property and the Lease from a Person that is not an Affiliate of Lessor which Lessor intends to accept and which complies with the following requirements:

(a) the offer (or contract) must be in writing and must be executed by the proposed purchaser (or, if a contract, executed by both the proposed purchaser and Lessor);

 

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(b) the offer (or contract) must be by (or entered into by) the proposed buyer identified in the offer (or contract), and not by an agent acting on behalf of an undisclosed principal;

(c) the offer (or contract) must identify the direct and indirect owners of the proposed buyer and must specifically provide that the offer is not assignable by the proposed buyer except to an Affiliate thereof; and

(d) the offer (or contract) must include an agreement by the proposed buyer to provide evidence, as reasonably requested, as to the business, character, reputation and financial capacity of the proposed buyer and the direct and indirect owners associated therewith (and each Person that will have Controlling Lease Rights) to carry out the terms of the offer (or contract) as well as other information and documentation as may be required to evidence that the proposed Transfer will be a Permitted Sale.

Third Party Lease Offer ” means a bona fide outstanding offer or binding contract for a Lessor Lease Transaction that is subject to Section 25.4 of this Lease, which Lessor receives from a Person that is not an Affiliate of Lessor, which Lessor intends to accept and which complies with the following requirements:

(a) the offer (or contract) must be in writing and must be executed by the proposed lessee (or, if a contract, executed by both the proposed lessee and Lessor);

(b) the offer (or contract) must be by (or entered into by) the proposed lessee identified in the offer (or contract), and not by an agent acting on behalf of the proposed lessee

(d) the offer (or contract) must identify the direct and indirect owners of the proposed lessee and must specifically provide that the offer is not assignable by the proposed lessee except to an Affiliate thereof; and

(e) the offer (or contract) must include an agreement by the proposed lessee to provide evidence, as reasonably requested, as to the business, character, reputation and financial capacity of the proposed lessee and the direct and indirect owners of such proposed lessee to carry out the terms of the offer (or contract).

Total Rent ” means the lesser of (a) the sum of [redacted] , and (b) $ [redacted] per month.

Transfer ” means with respect to any property or rights, the sale, conveyance, transfer, exchange, gift, contribution or assignment, in whole or in part, of any right, title or interest in and to such property or rights, whether voluntary or Involuntary. As to an Equity Investor Interest or a Lessor Equity Interest, Transfer shall also include (i) a change in the Person or Persons who have beneficial ownership of a Lessor Equity Interest and (ii) a transfer to a Person or Persons of Controlling Lease Rights. The granting, attachment or creation of any Lien on all or any portion of such property or rights shall not constitute a voluntary or Involuntary Transfer of such property or rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Transfer” shall not include (a) any sale, assignment or other transfer of the Lessor Equity Interest held initially by Ross Avenue Investments, LLC to any Affiliate of Prudential Financial, Inc., or (b) any exchange by Ross Avenue Investments, LLC of its Lessor Equity Interests with Lessor or CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., for cash or equity of CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., or both so long as, in the case of both subsections (a ) and ( b ), each new or successor Lessor Equity Interest Owner (and any Affiliate guarantor(s) required by application of the “Permitted Controller of Lease Rights” definition to such Persons) have executed and delivered to Lessee an Addendum or Supplement to the Equity Investor Agreement (in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lessor and Lessee) which has the effect of making such Lessor Equity Interest Owners and any applicable Affiliate guarantor(s) parties to, and subject in all respects to, the Equity Investor Agreement.

 

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Ultra Designated Party ” means, so long as an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee, (a) each Person from time-to-time identified in writing to Lessor by Lessee as a Person with a management or financial philosophy, management style or reputation which is unacceptable to Lessee, and (b) any Affiliates of each Person described in subsection (a ).

Ultra Entity Person ” means (a) Ultra LGS and any Affiliate of or successor to Ultra LGS so long as Ultra LGS and/ or such Affiliate or successor is Controlled, directly or indirectly, by a Permitted Ultra Petroleum Successor, (b) Ultra Wyoming and any Affiliate of or successor to Ultra Wyoming so long as Ultra Wyoming and/ or such Affiliate or successor is Controlled, directly or indirectly, by a Permitted Ultra Petroleum Successor, (c) Ultra Resources and any Affiliate of or successor to Ultra Resources so long as Ultra Resources and/ or such Affiliate or successor is Controlled, directly or indirectly, by a Permitted Ultra Petroleum Successor, (d) Ultra Petroleum or any successor to Ultra Petroleum so long as such successor is a Permitted Ultra Petroleum Successor, and (d) any Affiliate of Ultra Petroleum so long as such Affiliate is Controlled, directly or indirectly, by `a Permitted Ultra Petroleum Successor.

Ultra LGS ” means Ultra Wyoming LGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the initial Lessee under this Lease; however, the term Ultra LGS shall not include any successor or assignee of the interest of Ultra LGS hereunder.

Ultra Petroleum ” means Ultra Petroleum Corp. a Yukon Territory of Canada corporation, the initial Lessee Guarantor; however, the term “Ultra Petroleum” shall not include any successor Lessee Guarantor under this Lease.

Ultra Resources ” means Ultra Resources, Inc., a Wyoming corporation.

Ultra Wyoming means Ultra Wyoming, Inc., a Wyoming corporation.

Underlying Lien Claims ” means, with respect to the Nerd Farm Easement, (a) Mortgage recorded April 30, 1997, recorded in Book 68, Page 75 of the Mortgage Records of Sublette County, Wyoming, from Nerd Enterprises, Inc., to George P. Westman, and (b) Judgment dated December 8, 2010, recorded January 6, 2011, in Book 96, Page 421 of the Miscellaneous Records of Sublette County, Wyoming, against Questar Exploration and Production Company et al and in favor of Doyle Hartman et al.

Variable Rent ” means, for any calendar month during the Term from and after the first Adjustment Date, the [redacted] of (a) $ [redacted] (b) the [redacted] . Variable Rent shall be payable on the first day of the third month following the month for which Excess Product Volume Factor is calculated. By way of example, if the first Adjustment Date occurs on May 1, the Variable Rent due on that date will be based on Excess Product Volume Factor for the preceding month of February.

1.2 Certain Interpretive Provisions.

As used in this Lease: (a) the word “or” is not exclusive and the word “including” is not limiting, (b) references to a law include any rule or regulation issued under the law and any amendment to the law, rule or regulation, (c) whenever the words “include,” “includes,” or “including” appear, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” (d) personal pronouns shall be deemed to include the other genders and the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, and (e) the words “herein,” “hereof’ and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to his Lease as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. Wherever a period of time is stated in this Lease as commencing or ending on specified dates, such period of time shall be deemed (i) inclusive of such stated commencement and ending dates, and (ii) to commence at 12:00 A.M. Central Time on such stated commencement date and to end at 11:59 P.M. Central Time on such stated ending date. Unless the context otherwise requires, (A) any definition or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document shall be construed as referring to such

 

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agreement, instrument or other document as from time-to-time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (B) subject to the restrictions on Transfers, Liens and assignments in this Lease, any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successor and assigns, and (C) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulation provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time-to-time. Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other document executed in connection herewith.

ARTICLE II.

LEASE CHARACTERIZATION

2.1 Lease Characterization.

(a) True Lease . Lessor and Lessee intend that this Lease is a “true lease” and not a financing lease, capital lease, mortgage, equitable mortgage, deed of trust, trust agreement, security agreement or other financing or trust arrangement, and the economic realities of this Lease are those of a true lease. Lessor and Lessee intend that the business relationship created by this Lease and any related documents is solely that of a long-term commercial lease between Lessor and Lessee.

(b) Waivers and Stipulations . Each of the parties (i) waives any claim or defense based upon the characterization of this Lease as anything other than a “true lease” or an “operating Lease” or that asserts that this Lease is anything other than a “true lease” or an “operating lease,” (ii) waives any claim or defense based upon the characterization of all or any portion of the Leased Property as real or personal property, (iii) stipulates and agrees not to challenge the validity, enforceability or characterization of the lease of the Leased Property as a “true lease” or “operating lease,” (iv) stipulates and agrees that nothing contained in this Lease creates or is intended to create a joint venture, partnership (either de jure or de facto), equitable mortgage, trust, financing device or arrangement, security interest or the like, and (v) shall support, at such party’s sole cost and expense, the intent of the parties that the lease of the Leased Property pursuant to this Lease is a true lease and does not create a joint venture, partnership (either de jure or de facto), equitable mortgage, trust, financing device or arrangement, security interest or the like, if, and to the extent that, any challenge occurs.

(c) Material Inducement . The expressions of intent, the waivers, the representations and warranties, the covenants, the agreements and the stipulations set forth in this Section are a material inducement to each of Lessor and Lessee in entering into this Lease.

(d) Lease Continuation . Except as limited in and otherwise provided in this Lease (and including, without limitation, Lessee’s rights under Articles XV, XVI, XXII, XXIII , and XXV ), this Lease shall not terminate and Lessee shall not have any right to terminate this Lease during the Term. Except as limited in and otherwise provided in this Lease (and including, without limitation, Lessee’s rights under Articles XV, XVI, XXII, XXIII, and XXV ): (1) this is a net lease and Lessee shall not be entitled to any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, abatement, suspension, deferment, diminution, deduction, reduction or defense of or to Base Rent or Additional Rent, and (2) the obligations of Lessee under this Lease shall not be affected by any circumstance or event, or for any reason, including but not limited to the following: (i) any damage to or destruction of any of the Leased Property by any cause whatsoever, (ii) any Taking, (iii) the prohibition, limitation or restriction of, or interference with, Lessee’s use of any of the Leased Property, (iv) any eviction by paramount title or otherwise, (v) Lessee’s acquisition of ownership of any of the Leased Property other than pursuant to an express provision of this Lease, (vi) any default on the part of Lessor under this Lease or under any other agreement, (vii) any latent or other defect in, or any theft or loss of, any of the Leased Property, (viii) the breach of any warranty of any seller or manufacturer of any of the

 

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Improvements or Personal Property or Lessee Property, or (ix) any other cause, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, any present or future Applicable Legal Requirement to the contrary notwithstanding. It is the intention of the parties hereto that except as limited in and otherwise provided in this Lease (and including, without limitation, Lessee’s rights under Articles XV, XVI, XXII, XXIII, and XXV ): (A), the obligations of Lessee under this Lease shall be separate and independent covenants and agreements, (B) Base Rent and Additional Rent shall continue to be payable in all events (or, in lieu thereof, Lessee shall pay amounts equal thereto), and (C) the obligations of Lessee under this Lease shall continue unaffected, unless this Lease shall have been terminated pursuant to an express provision of this Lease.

ARTICLE III.

LEASED PROPERTY

3.1 Lease of Leased Property . Lessor leases to Lessee and Lessee leases from Lessor the Leased Property, subject to the Record Agreements and the Permitted Liens, for the Term, upon the terms and conditions of this Lease. Lessee shall have exclusive use and possession of the Leased Property subject to the Underlying Lien Claims, the Record Agreements and the Permitted Liens. The Leased Property is leased to Lessee subject to the Underlying Lien Claims, the Record Agreements, the Permitted Liens and all Applicable Legal Requirements now or hereafter in effect. LESSOR LEASES AND WILL LEASE AND LESSEE TAKES AND WILL TAKE THE LEASED PROPERTY “AS IS”, AND LESSEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT LESSOR (WHETHER ACTING AS LESSOR HEREUNDER OR IN ANY OTHER CAPACITY) HAS NOT MADE AND WILL NOT MAKE, NOR SHALL LESSOR BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE, ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE LEASED PROPERTY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION AS TO ITS FITNESS FOR USE OR DESIGN OR CONDITION FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE, AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP THEREIN, LATENT OR PATENT, AS TO LESSOR’S TITLE THERETO, OR AS TO VALUE, COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS, LOCATION, USE, CONDITION, MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, DESCRIPTION, DURABILITY OR OPERATION, IT BEING AGREED THAT ALL RISKS INCIDENT THERETO ARE TO BE BORNE BY LESSEE. In the event of any defect or deficiency in any of the Leased Property of any nature, whether patent or latent, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, Lessor shall not have any responsibility or liability with respect thereto or for any incidental or consequential damages (including strict liability in tort). The provisions of this Section 3.1 have been negotiated, and the foregoing provisions are intended to be a complete exclusion and negation of any warranties by Lessor, express or implied, with respect to the physical condition of any of the Leased Property, and arising pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or any other Applicable Legal Requirements now or hereafter in effect or otherwise.

3.2 Additional Encumbrances.

(a) Execution of Additional Record Agreements .

(i) Execution by Lessor . Lessor shall not during the Lease Term enter into, create, place of record, amend, assign, restate, modify, or terminate any Record Agreement (including any document or instrument creating or governing any of the Easements) or any Other Recorded Document except (A) “Closing Deliveries” pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (B) as requested by Lessee in writing, or (C) as consented to by Lessee in writing prior to the date of Lessor’s execution thereof.

(ii) Execution by Lessee . Lessee shall not during the Lease Term enter into, create, place of record, amend, assign, restate, modify, or terminate any Record Agreement (including any document or instrument creating or governing any of the Easements) or any Other Recorded Document except (i) “Closing Deliveries” pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, or (ii) as Lessee

 

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from time-to-time in good faith deems necessary or appropriate for (A) use and operation of the Liquids Gathering System and Other Lessee Activities by Lessee and its Affiliates, (B) compliance with Applicable Legal Requirements and contractual arrangements with third parties regarding operation of the Liquids Gathering System, (C) compliance by Lessee with its obligations under this Lease, or (D) compliance with the requirements of this Lease regarding Tax Challenges and Permitted Lessee Contests.

(iii) Notice Prior to Execution; Special Provisions Regarding BLM Easement Extensions . Lessor and Lessee shall each give the other Party not less than ten (10) Business Days’ notice prior to executing any document creating, amending, assigning, restating, modifying or terminating any Record Agreement or Other Recorded Document, and in the event Lessor and Lessee disagree on the need for, or benefit or adverse effects of, any such document, Lessor and Lessee shall work together in good faith to resolve their differences, but in any event in a manner consistent with the rights and obligations of Lessor and Lessee under this Lease. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Lease, Lessor and Lessee shall cooperate in good faith to execute such documents as may be required to extend the term of the BLM Easements through the end of the Lease Term, although the foregoing shall in no event be deemed to require Lessor or Lessee to pay any fee or charge BLM may impose for any such extension of the term of such BLM Easements, it being agreed that such charges shall be equitably apportioned among the Parties giving due regard to the portion of the extended BLM Easement term which occurs during the Lease Term and which portion of the extended BLM Easement term occurs after the end of the Lease Term and without either Lessor or Lessee being deemed to have agreed in advance to any such amount BLM may charge in return for any such extension.

(iv) Lessor Delegation of Enforcement Authority . Lessor authorizes Lessee to enforce all Record Agreements (including any document or instrument creating or governing any of the Easements) and any Other Recorded Documents on Lessor’s or Lessee’s behalf, and Lessor shall cooperate and furnish any pertinent information needed toward Lessee’s enforcement of same, at no cost or expense to Lessor other than any de minimus cost or expense.

(v) Lessee Compliance . During the Lease Term, Lessee shall be obligated to comply in all material respects with the Record Agreements and the Permitted Liens, provided, however, it being understood and agreed that Lessee shall not be responsible for (A) any obligations, charges or liabilities arising out of the Underlying Lien Claims, the Permitted Lessor Liens, or any other matters of record that were voluntarily created or imposed by, through or under Lessor or an Affiliate of Lessor after the Effective Date in violation of this Lease, or (B) any fees or charges to extend the term of any BLM Easement, which is governed by the last sentence of subsection (iii ), above.

(b) Creation of Liens by Lessee on Lessor’s Interest in the Leased Property . Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.6 and 12.1 , without the prior written consent of Lessor (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), Lessee shall not, directly or indirectly, create or permit to be created or to remain, and shall promptly discharge, any Lien on Lessor’s interest in (i) the Leased Property, (ii) this Lease, or (iii) the Base Rent or any Additional Rent, in the case of subsections (i ), ( ii ) or ( iii ), preceding, created by or resulting from any act or omission of Lessee or those claiming by, through or under Lessee (except Lessor and its Affiliates). Notice is hereby given that Lessor shall not be liable for any labor, services or materials furnished or to be furnished to Lessee, or to anyone holding any of the Leased Property through or under Lessee, and that no mechanic’s or other liens for any such labor, services or materials shall attach to or affect the interest of Lessor in and to any of the Leased Property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lessee has no liability for, or any obligation to cause to be paid or discharged, any Lien created by, through or under Lessor or any Lessor Party.

 

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3.3 Lessee Other Activities . Lessor and Lessee acknowledge and confirm that (a) Lessee owns oil and gas wells and other rights and properties in and around Leased Property separate and apart from the Liquids Gathering System, the Personal Property and the Lessee Property; (b) Ultra Resources operates such oil and gas wells and other rights and properties and may itself own rights and property in and around the Leased Property separate and apart from the Liquids Gathering System and the Personal Property; (c) after the Effective Date, Lessee intends to continue to own such oil and gas wells and other rights and properties for the foreseeable future; and (d) after the Effective Date, Ultra Resources intends to continue to operate such oil and gas wells and other rights and properties and to own its other rights and property in and around the Leased Property for the foreseeable future ( subsections (a)-(d ) being collectively referred to as the “ Lessee Other Activities ”).

ARTICLE IV.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

4.1 Representations and Warranties of Lessor . Lessor represents and warrants to Lessee as of the Effective Date as follows, it being understood and agreed that the following representations and warranties shall be deemed to be remade by a successor Lessor as of the effective date of any Permitted Sale (and with applicable revisions to subsection (a ) with respect to such successor Lessor’s organization and owners):

(a) Existence and Ownership . Lessor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware, is qualified to do business and in good standing in the State of Wyoming (to the extent Lessor is required to be so by applicable Legal Requirements) and has full power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver and to perform and observe the provisions of this Lease to be observed and/or performed by Lessor. The sole partners of Lessor are (i) Pinedale GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the sole general partner of Lessor and a wholly owned subsidiary of CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (formerly known as Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation), and (ii) Ross Avenue Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the sole limited partner of Lessor and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. Pinedale GP, Inc., holds an 82% general partnership interest in Lessor, and Ross Avenue Investments, LLC, owns an 18% limited partnership interest.

(b) Binding Obligation . This Lease has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Lessor, and constitutes the valid and binding obligations of Lessor enforceable against Lessor in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(c) Solvency . Lessor is solvent, has timely and accurately filed all tax returns and extensions required to be filed by Lessor, and is not in default in the payment of any material taxes levied or assessed against Lessor or any of its material assets, and is not subject to any judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Leased Property or Lessor which would, in the aggregate, otherwise materially and adversely affect Lessor’s condition, financial or otherwise, or Lessor’s prospects or the Leased Property.

(d) SPE . Lessor is and has at all times since its formation been a Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Entity.

(e) No Violations . The performance by Lessor of its obligations hereunder will not violate any provision of the Governing Documents of Lessor and, to Lessor’s Actual Knowledge, will not (i) result in a material breach of any agreement to which Lessor is a party, (ii) violate in any material respect any provision of any judgment or order binding on Lessor, or (iii) constitute a material violation by Lessor of any law or governmental regulation applicable to Lessor.

 

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(f) Delivery of Governing Documents and Information . Lessor has delivered, or caused Lessor Parent to deliver, to Lessee true, correct and complete copies of (i) its Governing Documents, and (ii) the information required by Section 2.1 of the Equity Investor Agreement. Lessor’s Governing Documents comply in all respects with the requirements of Part B of Schedule 27.1 .

(g) Lessor Loan Documents, Permitted Indebtedness and Permitted Lessor Liens . A true, correct and complete list of the Lessor Loan Documents in effect as of the Effective Date is set forth in Exhibit I to this Lease, and Lessor has delivered to Lessee a true, correct and complete copy of each such Lessor Loan Document.

4.2 Representations and Warranties of Lessee . Lessee represents and warrants to Lessor as of the Effective Date as follows, it being understood and agreed that the following representations and warranties shall be deemed to be remade by a successor Lessee as of the effective date of any Permitted Lease Assignment:

(a) Existence . Lessee is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Wyoming and has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Lease and perform its obligations hereunder.

(b) Binding Obligation . This Lease has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Lessee, and constitutes the valid and binding obligations of Lessee enforceable against Lessee in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(c) Financial Statements . If and to the extent any such financial information is provided prior to the date of this representation for a particular Lessee, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for Lessee Guarantor or, if no there is no Lessee Guarantor for Lessee, Lessee, copies of which were provided to Lessor by Lessee or Lessee’s Guarantor prior to such Lessee becoming the Lessee hereunder, present fairly in all material respects the financial conditions and results of operations for such Person and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied for such periods, and with respect to quarterly statements, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and absence of footnotes.

(d) No Violations. The performance by Lessee of its obligations hereunder will not violate any provision of the Governing Documents of Lessee and, to Lessee’s Actual Knowledge, will not (i) result in a material breach of any agreement to which Lessee is a party, (ii) violate in any material respect any provision of any judgment or order binding on Lessee, or (iii) constitute a material violation by Lessee of any law or governmental regulation applicable to Lessee.

 

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ARTICLE V.

RENT

5.1 Base Rent . Lessee agrees to pay to Lessor the Base Rent, without setoff, deduction, notice or demand except as expressly set forth in this Lease. Base Rent shall be payable on the first day of each calendar month, in advance, during the Term, with the first payment payable on the Effective Date. If Lessee is obligated to pay Base Rent for less than a full calendar month, Base Rent shall be prorated on a daily basis based upon the actual number of days in the prorated month.

5.2 Account for Payment of Base Rent . All payments of Base Rent shall be made to Account No.             , reference “            ”, held at             , ABA No.             , or such other account as Lessor shall advise Lessee in writing from time-to-time, but at least ten (10) Business Days before the date any payment of Base Rent is due.

5.3 Payment to Party Claiming Rent . If any party other than Lessor demands payment of Base Rent or Additional Rent due hereunder and alleges its right to receive the Base Rent or Additional Rent as a result of a Transfer of Lessor’s interest in this Lease or otherwise, Lessee shall not be obligated to honor the demand unless Lessee receives written instructions to do so from the party to whom Lessee is then paying Base Rent or Additional Rent or shall have otherwise received evidence acceptable to Lessee of the right of the party making the demand. The withholding by Lessee of Base Rent or Additional Rent pending the determination of the rights of the party making the demand shall not be a default by Lessee and no interest at the Default Interest Rate or otherwise shall be due with respect to the delay pending such determination.

5.4 Past Due Rent . If any installment of Base Rent is not paid when due, Lessee shall pay to Lessor, on demand, as Additional Rent, interest on such installment from the date such installment was due to the date such installment is paid at the Default Interest Rate. If any other Additional Rent (except for such payments as Lessee is contesting in good faith or pursuant to a Tax Challenge or a Permitted Lessee Contest) is not paid within ten (10) Business Days following written demand from Lessor to Lessee (the “ Due Date for Other Additional Rent ”), Lessee shall pay to Lessor, on demand, as Additional Rent, interest on such installment from the applicable Due Date for Other Additional Rent to the date such other Additional Rent is paid at the Default Interest Rate.

ARTICLE VI.

TAXES AND IMPOSITIONS

6.1 Taxes and Impositions . Subject to the other terms and provisions of this Article VI , Lessee shall, before interest or penalties are due thereon, pay directly to the applicable third party and discharge all Taxes and Impositions accruing with respect to the Leased Property during the Term.

6.2 Payment . In the event that any Taxes or Impositions against any of the Leased Property may be paid in installments, Lessee shall have the option to pay such Taxes or Impositions in installments; and in such event, Lessee shall be liable only for those installments which become due and payable during the Term and which accrue or arise with respect to the Leased Property during the Term. Lessee shall prepare and file all tax reports required by Governmental Authorities which relate to the Taxes which accrue or arise with respect to the Leased Property during the Term. Lessee shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to pay Taxes as required hereby by paying such Taxes before the earlier of the date (i) any penalty (other than non-delinquent interest) accrues thereon, or (ii) any Lien is imposed against any Leased Property pursuant to Applicable Legal Requirements as a result of such failure (excluding Liens arising and attaching as a matter of law prior to the date such Taxes are due).

 

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6.3 Exclusions from Taxes and Impositions . Notwithstanding the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, in no event will Lessee be required to pay, and the terms “Taxes” and “Impositions” shall exclude any and all of the following (collectively, the “ Excluded Matters ”):

(a) net income taxes (however denominated), gross receipts, net receipts or gross income taxes (however denominated, that are imposed in lieu of net or gross receipts or income taxes) or franchise taxes of Lessor, any Equity Investor or any Affiliate of Lessor; and

(b) any tax imposed with respect to the sale, exchange or other disposition by Lessor, any Equity Investor or any Affiliate of Lessor, in whole or in part, of the Leased Property, Lessor’s interest in this Lease or any Equity Investor Interest; and

(c) taxes on, or with respect to or measured by the capital or net worth of Lessor, any Equity Investor or any Affiliate of Lessor or in the nature of a franchise, use, or margin tax or a tax for the privilege of doing business; and

(d) taxes or impositions imposed with respect to any period after the Term; and

(e) excess profits taxes, accumulated earnings taxes, capital gains taxes, succession or estate taxes or personal holding company taxes; and

(f) taxes imposed on or against or with respect to Lessor, any Equity Investor or any Affiliate of Lessor to the extent such taxes would not have been imposed if Lessor, any Equity Investor or any Affiliate of Lessor had not engaged in activities, or had a presence in, the taxing jurisdiction which activities or presence is unrelated to this Lease; and

(g) taxes imposed as a result of any voluntary or Involuntary sale, Transfer or other conveyance by Lessor, any Equity Investor or any Affiliate of Lessor; and

(h) taxes that are interest, penalties or additions to tax (or similar fees or charges) that are imposed as a result of the failure of Lessor, any Equity Investor or any Affiliate of Lessor to file any return or other filing properly and timely unless such failure is caused by Lessee failing to fulfill its obligations under this Lease; and

(i) any tax resulting from or that would not have been imposed but for the existence of Liens attributable to Lessor, any Equity Investor or any Affiliate of Lessor; and

(j) taxes to the extent that the amount of such tax is greater than the amount of taxes that would have been imposed if Lessor were not a successor or assignee of Pinedale Op .Co., LP; and

(k) taxes imposed under the Code or ERISA with respect to any Person other than Lessee and its Affiliates; and

(l) sales, transfer, recording, mortgage and similar taxes which Lessor is required to pay pursuant to the Purchase Agreement; and

(m) foreign Taxes; and

(n) taxes on rental or any other amounts paid by Lessee under this Lease; and

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(p) withholding taxes of any kind; and

(q) taxes, fees or amounts due and owing under or in connection with any Lien against the Leased Property, this Lease or any Equity Investor Interest; and

(r) assessments, charges or other matters due and owning under any Other Recorded Documents executed by, through or under Lessor in violation of this Lease.

6.4 Payment of Taxes and Impositions . If bills or invoices in respect of a Tax or an Imposition are received by Lessor, Lessor shall, within ten (10) Business Days of Lessor’s receipt thereof, but in any event at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the due date for the related Tax or Imposition (provided that Lessor has received such bill or invoice prior to ten (10) Business Days preceding such due date), deliver to Lessee any bill or invoice with respect to any Tax or Imposition. All taxing authorities shall be instructed to send all Tax invoices to Lessee. Within thirty (30) days after Lessor or Lessee has received confirmation of payment on account of Taxes, such Party shall provide to the other Party a copy of such confirmation that such Tax was paid.

6.5 Abatements . For the purpose of determining payments due from Lessee under this Article VI , Taxes and Impositions shall be the Taxes and Impositions assessed until such time as the Taxes and Impositions are reduced by abatement, refund or rebate. If any abatement, refund or rebate is granted, the Taxes or Impositions, as applicable, shall be the Taxes or Impositions as so reduced. Any rebate, refund or abatement received subsequent to payment of such Taxes or Impositions by Lessee shall be refunded to Lessee by Lessor within ten (10) Business Days of receipt by Lessor, even if the abatement is received after the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, and such obligations shall survive termination of this Lease. If Lessor or any taxing authority applies any rebate, refund or abatement as a credit against Taxes or Impositions due for a period following the termination of this Lease, then the rebate, refund or abatement shall be deemed received by Lessor upon granting of the rebate, refund or abatement. If Lessor or any taxing authority fails to refund any rebate, refund or abatement to Lessee within thirty (30) days after receipt (other than any rebate, refund or abatement that will be applied as a credit against Taxes and Impositions due for another period), Lessee shall be entitled to interest calculated at the Default Interest Rate from the date payment was due until the date payment is made. Any rebate, refund or abatement realized by Lessor prior to payment of the Taxes and Impositions by Lessee shall result in the immediate reduction of Taxes and Impositions then due from Lessee to Lessor.

6.6 Right to Contest Taxes . Lessee shall have the right to file and prosecute to completion an application contesting the amount, validity, or application of any Taxes, contesting the assessed value of all or any portion of any Leased Property, or seeking an abatement of any Taxes (any such application, a “ Tax Challenge ”) either in its own name or in the name of Lessor, at no cost or expense to Lessor other than any de minimus cost or expense and throughout all administrative and judicial proceedings (trial court and all appeals) until there is a final, nonappealable determination. Lessee may discontinue a Tax Challenge at any time. If Lessee files or prosecutes a Tax Challenge, Lessor and its Affiliates shall cooperate and furnish any pertinent information needed for the Tax Challenge, at no cost or expense to Lessor other than any de minimus cost or expense. Lessee shall be entitled to be reimbursed out of the award for the reasonable costs and expenses occurred in connection with a Tax Challenge. Lessor shall not have the right to file a Tax Challenge with respect to any Taxes accruing during the Term unless the taxing authority requires the Tax Challenge to be filed by Lessor and Lessee requests Lessor to do so. Lessor shall immediately provide Lessee with a copy of any notices or demands from any Governmental Authority or other Persons which concerns Taxes. Upon request of Lessor at any time or from time-to-time, Lessee shall provide a written report to Lessor regarding the status of any such Tax Challenge.

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exist for the matters that are the subject of the Tax Challenge prior to such Tax Challenge, and except for liabilities, penalties or sanctions for which Lessee may, and in fact does, post a bond. Further, the manner in which Lessee pursues a Tax Challenge shall not exacerbate in any material respect the risk to Lessor of defeasance of its interest in the Leased Property in addition to the risk of such defeasance as may exist for the matters that are the subject of the Tax Challenge prior to such Tax Challenge and except for such risk which Lessee may, and in fact does, bond around. Lessee agrees that Lessee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to diligently prosecute any such Tax Challenge to a final conclusion, except that Lessee shall have the right to attempt to settle or compromise such contest through negotiations and to discontinue any such Tax Challenge at any time. Lessee shall promptly after the final determination of such Tax Challenge, fully pay and discharge the amounts which shall be levied, assessed, charged or imposed or be determined to be payable therein or in connection therewith, together with all penalties, fines, interest, costs and expenses thereof or in connection therewith, and perform all acts the performance of which shall be ordered or decreed as a result thereof.

6.7 Right to Contest Impositions . Lessee shall have the right to contest Impositions pursuant to Permitted Lessee Contests.

ARTICLE VII.

CONDITION OF LEASED PROPERTY; MAINTENANCE

7.1 Lessee Maintenance of Leased Property . During the Term, Lessee shall (a) maintain the Leased Property in Good Condition and Repair, subject to reasonable and ordinary wear and tear, and subject to the provisions of Articles X, XV and XVI , and (b) pay all maintenance and operating costs of the Leased Property in the ordinary course of business. Lessee waives any right to (i) require Lessor to maintain, repair, replace or rebuild all or any part of the Leased Property or (ii) make repairs at the expense of Lessor pursuant to any Applicable Legal Requirements at any time in effect. Subject to Permitted Lessee Contests and the other provisions of this Lease, Lessee, at its own expense, will make (or cause to be made) such alterations and modifications in and additions to the Improvements and Personal Property as may be required from time-to-time to satisfy Applicable Legal Requirements in all material respects in a manner consistent with Article X . Nothing in this Section 7.1 or otherwise in this Lease imposes any obligations upon Lessee, or waives any of Lessee’s rights, with respect to Lessor’s Environmental Liabilities.

7.2 No Trespass . Lessor authorizes Lessee to enforce any no trespass actions regarding any Real Property and to initiate any proceedings to remove any third parties from the Land (to the extent allowable under the applicable Easements) which Lessee, in Lessee’s reasonable business judgment, deems necessary or appropriate for Lessee’s continued quiet enjoyment of the Leased Property. Lessee shall endeavor to give Lessor notice when exercising rights under this Section 7.2 .

ARTICLE VIII.

UTILITIES

8.1 Payment of Utility Charges . Lessee shall contract for, in its own name, and pay when due, all charges for the connection and use of water, gas, electricity, and other utility services, if any, supplied to the Leased Property during the Term. Under no circumstances shall Lessor be responsible for any interruption of any such utility service unless caused by the negligence, gross negligence or willful acts or omissions of any Lessor Party. If utilities serving the Leased Property are so disrupted on account of the negligence, gross negligence, or willful act or omission of any such Lessor Party, Lessor shall promptly restore the utilities at Lessor’s sole cost and expense.

 

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ARTICLE IX.

USE

9.1 Lessee Use . The Leased Property may be used for any use permitted by Applicable Legal Requirements and the terms and conditions of the Easements and other Record Agreements. During such time as this Lease is in effect, Lessee shall, at Lessee’s sole cost and expense and subject to Permitted Lessee Contests, comply in all material respects with all Applicable Legal Requirements now or hereafter in force relating to or affecting the Leased Property and Lessee’s use, occupancy, operation, maintenance, alteration and/or improvement thereof. Notwithstanding the preceding or any other provision of this Lease to the contrary, (a) Lessor shall be fully responsible for any violation of Applicable Legal Requirements caused at any time by (i) any Lessor Party or (ii) any Lessor Lender; or (iii) any of their respective officers, agents, contractors, servants or employees, except to the extent such violation is caused by the failure of Lessee to perform its obligations hereunder, and (b) Lessee shall have no responsibility for any such matter described in subsection (a ). Lessee shall have the right to delay making the changes, alterations and/or additions Lessee is responsible for making pursuant to the immediately preceding provisions of this Section 9.1 while Lessee is contesting in good faith the action or actions being taken by a Governmental Authority pursuant to a Permitted Lessee Contest.

9.2 Operating Requirement . In no event shall Lessee be obligated to keep all or any part of any Leased Property operating. If Lessee discontinues operations, Lessee shall comply in all material respects with all Applicable Legal Requirements and otherwise comply in all material respects with the terms and conditions of this Lease except as to the continuing operation of the Leased Property. Subject to the other terms and conditions of this Lease regarding Lessee’s right in certain circumstances to terminate this Lease and / or to offset Base Rent and Additional Rent against amounts due from Lessor hereunder, Lessee shall pay the Base Rent as and when due under this Lease during any period in which Lessee discontinues operations in whole or in part.

ARTICLE X.

PERMITTED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND ADDITIONAL LINES, PARTS AND LESSEE

OTHER ACTIVITIES

10.1 Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines.

(a) Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines . Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Lease, Lessee, at its own expense and without Lessor’s approval, shall have the right, at any time and from time-to-time as Lessee deems necessary or desirable, to make Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines.

(b) Non-Removable Additions . If Lessee proposes to construct Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines that are not readily removable or cannot be detached from the Liquids Gathering System without adversely affecting the structural integrity or functionality of the Liquids Gathering System (each, a “ Non-Removable Addition ”), Lessee may provide Lessor written notice (a “ Notice of Non-Removable Addition ”), which Notice of Non-Removable Addition shall (i) describe the Non-Removable Addition in reasonable detail, (ii) provide a good faith estimate of the total cost of constructing the Non-Removable Addition, (iii) offer Lessor the option to both (A) pay for such Non-Removable Addition, and (B) engage the services of Lessee as construction agent for Lessor with respect to the construction of such Non-Removable Addition, and (iv) specify an increase in the Base Rate if Lessor elects to pay for and engage Lessee as Lessor’s construction agent for such Non-Removable Addition. Lessor shall not have the option to pay for such Non-Removable Addition unless Lessor also engages the services of Lessee as construction agent for such Non-Removable Addition. Lessor shall, by written notice delivered to Lessee within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Notice of Non-Removable Addition, elect in writing either to pay for and engage Lessee as Lessor’s construction agent for such Non-Removable Addition or to refrain from paying

 

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for such Non-Removable Addition; failure to give such timely notice shall constitute Lessor’s election not to pay for such Non-Removable Addition; provided, however, that Lessor shall consider such offer as set forth in such Notice of Non-Removable Addition in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain financing for such Non-Removable Addition. If Lessor accepts such offer, Lessor shall pay for such Non-Removable Addition and engage Lessee as Lessor’s construction agent for such Non-Removable Addition. In the event Lessor elects to pay for such Non-Removable Addition and engage Lessee as Lessor’s construction agent, such Non-Removable Addition shall become a part of the Leased Property under this Lease, with an increase in Base Rent as indicated in the Notice of Non-Removable Addition, unless Lessor and Lessee instead agree that such Non-Removable Addition shall be the subject of a separate lease, upon substantially the same terms as this Lease, but with Base Rent as set forth in the Notice of Non-Removable Addition. In the event Lessor timely elects to pay for such Non-Removable Addition and engage Lessee as Lessor’s construction agent for such Non-Removable Addition on the terms in the Notice of Non-Removable Addition, (I) Lessor and Lessee shall execute the necessary documents to evidence such amendment to this Lease or a new lease for such Non-Removable Addition, as applicable, (II) Lessor and Lessee shall execute documents, reasonably satisfactory to each of them, governing advances by Lessor to pay costs of such Non-Removable Addition, (III) upon completion of such Non-Removable Addition, Base Rent under this Lease shall be increased or shall be payable under the new lease at the rate provided in the Notice of Non-Removable Addition, and (IV) Lessor shall be the owner of, and Lessee shall be the lessee of, such Non-Removable Addition. If Lessor elects not to pay for such Non-Removable Addition and Lessee elects to proceed with construction of the Non-Removable Addition, then subject to subsection (e ), below, such Non-Removable Addition shall remain the sole property of Lessee, and this Lease shall continue in full force and effect.

(c) Removable Additions . If Lessee proposes to construct Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines that are not Non-Removable Additions (each, a “ Removable Addition ”), Lessee may provide Lessor written notice (a “ Notice of Removable Addition ”), which Notice of Removable Addition shall (i) describe the Removable Addition in reasonable detail, (ii) provide a good faith estimate of the total cost of constructing the Removable Addition,(iii) offer Lessor the option to both (A) pay for such Removable Addition, and (B) engage the services of Lessee as construction agent for Lessor with respect to the construction of such Removable Addition, and (iv) specify an increase in the Base Rate if Lessor elects to pay for and engage Lessee as Lessor’s construction agent for such Removable Addition. Lessor shall not have the option to pay for such Removable Addition unless Lessor also engages the services of Lessee as construction agent for such Removable Addition. Lessor shall, by written notice delivered to Lessee within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Notice of Removable Addition, elect in writing either to pay for and engage Lessee as Lessor’s construction agent for such Removable Addition or to refrain from paying for such Removable Addition; failure to give such timely notice shall constitute Lessor’s election not to pay for such Removable Addition; provided, however, that Lessor shall consider such offer as set forth in such Notice of Removable Addition in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain financing for such Removable Addition. If Lessor accepts such offer, Lessor shall pay for such Removable Addition and engage Lessee as Lessor’s construction agent for construction of such Removable Addition. In the event Lessor elects to pay for such Removable Addition and engage Lessee as Lessor’s construction agent, such Removable Addition shall become a part of the Leased Property under this Lease, with an increase in Base Rent as indicated in the Notice of Removable Addition, unless Lessor and Lessee instead agree that such Removable Addition shall be the subject of a separate lease, upon substantially the same terms as this Lease, but with Base Rent as set forth in the Notice of Removable Addition. In the event Lessor timely elects to pay for such Removable Addition and engage Lessee as Lessor’s construction agent for such Removable Addition on the terms in the Notice of Removable Addition, (I) Lessor and Lessee shall execute the necessary documents to evidence such amendment to this Lease or a new lease for such Removable Addition, as applicable, (II) Lessor and Lessee shall execute documents, reasonably satisfactory to each of them, governing advances by Lessor to pay costs of such Removable Addition, (III) upon completion of such Removable Addition, Base Rent under this Lease shall be increased or shall be payable under the new lease at the rate provided in the Notice of Removable Addition, and (IV) Lessor shall be the owner of, and Lessee

 

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shall be the lessee of, such Removable Addition. If Lessor elects not to pay for such Removable Addition and Lessee elects to proceed with construction of the Removable Addition, then subject to subsection (e ), below, such Removable Addition shall remain the sole property of Lessee, and this Lease shall continue in full force and effect.

(d) Third Party Financing for Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines . Lessee shall at all times have the right to finance any Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines with a third party without Lessor’s consent; provided, however, that Lessee will notify Lessor in advance of entering into any such financing secured by a Lien on such Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines (as applicable) and give Lessor an opportunity to make a proposal (non-binding on Lessee) to pay for, and engage Lessee as Lessor’s construction agent for, such Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines (as applicable). If requested by Lessee, Lessor agrees to cooperate in good faith with Lessee in the financing of any such Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines (as applicable) that Lessee deems to be necessary or desirable for the operation of the Leased Property or the Lessee Other Activities.

(e) End of Term Ownership . At the end of the Term, (i) all Non-Removable Additions which Lessor elected not to pay for and make a part of the Leased Property pursuant to subsection (b ), above, will become the property of Lessor without compensation or reimbursement to Lessee, and (ii) all Removable Additions which Lessor elected not to pay for and make a part of the Leased Property pursuant to subsection (c ), above shall be removed by Lessee or, in the case of Additional Lines, detached by Lessee from the Liquids Gathering System unless otherwise agreed by Lessor in writing, and Lessee shall repair any damage to the Leased Property caused by such removal. The transfer of all Non-Removable Additions which become the property of Lessor at the end of the Lease Term pursuant to subsection (i) , (A) shall be made on an AS IS WHERE IS basis, without any express or implied warranties from Lessee other than special warranties of title (except as otherwise expressly agreed between the parties at the time of such transfer), provided, however, that such conveyance shall in any event be made by Lessee to Lessor free and clear of (I) any Liens placed on the Leased Property by, through or under Lessee, and (II) any Other Recorded Documents executed by, through or under Lessee in violation of this Lease, and (B) shall be evidenced by Lessee’s execution of such deeds, bills of sale, or other appropriate documents conveying title to such Non-Removable Additions as Lessor and Lessee may reasonably agree, consistent with subsection (A ) of this sentence.

10.2 Replacement of Parts . Lessee may, at its own cost and expense, remove in the ordinary course of maintenance, service, repair, overhaul or testing, or as otherwise required or permitted by this Lease, any Parts, whether or not worn out, lost, stolen, destroyed, seized, confiscated, damaged beyond repair or permanently rendered unfit for use. Lessee will, at its own cost and expense, replace any such Parts as is necessary to maintain the Leased Property in accordance with the standards for Lessee’s maintenance obligations as set forth in Section 7.1 of this Lease. All replacement Parts shall be in as good operating condition as, and shall have a value (including the residual value), utility and remaining useful life at least equal to the Parts replaced, assuming such replaced Parts were in condition and repair required to be maintained by, and otherwise in compliance with, the terms of this Lease (nothing in this Lease , however, shall be construed to require Lessee to replace any Parts having a useful life adequate to operate the Leased Property through the end of the Term). All Parts at any time removed from any item or portion of the Leased Property shall remain the property of Lessor until such time as such Parts shall be replaced by Parts which have been incorporated or installed in or attached to such item or portion of the Leased Property and which meet the requirements for replacement Parts specified above. Immediately upon any replacement Part becoming incorporated into or installed in or attached to any item or portion of the Leased Property, without further act (except in the case of replacement property temporarily installed on an emergency basis), (a) title to such replacement Part shall thereupon vest in Lessor, (b) such replacement Part shall become subject to this Lease and be deemed part of the Leased Property for all purposes to the same extent as the Parts originally incorporated or installed in or attached to the Leased Property, and (c) title to the removed Part shall thereupon vest in Lessee AS IS WHERE IS , free and clear of all rights of Lessor, and shall no longer

 

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be deemed a part of the Leased Property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “ Parts ” means all appliances, parts, instruments, appurtenances, accessories, furnishings, spare parts, and other equipment and property of whatever nature which constitute a portion of the Improvements or Personal Property and any replacements or substitutions therefor made under this Section 10.2 . “ Parts ” shall not in any event include (i) any Lessee Property, (ii) removed Parts as provided in subsection (c ), above, or (iii) any Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines, which Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines shall be governed by Section 10.1 , above . Title to replacements and substitutions for Parts made under this Section 10.2 shall remain a portion of the Leased Property.

10.3 Lessee Other Activities . Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Lease, Lessee, at its own expense and without Lessor’s approval, shall have the right at any time and from time-to-time to conduct Lessee Other Activities.

ARTICLE XI.

REGULATORY ISSUES

11.1 Lessee’s Rights . Except (i) as provided in Section 11.2 , below, and (ii) to the extent Lessor is required to engage in such communications by Applicable Legal Requirements which are not the subject of a Permitted Lessee Contest and after consultation with Lessee regarding Lessor’s concern that Lessor’s communication with Governmental Authorities is required by Applicable Legal Requirements, but notwithstanding any other provision of this Lease to the contrary:

(a) Ultra Lessee; Leased Property . For so long as an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee under this Lease, Lessee shall have the exclusive right and obligation to (I) deal with all Governmental Authorities, including the Bureau of Land Management and the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, and (II) conduct all regulatory proceedings, governing or affecting the Leased Property or the ownership, use or operation thereof.

(b) All Lessees; Lessee Property and Lessee Other Activities . Lessee shall have the exclusive right and obligation to (I) deal with all Governmental Authorities, including the Bureau of Land Management and the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, and (II) conduct all regulatory proceedings, governing or affecting the ownership, use or operation of the Lessee Property or the Lessee Other Activities.

(c) Other Lessees; Leased Property . If an Ultra Entity Person is not the Lessee under this Lease, Lessee shall have the right and obligation, but not the exclusive right and obligation, to (I) deal with all Governmental Authorities, including the Bureau of Land Management and the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, and (II) conduct all regulatory proceedings, governing or affecting the use or operation of the Leased Property.

Consistent with the foregoing subsections (a)  through (c)  of this Section 11.1 , Lessor hereby designates Lessee as Lessor’s agent with respect to, and solely with respect to, the exercise of Lessor’s Easement Rights in and to the BLM Easements, but only during the term of and to the limited extent set forth in this Lease. This designation creates a special agency relationship, and Lessee and Lessor expressly acknowledge that the scope of Lessee’s authority to act as agent for Lessor is expressly limited to the use of the BLM Easements as set forth in this Lease and those certain Bureau of Land Management regulatory matters which are enumerated in subsections (a)  through (c)  of this Section 11.1 . Except for such use and enumerated matters, Lessee has and shall have no other power, authority or right to act as agent for Lessor, and Lessee shall have no implied powers or authority to act as agent for Lessor.

At Lessee’s request, Lessor shall execute all such documents and take all such action as may be necessary to ensure and/or evidence Lessee’s rights under this Section 11.1 unless, in Lessor’s reasonable and good faith judgment, such documents or actions will directly result in payments required to be made by Lessor which

 

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Lessee is unwilling to pay on behalf of Lessor and, upon such determination by Lessor and prior to taking any such action, Lessor shall promptly notify Lessee in writing of such determination by Lessor, and Lessor and Lessee shall work diligently and in good faith to resolve their differences with respect to the requested action or document(s). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lessor shall in any event be required to execute such documents and take all such actions as may be required for Lessee to pursue a Tax Challenge or a Permitted Lessee Contest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties will cooperate to execute such documents as may be required to extend the terms of the BLM Easements if such documents are required to extend the term of the BLM Easements beyond the Lease Term, it being understood, however, that nothing set forth herein shall obligate Lessor or Lessee for the payment of any extension fee or similar charge imposed by BLM as a condition to such extension other than de minimus costs and expenses.

For the avoidance of doubt, but subject to the introductory language of this Section 11.1 and the immediately preceding paragraph, (i) Lessor shall not in any event engage in any written or verbal communication with any Governmental Authority, including the Bureau of Land Management and the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, regarding or in any way relating to the ownership, use or operation of the Lessee Property or any Lessee Other Activities, (ii) for so long as an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee under this Lease, Lessor shall not engage in any written or verbal communication with any Governmental Authority, including the Bureau of Land Management and the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, regarding the ownership, use or operation of the Leased Property, and (iii) for so long as a Person other than an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee under this Lease, Lessor shall not engage in any written or verbal communication with any Governmental Authority, including the Bureau of Land Management and the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, regarding the use or operation of the Leased Property without Lessee’s prior written consent, which consent may be conditioned, to the extent permitted by Applicable Legal Requirements, upon Lessee’s review and approval of any such written communications (including any written materials delivered to such Governmental Authority) and a representative of Lessee being present (via telephone or in person) for any verbal communications. Lessee shall promptly provide Lessor with a copy of any notices or demands received by Lessee from any Governmental Authority which concerns any Applicable Legal Requirement.

Lessor acknowledges and stipulates that Lessee may suffer irreparable harm in the event of a breach of the provisions of this Section 11.1 by Lessor for which Lessee has no adequate remedy at law. Therefore, in addition to all other remedies available pursuant to the terms of this Lease or at law, Lessee shall have the right to obtain immediate injunctive or other equitable relief upon a breach of this Section 11.1 by Lessor.

11.2 Lessor’s Rights . Notwithstanding the foregoing Section 11.1 , but subject in any event to Lessee’s right to pursue Tax Challenges and Permitted Lessee Contests, at such time as an Ultra Entity Person is not the Lessee under this Lease, if Lessor determines, in Lessor’s reasonable judgment, that Lessee has not taken sufficient action to protect the interests of Lessor in regard to any such regulatory matter (including, without limitation, regulatory proceedings) with respect to the Leased Property, upon prior written notice to Lessee, Lessor may take such action as may be necessary in order for Lessor to be and remain in compliance with Applicable Legal Requirements as they relate to Lessor and the Leased Property. Lessor shall promptly provide Lessee with a copy of any notices or demands received by Lessor from any Governmental Authority which concerns any Applicable Legal Requirement.

 

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11.3 No Application to Condemnation . Lessor and Lessee acknowledge and agree that the provisions of this Article XI shall not prohibit Lessor from cooperating in condemnation proceedings as required by Article XVI .

ARTICLE XII.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

12.1 Lessee’s Obligations . If any mechanic’s, materialmen’s or other Liens against any of the Lessor’s interest in the Leased Property in connection with any materials, labor or equipment furnished or claimed to have been furnished to or for any Lessee Party are filed against Lessor’s interests in the Leased Property on account of action or inaction by any Lessee Party (including by Lessee in its capacity as Lessor’s construction agent for Removable Additions or Non-Removable Additions under Article X , other than any such Liens filed as a result of materials, labor or services for Removable Additions or Non-Removable Additions and for which Lessor has failed to meet its obligation to pay the cost of such materials, labor or services), then Lessee shall promptly cause such Lien to be discharged (whether by payment or bond), or, if Lessee desires to contest the Lien, Lessee may do so as long as the enforcement of the Lien is stayed pursuant to a Permitted Lessee Contest, and (b) if a Lessor Lender with respect to Permitted Indebtedness requires Lessor’s interest in the Leased Property to be free of such mechanic’s or materialmen’s liens, then upon request of Lessor or such Lessor Lender, Lessee shall either discharge the Lien or post a bond sufficient to cover the amount of the Lien and interest, penalties and costs that will be payable to discharge the Lien assuming its validity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lessee shall have no obligation whatsoever for or with respect to Liens arising from Lessor’s failure to advance payments for Non-Removable Additions or Removable Additions for which Lessor has engaged Lessee as Lessor’s construction agent as provided in Section 10.1.

12.2 Lessor’s Obligations . Lessor shall not permit any mechanic’s, materialmen’s or other Liens against any Leased Property in connection with any materials, labor or equipment furnished, or claimed to have been furnished, to or for Lessor, and if any such Liens shall be filed against any Leased Property on account of any action or inaction by Lessor (other than any action or inaction alleged against Lessor resulting from the failure of Lessee to perform its obligations hereunder), Lessor shall cause the Lien to be discharged, provided that if Lessor desires to contest any such Lien (whether by payment or bond), it may do so as long as enforcement of the Lien is stayed pursuant to a Permitted Lessor Contest.

ARTICLE XIII.

LESSEE PROPERTY

13.1 No Lien . Lessee is and shall remain the owner of the Lessee Property, other than Non-Removable Additions at the end of the Lease Term as provided in Section 10.1(e ). Lessor shall not have any Lien on any of the Lessee Property for the performance of Lessee’s obligations under this Lease or otherwise. LESSOR WAIVES AND DISCLAIMS ALL STATUTORY AND CONTRACTUAL LIEN RIGHTS IN LESSEE PROPERTY NOW OR HEREAFTER PLACED AT OR WITH THE LEASED PROPERTY. Lessor agrees to execute an agreement with Lessee or Lessee’s lender to evidence such waiver of Lessor’s Lien rights in Lessee Property and, following a default by Lessee under any Lessee mortgage, allow Lessee’s lender access to the Leased Property to seize and remove Lessee Property subject to the terms of such agreement, provided that the form and substance of any such agreement is reasonably satisfactory to Lessor, Lessee and Lessee’s lender (including in such agreement reasonable conditions and time periods within which such Lessee Property may be removed). Lessee shall have the right to remove Lessee Property at any time or times during the Term and for a period of thirty (30) days after the expiration of the Term, without any obligation to pay Lessor holdover rent under Section 26.4 .

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Party, no part of the destruction or damage shall be the responsibility of Lessor. If the damage is caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of a Lessor Party, Lessor shall be responsible for any damage or destruction, subject, however, to the waiver of subrogation provisions of Section 14.4 . The term “negligence” as used in this Section 13.2 shall not include negligence imputed as a matter of law to Lessor solely by reason of Lessor’s failure to act in respect of matters which are or were the obligation of Lessee under this Lease or solely as a result of Lessor’s ownership of the Leased Property.

13.3 Lessee’s Ability to Grant Liens on Lessee Property . Nothing contained in this Lease shall be deemed to limit or otherwise restrict Lessee’s ability to grant a Lien on Lessee’s interest in the Leased Property under this Lease or on Lessee Property, in any such case to a lender not Affiliated with Lessee for the purpose of securing indebtedness of Lessee or its Affiliates to such lender. Lessor acknowledges and agrees, following a default by Lessee under any Lessee mortgage, to allow Lessee’s lender access to the Leased Property to seize and remove all or any of the Lessee Property and Lessor agrees to execute an agreement with Lessee’s lender to evidence such right as provided in Section 13.1 .

ARTICLE XIV.

INSURANCE

14.1 Insurance Coverage . Subject to Section 14.3 below, from and after the Effective Date, Lessee shall maintain with respect to the Leased Property at all times during the Term, at no cost or expense to Lessor, the following types and amounts of insurance:

(a) Liability Insurance . Commercial general liability insurance against claims for bodily injury, death or property damage occurring on, in or about the Leased Property, which insurance shall (i) be written on an “Occurrence Basis”, and shall provide minimum protection with a combined single limit in the amount of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 annual aggregate; and (ii) include premises and operations liability coverage, products and completed operations liability coverage, and blanket contractual liability coverage. In addition, Lessee shall maintain auto liability insurance in an amount not less than $1,000,000;

(b) Worker’s Compensation and Employer’s Liability Insurance . Worker’s Compensation and Employer’s Liability Insurance in accordance with all applicable federal and state law, which shall cover all Lessee’s personnel, invitees, sublessors, guests, consultants, and similar Persons performing under this Lease, with an Employer’s Liability limit shall of not less than one million Dollars ($1,000,000) or such greater amount as may be required by law; and

(c) Property Insurance . “All Risk” Insurance, equal to the full replacement value (as declared) of the Liquids Gathering System, which shall be payable in case of loss and held, paid or applied as provided in Section 15.1 hereof. The policy shall provide that no act or omission of any Person named as insured shall invalidate the interest of, or be a defense against, any other Person named as insured.

(d) Excess Liability Insurance . Excess Liability Insurance covering liabilities arising out of operations worldwide, with a combined minimum limit of not less than $25,000,000 over and above the primary liability limits of all underlying insurance policies as required in this Section.

(e) Builders Risk Insurance . For any alteration, addition, repair or replacement to the Leased Property by Lessee (but excluding any Removable Additions or Non-Removable Additions for which Lessee is acting as Lessor’s construction agent under Article X ) for which the estimated cost exceeds $500,000, completed value builder’s risk insurance upon the entire work for the full insurable value replacement cost coverage.

 

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Lessor and Lessee acknowledge and agree that the coverage required hereunder may be provided through a combination of policies that is different than those described above. In addition, Lessee may, at its election, maintain insurance covering additional casualties and events.

14.2 Insurance Requirements Generally . The insurance required by Section 14.1 shall be written by companies having an A.M. Best Insurance Reports rating of not less than “A-” and a financial size category of at least “VII”, and all such companies shall be authorized to do an insurance business in the State of Wyoming, or as otherwise agreed to by Lessor. All insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant to the terms of this Lease (other than the Worker’s Compensation Insurance), shall be endorsed to name Lessor and its successors and assigns (and, at Lessor’s written request and to the extent reasonably practicable, the Lessor Lender or its Agent, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent) as additional insureds and to provide that such insurance shall be primary over any insurance that may be maintained by Lessor, and, except during the Lease Term (when all insurance proceeds are delivered and paid to Lessee, as loss payee). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Lease, for so long as (a) an Ultra Entity Person, or (b) an Investment Grade Person is the Lessee under this Lease, then in any such case all insurance policies may have such deductibles and self-insured retention amounts as Lessee deems reasonable. If the Lessee is not as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, all insurance policies may have such deductibles and self-insured retention amounts approved by Lessor, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld so long as the proposed deductibles and self-insurance retention amounts are in the amounts typically obtained for properties or operations similar to the Leased Property by responsible owners and lessees of such property. All insurance required by this Article may be blanket with other insurance maintained by Lessee or any Affiliate of Lessee and may be effected by any combination of basic and excess or umbrella coverage provided : (i) the total amount of the insurance available shall be at least the protection equivalent of separate policies in the amounts required; and (ii) in all other respects, all of the policies shall comply with the applicable provisions of this Article.

Lessee shall pay as they become due all premiums for the insurance required by this Article XIV , shall renew or replace each policy if required to comply with the insurance requirements of this Lease, and shall deliver to Lessor a certificate or other evidence of the existing policy and any renewal or replacement policy (on an ACORD 27 form, in the case of property insurance, and on an ACORD 25 form, in the case of liability insurance, and, in either case, otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Lessor, to the extent reasonably available) as soon as available, but in any event not later five (5) Business Days after the date the new coverage is effective ( it being understood that in no event shall Lessee allow any insurance coverage to lapse if and to the extent such insurance is necessary to comply with the requirements of this Lease). In the event of Lessee’s failure to comply with any of the foregoing requirements of this Article XIV within five (5) Business Days of the giving of written notice by Lessor to Lessee (or such shorter period as may be required to maintain the insurance required by this Article XIV in full force and effect), Lessor shall be entitled to procure such insurance. Any sums expended by Lessor in procuring such insurance shall be Additional Rent and shall be repaid by Lessee upon written demand therefor by Lessor, together with interest thereon from the applicable Due Date for Other Additional Rent at the Default Interest Rate.

14.3 Self-Insurance . During any part of the Term, for so long as an Ultra Entity Person or another Investment Grade Person is the Lessee under this Lease, Lessee may self-insure for some or all insurance obligations contained hereunder. If the foregoing sentence is not applicable, the amount of any self-insurance retention shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 14.2 above . If Lessee desires to self-insure pursuant to this Section 14.3 , Lessee shall deliver to Lessor prior to self-insuring a notice that it intends to self-insure hereunder and a brief summary of the extent to which it intends to self-insure. Ultra Wyoming, on behalf of itself and Ultra Resources and any successor Lessee who is an Ultra Entity Person, hereby notifies Lessor that it intends (and they intend) to self-insure with respect to fire, casualty and property insurance and builder’s risk insurance with respect to the Leased Property. The beneficiaries of Lessee’s self-insurance shall be afforded no less protection than if such self-insured portion was fully insured by an insurance company of the quality and caliber required hereunder, including the provision of a legal

 

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defense and the payment of claims within the same time period that a third-party insurance carrier would have paid such claims. The waiver of subrogation provisions of Section 14.4 shall be applicable to any self-insured exposure.

14.4 Waiver of Subrogation . Each of Lessor and Lessee hereby releases the other from any and all liability for loss or damage caused by fire or any of the extended coverage casualties or any other casualty which shall be brought about by the fault or negligence of the other party or any persons for whom such other party is responsible, provided that this release shall be in force and effect only with respect to loss or damage occurring during such time as the respective party’s policies of property insurance shall contain a clause to the effect that this release shall not affect such policies or right of the releasing party to recover thereunder, and the release shall apply only to the extent of the releasing party’s insurance coverage, provided that, with respect to Lessee’s release of Lessor hereunder, such release shall also apply with respect to any loss occurring during such time as the Lessee is self-insured in accordance with the terms of Section 14.3. Any insurance policy held by Lessee or Lessor, to the extent that waiver is reasonably and customary for the policy in question, shall include a waiver of subrogation clause so long as the same is obtainable. Nothing herein shall be deemed an obligation on the part of Lessor to maintain any insurance and any insurance maintained by Lessor shall serve as excess coverage.

14.5 No Release from Liability . Except as provided in Section 14.4 , nothing in this Article XIV shall be deemed to release either party from liability for damages resulting from the negligence or willful misconduct of such party or from responsibility for repairs necessitated by such negligence or willful misconduct. By requiring insurance as provided herein, neither Lessor nor Lessee represents that coverage and limits will necessarily be adequate to protect Lessee or Lessor, and such coverage and limits shall not be deemed as a limitation of the liability of Lessee or Lessor under any indemnification provisions in this Lease. Failure of Lessor to demand such certificate or other evidence of full compliance with these insurance requirements or failure of Lessor to identify a deficiency from evidence that is provided shall not be construed as a waiver of Lessee’s obligation to maintain such insurance.

ARTICLE XV.

FIRE AND OTHER CASUALTY

15.1 Fire and Other Casualty.

(a) General Provisions . If all or any part of the Leased Property is damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty during the Term, then Lessee shall give prompt notice of such event to Lessor and, except as otherwise provided in this Article, Lessee shall, at Lessee’s cost and expense, promptly thereafter repair, restore or replace the Leased Property, or any such part thereof, to substantially the same condition it was in immediately prior to the casualty (subject to any changes to all or any such part of the Leased Property that Lessee intends to make to the extent permitted under this Lease). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Article XV or otherwise, if this Lease is terminated under this Article XV or Section 25.5 (Burdensome Buyout Event) as a result of such fire or other casualty, (i) Lessee shall not be obligated to repair, restore or replace the Leased Property after such fire or other casualty or to pay for such repairs, restoration or replacement, and (ii) neither Lessor nor any other Lessor Indemnified Party shall have any claim against Lessee with respect to the repair, restoration or replacement of the Leased Property or Losses arising from termination of this Lease or Lessee’s purchase of the Leased Property pursuant to this Section 15.1 or Section 25.5 . Unless this Lease is terminated pursuant to this Section 15.1 or Section 25.5 as a result of such fire or other casualty,(A) this Lease shall remain in effect following such fire or other casualty, (B) Lessee shall, at Lessee’s cost and expense, promptly repair, restore or replace the Leased Property, or any part thereof, as a result of such fire or other casualty, to substantially the same condition it was in immediately prior to the casualty (subject to changes permitted herein), (C) the rights and obligations of Lessor and Lessee shall remain in effect without abatement, (D) all Base Rent shall continue unabated, and (E) subject to Section 15.2 , below, all Casualty Proceeds recovered on account of any damage or destruction to all or any part of the Leased Property by fire or other casualty shall be paid to Lessee.

 

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(b) Lease Termination Option and Purchase Offer . Notwithstanding the above, if the value, as determined by Lessee in good faith, of the damaged or destroyed portions of the Leased Property (determined as of the Casualty Date as if such damage or destruction had not occurred) is greater than fifty percent (50%) of the Insured Value, then Lessee may, by written notice delivered to Lessor within sixty (60) days after such determination, either (i) propose to continue this Lease in effect, or (ii) propose to terminate this Lease and purchase the Leased Property for the purchase price as specified by Lessee in such notice (any such written notice by Lessee electing under subsection (ii ) to terminate this Lease and purchase the Leased Property shall be referred to as a “ Lessee Casualty Termination Notice ”). Lessee’s failure to deliver its Lessee Casualty Termination Notice within such sixty (60) day period shall constitute Lessee’s election to continue the Lease in effect and to repair, restore or replace the damaged or destroyed Leased Property as provided in Section 15.1(a) .

(c) Casualty Response Notice . If Lessee delivers its Lessee Casualty Termination Notice to Lessor, then Lessor shall have a period of no more than fifteen (15) days in which to notify Lessee in writing of Lessor’s acceptance or rejection of the Lessee Casualty Termination Notice (“ Casualty Response Notice ”). Lessor’s failure to provide its Casualty Response Notice within such fifteen (15) day period shall be deemed a rejection of the Lessee Casualty Termination Notice and the Lease shall continue in effect.

(d) Acceptance of Lessee Casualty Termination Notice and Termination of Lease . If Lessor accepts the Lessee Casualty Termination Notice, (i) Lessee shall purchase the Leased Property from Lessor as provided in Section 15.1(e) on a date no later than sixty (60) days after Lessor’s Casualty Response Notice and this Lease shall terminate on such date (the “ Casualty Termination Date ”), (ii) except the terms and provisions of this Lease which survive termination, neither Lessor nor Lessee shall have any rights or obligations under this Lease arising from and after the Casualty Termination Date, (iii) no further Base Rent or Additional Rent shall accrue with respect to the period after the Casualty Termination Date, (iv) Lessee shall have no repair, restoration or replacement obligations with respect to the fire or other casualty giving rise to the Lessee Casualty Termination Notice and no obligation to pay for such repair, restoration of replacement, (v) neither Lessor nor any other Lessor Indemnified Party shall have any claim against Lessee with respect to the repair, restoration or replacement of the Leased Property or Losses arising from termination of this Lease or Lessee’s purchase of the Leased Property pursuant to this Section 15.1 , (vi) each Lessee Guarantor shall be released of liability and obligations under its Lessee Guaranty, Ultra Resources shall be released of liability and obligations under the Resources Guaranty, and each Lessor Guarantor shall be released of liability and obligations under its Lessor Guaranty with respect to (x) as to Lessee Guarantors and Ultra Resources only, matters for which Lessee is released in subsections (iv ) and ( v ), preceding, and (y) matters arising or accruing from and after the Casualty Termination Date, it being understood and agreed, however, that Lessee Guarantors, Ultra Resources and Lessor Guarantors shall remain liable with respect to matters or claims arising or accruing prior to the Casualty Termination Date except those matters described in subsections (iv ) and ( v ) of this Section 15.1(d ), and (vii) all Casualty Proceeds shall be paid to Lessee.

(e) Closing of Purchase Offer . In addition, if Lessor accepts the Lessee Casualty Termination Notice, on the Casualty Termination Date, (i) Lessee shall pay to Lessor the purchase price specified by Lessee in the Lessee Casualty Termination Notice or such other purchase price as Lessor and Lessee may mutually agree, (ii) Lessor shall convey the Leased Property to Lessee or its designee on an AS IS WHERE IS basis, without any express or implied warranties from Lessor other than special warranties of title, provided, however, that such conveyance shall in any event be made by Lessor to Lessee or its designee free and clear of (A) all Permitted Lessor Liens, (B) any other Liens placed on the Leased Property by, through or under Lessor; and (C) any Other Recorded Documents executed by, through or under Lessor in violation of this Lease, and (iii) Lessor will deliver to Lessee or its designee such conveyance documents, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lessee, as Lessee may reasonably request, to transfer the ownership of the Leased Property to Lessee free and clear of the Liens and other items described in subsections (A )-( C ) above.

 

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(f) Continuation of Lease if Lessor Rejects the Lessee Casualty Termination Notice . If Lessor rejects or is deemed to have rejected the Lessee Casualty Termination Notice, such Lessee Casualty Termination Notice with respect to termination of the Lease and Lessee’s offer to purchase the Leased Property shall be deemed to be automatically rescinded and this Lease shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

(g) No Waiver . Upon each occurrence of a fire or other casualty for which Lessee has the right under this Section 15.1 to give a Lessee Casualty Termination Notice, Lessee shall be entitled to give its Lessee Casualty Termination Notice with respect to such fire or other casualty, even if Lessee previously elected not to give such notice with respect to the occurrence of a prior fire or other casualty and even if prior Lessee Casualty Termination Notice(s) were rejected or deemed rejected by Lessor hereunder.

15.2 Restoration Conditions . Provided that this Lease has not been terminated pursuant to this Article XV above, then Lessee’s repair, restoration or replacement of the Leased Property shall be subject to the following requirements:

(a) Payment of Casualty Proceeds to Lessee . All Casualty Proceeds shall be paid by the insurer to Lessee.

(b) Repair Costs in Excess of $2,000,000 . If the cost of such repairs, restoration or replacement as a result of a casualty exceeds $2,000,000 with respect to such casualty, (A) Lessee shall provide to Lessor and Lessor Lender (or the Agent for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) such reasonable documentation related to such repairs, restoration or replacement as Lessor and Lessor Lender (or the Agent for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) may reasonably request to confirm that such repairs, restoration or replacements have been made in the manner required by this Lease, (B) if such repairs, restoration or replacement have not been completed within ninety (90) days following the date of such casualty, Lessee shall pay to the Lessor Lender (or the Agent for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) the amount by which the total cost of such repairs, restoration or replacement exceeds $2,000,000, reduced by repairs, restoration and replacement costs in excess of $2,000,000 completed and paid as of such date, which amounts shall be held and disbursed by such Lessor Lender to Lessee as such repairs, restoration or replacements progress, and (C) Lessor and Lessor Lender (or the Agent for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) will have the right to inspect the Leased Property during normal business hours and after prior reasonable written notice, with Lessee’s representative present and upon the condition that Lessor and Lessor Lender (or the Agent for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) comply with Lessee’s rules and regulations, including safety, (I) to inspect the damage, and (II) to confirm that such repairs, restoration or replacements are being or have been made in the manner required by this Lease; provided that no such inspection shall interfere with the normal operation of the Leased Property or the business of Lessee or its Affiliates.

ARTICLE XVI.

CONDEMNATION

16.1 Condemnation Damages and Awards . Except to the extent Lessor may be required to make the same available to Lessee under this Article XVI and as otherwise set forth in this Article XVI , Lessee assigns to Lessor any and all rights it may have to any Taking Proceeds and agrees to execute such instruments as may be requested by Lessor to evidence the assignment of such Taking Proceeds to Lessor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lessee may make a separate claim for any damages payable for any of the Lessee Property, any so-called special damages to Lessee for interruption to Lessee’s operations or otherwise, or any damages for relocation (collectively, the “ Lessee Condemnation Proceeds ”), and none of

 

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such Lessee Condemnation Proceeds shall constitute Taking Proceeds. Unless this Lease is terminated pursuant to this Article XVI or Section 25.5 (Burdensome Buyout Event) in connection with a Taking, this Lease shall remain in effect, and the rights and obligations of Lessor and Lessee shall remain in effect without abatement. Lessor and Lessee shall cooperate in good faith to maximize the Taking Proceeds (but without impairing Lessee’s claim for Lessee Condemnation Proceeds) consistent with the terms of this Lease.

16.2 Apportionment of Award, Termination and Purchase Offer.

(a) General Taking Provisions . If all or any part of the Leased Property is subject to a Taking during the Term, then Lessee shall give prompt notice of such event to Lessor and except as otherwise provided in this Article, Lessee shall, at Lessee’s cost and expense, promptly thereafter repair, restore or replace the Leased Property, or any such part thereof, to substantially the same condition it was in immediately prior to the Taking (subject to any changes to all or any such part of the Leased Property that Lessee intends to make to the extent permitted under this Lease). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Article XVI or otherwise, if this Lease is terminated under this Article XVI or Section 25.5 (Burdensome Buyout Event) as a result of such Taking, (i) Lessee shall not be obligated to repair, restore or replace the Leased Property after such Taking or to pay for such repairs, restoration or replacement, and (ii) neither Lessor nor any other Lessor Indemnified Party shall have any claim against Lessee with respect to such repair, restoration or replacement of the Property or Losses arising from termination of this Lease or Lessee’s purchase of the Leased Property pursuant to this Section 16.2 or Section 25.5 . Unless this Lease is terminated pursuant to this Section 16.2 or Section 25.5 in connection with such Taking, this Lease shall remain in effect following such Taking, the rights and obligations of Lessor and Lessee shall remain in effect without abatement, all Base Rent shall continue unabated, and all Lessee Condemnation Proceeds and, subject to Section 16.3 , below, Taking Proceeds recovered on account of such Taking shall be paid to Lessee.

(b) Lease Termination Option and Purchase Offer . Notwithstanding the above, if as a result of the Taking, in Lessee’s good faith judgment, the Leased Property can no longer be profitably operated or is no longer suitable for its intended use, then Lessee may, in lieu of repairing, restoring or replacing the same, by written notice delivered to Lessor within sixty (60) days after such determination, either (i) propose to continue this Lease in effect, or (ii) propose to terminate this Lease and purchase the Leased Property for the purchase price specified by Lessee in such notice (any such written notice by Lessee electing under subsection (ii ) to terminate this Lease and purchase the Leased Property shall be referred to as a “ Lessee Taking Termination Notice ”). Lessee’s failure to deliver its Lessee Taking Termination Notice within such sixty (60) day period shall constitute Lessee’s election to continue the Lease in effect and to restore, repair or replace the damaged or destroyed Leased Property as provided in subsection (i ) of this Section 16.2(b) .

(c) Taking Response Notice . If Lessee delivers its Lessee Taking Termination Notice to Lessor, then Lessor shall have a period of no more than fifteen (15) days in which to notify Lessee in writing of Lessor’s acceptance or rejection of the Lessee Taking Termination Notice (“ Taking Response Notice ”). Lessor’s failure to provide its Taking Response Notice within such fifteen (15) day period shall be deemed a rejection of the Lessee Taking Termination Notice and the Lease shall continue in effect.

(d) Acceptance of Lessee Taking Termination Notice and Termination of Lease . If Lessor accepts the Lessee Taking Termination Notice, (i) Lessee shall purchase the Leased Property from Lessor as provided in Section 16.2(e) on a date no later than sixty (60) days after Lessor’s Taking Response Notice and this Lease shall terminate on such date (the “ Taking Termination Date ”), (ii) except as provided in Sections 25.2, 25.3 and 25.4 , and the other terms and provisions of this Lease which survive termination, neither Lessor nor Lessee shall have any rights or obligations under this Lease arising from and after the Taking Termination Date, (iii) no further Base Rent or Additional Rent shall accrue with respect to the period after the Taking Termination Date, (iv) Lessee shall have no repair, restoration or replacement obligations or

 

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payment obligations with respect thereto with respect to such Taking or damages caused thereby, (v) neither Lessor nor any other Lessor Indemnified Party shall have any claim against Lessee with respect to repair, restoration or replacement of the Leased Property or Losses arising from termination of this Lease or Lessee’s purchase of the Leased Property pursuant to this Section 16.2 , (vi) each Lessee Guarantor shall be released of liability and obligations under its Lessee Guaranty, Ultra Resources shall be released of liability and obligations under the Resources Guaranty, and each Lessor Guarantor shall be released of liability and obligations under its Lessor Guaranty with respect to (x) as to Lessee Guarantors and Ultra Resources only, matters for which Lessee is released in subsections (iv ) and ( v ) of this Section 16.2(d ), preceding, and (y) matters arising or accruing from and after the Taking Termination Date, it being understood and agreed, however, that Lessee Guarantors, Ultra Resources and Lessor Guarantors shall remain liable with respect to matters or claims arising or accruing prior to the Taking Termination Date except those matters described in subsections (iv ) and ( v ), and (vii) all Taking Proceeds shall be paid to Lessee. Following a termination of this Lease under this Section 16.2 , Lessee’s right of first refusal under, and the other terms and conditions of, Sections 25.2, 25.3 and 25.4 , and the other terms and provisions of this Lease which survive termination, shall remain in full force and effect.

(e) Closing of Purchase Offer . In addition, if Lessor accepts the Lessee Taking Termination Notice, on the Taking Termination Date (i) Lessee shall pay to Lessor the purchase price specified by Lessee in the Lessee Taking Termination Notice or such other purchase price as may be agreed by Lessor and Lessee, (ii) Lessor shall convey the Leased Property to Lessee or its designee on an AS IS WHERE IS basis, without any express or implied warranties from Lessor other than special warranties of title, provided, however, that such conveyance shall in any event be made by Lessor to Lessee or its designee free and clear of (A) all Permitted Lessor Liens, (B) any other Liens placed on the Leased Property by, through or under Lessor; and (C) any Other Recorded Documents executed by, through or under Lessor in violation of this Lease, and (iii) Lessor will deliver to Lessee or its designee such conveyance documents, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lessee, as Lessee may reasonably request, to transfer the ownership of the Leased Property to Lessee free and clear of the Liens and other items described in subsections (A )-( C ) above.

(f) Continuation of Lease if Lessor Rejects the Lessee Taking Termination Notice . If Lessor rejects or is deemed to have rejected the Lessee Taking Termination Notice, such Lessee Taking Termination Notice with respect to termination of the Lease and Lessee’s offer to purchase the Leased Property shall be deemed to be automatically rescinded and this Lease shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

(g) No Waiver . Upon each occurrence of a Taking for which Lessee has the right under this Section 16.2 to give a Lessee Taking Termination Notice, Lessee shall be entitled to give its Lessee Taking Termination Notice with respect to such Taking, even if Lessee previously elected not to give such notice with respect to the occurrence of a prior Taking and even if prior Lessee Taking Termination Notice(s) were rejected or deemed rejected by Lessor hereunder.

16.3 Restoration Conditions . Provided that this Lease has not been terminated pursuant to Section 16.2 , above, in connection with a Taking, then Lessee shall repair, restore or replace the Leased Property damaged as a result of such Taking, as and to the extent required by Section 16.2 and the Taking Proceeds shall be paid as follows:

(a) Payment of Casualty Proceeds to Lessee . All Takings Proceeds shall be paid to Lessee.

(b) Repair Costs in Excess of $2,000,000 . If the cost of repairs, restoration or replacement of the Taking exceeds $2,000,000 with respect to such Taking, (A) Lessee shall provide to Lessor and Lessor Lender (or the Agent for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) such reasonable documentation related to such repairs, restoration or replacement as Lessor and Lessor Lender (or the Agent

 

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for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) may reasonably request to confirm that such repairs, restoration or replacements have been made in the manner required by this Lease, (B) if such repairs, restoration or replacement have not been completed within ninety (90) days following the date of such Taking, Lessee shall pay to the Lessor Lender (or the Agent for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) the amount by which the total cost of such repairs, restoration or replacement exceeds $2,000,000, reduced by repairs, restoration and replacement costs in excess of $2,000,000 completed and paid as of such date, which amounts shall be held and disbursed by such Lessor Lender to Lessee as such repairs, restoration or replacements progress, and (C) Lessor and Lessor Lender (or the Agent for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) will have the right to inspect the Leased Property during normal business hours and after prior reasonable written notice, with Lessee’s representative present and upon the condition that Lessor and Lessor Lender (or the Agent for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) comply with Lessee’s rules and regulations, including safety, (I) to inspect the damage, and (II) to confirm that such repairs, restoration or replacements are being or have been made in the manner required by this Lease; provided that no such inspection shall interfere with the normal operation of the Leased Property or the business of Lessee or its Affiliates.

(c) Payment of Taking Proceeds . If not already paid to Lessor or Lessor’s Lender as required by Section 16.3(b ), above, upon completion of the repairs, restoration and replacement of the Leased Property damaged as a result of a Taking, Lessee shall pay to Lessor Lender (or the Agent for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) the amount by which such Taking Proceeds exceed the cost of repairs, restoration and replacement of the Leased Property by Lessee.

ARTICLE XVII.

LIMITS ON TRANSFERS, ASSIGNMENTS, LEASES AND LIENS

17.1 Assignment and Subletting by Lessee .

(a) Lease Assignments . At any time and from time-to-time, and without any consent from or approval by Lessor, Lessee may cause or permit to occur a Permitted Lease Assignment. For purposes hereof, the term “ Permitted Lease Assignment ” means either (i) a Lease Assignment for which (A) the successor Lessee is a Permitted Lessee Transferee, and (B) within ten (10) Business Days after the date of such Lease Assignment, Lessee provides to Lessor (I) a copy of the written assignment of lease or similar agreement, including an assumption by the successor Lessee of the obligations of Lessee under this Lease arising from and after the date of such Lease Assignment, (II) if such assignee successor Lessee qualifies as a Permitted Lessee Transferee because its Affiliate is an Investment Grade Person or otherwise qualifies as a Permitted Lessee Transferee because its Affiliate qualifies under subsection (f ) of the definition of the term “Permitted Lessee Transferee”, a Lease Guaranty executed by such Affiliate, and (III) evidence of the insurance required by this Lease, or (ii) any other Lease Assignment approved in writing by Lessor. Lessee shall not enter into any Lease Assignment other than a Permitted Lease Assignment, and any Lease Assignment other than a Permitted Lease Assignment shall be null and void ab initio .

(b) Subleases . At any time and from time-to-time, and without any consent from or approval by Lessor, Lessee may enter into a Permitted Sublease. For purposes hereof, the term “ Permitted Sublease ” means a Sublease which is either (i) a Sublease with a Permitted Lessee Transferee so long as within ten (10) Business Days after Lessee’s entering into any such Sublease with a Permitted Lessee Transferee, Lessee shall provide Lessor with a copy of the executed sublease agreement, or (ii) any other Sublease approved in writing by Lessor. Lessee shall not enter into any Sublease other than a Permitted Sublease, and any Sublease other than a Permitted Sublease shall be null and void ab initio . Renewals of any Permitted Sublease shall be deemed to be a new Sublease for purposes of this Section 17.1(b ) and shall not constitute a Permitted Sublease unless such renewal otherwise qualifies as a Permitted Sublease at the time of such renewal.

 

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(c) Lessor Consent to Certain Proposed Permitted Lessee Transferees .

(i) No Lessor Consent Required . No Lessor consent shall be required with respect to any Permitted Lessee Transferee described in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d ), or ( e ) of the definition of the term “Permitted Lessee Transferee”.

(ii) Limited Lessor Consent Rights for Investment Grade Persons . So long as an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee, Lessor’s consent shall be required with respect to an Investment Grade Person described in subsection (f ) of the definition of the term “Permitted Lessee Transferee,” but Lessor’s approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, and Lessor’s approval shall be based solely on the following: (A) a review of such Investment Grade Person’s experience in the oil and gas exploration and production business, and (B) the proposed use by such Investment Grade Person would not (I) constitute a breach of Article IX , or (II) in Lessor’s reasonable judgment, impair the structural integrity, functionality or value of the Leased Property in any material respect.

(iii) Scope of Additional Lessor Consent Required for Certain Other Permitted Lessee Transferees . Lessor consent shall be required with respect to a proposed Person described in subsection (g ) of the definition of the term “Permitted Lessee Transferee”, but Lessor shall not unreasonably withhold its consent to any such proposed Permitted Lessee Transferee, and Lessor’s approval shall be based solely on the following: (A) such Person’s current and future projected financial strength and creditworthiness, management style, financial philosophy and reputation, (B) such Person’s experience in the oil and gas exploration and production business, (C) such Person’s ability to recover costs or pass them on to its customers and other Persons, and (D) the proposed use by such Person would not (I) constitute a breach of Article IX , or (II) in Lessor’s reasonable judgment, impair the structural integrity, functionality or value of the Leased Property in any material respect.

(iv) Approval Request Process . In the event Lessor consent is required pursuant to subsections (f ) or ( g ) of the Permitted Lessee Transferee definition, Lessor shall in any event either approve or disapprove a proposed Permitted Lessee Transferee for which Lessor consent is required in writing as soon as practicable but no later than fifteen (15) Business Days after receipt of Lessee’s written notice to Lessor requesting approval of such proposed Permitted Lessee Transferee and such information with respect to such Permitted Lessee Transferee (consistent with the scope of Lessor’s consent as provided herein) as may be reasonably requested by Lessor (by written notice given to Lessee within five (5) days after receipt of Lessee’s aforesaid written notice) to evaluate the proposed transaction and the affected parties. Lessor shall be deemed to have rejected any such proposed Permitted Lessee Transferee if a written request for approval is delivered to Lessor, and Lessor does not respond in writing within fifteen (15) Business Days after Lessor’s receipt of such written request for approval and all such reasonable information timely requested by Lessor as provided in the immediately preceding sentence. If Lessor does not consent in writing to such proposed Permitted Lessee Transferee within such within fifteen (15) Business Day period, Lessor agrees to provide Lessee with a reasonably detailed written explanation as to the reasons for withholding such consent to such proposed Permitted Lessee Transferee on or before the end of such fifteen (15) Business Day period.

(v) No Expansion of Lessor Approval Rights to a Proposed Permitted Lessee Transferee . This subsection (c) shall not in any event be deemed to give Lessor approval rights as to any proposed Permitted Lessee Transferee where such approval rights are not expressly given in the definition of such term, nor shall this subsection (c ) be deemed to expand the scope or basis for any such Lessor approval beyond the scope provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Lessee Transferee”.

 

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(d) Lessor Consent to Lease Assignments and Subleases . Exclusive of and separate from Lessor consent rights with respect to a proposed Permitted Lessee Transferee, which are governed by the definition of the term “Permitted Lessee Transferee” and subsection (c ), above, Lessor shall not unreasonably withhold its consent for any Lease Assignment or for any Sublease as provided in Sections 17.1(a)(ii) or 17.1(b)(ii ), above, and Lessor’s approval of a Lease Assignment or Sublease to the extent required by Sections 17.1(a)(ii) or 17.1(b)(ii ), above shall be based solely on the following: (i) the use contemplated under any such Lease Assignment or Sublease does not breach the provisions of Article IX and would not, in Lessor’s reasonable judgment, impair the structural integrity, functionality or value of the Leased Property in any material respect, and (ii) the proposed sublessee or assignee enters into an agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to Lessor recognizing that such Lease Assignment or Sublease, and any renewals or extensions thereof, are subordinate and subject to the terms of this Lease. Lessor shall approve or deny Lessee’s request for consent to a Lease Assignment or a Sublease as and to the extent required by Sections 17.1(a)(ii) or 17.1(b)(ii ), above, as soon as practicable but no later than fifteen (15) Business Days after receipt of Lessee’s notice to Lessor requesting consent with such information as may be reasonably requested by Lessor (by notice given to Lessee within five (5) days after receipt of Lessee’s aforesaid notice) to evaluate the proposed transaction and the proposed assignee or sublessee. Lessor shall be deemed to have rejected any such Lease Assignment or Sublease if a written request for approval is delivered to Lessor, and Lessor does not respond in writing within fifteen (15) Business Days after Lessor’s receipt of such written request for approval and all information timely requested by Lessor as provided in the immediately preceding sentence. If Lessor does not consent to such proposed Lease Assignment or Sublease in writing within such within fifteen (15) Business Day period, Lessor agrees to provide Lessee with a reasonably detailed written explanation as to the reasons for withholding such consent to such Lease Assignment or Sublease on or before the end of such fifteen (15) Business Day period. This subsection (d ) shall not in any event be deemed to give Lessor approval rights as to any Sublease or Lease Assignment except as expressly provided in Sections 17.1(a)(ii ) and 17.1(b)(ii ), above, nor shall this subsection (d ) be deemed to expand the scope or basis for any such approval under such Sections 17.1(a)(ii ) and 17.1(b)(ii ) beyond the issues set forth in the first sentence of this subsection (d ).

(e) Effect of Lease Assignment or Sublease on Continuing Lessee Liability . Except as set forth in Section 17.4 , no Lease Assignment or Sublease shall relieve Lessee of any of its obligations under or with respect to this Lease, relieve Lessee Guarantor of any of its obligations under the Lessee Guaranty or release Ultra Resources of any of its obligations under the Resources Guaranty.

(f) Prohibited Lease Assignments and Subleases Void . Any purported Lease Assignment which is not a Permitted Lease Assignment and any purported Sublease which is not a Permitted Sublease shall be null and void null and void ab initio .

(g) Subsequent Lease Amendments with Prior Lessee Consent . If (i) Lessor and any assignee or sublessee of Lessee’s interest in this Lease modify or amend this Lease so as to increase the obligations of such prior Lessee, and (ii) such modification or amendment is made without a prior Lessee’s consent, then the liability of such prior Lessee, its Lessee Guarantor and Ultra Resources shall not be increased, but shall continue as it existed prior to such modification or amendment.

17.2 No Restrictions on Indebtedness or Liens of Lessee or Lessee Guarantors . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Lease or otherwise, and for the avoidance of doubt, there shall be no restrictions or limitations on the ability of Lessee, Lessee Guarantor or Ultra Resources to incur Indebtedness or to grant a Lien on all or any portion of Lessee’s rights under this Lease or with respect to the Leased Property, or with respect to any of the Lessee Property.

17.3 Cure Rights Upon Assignee Default . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Article XXIII of this Lease or otherwise, and except where a prior Lessee and its Lessee Guarantor and Ultra Resources have been released from liability under this Lease in accordance with Section 17.4 , upon the

 

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occurrence of an event or circumstance which would, with the giving of notice or passage of time, or both, constitute a Lessee Event of Default, Lessor shall not declare a Lessee Event of Default or exercise any rights or remedies on account of such Lessee Event of Default unless and until Lessor gives notice of such default to such prior Lessee(s), their respective Lessee Guarantor(s), and Ultra Resources and the opportunity to cure such default, within the period of time permitted under Section 23.1 of this Lease for curing such event or circumstance, but with such cure period as to such prior Lessee, such prior Lessee Guarantor and Ultra Resources beginning only upon receipt by such prior Lessee(s), its Lessee Guarantor(s) or Ultra Resources, as applicable, of such notice.

17.4 Release of Lessee and Lessee Guarantor . From and after the date of a Permitted Lease Assignment to a Permitted Lessee Transferee of the type, described in subsections (c), (e), (f ) or ( g ) of the definition thereof, then (a) the assigning Lessee and each prior Lessee shall be automatically released from any and all obligations and liabilities arising or accruing under this Lease from and after the date of such Permitted Lease Assignment, (b) each Lessee Guarantor shall be automatically released from any and all obligations and liabilities arising or accruing under its Lessee Guaranty with respect to obligations or liabilities arising or accruing from and after the date of such Permitted Lease Assignment, and (c) Ultra Resources shall be automatically released from any and all obligations and liabilities arising or accruing under the Resources Guaranty with respect to obligations or liabilities arising or accruing from and after the date of such Permitted Lease Assignment; provided, however, that in the case of a Permitted Lease Assignment to a Permitted Lessee Transferee described in subsection (c ) of the definition thereof, (i) if the Permitted Lessee Transferee is owned directly or indirectly by a Permitted Ultra Petroleum Successor, then such assigning Lessee, its Lessee Guarantor and Ultra Resources shall not be released, and (ii) if the Permitted Lessee Transferee is not owned directly or indirectly by a Permitted Ultra Petroleum Successor, as a condition to such release Lessor may require the ultimate parent company of such Permitted Lessee Transferee to execute a Lessee Guaranty. Neither Lessee nor the Lessee Guarantor nor Ultra Resources shall be released of its obligations or liabilities under this Lease, its Lessee Guaranty or the Resources Guaranty, as applicable, (A) in connection with any Lease Assignment except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, or (B) in connection with any Sublease.

17.5 Transfers and Liens by Lessor and Equity Investors .

(a) Prohibitions on Indebtedness, Transfers, Leases and Liens .

(i) Lessor Transfers . Lessor shall not Transfer or permit the Transfer of all or any portion of the Lessor Interests except a Transfer of all the Lessor Interests pursuant to a Permitted Sale. Any Transfer of all or any portion of the Lessor Interests except a Transfer of all the Lessor Interests pursuant to a Permitted Sale shall be null and void ab initio .

(ii) Lessor Liens . Lessor shall not grant or permit the granting of, or suffer to exist, a Lien upon all or any portion of the Lessor Interests except a Permitted Lessor Lien to secure Permitted Indebtedness. Any Lien upon all or any portion of the Lessor Interests other than a Permitted Lessor Lien to secure Permitted Indebtedness shall be null and void ab initio .

(iii) Lessor Lease Transactions . Lessor shall not at any time during the Lease Term enter into a Lessor Lease Transaction. Any Lessor Lease Transaction during the Lease Term shall be null and void ab initio .

(iv) Lessor Indebtedness . Lessor shall not incur Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness. Any Indebtedness incurred by Lessor other than Permitted Indebtedness shall be null and void ab initio .

 

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(v) Equity Investor Transfers and Other Actions . No Lessor Equity Interest Owner shall Transfer beneficial ownership of (including, for the avoidance of doubt, indirectly by allowing a change in the Beneficial Owner of) any portion of a Lessor Equity Interest to any Person that would result in possession of Controlling Lease Rights by any Person or Persons except pursuant to a Permitted Equity Transfer, and any such Transfer which is not a Permitted Equity Transfer shall be null and void ab initio and Lessor shall not recognize any such Transfer.

(vi) Equity Investor Liens . No Lessor Equity Interest Owner shall grant or permit the granting of, or suffer to exist, a Lien on any Lessor Equity Interest beneficially owned by such Lessor Equity Interest Owner except a Permitted Lessor Lien with respect to such Lessor Equity Interest. Any Lien on any Lessor Equity Interest other than a Permitted Lessor Lien with respect to any Lessor Equity Interest shall be null and void ab initio and Lessor shall not recognize any such Lien on any Lessor Equity Interest.

(b) Permitted Sales; Release Upon a Permitted Sale . For purposes hereof, the term “ Permitted Sale ” means a Transfer by Lessor which satisfies all of the following requirements in all respects:

(i) Transfer of All Lessor Interests for Cash Consideration . Such Transfer is a Transfer of all of Lessor’s right, title and interest under this Lease and all of Lessor’s right, title and interest in the Leased Property for an all-cash consideration (or cash paid to Lessor at closing and the remainder of the purchase price to be paid to Lessor by such transferee after such closing by deferred cash payments) to be paid to Lessor therefor and prior to such Transfer, Lessor has complied with Section 25.3 hereof with respect to such Transfer; and

(ii) Notice . Not less than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the date of such Transfer (ten (10) Business Days in the case of a Transfer to an Affiliate of Lessor), Lessor has timely provided to Lessee notice of the proposed Transfer and evidence reasonably acceptable to Lessee that all the requirements with respect to a Permitted Sale shall be satisfied with respect to the proposed Transfer, including copies of the Governing Documents of such proposed transferee, the documents and instruments evidencing any Indebtedness or Liens arising from or created in connection with such Transfer, and information regarding the owners of the Equity Interests with respect to such proposed transferee and their Lessor Lenders; and

(iii) Successor Lessor Requirements . After giving effect to such Transfer, (A) the Lessor representations in Section 4.1 shall be true and correct in all respects with respect to such transferee Lessor (other than the specific information regarding the state of organization and Equity Owners of Pinedale as set forth in Section 4.1(a ), which information shall be updated as applicable to describe the owners of the successor Lessor), (B) so long as an Ultra Entity Person is Lessee, no Person other than a Permitted Controller of Lease Rights shall possess Controlling Lease Rights, (C) no Disqualified Person shall possess Controlling Lease Rights, (D) Disqualified Persons, in the aggregate, do not possess beneficial ownership of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Lessor Equity Interests, and (E) such transferee Lessor and its Governing Documents comply in all respects with Sections 27.1 and 27.2 ; and

(iv) Lessor Indebtedness . As a result of such Transfer, there shall be no Lessor Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness and there shall exist no Liens on any Lessor Interests other than Permitted Lessor Liens; and

(v) Equity Investor Agreement . In connection with such Transfer, the successor Lessor, each direct owner of a Lessor Equity Interest in such Lessor, and any Affiliate of any such Person required to guaranty the obligations of such Person under the Equity Investor Agreement as a result of the application of the definition of the term “Permitted Controller of Lease Rights” to such Transfer, must execute and deliver to Lessee the Equity Investor Agreement; and

 

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(vi) U.S. Transferee . After giving effect to such Transfer, the transferee Lessor and its Lessor Guarantor, if applicable, shall be organized in the United States or if the transferee or its Lessor Guarantor, if applicable, is organized in a jurisdiction outside the United States, the transferee and its Lessor Guarantor, if applicable, shall indemnify Lessee for any taxes that may be imposed on Lessee as a result thereof, and

(vii) Assumption of Lessor Lease Obligations . Contemporaneous with such Transfer, the transferee Lessor must assume in writing the obligations of Lessor under this Lease arising from and after the date of such Transfer and the other obligations of Lessor under the Easements arising from and after the date of such Transfer; and

(viii) Delivery of Lessor Guaranty and SNDA . Contemporaneous with such Transfer (A) if otherwise required by this Lease in order for such Transfer to be a Permitted Sale, the Lessor Guarantor of such transferee Lessor must execute and deliver to Lessee a Lessor Guaranty, and (B) if applicable, such transferee Lessor and its Lessor Lenders must execute and deliver to Lessee the SNDA; and

(ix) No Lessor Event of Default or Default Under Governing Documents . After giving effect to such Transfer, no event or circumstance shall have occurred at the time of or as a result of such Transfer which with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute a Lessor Event of Default or a breach, default or failure of performance under the Governing Documents of the successor Lessor; and

(x) Compliance with Laws and Lease . Such Transfer complies with all Applicable Legal Requirements, including securities laws, and the documents evidencing such Transfer or other action are provided to Lessee to confirm, to the reasonable satisfaction of Lessee, compliance with the provisions of this Lease; and

(xii) No Change in Lessee’s Rights . The documents evidencing such Transfer or other action do not alter the rights of Lessee under the Lease or as to the Leased Property; and

(xiii) No Change in Lessee’s Obligations . After giving effect to such Transfer or other action, Lessee shall have no greater obligation or liability under this Lease as a result of such Transfer or other action, based on Applicable Legal Requirements in effect at the time of such Transfer or other action, than it would have had if the Transfer or such other action had not taken place (other than obligations indemnified by Lessor under this Lease).

Upon a Permitted Sale in compliance with the terms of this Section 17.5 , the transferring Lessor and its Lessor Guarantor shall be released and relieved of further liability or obligation under this Lease and its applicable Lessor Guaranty, in each such case only with respect to matters arising or accruing from and after the date of such Permitted Sale.

(c) Permitted Equity Transfers . For purposes of this Agreement “ Permitted Equity Transfer ” means any Transfer of beneficial ownership of all or a portion of a Lessor Equity Interest which satisfies all of the following requirements in all respects:

(i) Disqualified Persons and Controlling Parties . Such Transfer would not result in: (A) a Disqualified Person or Disqualified Persons possessing Controlling Lease Rights, (B) Disqualified Persons, in the aggregate, having beneficial ownership of 25% or more of the Lessor Equity Interests, and (C) for so long as an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee under the Lease, a Person who is not a Permitted Controller of Lease Rights possessing Controlling Lease Rights; and

 

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(ii) Notices . Such Lessor Equity Interest Owner shall have given written notice to Lessee of any proposed Transfer of beneficial ownership of all or any portion of a Lessor Equity Interest. Such notice shall be given to Lessee at least fifteen (15) Business Days (ten (10) Business Days in the case of a Transfer to an Affiliate of the transferor) prior to executing a definitive agreement for such Transfer. Such notice shall describe in detail the material terms of such proposed Transfer, the name of each Person proposed to acquire beneficial ownership of all or any portion of a Lessor Equity Interest or to possess Controlling Lease Rights, and provide reasonably sufficient information to enable Lessee to notify, within ten (10) Business Days of Lessee’s receipt of such notice, whether such Person(s) is/are Disqualified Person(s) and to verify within such ten (10) Business Day period that such Transfer complies with the requirements of Section 17.5(c)(i) . Such Lessor Equity Interest Owner shall also provide to Lessee copies of all material documents evidencing such Transfer, in their then current form, at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the closing date or effective date of any Transfer and any material revisions or amendments to such documents promptly after they become available; and

(iii) Addendum to Equity Investor Agreement; Guaranty if Required . Each Person acquiring direct ownership of Lessor Equity Interests shall have executed an Addendum to the Equity Investor Agreement agreeing to be bound by the Equity Investor Agreement, and any Affiliate of any such Person required to guaranty the obligations of such Person under the Equity Investor Agreement as a result of the application of the definition of the term “Permitted Controller of Lease Rights” to such Transfer shall have executed such guaranty; and

(iv) United States Persons; Lessee Indemnity . Unless each Person acquiring beneficial ownership is a United States Person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code, the transferee Lessor Equity Interest Owner and each Person acquiring beneficial ownership shall have agreed to indemnify Lessee, in a manner reasonably acceptable to Lessee, against any amounts payable by Lessee, as Lessee, pursuant to this Lease or otherwise to the extent such liabilities arise out of the status of such transferee as a Person other than a United States Person; and

(v) Compliance with Laws and Lease . Such Transfer complies with all Applicable Legal Requirements, including securities laws, and the documents evidencing such Transfer are provided to Lessee to confirm, to the reasonable satisfaction of Lessee, compliance with the provisions of this Lease; and

(vi) No Default Under Lessor’s Governing Documents . No default or event of default attributable to such Lessor Equity Interest Owner or Lessor shall occur under Lessor’s Governing Documents as a result of such Transfer; and

(vii) No Change in Lessee’s Rights . The documents evidencing such Transfer do not alter the rights of Lessee under the Lease or as to the Leased Property; and

(viii) No Change in Lessee’s Obligations . Immediately after giving effect to such Transfer, Lessee, as Lessee, shall have no greater obligation or liability under this Lease as a result of such Transfer, based on Applicable Legal Requirements in effect at the time of such Transfer, than it would have had if the Transfer had not taken place (other than obligations indemnified by Lessor, the transferee Lessor Equity Interest Owner and such Person acquiring such beneficial ownership pursuant to subsection (iv ), above).

 

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No Lessor or Lessor Guarantor shall be released or relieved of any liability or obligation under this Lease or its applicable Lessor Guaranty in connection with or as a result of a Transfer of any Lessor Equity Interest or any beneficial ownership of any Lessor Equity Interest.

ARTICLE XVIII.

LESSEE’S SURRENDER OF LEASED PROPERTY

18.1 Surrender . Upon the expiration of the Term or the earlier termination of this Lease, Lessee shall surrender to Lessor in Good Condition and Repair the Leased Property and any Permitted Capital Improvements and Additional Lines that become Lessor’s property upon termination of this Lease as provided in Section 10.1(e ) hereof, in all such cases subject to reasonable and ordinary wear and tear, and subject to the provisions of Article XV and Article XVI and Section 25.5 . Any removal of all or any of the Lessee Property by Lessee shall be done in material compliance with Environmental Laws and other Applicable Legal Requirements, including Lessee’s obligation to file all reports and documentation required to be filed with any Governmental Authority in connection with the removal of Lessee Property, and in accordance with the requirements of Article X hereof. Lessee shall repair any material damage to the Leased Property caused by the removal of Lessee Property. After the expiration of the Term or the earlier termination of this Lease, neither Lessee nor Lessor shall have any rights, liabilities or obligations hereunder (except for any that survive the expiration or any earlier termination of this Lease) and including, without limitation, the terms and provisions of Sections 25.2, 25.3 and 25.4 if and to the extent applicable.

ARTICLE XIX.

ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE

19.1 Assignment of Lease . Lessor shall not (a) Transfer all or any portion of its right, title or interest under this Lease except pursuant to a Permitted Sale, or (b) create or suffer to exist a Lien on all or any portion of its right, title or interest under this Lease except (i) a Permitted Lessor Lien, (ii) a Lien which Lessee is contesting in accordance with a Permitted Lessee Contest, or (iii) a Lien which Lessor is contesting in accordance with a Permitted Lessor Contest.

ARTICLE XX.

MORTGAGE SUBORDINATION AND NON-DISTURBANCE AND NOTICE TO MORTGAGEE

20.1 Mortgage Subordination . Except as and to the extent applicable with respect to the Underlying Lien Claims, this Lease and the right, title and interest of Lessee under this Lease shall be prior and superior in all respects to any Lien on all or any portion of the Leased Property by, through or under Lessor, irrespective of the time of execution or time of recording of such Lien, whether placed on the Leased Property prior to, on or after the Effective Date, and whether or not such Lien constitutes a Permitted Lessor Lien or secures Permitted Indebtedness. Except as and to the extent applicable with respect to the Underlying Lien Claims, no Lien placed or permitted on the Leased Property by, through or under Lessor shall be superior or prior to this Lease or Lessee’s right, title and interest under this Lease, whether by date of execution, time of recording, tacking, subrogation, or any other legal or equitable principles or operation of law. Concurrently with the execution of this Lease, Lessor, Lessor Lender and Lessee have entered into the SNDA. Lessor shall cause any subsequent Person holding or claiming any Lien in or to all or any portion of the Lessor Interests or Lessor Equity Interests, as a condition to the granting of same, to execute and deliver to Lessee the SNDA.

 

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ARTICLE XXI.

INDEMNIFICATION

21.1 Indemnification by Lessee .

(a) Lessee’s Indemnification Obligations . Subject to the waiver of subrogation provisions in Section 14.4 , the remainder of this Article XXI , and Section 26.3 , and except for Losses for which Lessor is responsible pursuant to Section 21.2 , Lessee, to the fullest extent permissible by Applicable Legal Requirements, agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Lessor Indemnified Parties and Lessor Lender (in Lessor Lender’s capacity as such) from and against any and all Losses proximately caused by (i) a Lease Assignment or Sublease made by Lessee in violation of this Lease, (ii) a Lessee Event of Default, (iii) any negligent acts or omissions of Lessee or any other Lessee Party with respect to this Lease, the Leased Property or the SNDA, (iv) the fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct of Lessee or any Lessee Party in connection with the Leased Property or the transactions contemplated by this Lease or in connection with the SNDA, (v) the operation, possession, use, non-use, maintenance, modification, alteration, construction, reconstruction, restoration, condition, design or replacement of the Leased Property (or any portion thereof) by Lessee or any other Lessee Party, or (vi) the business and activities of Lessee or of any other Person permitted on or about the Leased Property by Lessee (whether as an invitee, sublessee, licensee or otherwise); provided , however , to the extent and in the proportion such Losses also arise out of or are based upon or arise from or are attributable to any of the following (collectively, and together with the matters described in Section 21.1(b ), below, the “ Exclusions from Lessee’s Indemnification Obligations ”), Lessee’s indemnification under this subsection shall, to such extent, not apply:

(A) the negligence, willful misconduct or fraud of any Lessor Indemnified Party or, in the case of indemnification of a Lessor Lender, the negligence, willful misconduct or fraud of such Lessor Lender;

(B) except to the extent arising by reason of a Lessee Event of Default, breach of any covenant, representation or warranty by any Lessor Party, Lessor Indemnified Party or Lessor Lender contained in this Lease, any Lessor Loan Document, the SNDA, the Equity Investor Agreement or any other document entered into in connection herewith or therewith;

(C) any dispute (A) between or among any Lessor Indemnified Parties, (B) between or among Lessor Lenders or (C) between or among any one or more Lessor Indemnified Parties, on the one hand, and any Lessee Party or Lessor Lender on the other hand;

(D) the negotiation, preparation or administration of this Lease, any Lessor Loan Document, the SNDA, the Equity Investor Agreement or any other document entered into in connection herewith or therewith;

(E) except to the extent arising by reason of a Lessee Event of Default, a violation of any Applicable Legal Requirement or any other legal, regulatory, judicial or similar requirement by any Lessor Party, Lessor Indemnified Party or Lessor Lender;

(F) a Transfer or other disposition by any Lessor Party, Lessor Indemnified Party or Lessor Lender of any interest in all or any portion of the Leased Property;

(G) to the extent imposed with respect to any period (except during the exercise of remedies pursuant to this Lease) after the expiration of the Term or earlier termination of this Lease, except to the extent such Losses relate to (A) events or matters occurring prior to the expiration of the Term or earlier termination of the Lease, (B) the exercise of remedies relating to a Lessee Event of Default, or (C) the failure by Lessee to return the Liquids Gathering System to Lessor in accordance with the terms of this Lease;

(H) arising as a result of a default or event of default under the Lessor Loan Documents, the SNDA or the Equity Investor Agreement or arising otherwise in connection with or under any Lessor Loan Document, except to the extent caused by a Lessee Event of Default; or

(I) a Lessor Event of Default.

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or costs or expenses associated with contesting taxes, it being understood that Lessee’s liability with respect to taxes is governed by Article VI , (ii) principal, interest, default interest, fees, charges or penalties owed in connection with Indebtedness of any Lessor Party or any Lessor Indemnified Party, provided, however, that default interest on Permitted Indebtedness imposed as a result of a Lessor event of default thereunder (A) other than a default based on the failure to make a payment or payments under or with respect to such Indebtedness and (B) which arises solely and directly as a result of a Lessee Event of Default other than a failure to pay Base Rent or Additional Rent, shall not be excluded from “Losses”, or (iii) Losses related to any funding or hedging arrangements entered into or obtained in connection with Lessor Indebtedness or debt or equity investments in Lessor.

(c) Environmental Matters Not Included. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 21.1 is not intended to provide any indemnification to Lessor or any Lessor Indemnified Party for any matters related to Environmental Laws or Hazardous Materials or any other matters covered by Article XXII .

21.2 Release and Indemnification by Lessor . Subject to the waiver of subrogation provisions in Section 14.4 , and except for Losses for which Lessee is responsible pursuant to Section 21.1 , and subject to the provisions in Article XIV and Section 26.3 , Lessor, to the fullest extent permissible by Applicable Legal Requirements:

(a) Release of Lessee and Lessee Indemnified Parties . Releases Lessee and each other Lessee Indemnified Party from any Losses from any source arising out of or based upon, in whole or in part, (i) any acts or omissions by any Lessor Party, Lessor Indemnified Party or Lessor Lender in violation of the terms of this Lease, the SNDA or the Equity Investor Agreement, (ii) any acts or omissions of any Lessor Party, Lessor Indemnified Party or Lessor Lender with respect to this Lease, the Leased Property, the SNDA or the Equity Investor Agreement, (iii) any Lessor Event of Default, or (iv) the fraud, negligence or willful misconduct of any Lessor Party, Lessor Indemnified Party or Lessor Lender in connection with the Leased Property or the transactions contemplated by this Lease, or in connection with the Equity Investor Agreement or the SNDA; and

(b) Lessor Indemnification of Lessee and Lessee Indemnified Parties . Agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend Lessee and each other Lessee Indemnified Party from and against any and all Losses, from any source arising out of or based upon, in whole or in part, (i) any acts or omissions by any Lessor Party or Lessor Indemnified Party in violation of the terms of this Lease, the SNDA or the Equity Investor Agreement, (ii) any acts or omissions of any Lessor Party or Lessor Indemnified Party with respect to this Lease or the Leased Property, the SNDA or the Equity Investor Agreement, (iii) any Lessor Event of Default, or (iv) the fraud, negligence or willful misconduct of any Lessor Party or Lessor Indemnified Party in connection with the Leased Property or the transactions contemplated by this Lease, or in connection with the Equity Investor Agreement or the SNDA;

Provided, however , that in the case of subsections (a ) and ( b ) above, to the extent and in the proportion such Losses also arise out of or are based upon (A) any breach of this Lease by Lessee, (B) the fraud, negligence or willful misconduct of Lessee or any other Lessee Party with respect to the Leased Property, this Lease, the SNDA or the Equity Investor Agreement, (C) Taxes for which Lessee is responsible pursuant to this Lease, or (D) breach by Lessee of any representations made by it in this Lease, then Lessor’s release and indemnification under this subsection (b ) shall not apply.

21.3 Concurrent Negligence . Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 21.1 and Section 21.2, in the event of the concurrent negligence or intentional misconduct of Lessee, any other Lessee Party or any Lessee Indemnified Party on the one hand and the concurrent negligence or intentional misconduct of Lessor, any other Lessor Party or Lessor Indemnified Party, on the other hand, a party’s (the “ Indemnifying Party ”) obligation to indemnify the other as set forth in this Article XXI shall be limited to the extent of the Indemnifying Party’s negligence and/or intentional misconduct (and that of the Lessee Indemnified Parties (if Lessee is the Indemnifying Party) or the Lessor Indemnified Parties (if Lessor is the Indemnifying Party)), including the Indemnifying Party’s proportionate share of reasonable costs, attorneys’ fees, and expenses incurred in connection with any claim, action, or proceeding brought with respect to such injury or damage.

 

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21.4 Survival . The obligations of Lessee and Lessor under this Article XXI shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.

21.5 Claims Procedure . In the case of any Losses asserted by an Indemnified Party under this Article XXI , such Indemnified Party shall give prompt notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party and in any event within no less than 60 days after the Indemnified Party receives notice of such assertion; provided that failure to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not reduce the Indemnifying Party’s obligations to indemnify any Indemnified Party hereunder except to the extent such failure adversely affects the Indemnifying Party’s rights, or materially compromises such Indemnifying Party’s ability, to defend such Losses or results in additional liability on such Indemnifying Party’s part. The Indemnifying Party shall be entitled, at its expense, acting through counsel selected by it (and reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party), to participate in or to assume and control (if it promptly so elects upon notice of the Losses), the negotiation, litigation and/or settlement of any such Losses. Such Indemnified Party may (but shall not be obligated to) participate at its own expense and with its own counsel in any proceeding conducted by the Indemnifying Party in accordance with the foregoing, in which case the Indemnifying Party shall keep such Indemnified Party and its counsel fully informed of all proceedings and filings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Article XI and the right of Lessee to pursue Tax Challenges and Permitted Lessee Contests and the right of Lessor to pursue Permitted Lessor Contests, the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume and control the defense of any Losses if (a) Lessee is the Indemnifying Party, a Level I Lessee Default has occurred and is continuing, or, if Lessor is the Indemnifying Party, a Level 1 Lessor Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the proceeding involves possible imposition of any criminal liability or penalty or unindemnified civil penalty on the Indemnified Party, or (c) the proceeding involves the granting of injunctive relief against the Indemnified Party not related to this Lease.

ARTICLE XXII.

ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS

22.1 Environmental Undertakings . Lessee’s operations on the Leased Property from and after the Effective Date shall comply with Environmental Laws in all material respects. Lessor will conduct no operations on the Leased Property. After either party discovers or is informed of the existence of a material violation of Environmental Laws with respect to the Leased Property, or receipt of any notices alleging non-ordinary course of business liabilities under Environmental Laws with respect to the Leased Property, that party shall give prompt notice to the other party of such event.

22.2 Environmental Covenants.

(a) Lessee’s Obligations for Certain Corrective Actions . Except as otherwise provided in Section 25.5 , Lessee shall be responsible for performing Corrective Action required under Environmental Law to the extent arising from Lessee Environmental Liabilities, such Corrective Actions to be performed in material compliance with Environmental Laws. Lessee’s obligations to conduct Corrective Action shall be limited to those activities designed to achieve the least stringent remediation permitted under Environmental Laws for a property in similar use as the property requiring Corrective Action.

(b) Lessor’s Obligations for Certain Corrective Actions . Upon Lessee’s written request to Lessor requesting that Lessor take such Corrective Action, Lessor shall be responsible for performing any Corrective Action required under Environmental Laws to the extent arising from Lessor Environmental Liabilities, such Corrective Actions to be performed in material compliance with Environmental Laws. Lessor’s obligations to conduct Corrective Action shall be limited to those activities designed to achieve the least stringent remediation permitted under Environmental Laws for a property in similar use as the property requiring Corrective Action.

 

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22.3 Lessee Environmental Indemnity. Lessee shall, at no cost to Lessor, protect, defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless each of the Lessor Indemnified Parties and each Lessor Lender for, from and against any and all Losses (including engineers’ fees, environmental consultants’ fees, and costs of investigation (including sampling, testing, and analysis of soil, water, air, building materials and other materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas)) imposed upon or incurred by or asserted against any Lessor Indemnified Parties, but only to the extent arising out of any one or more of the following:

(a) Lessee Environmental Liabilities; or

(b) Lessee breach of its covenants in this Article XXII (including Lessee’s obligation to take Corrective Action under Section 22.2(a)) .

Lessee’s indemnification obligation does not cover any Losses to the extent attributable to (i) a breach of this Lease by Lessor or any other Lessor Party, (ii) the fraud, negligence or willful misconduct of Lessor, any other Lessor Party or any Lessor Lender, (iii) Lessor Environmental Liabilities, or (iv) Exclusions from Lessee’s Indemnity Obligations. Lessor’s and Lessor Indemnified Parties’ sole and exclusive remedy, either at law, under statute or in equity, against Lessee for Lessee Environmental Liabilities, violations of Environmental Law by Lessee or any other Lessee Party or Releases of Hazardous Materials by Lessee or any other Lessee Party are the remedies in this Section 22.3 and no other rights or remedies shall be applicable thereto, except that Lessee’s failure to perform the Corrective Actions required by Lessee under Section 22.2(a) shall, if not cured within the notice and cure periods provided in Section 23.1(f ), or such earlier date as such Corrective Action must be completed to comply with applicable Environmental Law (but subject to any pending Permitted Lessee Contests with respect to same), entitle Lessor to exercise its self-help remedies under Section 23.2 for so long as such Corrective Action remains incomplete.

22.4 Lessor Environmental Indemnity. Lessor shall, at no cost to Lessee, protect, defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless each of the Lessee Indemnified Parties for, from and against any and all Losses (including engineers’ fees, environmental consultants’ fees, and costs of investigation (including sampling, testing, and analysis of soil, water, air, building materials and other materials and substances whether solid, liquid or gas)) imposed upon or incurred by or asserted against any Lessee Indemnified Party, but only to the extent arising out of any one or more of the following:

 

  (a) Lessor Environmental Liabilities; or

 

  (b) Lessor’s breach of its covenants in this Article XXII (including Lessor’s obligation to take Corrective Action under Section 22.2(b)).

Lessor’s indemnification obligation does not cover any Losses to the extent attributable to (i) a breach of this Lease by Lessee or any other Lessee Party, (ii) the fraud, negligence or willful misconduct of Lessee or any other Lessee Party, or (iii) Lessee Environmental Liabilities. Lessee’s and Lessee Indemnified Parties’ sole and exclusive remedy, either at law, under statute or in equity, against Lessor for Lessor’s Environmental Liabilities, violations of Environmental Law by Lessor or any other Lessor Party or Releases of Hazardous Materials by Lessor or any other Lessor Party are the remedies in this Section 22.4 , except that Lessor’s failure to perform the Corrective Actions required by Lessor under Section 22.2(b) shall, if not cured within the notice and cure periods provided in Section 23.4(i) or such earlier date as such Corrective Action must be completed to comply with applicable Environmental Law (but subject to any pending Permitted Lessor Contests with respect to same), entitle Lessee to exercise its self-help remedies under Section 23.4 for so long as such Corrective Action remains incomplete.

 

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22.5 Claims Procedure . In the case of any Losses asserted by an Indemnified Party under this Article XXII, such Indemnified Party shall give prompt notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party and in any event within no less than 60 days after the Indemnified Party receives notice of such assertion; provided that failure to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not reduce the Indemnifying Party’s obligations to indemnify any Indemnified Party hereunder except to the extent such failure adversely affects the Indemnifying Party’s rights, or materially compromises such Indemnifying Party’s ability, to defend such Losses or results in additional liability on such Indemnifying Party’s part. The Indemnifying Party shall be entitled, at its expense, acting through counsel selected by it (and reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party), to participate in or to assume and control (if it promptly so elects upon notice of the Losses), the negotiation, litigation and/or settlement of any such Losses. Such Indemnified Party may (but shall not be obligated to) participate at its own expense and with its own counsel in any proceeding conducted by the Indemnifying Party in accordance with the foregoing, in which case the Indemnifying Party shall keep such Indemnified Party and its counsel fully informed of all proceedings and filings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Article XI and Lessee’s right to pursue Tax Challenges and Permitted Lessee Contests and Lessor’s right to pursue Permitted Lessor Contests, the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume and control the defense of any Losses if (a) Lessee is the Indemnifying Party, a Level I Lessee Default has occurred and is continuing, or, if Lessor is the Indemnifying Party, a Level 1 Lessor Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the proceeding involves possible imposition of any criminal liability or penalty or unindemnified civil penalty on the Indemnified Party, or (c) the proceeding involves the granting of injunctive relief against the Indemnified Party not related to this Lease.

22.6 Survival . It is expressly understood and agreed that Lessee’s and Lessor’s obligations under this Article XXII shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.

ARTICLE XXIII.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

23.1 Lessee Events of Default . Each of the following shall be an event of default under this Lease (each, subject to the additional notice and cure provisions of Section 17.3 , a “ Lessee Event of Default ”):

(a) Lessee fails to make any payment of Base Rent when due and such failure continues for five (5) Business Days after Lessee’s receipt of written notice from Lessor of such failure; or

(b) Lessee fails to make any Additional Rent (other than a failure to pay Base Rent and except for such payments as Lessee is contesting in good faith or pursuant to a Tax Challenge or a Permitted Lessee Contest) and such failure continues for fifteen (15) Business Days after Lessee’s receipt of written notice of such failure from Lessor; or

(c) any representation and warranty made by Lessee under this Lease is false at the time made and which, individually or in the aggregate with respect to each other such false representation or warranty, is material; or

(d) Lessee makes or permits a Lease Assignment or a Sublease in violation of Article XVII of this Lease, and with respect to a Lease Assignment or Sublease to or with an Affiliate of Lessee, Lessee fails to unwind or terminate such Lease Assignment or Sublease within sixty (60) days after Lessee’s receipt of written notice from Lessor of such breach; or

(e) Lessee fails to maintain property insurance on the Leased Property in material compliance with this Lease, and such failure continues for fifteen (15) Business Days after Lessee’s receipt of written notice of such failure from Lessor; or

 

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(f) Lessee fails to observe or perform any other covenant of Lessee under this Lease and that failure continues for sixty (60) days after Lessee’s receipt of written notice of that breach from Lessor (or if the cure of that failure reasonably requires more than sixty (60) days to complete, if Lessee fails to commence the cure within such sixty (60) day period and thereafter diligently pursue such cure to completion), but with respect to the foregoing, no such uncured failure shall constitute a Lessee Event of Default unless individually or in the aggregate with each other such uncured failure, such failure is material; or

(g) the filing by or against Lessee or Lessee Guarantor of a petition for relief under any Debtor Relief Laws (unless, in the case of a petition filed against Lessee or Lessee Guarantor, the same is dismissed within ninety (90) days after filing), or the appointment of a trustee or receiver to take possession of all, or substantially all, of Lessee’s or Lessee Guarantor’s assets or of Lessee’s interest in this Lease, where such appointment is not discharged in ninety (90) days after appointment of said trustee or receiver, or the voluntary filing of a petition for the appointment of the same; or

(h) Lessee or Lessee Guarantor (i) fails to make any payment of principal or interest with respect to any Material Debt after giving effect to any applicable cure period or (ii) fails to observe or perform any other agreement contained in any agreement or instrument relating to that Material Debt that is a default (other than a failure to pay specified in subsection (i) of this paragraph) and such default continues after the applicable grace or cure period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of the failure specified in subsection (i)  or (ii)  is to accelerate the maturity of that Material Debt; or

(i) a breach or default has occurred and is continuing by Lessee under the SNDA and such breach or default continues for thirty (30) days after Lessee’s receipt of written notice of such breach or default from Lessor.

23.2 Lessor’s Remedies for a Lessee Event of Default . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Lessee Event of Default, with or without notice or demand, except such notice as may be required by statute and cannot be waived by Lessee and such notice as is specifically required by the terms of this Lease (all other notices being hereby waived), Lessor shall be entitled to exercise, at its option, the following remedies, Lessor hereby waiving all other rights and remedies to which Lessor may be entitled at law or in equity:

(a) Lessor’s Remedies for a Level 1 Lessee Default . Following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Level 1 Lessee Default only, Lessor shall have, with respect to each such Level 1 Lessee Default either, but not both, of the rights and remedies specified in subsection (i ) and subsection (ii ), below.

(i) Option to Terminate the Lease . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Level 1 Lessee Default, Lessor may give Lessee written notice of Lessor’s intention to terminate this Lease as a result of such Level 1 Lessee Default (except for the terms and provisions hereof which survive termination) on a date specified in such notice (which date shall be no sooner than sixty (60) days after the date of the notice), in which case, upon the date therein specified, the Term and the estate hereby granted shall expire and terminate as if such date were the date hereinabove fixed for the expiration of the Term except the terms and provisions hereof which survive the Lease Term. Upon such termination, Lessee shall surrender possession of the Leased Property to Lessor and Lessor may take possession of the same on the termination date without being deemed guilty in any manner of trespass or becoming liable for any loss or damage resulting therefrom, without resort to legal or judicial process, procedure or action. If Lessor so terminates this Lease, Lessor may, as full and complete damages for such Level 1 Lessee Default, bring an action against Lessee for any or all of the following:

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(B) Accrued and Unpaid Additional Rent . All Additional Rent accrued and unpaid to the termination date and not otherwise paid by Lessee (including Lessee’s indemnity obligations under Sections 21.2 and 22.3 with respect to matters or circumstances arising prior to the date of Lease termination, whether or not Lessor has asserted such indemnity claims prior to the date of Lease termination), but without duplication for amounts for which Lessor seeks damages under this Lease; and

(C) Failure to Surrender Leased Property . Losses resulting from Lessee’s failure to surrender the Leased Property as required by Section 18.1 , but without duplication for amounts for which Lessor seeks damages or indemnification under this Lease; and

(D) Collection Costs . All reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lessor in enforcing its remedies under this Section 23.2(a)(i ) with respect to such Level 1 Lessee Default, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expert witness fees, costs of tests and analyses, travel and accommodation expenses, deposition and trial transcripts, copies and other similar costs and fees, paid or incurred by Lessor as a result of its exercise of remedies under this subsection (a)(i ) with respect to such Level 1 Lessee Default, regardless of whether or not legal proceedings are actually commenced, subject to Section 26.9 of this Lease, and

(E) Termination Damages . The amount, if any, by which (1) the unpaid Base Rent (as calculated below) payable under this Lease which would have been earned after termination for the balance of the Term (had this Lease not been terminated and without giving effect to any unexercised extension options), discounted to present value at the Discount Rate exceeds (2) the Fair Market Rent for such period, also discounted to present value at the Discount Rate. For purposes of calculating Base Rent which would have been earned after termination for the balance of the Term under (1) above, the Variable Rent component of Total Rents shall be calculated based on the average Variable Rent payable during the one year period prior to the termination of this Lease.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth in this Lease, the amount required to be paid by Lessee pursuant to Sections 23.2(a)(i)(A), (B), (C), (D ) and ( E ) shall be limited as follows: The Inception Date Present Value of the amount paid by Lessee pursuant to Sections 23.2(a)(i)(A), (B), (C), (D ) and ( E ) plus the Inception Date Present Value of the Aggregate Minimum Rent shall not in any event exceed $200,250,000. As used herein, (I) “ Aggregate Minimum Rent ” means the Minimum Rent paid by Lessee during the period beginning on Effective Date and continuing through the date of termination of the Lease Term, (II) “ Inception Date Present Value ” of an amount means the present value of such amount as of the Effective Date, calculated using the Specified Discount Rate, and (III) “ Specified Discount Rate ” means eight percent (8%).

In addition, and notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that as of the Lease termination date specified in Lessor’s notice to Lessee such Level 1 Lessee Default has been cured, such termination notice shall be deemed to have been rescinded, this Lease shall remain in effect and Lessor shall only be entitled to Base Rent and Additional Rent which has accrued under the Lease under subsections (A ) and ( B ), above, and Lessor’s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses under subsection (D ) above.

(ii) Option to Exercise Remedies Other Than Lease Termination Upon a Level 1 Lessee Default . In the event that Lessor elects NOT to exercise its remedies under subsection (i ) above with respect to a Level 1 Lessee Default, and in lieu of its remedies under subsection (i ), above, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Level 1 Lessee Default, Lessor may exercise any or all of its rights or remedies under subsection (b ), below, with respect to such Level 1 Lessee Default.

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exclusivity of such remedies, following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Lessee Event of Default, but only so long as either (x) such Lessee Event of Default does not constitute a Level 1 Lessee Default, or (y) such Lessee Event of Default does constitute a Level 1 Lessee Default and Lessor has elected not to pursue its termination rights as set forth in subsection (a)(i ), above, this Lease shall remain in full force and effect, Lessee shall be entitled to remain in possession of the Leased Property hereunder and shall remain obligated and liable for Lessee’s obligations hereunder, and Lessor may exercise the following remedies, concurrently, successively, or in any combination (except NOT in combination with any of the remedies set forth in subsection (a)(i ), above, and excluding any other or additional remedies):

(i) Accrued, Unpaid Base Rent . Lessor may bring an action against Lessee for all Base Rent accrued, unpaid and due and owing to the date of such action and not otherwise paid by Lessee; and

(ii) Accrued, Unpaid Additional Rent . Lessor may bring an action against Lessee for all Additional Rent accrued, unpaid and due and owing to the date of such action and not otherwise paid by Lessee (including Lessee’s indemnity obligations under Sections 21.2 and 22.3) , but in any case without duplication for claims made under subsection (iii ) of this Section 23.2(b ), below; and

(iii) Damages . Lessor may bring an action against Lessee for Lessor’s damages which are proximately caused by such Lessee Event of Default, but without duplication for amounts for which Lessee seeks damages or indemnification under this Lease; and

(iv) Specific Performance . Lessor may bring an action against Lessee for specific performance by Lessee of its unperformed obligations under this Lease, but without duplication for other amounts for which Lessor seeks damage or indemnification under this Lease. All covenants and agreements of Lessee in this Lease shall be deemed special, unique and extraordinary, and any breach of any covenant or agreement by Lessee shall be deemed to cause Lessor irreparable injury not properly compensable by damages in an action at law, such that the rights and remedies of Lessor may be enforced both at law or in equity

(v) Self-Help Remedies . Lessor may perform, on Lessee’s behalf, any unperformed covenant or obligation under this Lease constituting such Lessee Event of Default if such covenant or obligation remains unperformed on the date that is not less than ten (10) Business Days after entry of a final and non-appealable court order confirming such Lessee Event of Default, in which event, Lessee shall reimburse Lessor for all reasonable costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by Lessor in doing so, plus together with interest thereon at the Default Interest Rate from the Due Date for Additional Rent, but in any event without duplication for amounts for which Lessor seeks damages or indemnification under this Lease; provided, however, that any action taken by Lessor in accordance with this Section 23.2(b)(v) shall be made in compliance with Lessee’s rules and regulations with respect to the Leased Property; and

(vi) Costs of Collection . Lessor shall be entitled to recover from Lessee all out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expert witness fees, costs of tests and analyses, travel and accommodation expenses, deposition and trial transcripts, copies and other similar costs and fees, paid or incurred by Lessor in exercising its remedies under this Section 23.2(b ) as a result of such Lessee Event of Default, regardless of whether or not legal proceedings are actually commenced, subject to Section 26.9 of this Lease.

(c) No Waiver or Election of Remedies . No delay or omission of Lessor to exercise any right or power accruing upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Lessee Event of Default shall impair any other or subsequent Lessee Event of Default or impair any rights or remedies consequent thereto unless such Lessee Event of Default is cured. Except with respect to the exclusivity of certain remedies as

 

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provided in Sections 23.2(a ) and ( b ), every power and remedy given by this Section to Lessor may be exercised from time-to-time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by Lessor, subject at all times to Lessor’s right to change any course of action undertaken by Lessor. Lessor hereby irrevocably waives and releases any and all rights and remedies with respect to any Lessee Event of Default other than as expressly granted in this Section 23.2 provided, however, that this sentence shall not be deemed to prohibit collection by Lessor of Base Rent and Additional Rent which has accrued or arisen during the Term, including indemnification claims which arose during the Term pursuant to Sections 21.1 and 22.3 , but without duplication of any amounts for which Lessor seeks damages or indemnification under this Lease

23.3 Lessor Events of Default . Each of the following shall be an event of default under this Lease (each, a “ Lessor Event of Default ”):

(a) Monetary Defaults . Lessor fails to make any payment due to Lessee under this Lease and such failure continues for fifteen (15) Business Days after Lessor’s receipt of written notice of such failure from Lessee; or

(b) Certain Representations . Any representation or warranty made by Lessor under Sections 4.1(f ) or ( g ) is false in any material respect at the time made and such representation or warranty continues to be untrue for thirty (30) days after Lessor’s receipt of written notice of such matter; or

(c) Other Representations . Any other representation and warranty made by Lessor under this Lease is false at the time made and which, individually or in the aggregate with respect to each other such false representation or warranty, is material; or

(d) Certain Specified Lessor Defaults . Any breach, default or failure of performance by Lessor or its Governing Documents under (i)  Section 3.2(a ) ( Prohibited Other Record Agreement s), (ii)  Section 17.5(a)(i) , (ii ), ( iii ) or ( iv ) ( Prohibited Lessor Transfers, Indebtedness, Liens and Leases ), (iii)  Section 27.1(a), (d), (e), (f ) or ( g)  ( SPE & Governing Document Requirements ), or (iv)  Sections 27.2(a ), ( b ), ( c ), or ( f ) ( Loan Related Requirements) , and such breach, default or failure of performance remains uncured for sixty (60) days after Lessor’s receipt of written notice of such breach, default or failure of performance; or

(e) Lessor Default under the SNDA . Any breach, default or failure of performance by Lessor under the SNDA, and such breach, default or failure of performance remains uncured for thirty (30) days after Lessor’s receipt of written notice of such breach, default or failure of performance; or

(f) Equity Investor Defaults . Any breach, default or failure of performance under (i)  Section 17.5(a)(v ), (ii)  Section 17.5(a)(vi ), or (iii)  Sections 27.1(b ), ( c ) or ( h ), and such breach, default or failure of performance remains uncured for sixty (60) days after Lessor’s receipt of written notice of such breach, default or failure of performance, provided, however , that with respect to any such breach, default or failure of performance, Lessor shall be deemed to have cured such breach, default or failure of performance so long as (A) the Transfer which gave rise to such breach, default or failure of performance is null and void ab initio under Lessor’s Governing Documents, (B) Lessor does not recognize any Lessor Equity Interest Owner who (or whose Beneficial Owner(s)) gave rise to such breach, default or failure of performance, (C) Lessor notifies such Lessor Equity Owner(s) in writing that the Transfer which gave rise to such breach, default or failure of performance is null and void, (D) Lessor does not pay or otherwise permit to be made any distribution or other funds or amounts to (I) the transferee of a Lessor Equity Owner if the Transfer to such transferee gave rise to such breach, default or failure of performance, or (II) to a Lessor Equity Interest Owner if one or more of its Beneficial Owner(s) gave rise to such breach, default or failure of performance, (E) Lessor does not make or permit to be made any allocations or other adjustments to the capital or similar account of a Lessor Equity Interest Owner(s) as a result of Lessor income, revenue, gains or otherwise if one or more of its Beneficial Owners gave rise to such breach, default or failure of performance, and (F) Lessor does not permit or allow a Lessor Equity Interest Owner(s) (if one or more of its Beneficial Owners gave rise

 

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to such breach, default or failure of performance) or its Beneficial Owner(s) to: (I) vote or have any influence or involvement in any governance matter, approval, consent or election with respect to Lessor, the Leased Property, Lessee or this Lease, (II) receive from Lessor or any of Lessor’s beneficial owners any financial or other information with respect to Lessor, Lessee, the Leased Property or this Lease, or (III) inspect the Leased Property or otherwise participate in any rights or benefits of Lessor under this Lease; provided further , that even if the conditions in subsections (A)-(F ) above remain satisfied, if any Person receives a final judgment holding that (X) such Transfer giving rise to such breach, default or failure of performance is enforceable and remains in effect, or (Y) any of the actions or conditions in subsections (A )-( F ), above must cease or are otherwise unenforceable, then such breach, default or failure of performance shall be deemed not to be cured for purposes of this Lease; or

(g) Failure to Deliver Documents in Connection with a Required Sale to Lessee or its Designee . Lessor fails to execute and deliver the documents required to Transfer the Leased Property to Lessee or its designee if Lessor has accepted Lessee’s purchase offer under Article XV , Article XVI or Section 25.5, and such failure remains uncured for ten (10) Business Days after Lessor’s receipt of written notice of such failure from Lessee; or

(h) Breach of ROFR Provisions . Any breach, default or failure of performance by Lessor under Section 25.3 ( Transfer of Leased Property ROFR ) or Section 25.4 ( Lease of Leased Property ROFR ) and such breach, default or failure of performance remains for ten (10) Business Days after Lessor’s receipt of written notice of such failure from Lessee; or

(i) Other Lessor Covenant Defaults . Lessor fails to observe or perform any other covenant of Lessor under this Lease in any material respect (other than those specified in other subsections of this Section 23.3 which failure continues for sixty (60) days after Lessor’s receipt of written notice of such breach from Lessee (or if the cure of such failure reasonably requires more than sixty (60) days to complete, if Lessor fails to commence the cure within such sixty (60) day period and thereafter diligently pursue such cure to completion); or

(j) Debtor Relief Laws . The filing by or against Lessor of a petition for relief under any Debtor Relief Laws (unless the same is dismissed within ninety (90) days after filing), or the appointment of a trustee or receiver to take possession of all, or substantially all, of Lessor’s assets or of Lessor’s interest in this Lease, where such appointment is not discharged in ninety (90) days after appointment of said trustee or receiver, or the voluntary filing of a petition for the appointment of the same.

23.4 Lessee’s Remedies for a Lessor Event of Default .

(a) Lessee Remedies . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Lessor Event of Default, with or without notice or demand, except such notice as may be required by statute and cannot be waived by Lessor and such notice as is specifically required by the terms of this Lease (all other notices being hereby waived), this Lease shall remain in full force and effect, Lessee shall be entitled to remain in possession of the Leased Property hereunder and shall remain obligated and liable for Lessee’s obligations hereunder (subject to Lessee’s offset rights set forth below), and Lessee shall have and may exercise the following remedies, concurrently, successively, or in any combination, Lessee hereby waiving all other rights and remedies to which Lessee may be entitled at law or in equity:

(i) Amounts Due by Lessor under the Lease . Lessee may collect and bring an action against Lessor for all amounts due, owing and unpaid by Lessor as of the date of such action, including Lessor’s indemnity obligations under this Lease with respect to matters or circumstances arising prior to the date of such action, but in any case without duplication for claims made under subsection (a)(ii ) below; and

 

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(ii) Damages . Lessee may bring an action against Lessor for Lessee’s damages which are proximately caused by such Lessor Event of Default, but without duplication for other amounts and indemnities for which Lessor may be obligated under this Lease; and

(iii) Specific Performance . Lessee may bring an action against Lessor for specific performance by Lessor of its unperformed obligations under this Lease, but without duplication for other amounts, damages and indemnities for which Lessor may be obligated under this Lease. All covenants and agreements of Lessor in this Lease shall be deemed special, unique and extraordinary, and any breach of any covenant or agreement by Lessor shall be deemed to cause Lessee irreparable injury not properly compensable by damages in an action at law, such that the rights and remedies of Lessee may be enforced both at law or in equity; and

(iv) Self-Help . Lessee may perform, on Lessor’s behalf, any unperformed covenant or obligation under this Lease constituting such Lessor Event of Default if such covenant or obligation remains unperformed on the date that is not less than ten (10) Business Days after entry of a final and non-appealable court order confirming such Lessor Event of Default, in which event, Lessor shall reimburse Lessee for all reasonable costs, expenses and disbursements incurred by Lessee in doing so, plus together with interest thereon at the Default Interest Rate from the date which is ten (10) Business Days after Lessee makes demand on Lessor for payment of same, but in any event without duplication for amounts for which Lessor seeks damages or indemnification under this Lease; and

(v) Enforcement Costs . Lessee shall be entitled to recover from Lessor all out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expert witness fees, costs of tests and analyses, travel and accommodation expenses, deposition and trial transcripts, copies and other similar costs and fees, paid or incurred by Lessee in exercising its remedies under this Section 23.4(a ) as a result of such Lessor Event of Default, regardless of whether or not legal proceedings are actually commenced, subject to Section 26.9 of this Lease; and

(vi) Special Payment for a Level 1A Lessor Default . So long as an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee under this Lease and no Level 1 Lessee Default has occurred and is continuing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of one or more Level 1A Lessor Defaults, beginning immediately upon notice from Lessee to Lessor, Lessor shall pay to Lessee an amount equal to $10,000 per day until all Level 1A Lessor Defaults are cured (the “ Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amount ”). Lessor may choose to pay the Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amount due hereunder on a monthly basis, on or before the date five (5) Business Days prior to the end of each calendar month, in the amount of the aggregate unpaid Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amount due through the end of such calendar month. If on the date five (5) Business Days prior to the end of any calendar month Lessor has not paid to Lessee the aggregate Level 1 A Lessor Default Payment Amount due through the end of such calendar month, then Lessee may offset against the monthly payment of Base Rent for the immediately succeeding calendar month the unpaid Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amount, but in no event may Lessee offset such unpaid Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amount against any monthly payment of Base Rent in an amount which, when added to any offsets to such monthly payment of Base Rent under subsection (vii ) below, would cause such monthly payment of Base Rent hereunder to be less than the Monthly Debt Service for such payment date. Following the cure of all Level 1A Lessor Defaults hereunder, within ten (10) Business Days following delivery of written notice from Lessor to Lessee of (a) evidence reasonably acceptable to Lessee that all Level 1A Lessor Defaults have been cured, and (b) a correct calculation of the total Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amounts paid by Lessor to Lessee or offset against Base Rent with respect to such Level 1A Lessor Defaults (collectively, with respect to such Level 1A Lessor Defaults, the “ Level 1A Default Payments ”), then (x) the Level 1A Lessor Payment Amount that has accrued and remains unpaid shall automatically be extinguished, and (y) Lessee shall pay to Lessor (or as otherwise directed by Lessor under this Lease or by Lessor Lender with respect to payment of

 

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Base Rent) the amount of such Level 1A Lessor Default Payments, less any amounts owing to Lessee under the preceding subsections (i)-(v ) as of such date, and without payment by Lessee of interest at the Default Interest Rate thereon. Neither payment by Lessor to Lessee of any Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amount nor Lessee’s offset of any Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amount against Base Rent as permitted by this subsection (vi ) shall be exclusive of any other remedies available under this Section 23.4(a ), and Lessee may pursue its other remedies under this Lease with respect to such Level 1A Lessor Default. Lessor and Lessee agree that Lessor’s damages resulting from a Level 1A Lessor Default would be impractical and extremely difficult, if not impossible, to estimate or to determine, and the Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amount is a fair and reasonable estimate of those damages which has been agreed to in an effort to cause the amount of such damages to be certain; and

(vii) Right to Offset . So long as no Level 1 Lessee Default has occurred and is continuing, in the event Lessor fails to pay to Lessee any amounts due to Lessee pursuant to subsections (i) , (ii ), ( iii ), ( iv ), or ( v ), above, within ten (10) Business Days after written demand from Lessee, Lessee may offset such delinquent amounts, including interest thereon at the Default Interest Rate, from Base Rent otherwise due and owing by Lessee, whether previously or thereafter due and owing provided, however, that Lessee shall not offset such amounts against any monthly payment of Base Rent in an amount which, when added to any offsets under subsection (vi ), above, with respect to such monthly payment of Base Rent, would cause any payment of monthly Base Rent hereunder to be less than the Monthly Debt Service for such payment date.

(b) Delays and Waivers of Other Remedies . No delay or omission of Lessee to exercise any right or power accruing upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Lessor Event of Default shall impair any other or subsequent Lessor Event of Default or impair any rights or remedies consequent thereto unless such Lessor Event of Default is cured. Subject to the provisions of subsection (a ), above, which provide that such remedies are available without duplication of certain other claims, every power and remedy given by this Section 23.4 to Lessee may be exercised from time-to-time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by Lessee, subject at all times to Lessee’s right to change any course of action undertaken by Lessee. Lessee hereby irrevocably waives and releases any and all rights and remedies with respect to any Lessor Event of Default other than as expressly granted in this Section 23.4 . provided, however, that this sentence shall not be deemed to prohibit collection by Lessee of amounts due and owing from Lessor which payment obligation has accrued or arisen with respect to facts or circumstances during the Term, including indemnification claims which arose during the Term pursuant to Sections 21.2 and 22.4 , but without duplication of any such amounts or claims and such remedies.

23.5 Mitigation of Damages . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article XXIII , (a) upon the occurrence of a Lessee Event of Default, Lessor shall be obligated to mitigate its damages hereunder, and (b) upon the occurrence of a Lessor Event of Default, Lessee shall be obligated to mitigate its damages hereunder.

 

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ARTICLE XXIV.

NOTICE

24.1 Notices . Except where otherwise specifically provided in this Lease, all notices, demands, requests or other communications (each, a “ Notice ”) which either party is required to or may desire to give to the other shall be in writing and shall be given by (a) personal delivery, (b) mailing a copy thereof by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or (c) nationally recognized overnight courier service (such as Federal Express or UPS), all charges prepaid, furnishing a receipt upon delivery, in each case addressed to the party to whom the notice is directed at the Notice Address of such party set forth below. A notice given by Lessee may be given, in addition to the methods set forth in the preceding sentence, via electronic mail, and any Notice sent by Lessee via electronic mail shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee upon Lessee sending the email to the addressee’s designated email address below. The Notice Address of each party is:

Lessee :

Ultra Wyoming LGS, LLC

400 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 1200

Houston TX 77060

Attention: Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

With a copy to:

Ultra Petroleum Corp.

400 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 1200

Houston TX 77060

Attention: Legal Department

Lessor :

Pinedale Corridor, LP

4200 W. 115th Street, Suite 210

Leawood, KS 66211

Email Address: rick.green@corridortrust.com

With a copy to:

Husch Blackwell LLP

4801 Main Street, Suite 1000

Kansas City, MO 64112

Attn: Steve Carman

Email Address: steve.carman@huschblackwell.com

The addresses to which notices and demands shall be delivered or sent may be changed from time-to-time by notice served by either party upon the other as provided above.

24.2 Deemed Receipt . Unless otherwise provided in this Lease, and except for deemed receipt of email notices as provided in Section 24.1 , notice shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee as follows: (a) if a Notice is delivered in person, or sent by registered or certified mail, or nationally recognized overnight courier, upon receipt by the addressee or delivery to the address of the addressee; and (b) if the addressee rejects or otherwise refuses to accept the Notice, or if the Notice cannot be delivered because of a change in address for which no Notice was given, then upon the rejection, refusal, or inability to deliver the Notice.

24.3 Delivery; Time of Notice . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Notice is received after 5:00 p.m. on a Business Day where the addressee is located, or on a day that is not a Business Day where the addressee is located, then the Notice is deemed received at 9:00 a.m. local time on the next business day where the addressee is located.

 

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ARTICLE XXV.

RENEWAL AND END OF TERM OPTIONS, RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL, AND

OTHER PREFERENTIAL PURCHASE RIGHTS

25.1 Renewal Option.

(a) Renewal Rights . Provided no Level 1 Lessee Default has occurred and remains uncured as of the end of the Current Lease Term End, Lessee shall have the right and option (the “ Renewal Option ”) to extend the term of the Lease with respect to all (but not less than all) of the Leased Property for successive renewal terms, each for a length of time equal to five (5) years, provided, however, that the maximum aggregate Term shall in no event exceed 99 years. Base Rent during each Renewal Term shall be the Fair Market Rent, determined as set forth below.

(b) Lessee Renewal Notice . Prior to the date that is twenty-one (21) months before the Current Lease Term End (the “ Renewal Notice Date ”), Lessee may exercise its Renewal Option if Lessee and Lessor agree in writing upon the Fair Market Rent for the applicable Renewal Term (the “ Agreed FMV Rent ”).

(c) Determination of Agreed Fair Market Rent . Lessor and Lessee shall negotiate in good faith to reach agreement as to the Fair Market Rent and, if requested by Lessee, one or more Responsible Officers of Lessor shall meet with one or more Responsible Officers of Lessee at Lessee’s offices in Houston, Texas or such other location as the parties shall mutually agree to conduct such negotiations in person. The Agreed FMV Rent shall be the Base Rent for the Leased Property for the applicable Renewal Term. If Lessor and Lessee are unable to agree upon the Fair Market Rent on or prior to the Renewal Notice Date, Lessee may notify Lessor in writing of its intent to exercise its Renewal Option subject to an acceptable determination of Fair Market Rent on or prior to the Renewal Notice Date (such notice, a “ Fair Market Rent Determination Notice ”). If the Lessee does not deliver the Fair Market Rent Determination Notice on or before the Renewal Notice Date, Lessee will be deemed to have decided not to elect to exercise the Renewal Term Option and the Lease will expire on the Current Lease Term End. If Lessee delivers a Fair Market Rent Determination Notice to Lessor, then each of Lessor and Lessee shall submit to the other in writing (the “ Designation Notice ”), no sooner than fifteen (15) Business Days after Lessee’s delivery of such Fair Market Rent Determination Notice and no later than thirty (30) Business Days after Lessee’s delivery of such Fair Market Determination Notice, (i) its good faith estimate of the Fair Market Rent during the applicable Renewal Term (collectively referred to as the “ Estimates ”), and (ii) the name of the Independent Appraiser appointed by it to determine which of the two (2) Estimates most closely reflects the Fair Market Rent for the Leased Property during the applicable Renewal Term, and Fair Market Rent shall be determined as follows:

(i) If either Lessor or Lessee fails to appoint an Independent Appraiser within the fifteen (15) Business Day period referred to above, the Independent Appraiser appointed by the other party shall be the sole Independent Appraiser for the purposes hereof and shall determine which of the two (2) Estimates most closely reflects the Fair Market Rent within twenty (20) Business Days after the Designation Notice appointing such Independent Appraiser, and the Estimate so chosen shall be binding on both Lessor and Lessee as the Base Rent for the Leased Property during the applicable Renewal Term.

(ii) If both Lessor and Lessee appoint an Independent Appraiser within the fifteen (15) Business Day period referred to above, Lessor’s and Lessee’s Independent Appraisers shall work together in good faith to agree upon which of the two (2) Estimates most closely reflects the Fair Market Rent for the Leased Property within twenty (20) Business Days after the Designation Notices appointing such Independent Appraisers (or the later of the two Designation Notices). The Estimate chosen by such Independent Appraisers shall be binding on both Lessor and Lessee as the Base Rent for the Leased Property during the applicable Renewal Term.

 

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(iii) If the two (2) Independent Appraisers have not agreed upon which of the two (2) Estimates most closely reflects the Fair Market Rent by midnight on the date which is twenty (20) Business Days after the Designation Notices appointing such Independent Appraisers (or the later of the two Designation Notices), then, within ten (10) Business Days after the expiration of such twenty (20) Business Day period, the two (2) Independent Appraisers shall select a third Independent Appraiser. Once the third Independent Appraiser has been selected, then, as soon thereafter as practicable but in any case within fifteen (15) Business Days, the third Independent Appraiser shall make his or her determination of which of the two (2) Estimates most closely reflects the Fair Market Rent and such Estimate shall be binding on both Lessor and Lessee as the Base Rent for the Leased Property during the applicable Renewal Term. If the two (2) Independent Appraisers are unable to agree upon a third Independent Appraiser within such fifteen (15) Business Day period, the third Independent Appraiser shall be appointed as soon as possible by the American Arbitration Association (or any successor organization, or if no successor organization shall then exist, by a court of competent jurisdiction residing in Harris County, Texas, or such other jurisdiction as Lessor and Lessee mutually agree), subject to the qualification requirements set out herein. In the event of the failure, refusal or inability of any Independent Appraiser to act, a new Independent Appraiser shall be appointed in his stead, which appointment shall be made in the same manner as set forth above for the appointment of such resigning Independent Appraiser.

(iv) Notwithstanding the foregoing procedures of this Section 25.1(c), Lessor and Lessee may terminate the foregoing procedures to determine the Fair Market Rent for the applicable Renewal Term, if at any time during the process, they agree in writing as to what constitutes the Fair Market Rent for the applicable Renewal Term and such determination shall be binding on both Lessor and Lessee as the Base Rent for the Leased Property during the applicable Renewal Term.

(v) The parties shall share equally in the costs of the third Independent Appraiser. The fees of any appraiser, counsel or experts engaged directly by Lessor or Lessee shall be borne by the party retaining the appraiser, counsel or expert.

(d) Lessee Right to Rescind Upon Final Determination of Fair Market Rent . If Fair Market Rent is determined pursuant to subsection (c ), above, then on or before the date which is thirty (30) days following the determination of the Fair Market Rent pursuant to subsection (c ), above, Lessee shall elect, by written notice to Lessor, whether to (i) rescind Lessee’s election to extend the Lease Term for the applicable Renewal Term, in which case Lessee shall be deemed to have elected not to extend the Lease Term for the applicable Renewal Term (although to the extent that Lessee’s rescission notice is given after the date which would otherwise have been the commencement date of such Renewal Term, the Lease shall be deemed to have been extended for such period and Lessee’s possession during such period shall not constitute a default or “holding over” after the Lease Term), or (ii) renew the Lease for the applicable Renewal Term for the Fair Market Rent as so determined, in which case during such Renewal Term all of the terms and conditions of this Lease will continue in full force and effect, with Base Rent being determined as set forth in subsection (c ), above. Any failure of the parties to determine Fair Market Rent within the timeframes set forth in this Section 25.1 shall not invalidate any of Lessee’s rights under this subsection (d ) or any other provision of this Section 25.1 . If Lessee fails to timely notify Lessor in writing of Lessee’s decision to rescind its extension notice or to renew the Lease as provided in this subsection (d ), Lessee will be deemed to have elected to rescind its election to extend the Lease Term for such Renewal Term as provided in subsection (i ), above. Upon expiration of the Lease Term due to failure of Lessee to extend the Lease Term for a Renewal Term or actual or deemed rescission by Lessee of its election to so extend for the Renewal Term, (A) Lessor may (but shall not be obligated to) market the Leased Property for sale or lease, subject in each case to Sections 25.3 and 25.4 hereof, and (B) the Lease shall terminate except the provisions hereof which survive termination, including Sections 25.3 and 25.4 hereof.

(e) Payment of Renewal Term Base Rent Prior to Final Determination of Fair Market Rent . In the event the procedures outlined in subsections (c ) and ( d ), above, are not completed and, therefore, the Fair Market Rent for the applicable Renewal Term is not determined as of the Current Lease Term End, then Lessee shall pay Base Rent for the Leased Property during the applicable Renewal Term based on the average of the Estimates provided by Lessor’s Independent Appraiser and Lessee’s Independent Appraiser. If it is thereafter determined that the Fair Market Rent for the applicable Renewal Term is an amount different than the amount paid by Lessee, the Fair Market Rent as so determined shall be effective from the date of commencement of the applicable Renewal Term, and Lessee or Lessor, as the case may be, shall pay to the other party, within twenty (20) Business Days after the determination of such Fair Market Rent for the applicable Renewal Term, the difference between the rent payable based upon the Fair Market Rent for the applicable Renewal Term as determined in accordance with the foregoing from the commencement date of the applicable Renewal Term and the total Base Rent actually paid to the date of such payment. If the amount due by Lessor to Lessee or Lessee to Lessor, as the case may be, under the foregoing sentence is not paid within such twenty (20) Business Day period, such amount shall thereafter bear interest from the Due Date for Additional Rent (with respect to payments by Lessee) or ten (10) Business Days following written demand from Lessee to Lessor (with respect to payments by Lessor) at a rate equal to the Default Interest Rate.

 

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25.2 Lessee as Operator After Term . If Lessor elects by written notice to Lessee given no later than 90 days prior to the end of the Lease Term, then following the termination of this Lease, Lessee or its Affiliate will continue to operate the Leased Property after the Term as an operator and not a lessee, pursuant to the Services Agreement and, in such event, Lessee or its Affiliate may elect to use the Leased Property during any such period pursuant to the Gathering Agreement, in each case with such revisions as Lessor and Lessee shall mutually agree (together and with such mutually acceptable revisions, the “ Operating Agreements ”), for a Monthly Operating Fee equal to the fair market value for applicable services and use under the Operating Agreements as Lessor and Lessee shall negotiate in good faith, for a period of up to two (2) years following the end of the Lease Term, as specified in the notice from Lessor, but subject in any event to the termination rights provided in the Operating Agreements. Upon timely written request from Lessor as provided in this Section 25.2 , Lessor and Lessee shall execute and deliver the Operating Agreements and pay or cause to be paid the Monthly Operating Fee in connection therewith.

25.3 Right of First Refusal With Respect to the Transfer of All of the Leased Property .

(a) Limitations on Lessor Transfers . Lessor covenants and agrees that (i) during the ROFR Transfer Period, Lessor shall not Transfer less than all of its right, title or interest in the Leased Property or this Lease, (ii) any Transfer of all of Lessor’s right, title and interest in the Leased Property and this Lease during the Lease Term shall be subject to Section 17.5 and this Section 25.3 , and (iii) any Transfer of all of Lessor’s right, title and interest in the Leased Property and this Lease after the end of the Lease Term, but during the remainder of the ROFR Transfer Period, shall be subject to this Section 25.3 .

(b) Transfers Subject to ROFR Rights . If at any time or from time-to-time during the ROFR Transfer Period Lessor desires to Transfer or agrees to Transfer all of its right, title and interest in and to the Leased Property and in and under this Lease, in any such case to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Lessor and Lessor has received a Third Party Asset Offer with respect to such Transfer, then (subject to the immediately succeeding sentence of this Section 25.3(b )), Lessor may not consummate such Transfer unless Lessor first complies with the terms and conditions of this Section 25.3 . Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Section 25.3 to the contrary, (i) Lessor shall not be permitted to consummate any Transfer of all or any portion of its right, title and interest in and to the Leased Property and in and under this Lease during the Lease Term which is not a Permitted Sale even if Lessee does not elect to exercise its right of first refusal under this Section 25 .3 with respect to such Transfer, (ii) the restrictions on Transfers by Lessor under Section 17.5 shall not be applicable to any Transfer of Lessor’s right, title and interest in and to the Leased Property and in and under this Lease after the Lease Term, although the prohibition on partial

 

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Transfers as set forth in subsection (a ), above, shall remain applicable during the remaining ROFR Transfer Period, and (iii) this Section 25.3 shall not be applicable, and Lessor shall not be required to comply with this Section 25.3 with respect to a proposed Transfer by Lessor of all or any portion of its right, title and interest in and to the Leased Property and in and under this Lease after the Lease Term if either (A) this Lease has been terminated by Lessor pursuant to Section 23.2(a)(i ) as a result of a Level 1 Lessee Default, or (B) as of the end of the Lease Term an Ultra Entity Person is not the Lessee under this Lease. Lessee’s rights under this Section 25.3 are absolute, appurtenant and shall run with the land with respect to the Leased Property and shall survive termination of this Lease for the ROFR Transfer Period.

(c) ROFR Asset Sale Notice . If Lessor desires to accept a Third Party Asset Offer (or if the Third Party Asset Offer is a binding contract that Lessor desires to execute), then Lessor shall provide written notice to Lessee of the Third Party Asset Offer (an “ ROFR Asset Sale Notice ”). The ROFR Asset Sale Notice will include the following information:

(i) a copy of the Third Party Asset Offer and any related documents (such as an agreed upon form of contract);

(ii) a package containing any information about the Leased Property that Lessor has provided to the proposed buyer;

(iii) an identification of the direct and indirect owners of the proposed buyer (and each Person that will have Controlling Lease Rights) and information as to the business, character, reputation and financial capacity of the proposed buyer and the principals associated therewith to carry out the terms of the Third Party Asset Offer and, during the Lease Term, to comply with all requirements of this Lease and the Equity Investor Agreement in the event such Transfer is consummated; and

(iv) during the Lease Term, such other documents and information as Lessee may reasonably require to evidence that the proposed Transfer will qualify as a Permitted Sale hereunder.

(d) ROFR Asset Offer . The delivery of the ROFR Asset Sale Notice constitutes an offer (an “ ROFR Asset Offer ”) by Lessor to sell the Leased Property to Lessee in accordance with the terms set forth in this Section 25.3 .

(e) Lessee Election . Lessee will have fifteen (15) Business Days from the date of its receipt of the ROFR Asset Offer (the “ ROFR Asset Election Period ”) to elect to acquire the Leased Property pursuant to the same terms the proposed buyer would acquire the Leased Property under the Third Party Asset Offer. If Lessee desires to acquire the Leased Property pursuant to such terms, then prior to the end of the ROFR Asset Election Period, Lessee must deliver a notice of acceptance (the “ ROFR Asset Acceptance Notice ”) to Lessor. If Lessee rejects the Third Party Asset Offer or does not timely accept such offer, then Lessor may proceed to close on the Third Party Asset Offer with the proposed buyer in accordance with the substantially unmodified terms of the Third Party Asset Offer only if such Transfer is completed within one hundred fifty (150) days after the last day of the ROFR Asset Election Period. If the terms of such Transfer are modified pursuant to a Material Amendment or such Transfer is not completed within such one hundred and fifty (150) day period, then Lessee shall again have the opportunity to be the buyer under such transaction, meaning that Lessor must send Lessee a new ROFR Asset Sale Notice and comply again with this Section 25.3 . At no time during the Lease Term may Lessor elect to Transfer all or any portion of the Lessor Interests or any interest therein except pursuant to a Permitted Sale, whether or not Lessee has elected or rejected the ROFR Asset Offer and any such Transfer by Lessor in violation of this Section 25.3 or Section 17.5 shall be void ab initio . This restriction on Transfer and Lessee’s right of first refusal rights under this Section 25.3 are absolute, appurtenant, and shall run with the land with respect to the Leased Property and this Lease.

 

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(f) Closing . The closing of the purchase of the Leased Property by Lessee under this Section 25.3 will be held within sixty (60) days after the delivery of the ROFR Asset Acceptance Notice or such longer period as required to complete the process described in Subsection (g)  below, if applicable. At the closing, Lessor will deliver conveyance documents, each in form and substance contemplated by the Third Party Asset Offer, to transfer the ownership of the Leased Property to Lessee.

(g) Determination of FMV of Non-Cash Consideration . If any part of the consideration to acquire the Leased Property as described in the Third Party Asset Offer is not in cash, then before the end of the ROFR Asset Election Period, Lessee may also elect to have the fair market value of such non-cash consideration (the “ Non-Cash Consideration ”) determined pursuant to this Section.

(i) Lessor and Lessee will attempt to agree on the Fair Market Value of the Non-Cash Consideration as of the date of the ROFR Asset Offer (the “ Non-Cash Consideration Value ”). If Lessor and Lessee do not agree within ten (10) Business Days following the ROFR Asset Election Period as to the deemed Non-Cash Consideration Value, then Lessor and Lessee will attempt to agree on an Independent Appraiser to determine such Non-Cash Consideration Value. If Lessor and Lessee agree on such Independent Appraiser on or before fifteen (15) Business Days following the end of the ROFR Asset Election Period, then such Independent Appraiser will determine such Non-Cash Consideration Value on or before thirty (30) Business Days following the end of the ROFR Asset Election Period, which determination will be binding and conclusive on each of Lessor and Lessee. If Lessor and Lessee do not agree on such Independent Appraiser on or before fifteen (15) Business Days following the end of the ROFR Asset Election Period, then Lessee and Lessor will comply with the following procedure to determine the Independent Appraiser and the Non-Cash Consideration Value as of the date of the ROFR Asset Offer:

(ii) On or before twenty (20) Business Days following the end of ROFR Asset Election Period, each of Lessee and Lessor will submit to each other in writing a list of three proposed Independent Appraisers. If either Lessor or Lessee fails to timely provide such list to the other, then the Independent Appraiser will be decided by the other from its list of proposed Independent Appraisers.

(iii) If the name of exactly one proposed Independent Appraiser appears on both the list submitted by Lessor and the list submitted by Lessee, then such Independent Appraiser will be the Independent Appraiser. If the name of more than one Independent Appraiser appears on both the list submitted by Lessor and the list submitted by Lessee, then the proposed Independent Appraiser who appears on both such lists and whose surname is first in an alphabetical list of the proposed Independent Appraisers who appear on both such lists will be the Independent Appraiser. If the name of no proposed Independent Appraiser appears on both the list submitted by Lessor and the list submitted by Lessee, then one proposed Independent Appraiser will be drawn by lot from the six proposed Independent Appraisers by a representative of Lessee in the presence of a representative of Lessor, and the name so drawn will be the Independent Appraiser. Such drawing will occur twenty-five (25) Business Days following the ROFR Asset Election Period.

(iv) The Independent Appraiser, as selected by the process described in this Section, will, within forty (40) Business Days following the end of the ROFR Asset Election Period, (i) determine the Non-Cash Consideration Value as of the date of the Third Party Asset Offer; and (ii) notify in writing Lessor and Lessee of such determination.

(v) The conclusions of the Independent Appraiser as to the Non-Cash Consideration Value as of the date of the Third Party Asset Offer will be binding on each of Lessor and Lessee. The fees and expenses of the Independent Appraiser (and any appraisers engaged by it) will be paid one-half by each of Lessor and Lessee.

(vi) Once the Non-Cash Consideration Value as of the date of the Third Party Asset Offer is determined pursuant to the procedures above and such determination is made known in writing to Lessee, then Lessee will have a right to do any of the following: (A) rescind the ROFR Asset Acceptance Notice (in which event Lessor may proceed under Section 25.3(e) as if the ROFR Asset Acceptance Notice has not been given except that the 150 day period referred to in Section 25.3(e ) shall commence as of the date that Lessee elects to rescind the ROFR Asset Acceptance Notice), (B) not rescind the ROFR Asset Acceptance Notice but elect to not pay the Non-Cash Consideration to Lessor and instead pay the Non-Cash Consideration Value to Lessor, or (C) not rescind ROFR Asset Acceptance Notice and pay the Non-Cash Consideration (in addition to the cash consideration as specified in the Third Party Asset Offer) to Lessor. Such election shall be made within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Independent Appraiser advises Lessee and Lessor in writing of the Non-Cash Consideration Value, and if not timely made, Lessee shall be a deemed to have made an election under subsection (A)  above.

 

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25.4 Right of First Refusal With Respect to a Lessor Lease Transaction.

(a) Limitations on Lessor Lease Transactions . Lessor covenants and agrees that (i) Lessor shall not enter into (A) a Lessor Lease Transaction having a lease term which includes all or any portion of the Lease Term, or (B) at any time during the ROFR Lease Period, any Lessor Lease Transaction with respect to less than all of the Leased Property, (ii) any Lessor Lease Transaction with respect to all of the Leased Property during the Lease Term with a lease term which will begin after the end of the Lease Term shall be subject this Section 25.4 , and (iii) any Lessor Lease Transaction during the ROFR Lease Period with respect to all of the Leased Property shall be subject to this Section 25.4 .

(b) Lease Transactions Subject to ROFR . If at any time or from time-to-time (i) either (A) during the Lease Term Lessor desires to enter into a Lessor Lease Transaction with a lease term which will begin after the end of the Lease Term, or (B) during the ROFR Lease Period Lessor desires to enter into a Lessor Lease Transaction, in the case of either such subsections (A ) or ( B ) with respect to all or any portion of the Leased Property (the portion of the Leased Property (which may be all of the Leased Property) that Lessor desires to lease is referred to as the “ Applicable Leased Assets ”) to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Lessor and Lessor has received a Third Party Lease Offer with respect thereto, and (ii) the Lease was or is not terminated by Lessor pursuant to Section 23.2(a)(i ) as a result of a Level 1 Lessee Default, and (iii) an Ultra Entity Person was or is the Lessee under this Lease as of the end of the Lease Term, then (I) Lessor may consummate such Lessor Lease Transaction of the Applicable Leased Assets only if Lessor complies with the terms and conditions of this Section 25.4 , and (II) Lessor may not enter into a Lessor Lease Transaction within two (2) years after the end of the Term without complying with this Section 25.4 . In addition, Lessor shall not enter into a Lessor Lease Transaction which would be subject to this Section 25.4 except for all cash consideration. For the avoidance of doubt, if (X) this Lease is terminated by Lessor pursuant to Section 23.2(a)(i ) as a result of a Level 1 Lessee Default, or (Y) as of the end of the Lease Term an Ultra Entity Person was not or is not the Lessee under this Lease, the provisions of this Section 25.4 shall not apply and Lessor may consummate a Lessor Lease Transaction without complying with the terms and conditions of this Section 25.4 . This restriction on Lessor Lease Transactions and Lessee’s right of first refusal rights under this Section 25.4 are absolute, appurtenant, shall run with the land with respect to the Leased Property and this Lease, and survive termination of this Lease for the ROFR Lease Period.

(c) ROFR Lease Notice . If Lessor desires to accept a Third Party Lease Offer (or if the Third Party Lease Offer is a binding contract that Lessor desires to execute), then Lessor shall provide written notice to Lessee of the Third Party Lease Offer (a “ ROFR Lease Notice ”). The ROFR Lease Notice will include the following information:

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(ii) a copy of the Third Party Lease Offer and any related documents (such as an agreed upon form of lease); and

(iii) a package containing any information about the Leased Property that Lessor has provided to the proposed lessee, licensee or sublessee; and

(iv) an identification of the principals associated with the proposed lessee, licensee or sublessee under such Third Party Lease Offer and information as to the business, character, reputation and financial capacity of the proposed lessee, licensee or sublessee and the principals associated therewith to carry out the terms of the Third Party Lease Offer.

(d) ROFR Lease Offer . The delivery of the ROFR Lease Notice constitutes an offer (a “ ROFR Lease Offer ”) by Lessor to lease the Applicable Lease to Lessee in accordance with the terms set forth in this Section 25.4 .

(e) Lessee ROFR Election . Lessee will have a period of fifteen (15) Business Days from the date of its receipt of the ROFR Lease Offer (this 15-Business Day period is the “ ROFR Lease Election Period”) to elect to enter into the Lessor Lease Transaction pursuant to the same terms the proposed lessee would lease the Applicable Lease Assets under the Third Party Lease Offer (and, to the extent that the Applicable Lease Offer provides for any Non-Cash Consideration, Lessor and Lessee shall apply the same procedures to determine the Non-Cash Consideration Value a is set forth in Section 25.3 ). If Lessee desires to lease the Applicable Lease Assets pursuant to such terms, then prior to the end of the ROFR Lease Election Period, Lessee must deliver a written notice of acceptance (the “ ROFR Lease Acceptance Notice ”) to Lessor. If Lessee rejects the Third Party Lease Offer or does not timely accept such offer, then Lessor may proceed to close on the Third Party Lease Offer with the proposed lessee, licensee or sublessee in accordance with the substantially unmodified terms of the Third Party Lease Offer, provided that if such Lessor Lease Transaction does not occur within one hundred fifty (150) days after the date of delivery of the ROFR Asset Acceptance Notice or if the terms of such Lessor Lease Transaction are modified pursuant to a Material Amendment, then Lessee shall again have the opportunity to be the lessee, licensee or sublessee under such Lessor Lease Transaction, meaning that Lessor must send Lessee a new ROFR Lease Notice and comply again with this Section 25.4 . Any Lessor Lease Transaction in violation of this Section 25.4 shall be void ab initio . This restriction on Lessor Lease Transactions is absolute, appurtenant, and shall run with the land with respect to the Leased Property.

(f) Closing . A Lessor Lease Transaction of the Applicable Lease Assets by Lessee under this Section (i) will be evidenced by a lease in the form included in and which is a part of the ROFR Lease Notice, but if no such lease form is included in and a part of such ROFR Lease Notice, then in substantially the form of this Lease, revised as necessary or appropriate to conform to the terms of ROFR Lease Notice, and (ii) such lease and any other documents required thereby shall be executed by Lessor and Lessee within thirty (30) days after the date of delivery of the ROFR Lease Acceptance Notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lessor and Lessee agree that no lessee guarantor, lessee guaranty or Resources Guaranty, or lessor guarantor or lessor guaranty shall be required unless as and to the extent required by the ROFR Lease Notice.

25.5 Burdensome Buyout .

(a) Burdensome Buyout Notice . At any time and from time-to-time, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Burdensome Event, Lessee shall have the option, but not the obligation, to provide written notice (the “ Burdensome Buyout Notice ”) to Lessor proposing a termination of this Lease and offering to purchase all of the Leased Property as provided in this Section 25.5 for the purchase price as specified by Lessee in such Burdensome Buyout Notice.

 

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(b) Burdensome Buyout Response Notice . If Lessee delivers its Burdensome Buyout Notice to Lessor, then Lessor shall have a period of no more than fifteen (15) days in which to either notify Lessee in writing of Lessor’s acceptance or rejection of Lessee’s Burdensome Buyout Notice (“ Burdensome Buyout Response Notice ”). Lessor’s failure to provide its Burdensome Buyout Response Notice within such fifteen (15) day period shall be deemed a rejection of Lessee’s Burdensome Buyout Notice and the Lease shall continue in effect.

(c) Termination of Lease . If Lessor accepts the Burdensome Buyout Notice, (i) this Lease shall terminate on a date no later than sixty (60) days after the Burdensome Buyout Response Notice specified in the Burdensome Buyout Notice and this Lease shall terminate on such date (the “ Burdensome Buyout Lease Termination Date ”), (ii) except as provided in Sections 25.2, 25.3 and 25.4 , and the other terms and provisions of this Lease which survive termination, neither Lessor nor Lessee shall have any rights or obligations under this Lease arising from and after the Burdensome Buyout Lease Termination Date, (iii) no further Base Rent or Additional Rent shall accrue with respect to the period after the Burdensome Buyout Lease Termination Date, (iv) Lessee shall have no obligation to take any Corrective Action with respect to the circumstances giving rise to the Burdensome Event, (v) neither Lessor nor any other Lessor Indemnified Party shall have any claim against Lessee with respect to any Corrective Action with respect to the circumstances giving rise to the Burdensome Event, or Losses arising from termination of this Lease or Lessee’s purchase of the Leased Property pursuant to this Section 25.5 , (vi) all Lessee Guarantors shall be released of liability and obligations under their Lessee Guarantees, Ultra Resources shall be released of liability and obligations under the Resources Guaranty and all Lessor Guarantors shall be released of liability and obligations under their Lessor Guarantees with respect to (x) as to Lessee Guarantors and Ultra Resources only, matters for which Lessee is released in subsections (iv ) and ( v ), preceding, and (y) matters arising or accruing from and after the Burdensome Buyout Lease Termination Date, it being understood and agreed, however, that Lessee Guarantors, Ultra Resources and Lessor Guarantors shall remain liable with respect to matters or claims arising or accruing prior to the Burdensome Buyout Lease Termination Date except those matters described in subsections (iv ) and ( v ), preceding, and (vii) if the circumstances giving rise to such Burdensome Event include a casualty or a Taking, then the Casualty Proceeds or the Taking Proceeds, as applicable, shall be paid to Lessee.

(d) Closing of Purchase Offer . If Lessor accepts the Burdensome Buyout Notice, on the Burdensome Buyout Lease Termination Date (i) Lessee shall pay to Lessor the purchase price specified by Lessee in the Burdensome Buyout Notice or such other purchase price as Lessor and Lessee mutually agree, (ii) Lessor shall convey the Leased Property to Lessee or its designee on an AS IS WHERE IS basis, without any express or implied warranties from Lessor other than special warranties of title, provided, however, that such conveyance shall in any event be made by Lessor to Lessee or its designee free and clear of (A) all Permitted Lessor Liens, (B) any other Liens placed on the Leased Property by, through or under Lessor, and (C) any Other Recorded Documents executed by, through or under Lessor in violation of this Lease, and (iii) Lessor will deliver to Lessee or its designee such conveyance documents, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lessee, as Lessee may reasonably request, to transfer the ownership of the Leased Property to Lessee free and clear of the Liens and other items described in subsections (A )-(C) above.

(e) Continuation of Lease if Lessor Rejects Lessee’s Burdensome Buyout Notice . If Lessor rejects or is deemed to have rejected Lessee’s Burdensome Buyout Notice, such Burdensome Buyout Notice with respect to termination of the Lease and Lessee’s offer to purchase the Leased Property shall be deemed to be automatically rescinded and this Lease shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

(f) No Waiver . Upon each occurrence of a Burdensome Event, Lessee shall be entitled to give its Burdensome Buyout Notice with respect to such Burdensome Event, even if Lessee previously elected not to give such notice with respect to the occurrence of a prior Burdensome Buyout and even if Lessee’s prior Burdensome Buyout Notice(s) were rejected by Lessor hereunder.`

 

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25.6 Application of Certain Right of First Refusal Rights to a Foreclosure Sale . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Lessee’s right of first refusal rights under Section 25.3 hereof shall not be applicable to a Transfer of the Leased Property made pursuant to a foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to a Permitted Lessor Lien. For the avoidance of doubt, Lessee’s rights under both Section 25.3 and 25.4 shall survive any foreclosure sale or deed in lieu of foreclosure or similar conveyance with respect to the Leased Property and this Lease.

ARTICLE XXVI.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

26.1 Memorandum/Notice of Lease . Simultaneously with the execution of this Lease, Lessor and Lessee shall execute and deliver the Memo of Lease and cause it to be recorded in the Official Public Records. Upon termination of this Lease, upon the request of either party, the other party will execute an instrument in recordable form indicating that this Lease has been terminated. No mortgages, deeds of trust, fixture filings, UCC financing statements or other Lien filings will be recorded by Lessor or any Lessor Lender in the Official Public Records or in personal property UCC records naming Lessee as a debtor with respect to any of the Leased Property.

26.2 Force Majeure . If either party shall be delayed or hindered in, or prevented from, the performance of any act required under this Lease by reason of strikes, lockouts, labor troubles, riots, insurrection, war or other reasons of a like nature beyond the reasonable control of the party delayed in performing work or doing acts required under the terms of this Lease (any such delay, hindrance or prevention being referred to as “ Force Majeure ”), then performance of such act shall be excused for the period of delay, and the period of the performance of any such act shall be extended for a period equivalent to the period of such delay unless otherwise specifically provided to the contrary in this Lease. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to delays in the payment of amounts due and owing by Lessee or Lessor hereunder or resulting from the inability of a party to obtain financing or to satisfy its obligations under this Lease because of a lack of funds.

26.3 Consequential Damages . Notwithstanding anything in this Lease to the contrary, in no event shall Lessor or Lessee be liable or responsible for (a) consequential, punitive, special or indirect damages, or loss of profits, or (b) except to the extent not excluded from “Losses” in the definition of such term in this Lease, diminution in value under this Lease, and including with respect to both subsections (a ) and ( b ), any holding over by Lessee under Section 26.4 of this Lease.

26.4 Holding Over . Except for continuations of Lessee’s occupancy after the Lease Term pending determination of rent for a Renewal Term as provided in Section 25.1(e ), if Lessee remains in possession of any Leased Property after the expiration of the Term without having timely executed its right, if any, to extend the Term, such continuing possession shall create a month to month tenancy on the terms of this Lease except that the monthly Base Rental shall be 125% of the Base Rent applicable as of the end of the Term, and such tenancy may be terminated at the end of any month thereafter by either party giving at least sixty (60) days’ notice to the other party.

26.5 Quiet Enjoyment . Lessor agrees that so long as this Lease is in effect, Lessee shall and may peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy the Leased Property and all rights of Lessee hereunder during the Term without any manner of hindrance or molestation from Lessor, Lessor Lender, or anyone claiming by, through or under Lessor or Lessor Lender.

26.6 Cost and Expense . Wherever it is provided in this Lease that an act is to be undertaken by any Person, such act shall be done by such Person or caused to be done by such Person at no cost or expense to the other party, other than any de minimus cost or expense, unless a contrary intent is expressed.

 

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26.7 Access; Reporting .

(a) Access and Inspection Rights . Lessor and Lessor Lender (or the Agent for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) may, at their sole cost and expense, inspect the Leased Property during normal business hours at such locations where the same is located or kept in Lessee’s ordinary course of business, after not less than five (5) Business Days prior notice to Lessee; provided , however , neither Lessor, any Lessor Lender nor any Agent for any Lessor Lender shall have any right to inspect any of the Leased Property without a representative of Lessee being present and Lessor and Lessor Lender (or its Agent, if applicable) shall abide by Lessee’s reasonable rules and regulations (including those governing matters of health and safety) when making such inspections; provided, further, that, unless (i) Lessee’s interest under this Lease has been assigned to a Person that is not a Permitted Lessee Transferee or (ii) a Level 1 Lessee Default has occurred and is continuing, and excluding inspections made with respect to restorations following a casualty or condemnation as such inspections are permitted by and pursuant to Article XV or Article XVI , Lessor Lender (or the Agent for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) may inspect the Leased Property no more frequently than once per calendar year and Lessor may inspect the Leased Property no more frequently than twice per calendar year. Lessee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its representative to be present for Lessor’s inspection when notice is given as required by this subsection (a) . In the event Lessee is unable to provide a representative of Lessee to be present for a Lessor or Lessor Lender inspection at any time during a thirty (30) consecutive day period, Lessee shall pay to Lessor a $10,000 penalty. Under no circumstances shall Lessor permit its inspection or any inspection by Lessor Lender (or the Agent for such Lessor Lender if requested in writing by Lessor) to interfere with Lessee’s ordinary operation of the Leased Property or with Lessee’s business. Under no circumstances may Lessor or Lessor Lender permit any Disqualified Persons to inspect the Leased Property; provided , however , that if Lessee has not elected to renew this Lease beyond the Current Lease Term End, then commencing the last day on which the Renewal Option may be exercised, Lessor may allow a potential purchaser or replacement lessee of all or any part of the Leased Property (including a Disqualified Person) to accompany it in an inspection conducted under this Section, provided that any such Person shall execute a confidentiality agreement containing the restrictions on disclosure herein set forth prior to any such inspection. Lessor acknowledges and stipulates that Lessee may suffer irreparable harm in the event of a breach of the provisions of this Section 26.7(a) for which Lessee has no adequate remedy at law. Therefore, in addition to all other remedies available pursuant to the terms of this Lease or at law, Lessee shall have the right to obtain immediate injunctive or other equitable relief upon a breach of this Section 26.7(a) .

(b) Lessee Reporting Obligations . Lessee shall:

(i) furnish, not later than 60 days after the end of each calendar month during the Term, a report stating the Actual Daily Product Volume for such prior month;

(ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide to Lessor the financial statements and Audit Report provided for in paragraphs (iii), (iv) and (v) of this Section prior to the date such financial statements must be filed by Lessor or Lessor Guarantor with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and will provide Lessor its best estimate of the dates on which Lessee Guarantor plans to file its Forms 10-K and Forms 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission at least five days prior to any such filing date;

(iii) not later than the date on which a large accelerated filer (as defined in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission) with a fiscal year ending on December 31 is required to file its Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including any extension permitted by Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act, cause Lessee Guarantor (or, if there is no Lessee Guarantor, then Lessee) to furnish to Lessor such Person’s audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such its most recently completed fiscal year, as well as related footnotes;

 

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(iv) not later than the date on which a large accelerated filer with a fiscal year ending December 31 is required to file its Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including any extension permitted by Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act, cause Lessee Guarantor (or, if there is no Lessee Guarantor, then Lessee) to furnish to Lessor such Person’s unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for its most recently completed fiscal quarter, as well as related footnotes;

(v) If Lessor has advised Lessee in writing that Lessor or Lessor Guarantor is required to file an Auditor’s Report with respect to Lessee Guarantor’s (or Lessee’s) financial information delivered under Section 26.7(b)(iii) , in filings to be made by Lessor or Lessor Guarantor with the Securities and Exchange Commission, then Lessee or Lessee Guarantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its auditor to provide the Auditor’s Report at the sole cost and expense of Lessor and Lessor Guarantor (which costs and expenses will be reimbursed by Lessor and Lessor Guarantor within 30 days of receiving an invoice for such costs and expenses from Lessee or Lessee Guarantor); and

(vi) provide prompt written notice to Lessor of any failure by Lessee or Lessee Guarantor to pay any installment of principal or interest under its Material Debt when due if such failure is not cured or waived within the applicable grace period with respect to such Material Debt.

(c) Financial statements, reports and other information required or permitted to be furnished by Lessee or Lessee Guarantor pursuant to this Lease, including the financial statements and other information furnished pursuant to this Section 26.7(b)(iii ) and ( iv ), may be submitted by Lessee or Lessee Guarantor by email addressed to Lessor. In the event that any information or documents furnished by Lessee or Lessee Guarantor pursuant to this Lease is publicly available on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (or any successor database), such documents or information shall be deemed to have been delivered to Lessor by Lessee on the date on which Lessee or Lessee Guarantor files such financial statements or other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission and provides notice to Lessor of such filing, which notice may be given by email. In addition, Lessor agrees that if the issuer of the financial statements required to be delivered by paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of this Section is not a large accelerated filer, or has a fiscal year other than December 31 st , the Lessor and Lessor Guarantor will cooperate in good faith with the Lessee, including making appropriate request of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to permit the issuer required to provide such financial statements to do so on a schedule proposed by such issuer and reasonably acceptable to the Lessee, provided that such schedule is approved by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(d) Periodic Discussions . In addition to the reports and statements to be delivered by Lessee pursuant to Section 26.7(b) , Lessor and Lessee agree, within fifteen (15) Business Days after the end of each calendar quarter during the Term, to convene a conference call with at least one Responsible Officer of each party to discuss the operations and financial performance of the Liquids Gathering System, the reports and statements delivered by Lessee pursuant to Section 26.7(b) and other relevant information regarding the Leased Property, provided, however, that the Responsible Officers of Lessee may delegate participation in such calls to other representatives of Lessee who are appropriate to participate in discussions of the operation and performance of the Liquids Gathering System.

26.8 Accord and Satisfaction.

(a) Lessor . Acceptance by Lessor of any partial payment of any amount payable by Lessee hereunder shall not constitute an accord and satisfaction by Lessor of any of Lessee’s obligations hereunder and Lessor shall be entitled to collect from Lessee the balance of any amount remaining due.

(b) Lessee . Acceptance by Lessee of any partial payment of any amount due from Lessor hereunder shall not constitute an accord and satisfaction by Lessee of any of Lessor’s obligations hereunder and Lessee shall be entitled to collect from Lessor the balance of any amount remaining due.

 

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26.9 Prevailing Party . If any action at law is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Lease, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of the proceeding up to and including all trial and appellate levels in addition to any other relief to which it may be entitled. If any action in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Lease, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs up to and including all trial and appellate levels in addition to any other relief to which it may be entitled. For purposes of this Section, a party will be considered to be the “prevailing party” if (a) such party initiated the litigation and substantially obtained the relief which it sought (whether by judgment, voluntary agreement or action of the other party, trial, or alternative dispute resolution process), (b) such party did not initiate the litigation and either (i) received a judgment in its favor, or (ii) did not receive judgment in its favor, but the party receiving the judgment did not substantially obtain the relief which it sought, or (c) the other party to the litigation withdrew its claim or action without having substantially received the relief which it was seeking.

26.10 Confidentiality.

(a) General Confidentiality Provisions . Lessor shall, and shall cause any Person receiving Proprietary Information or other Confidential Information directly or indirectly from Lessor, to hold all Proprietary Information and other Confidential Information in strict confidence. Subject to subsection (b) , below, (i) Lessor may disclose Proprietary Information and other Confidential Information only to the Lessor Parent, Lessor Lenders and prospective Lessor Lenders, holders of Lessor Equity Interests and prospective holders of Lessor Equity Interests, and any prospective purchaser of the Leased Property and, on a need to know basis, to their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, accountants, legal counsel and other advisors who are involved in the administration, analysis and accounting for this Lease, and (ii) in the event Lessee is no longer the operator of the Leased Property, Lessor may disclose to a successor operator of the Liquids Gathering System and its advisors and consultants the Records and such other portions of the Proprietary Information and other Confidential Information as are necessary or prudent to permit them to safely and effectively manage and operate the Leased Property, provided that in the case of both subsections (i ) and ( ii ), Lessor shall be responsible for the compliance by each such Person to whom disclosure is made with the confidentiality provisions of this Section 26.10 (including the acknowledgments and stipulations under subsection (c)  of this Section), and Lessor shall remain liable for any breach of the provisions of this Section by any such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lessor shall not be responsible for any failure by Ross Avenue Investments, LLC, the limited partner of Pinedale Corridor, LP, to comply with the confidentiality requirements of this Section 26.10(a ) so long as Ross Avenue Investments, LLC, is in full compliance with Exhibit D to the Equity Investor Agreement dated of even date with this Lease. Neither Lessor nor any Person to whom disclosure is made pursuant to this subsection (a)  may disclose Proprietary Information or other Confidential Information to any other Person or entity except (A) to the extent required by any regulatory authority, (B) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by subpoena or similar legal process, in each case after adequate notice to Lessee in order to allow Lessee to seek a protective order or other protection therefor, (C) with the prior written consent of Lessee, (D) to the extent such information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section, or (E) to the extent disclosure of such Proprietary Information or other Confidential Information by CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (or any successor Lessor Parent) is necessary or appropriate pursuant to the provisions of the federal securities laws or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section 26.10 shall limit the ability of Lessee or any of its Affiliates to disclose Proprietary Information or other Confidential Information.

(b) Special Restrictions Regarding Proprietary Information . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 26.10 or elsewhere in this Lease, no Proprietary Information may, under any circumstance at any time during this Lease or following its termination, be (i) disclosed to any Person who, at the time of such disclosure, is a Disqualified Person, or (ii) disclosed in any document, agreement or exhibit filed pursuant to the federal securities laws or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

(c) Survival, Specific Performance and Equitable Remedies . The obligations under this Section 26.10 of Lessor, and of all Persons to whom Confidential Information or Proprietary Information is disclosed, shall survive the expiration and termination of this Lease. Lessor acknowledges and stipulates (and all Persons to whom Confidential Information or Proprietary Information is disclosed shall be deemed to acknowledge and stipulate) that Lessee may suffer irreparable harm in the event of a breach of the provisions of this Section 26.10 by Lessee, or by a disclosure of Confidential Information or Proprietary Information by any other Person to whom Confidential Information or Proprietary Information is disclosed hereunder, in each case for which Lessee has no adequate remedy at law. Therefore, in addition to all other remedies available pursuant to the terms of this Lease or at law, Lessee shall have the right to obtain immediate injunctive or other equitable relief upon a breach of this Section 26.10 by Lessor or any other Person to whom Confidential Information or Proprietary Information is disclosed.

 

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26.11 Consent of Lessor and Lessee . Unless specified otherwise herein and except for consents or approvals for which a specific standard is expressly set forth herein (such as “not unreasonably withheld”, “sole discretion”, etc.) and specific provisions which describe the issues which may be considered when making or withholding approval (Permitted Lessee Transferee, etc.), Lessor’s consent to any request of Lessee shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed and Lessee’s consent to any request of Lessor shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed.

26.12 Permitted Lessee Contests . Lessee shall not be required to pay any cost, expense or charge or perform any obligation so long as Lessee contests in good faith and at its own expense the amount or validity thereof by appropriate proceedings which shall operate to prevent the collection thereof or realization thereon and the sale, foreclosure or forfeiture of the Leased Property or any part thereof to satisfy the same, and Lessee shall have furnished any security as may be required in the applicable proceeding, and, pending any such proceedings, Lessor shall not have the right to pay or perform the same. In no event shall the manner in which Lessee pursues any such contest exacerbate in any material respect the risk to Lessor of civil or criminal liability, penalty or sanction, in addition to such risks as may exist for the matters that are the subject of such contest prior to such contest, and except for liabilities, penalties or sanctions for which Lessee may, and in fact does, post a bond. Further, the manner in which Lessee pursues any such contest shall not exacerbate in any material respect the risk to Lessor of defeasance of its interest in the Leased Property in addition to the risk of such defeasance as may exist for the matters that are the subject of such contest prior to such contest and except for such risk which Lessee may, and in fact does, bond around. Lessee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to diligently prosecute any such contest to a final conclusion, except that Lessee shall have the right to attempt to settle or compromise such contest through negotiations and to discontinue any such contest at any time. Lessee shall promptly after the final determination of such contest, fully pay any amounts determined to be payable thereon and/or fully perform any obligations to be performed thereon, together will all penalties, fines, interest, costs and expenses resulting from such contest. Upon Lessee’s request, Lessor shall prosecute such contest, if required by Applicable Legal Requirements, at no cost or expense to Lessor other than de minimus cost or expense. Upon reasonable request of Lessor at any time or from time-to-time, Lessee shall provide a written report to Lessor regarding the status of any such contests.

26.13 Waiver . Failure of either party to complain of any act or omission by the other party, no matter how long the same may continue, shall not be deemed to be a waiver by the party of any of its rights hereunder. No waiver by either party at any time, whether express or implied, of any breach of any provision of this Lease shall be deemed a waiver of a breach of any other provision of this Lease or a consent to any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision. All rights and remedies which either party may have under this Lease or by law upon a breach hereunder shall be distinct, separate and cumulative and shall not be deemed inconsistent with each other. Except as and to the extent this Lease provides that certain rights or remedies are limited or exclusive, no right or remedy, whether exercised by a party or not, shall be deemed to be in exclusion of any other right or remedy and any two (2) or more or all of such rights and remedies may be exercised at the same time, but without duplication of recovery for any such matter.

 

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26.14 Interpretation . If any provision of this Lease or the application of any provision to any Person or any circumstance shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable, then such determination shall not affect any other provision of this Lease or the application of such provision to any other Person or circumstance, all of which other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. It is the intention of the parties that if any provision of this Lease is capable of two constructions, one of which would render the provision void and the other of which would render the provision valid, the provision shall have the meaning which renders it valid. This Lease shall be interpreted and enforced without the aid of any canon, custom or rule of law requiring or suggesting construction against the party drafting or causing the drafting of the provision in question.

26.15 No Derivative Liability . Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Lease or otherwise, no direct or indirect (through tiered ownership or otherwise) advisor, trustee, director, officer, employee, beneficiary, shareholder, participant, partner, member, owner, investor, representative or agent of a party or its applicable Affiliates shall have any personal liability, directly or indirectly, under or in connection with this Lease, the Lessee Guaranty, the Resources Guaranty or the Lessor Guaranty or any amendment or amendments to any of the foregoing made at any time or times, heretofore or hereafter, and the other party and its successors and assigns and, without limitation, all other persons and entities, shall look solely to the assets of such party or its applicable Affiliates for the payment of any claim or for any performance, and each other party, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns, hereby waive any and all such personal liability. Nothing in this Section 26.15 is intended or shall be deemed to impair or limit the liability of any Person under any Lessor Guaranty, any Lessee Guaranty, the Resources Guaranty or any Guaranty Agreement executed and delivered in connection with the Purchase Agreement or the liability of any Equity Investor or Lessor Parent under the Equity Investor Agreement.

26.16 Successors and Assigns . The words “ Lessor ” and “ Lessee ” and the pronouns referring thereto, as used in this Lease, shall mean where the context requires or admits, the Persons named herein as Lessor and as Lessee respectively, and (subject to the provisions hereof prohibiting certain Transfer, leases, subleases, assignments and Liens) their respective successors and assigns, irrespective of whether singular or plural, masculine, feminine or neuter. The agreements and conditions to be performed by Lessor shall be binding upon Lessor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Lessee and its successors and assigns, and the agreements and conditions to be performed by Lessee shall be binding upon Lessee and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Lessor and its successors and assigns.

26.17 No Offer; Entire Agreement . This Lease is transmitted for examination only and does not constitute an offer to lease and shall become effective only upon execution and unconditional delivery by Lessor and Lessee and delivery of the Lessor Guaranty, the Lessee Guaranty and the Resources Guaranty required hereby. This instrument, the Purchase Agreement, the SNDA and the Equity Investor Agreement contain the entire and only agreement between the parties, and no oral statements or representations or prior written matter not contained in this Lease or any such other documents shall have any force or effect. This Lease shall not be modified in any way except by a writing subscribed by both parties.

26.18 Headings . The headings for the various articles and sections of this Lease are used only as a matter of convenience for reference and are not to be considered a part of this Lease or used in determining the intent of the parties to this Lease.

26.19 Counterparts . This Lease may be executed in one or more counterparts, any one or all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.

26.20 Governing Law; Venue; Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.

(a) THIS LEASE AND ANY DISPUTES, CLAIMS OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS LEASE (WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT LAW) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF WYOMING WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES.

 

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(b) EACH OF LESSOR AND LESSEE IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY WYOMING STATE COURT OR FEDERAL COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SITTING IN THE STATE OF WYOMING AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH STATE OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMUTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.

(c) EACH OF LESSOR AND LESSEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS BY MAIL, PERSONAL SERVICE OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN Article XXIV HEREOF.

(d) EACH OF LESSOR AND LESSEE HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS LEASE, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS LEASE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.

26.21 Time of the Essence. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AS TO ANY ACT TO BE PERFORMED WITHIN A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME UNDER THIS LEASE.

26.22 Estoppel Certificates.

(a) Lessee agrees upon not less than fifteen (15) days prior notice by Lessor or any Lessor Lender to execute, acknowledge and deliver to Lessor or the Lessor Lender a statement in writing by Lessee in substantially the form of Exhibit D . If Lessee is required to provide such certificate more than twice in any twelve (12) month period, Lessor shall pay Lessee a processing fee of $500 for each additional certificate requested in such twelve (12) month period.

(b) Lessor agrees upon not less than fifteen (15) days prior notice by Lessee to execute, acknowledge and deliver to Lessee or to such party as Lessee may designate a statement in writing by Lessor similar to the form of Exhibit D (with appropriate changes to reflect that it is being signed by Lessor). If Lessor shall be required to provide such certificate more than twice in any twelve (12) month period, Lessee shall pay Lessor a processing fee of $500 for each additional certificate requested in such twelve (12) month period.

 

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ARTICLE XXVII.

OTHER AGREEMENTS OF LESSOR

27.1 Special Purpose Entity; Lessor’s Governing Documents . At all times during the Term, Lessor covenants and agrees as follows:

(a) SPE . Lessor shall at all times be a Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Entity.

(b) Controlling Lease Rights. (i) No Disqualified Person shall possess, and Disqualified Persons shall not possess, Controlling Lease Rights, and (ii) so long an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee, no Person other than a Permitted Controller of Lease Rights shall possess Controlling Lease Rights.

(c) Notice of Transfer; Ownership by Disqualified Persons .

(i) Notice shall be given to Lessee of any issuance by Lessor of any Equity Investor Interests after the date of this Lease. Such notice shall be given not less than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to such issuance (ten (10) Business Days in the case of issuance to a Lessor Equity Interest Owner) and shall contain the information that is required for notices that are given pursuant to Section 17.5(c)(ii) .

(ii) Disqualified Persons, in the aggregate, shall not have beneficial ownership of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Lessor Equity Interests.

(d) Compliance with Governing Documents . Lessor and its Equity Investors shall at all times comply with Lessor’s Governing Documents.

(e) Compliance of Governing Documents with Lease and Other Requirements . Lessor’s Governing Documents shall at all times contain the provisions required by Part B of Schedule 27.1 (each a “ Lessor Governing Document Required Term ” and collectively, the “ Lessor Governing Document Required Terms ”).

(f) Amendment of Governing Documents . Lessor shall not permit any Lessor Governing Document Required Term to be amended, supplemented, restated or terminated without Lessee’s prior written consent.

(g) Delivery of Governing Document Amendments . Lessor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Lessee copies of any proposed amendments, terminations, supplements or restatements of any of its Governing Documents at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the execution thereof.

(h) Equity Investor Agreement . Each Lessor and each direct owner of a Lessor Equity Interest shall at all times be a party to the Equity Investor Agreement.

27.2 Additional Lessor Covenants . At all times during the Term, Lessor covenants and agrees as follows:

(a) Compliance with Lessor Loan Document Criteria . Lessor agrees that all times (i) the Lessor Loan Documents shall include each Required Loan Document Provision, and (ii) the Lessor Loan Documents shall not include any Prohibited Loan Document Provision. Lessor shall not enter into or permit any new Lessor Loan Document or any Lessor Loan Document Amendment (i) in violation of this Section 27.2(a ), or (ii) without Lessee’s consent if such consent is required by subsection (d) , below.

(b) Notice of Lessor Loan Default . Lessor shall promptly advise Lessee in writing of any breach, default or failure of performance under any Lessor Loan Document, and immediately provide Lessee a copy of any written notice of default or intent to enforce remedies given by or on behalf of any Lessor Lender with respect to any Lessor Indebtedness or under any Lessor Loan Document.

 

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(c) Notice of New Loan Documents and Loan Amendments . So long as an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee, Lessor shall deliver to Lessee not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to execution of same, a copy of each proposed new Lessor Loan Document and each proposed Lessor Loan Document Amendment, and within five (5) Business Days following execution of same, a copy of each such executed new Lessor Loan Document and Lessor Loan Document Amendment.

(d) Lessee Consent to New Loan Documents and Loan Amendments. So long as an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee, Lessee’s prior written consent shall be required for any new Lessor Loan Document after the Effective Date and for any Lessor Loan Document Amendment after the Effective Date if, as a result of such new Lessor Loan Document or Lessor Loan Document Amendment, the resulting Lessor Loan Documents either (i) fail to include any Required Loan Document Provision, or (ii) include any Prohibited Loan Document Provision. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, Lessee consent is not required for any new Lessor Loan Document or Lessor Loan Document Amendment after the Effective Date.

(e) Quarterly Information Regarding Calculation of Maximum Amount . Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter and within eighty (80) days after the end of each calendar year, Lessor shall provide to Lessee a calculation of the Maximum Amount as of the end of such calendar quarter, together reasonably detailed supporting information with respect to such calculation.

(f) Maintenance of Existence . Lessor shall at all times (i) maintain its existence in good standing under the laws of the State of its incorporation, (ii) be qualified to do business in the State of Wyoming, and (iii) except to the extent it is prohibited by this Lease from doing so without Lessee’s consent and Lessee fails to give such consent, maintain and renew all of its respective rights, powers, privileges and franchises except where the failure to do so a material adverse effect on Lessor’s ability to perform its obligations under this Lease or on Lessee’s ability to possess and operate the Leased Property in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Lease.

(g) Lessor Compliance with Law; Permitted Lessor Contests . Subject to Section 11.1 hereof, Lessor shall comply with all Applicable Legal Requirements relating to Lessor except where (i) Lessee is contesting such Applicable Legal Requirements in accordance with a Permitted Lessee Contest, (ii) such compliance could reasonably be expected to impair in any material respect Lessee’s use or operation of the Leased Property unless Lessee consents to such compliance, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, or (iii) such failure to do so results from a Lessee Event of Default. For purposes hereof, “ Permitted Lessor Contest ” means (but subject to Section 11.1 ) a Lessor contest of (A) an Applicable Legal Requirement, or (B) a Lien on Lessor’s right, title or interest in this Lease, in either case in good faith and at its own expense by appropriate proceedings which shall operate to prevent the immediate application of such Applicable Legal Requirements or Lien and the sale, foreclosure or forfeiture of the Leased Property or the Lessor’s interest in this Lease or Lessee’s leasehold estate therein or hereunder or Lessee’s use or operation of the Leased Property, or any part thereof, and Lessor shall have furnished any security as may be required in the applicable proceeding and in accordance with the remainder of this subsection (g ). In no event shall any Permitted Lessor Contest be undertaken in violation of Article XI . Further, in no event shall the manner in which Lessor pursues any such contest exacerbate in any material respect the risk to Lessee of civil or criminal liability, penalty or sanction, in addition to such risks as may exist for the matters that are the subject of such contest prior to such contest, and except for liabilities, penalties or sanctions for which Lessor may, and in fact does, post a bond. Further, the manner in which Lessor pursues any such contest shall not exacerbate in any material respect the risk to Lessor of defeasance of its interest in the Leased Property or impair its use or operation thereof in addition to the risk of such defeasance or impairment as may exist for the matters that are the subject of such contest prior to such

 

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contest and except for such risk which Lessor may, and in fact does, bond around. Lessor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to diligently prosecute any such contest to a final conclusion, except that Lessor shall have the right to attempt to settle or compromise such contest through negotiations and to discontinue any such contest at any time. Lessor shall promptly after the final determination of such contest, fully pay any amounts determined to be payable thereon and/or fully perform any obligations to be performed thereon, together will all penalties, fines, interest, costs and expenses resulting from such contest. Lessor shall prosecute any such Permitted Lessor Contest at no cost or expense to Lessee other than de minimus costs and expenses. Upon reasonable request of Lessee at any time or from time-to-time, Lessor shall provide a written report to Lessor regarding the status of any such contests.

(h) Debtor Release Laws . Lessor shall not voluntarily take any action that shall, or cause any action to be taken that is intended to, submit Lessor, as debtor, to any proceeding under any Applicable Legal Requirements involving bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank

Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Lease to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

LESSOR:

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP ,

a Delaware limited partnership

By:   Pinedale GP, Inc.,
  a Delaware corporation,
  its sole general partner
  By:  

 

    Richard C. Green, Chairman


LESSEE:

ULTRA WYOMING LGS, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:  

 

  Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT A

to Lease

BLM Easements

[As attached to the PSA]


EXHIBIT B

to Lease

Central Gathering Facility Exhibit

[Attached to the PSA as Ex U]


EXHIBIT C

to Lease

Equity Investor Agreement


EXHIBIT D

to Lease

Form of Estoppel Certificate

                 , 20    

 

 

 

 

Re: Lease (the “ Original Lease ”) dated December     , 2012 by and between Ultra Wyoming LGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as “ Lessor ”, and Pinedale Corridor, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as “ Lessee ”, covering the “ Leased Property ” defined therein (as amended, altered, supplemented, or otherwise modified to date, the “ Lease ”). Each capitalized terms used in this letter and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Lease.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned is the current owner and holder of the rights of the [lessee] [lessor] under the Lease and, in such capacity, hereby acknowledges the following information with respect to the Lease:

1. The Original Lease has not been amended, altered, supplemented, or otherwise modified except as set forth below:

 

  

 

  

2. The Lease is in full force and effect. Lessee has accepted possession of the Leased Property [add if correct: and is presently in possession of the Leased Property].

3. The expiration of the current Term of the Lease is             ,         .

4. Base Rent commenced to accrue under the Lease as of the Effective Date of the Lease and the most recent monthly payment of Base Rent due on                      was in the amount of $        . Base Rent accruing under the Lease has been paid through                     .

5. To the current Actual Knowledge of [Lessee] [Lessor], there are no offsets or credits against the Base Rent and/or Additional Rent payable by Lessee under the Lease nor are there any defenses, offsets or counterclaims against the Base Rent and/or Additional Rent payable by Lessee under the Lease except as set forth below:

 

  

 

  

6. No installment of Base Rent and/or Additional Rent payable under the Lease is past due or has been prepaid more than three (3) months in advance.

7. To the current Actual Knowledge of [Lessee] [Lessor], no [Lessor] [Lessee] Event of Default has occurred and no event has occurred that, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, would become a [Lessor] [Lessee] Event of Default.


It is understood that this Estoppel Certificate may be given in [contemplation of a Permitted Sale and/or Permitted Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lessor Lien on the Leased Property] [a Permitted Lease Assignment or Permitted Sublease or secured or unsecured Indebtedness of Lessee] and, if so, it is intended that this Estoppel Certificate may be relied upon by any such named [purchaser with respect to any such Permitted Sale and/ or Lessor Lender with respect to such Permitted Indebtedness and Permitted Lessor Liens] [Permitted Lessee Transferee and/ or lender with respect to such Lessee Indebtedness]. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any of [Lessee’s] [Lessor’s] rights under the Lease.

 

[Lessee] [Lessor] Name:  

 

  ,
a  

 

 
By:  

 

 
  Name:  

 

 
  Title:  

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT E

to Lease

Form of SNDA


EXHIBIT F-1

to Lease

LIQUIDS GATHERING SYSTEM

SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS LIQUIDS GATHERING SYSTEM SERVICES AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is dated effective as of December     , 2027 (the “ Effective Date ”) and is made and entered into by and between                     , a [Wyoming] corporation (“ Services Provider ”) and PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP , a Delaware limited partnership (“ Owner ”). Services Provider and Owner are referred to herein, collectively, as the “ Parties ” and, individually, as a “ Party ”.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

WHEREAS, Owner owns a system of pipelines and central gathering facilities which: (1) begins at the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser (as defined below); (2) extends through an interconnected system of pipelines to the production and separation equipment and storage tanks located at the Central Gathering Facilities (as defined below); (3) terminates at the LGS Terminus Points (as defined below); (4) is located in the Pinedale Anticline Field in Sublette County, Wyoming; (5) is capable of gathering, separating, collecting, and delivering for sale or transport, condensate and water, together with associated natural gas; and (6) includes the Easement Rights (as defined below) and the Improvements (as defined below) (collectively, the “ Liquids Gathering System ”); and further,

WHEREAS, Owner wishes to engage Services Provider to perform the Services (as defined below), and Services Provider wishes to perform the Services for Owner, all on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement,

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and confessed, the parties to this Agreement (each a “ Party ” and together, the “ Parties ”) do hereby agree as follows:

1. Defined Terms and Exhibits .

(a) For all purposes of this Agreement, except as may be expressly set forth herein or unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intent, the following terms have the following definitions:

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with such first Person.

Applicable Laws ” means statutes (including regulations enacted thereunder), judgments and orders of courts of competent jurisdiction, regulations and orders issued by Governmental Authorities, and Regulatory Approvals that are, in each case, applicable to the ownership, construction, operation, maintenance, or use of the Liquids Gathering System.

Bankruptcy Event ” means:

(a) an involuntary proceeding is commenced or an involuntary petition is filed seeking: (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of a Party or its debts or


a substantial part of its assets under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or later in effect; or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, custodian or similar official for a Party or for a substantial part of its assets and, in either case, such proceeding or petition continues undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or

(b) a Party shall: (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, or similar law now or later in effect; (ii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, custodian or similar official for such Party or a substantial part of its assets; (iii) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a proceeding or petition described in clause (a) of this definition; (iv) make an assignment or any general arrangement for the benefit of its creditors; or (v) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or

(c) a Party shall become unable, admit in writing its inability to pay, or fail generally to pay its debts or other obligations as they become due.

BLM Easements means those certain easements, rights of way and agreements listed in Exhibit B attached to this Agreement.

Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Houston, Texas, are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

Central Gathering Facility means each of the locations within the Liquids Gathering System at which condensate, produced water, and associated natural gas is collected and separated for sale and transport off the subject location or alternatively, in the case of the associated natural gas, used for fuel or flared on the subject location, as of the Effective Date; a legal description of each Central Gathering Facility is set out in Exhibit A attached to this Agreement.

CGF#1 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit A attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #1”.

CGF#2 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit A attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #2”.

CGF#3 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit A attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #3”.

CGF#4 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit A attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #4”.

Condensate Loading Points means, collectively, each condensate loading coupling off each condensate storage tank located on a Central Gathering Facility.

Condensate Terminus Points means, collectively: (1) the inlet flange for each LACT Unit Facility; and (2) each Condensate Loading Point.

Control ” and “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ” each means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person.

Easement Rights means, collectively: (1) Owner’s right, title and interest in the BLM Easements; (2) Owner’s right, title and interest in the Jensen Easements; and (3) Owner’s right, title and interest in the Nerd Farm Easement.

 

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Flash Gas Terminus Points (a) with respect to CGF#1, CGF #3, and CGF #4, the gas outlet flange to each dehydrator located on each such Central Gathering Facility; and (b) with respect to CGF #2, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date on (i) each three-phase heated separator located on CGF #2, (ii) each condensate storage tank located on CGF #2, and (iii) each water storage tank located on CGF #2, in each case as of the Effective Date.

Good Condition and Repair means condition and repair that a reasonably prudent operator would maintain for a liquids gathering system of similar size, nature, use, age and location as the Liquids Gathering System.

Governmental Authority means any court, tribunal, arbitrator, authority, agency, commission, official, or other instrumentality of the United States, or any state or political subdivision thereof administering, regulating, or having or asserting jurisdiction over the Liquids Gathering System.

Improvements means all of the improvements and fixtures used directly in connection with the Liquids Gathering System including, without limitation, any and all surface and/or subsurface pipelines, surface and/or subsurface machinery and equipment, line pipe, pipe connections, fittings, flanges, welds, or other interconnections, valves, control and monitoring equipment, cathodic or electrical protection units, by-passes, regulators, drips, treating equipment, dehydration equipment, separation equipment, processing equipment, condensate and water storage tanks and other storage facilities, generators, storage sheds, towers, gas and electric fixtures, radiators and heaters in each case that are downstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser and that are upstream of each LGS Terminus Point, but specifically excluding (a) any of the facilities, improvements and fixtures located upstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser, and (b) any of the facilities, improvements or fixtures located downstream of each LGS Terminus Point, except in each case to the extent explicitly described on Exhibit D attached to this Agreement.

Jensen Easements means the following easements: (1) that certain Grant of Pipeline Easements dated June 24, 2010, recorded in Book 95, Page 423 of the real property records in Sublette County, Wyoming, from Mary Kay Jensen, as grantor, to Ultra Resources, Inc., as grantee, and (2) that certain Grant of Pipeline Easements dated June 24, 2010, in Book 95, Page 418 of the real property records in Sublette County, Wyoming, from Mary Kay Jensen, as personal representative of the Estate of John Wayne Jensen, individually, as grantor, to Ultra Resources, Inc., as grantee.

LACT Unit Facility means the condensate pump, meter and sales point as well as the associated equipment downstream of the inlet risers to any Lease Automated Custody Transfer Unit located on a Central Gathering Facility as of the Effective Date.

LGS Pipeline Riser means the pipeline riser downstream of the liquids legs of the production separators located on each of the producing well pads described on Exhibit B attached to this Agreement. A photograph is included in Exhibit B , by way of example only, marked to indicate the location of a typical pipeline riser.

LGS Terminus Points means, collectively, the Condensate Terminus Points, the Flash Gas Terminus Points, and the Produced Water Terminus Points.

Nerd Farm Easement means the easement rights created by that certain Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements between Ultra Wyoming, Inc., as grantor, and Owner, as grantee, recorded in Book     , Page      of the real property records in Sublette County, Wyoming.

 

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Produced Water Terminus Points means the inlet flanges to the water pump facility or facilities, as the case may be, on the Central Gathering Facilities that are directly upstream of the water meters and through which the produced water flows after it is separated from the condensate and the associated natural gas.

Regulatory Approvals ” means the permits, licenses, approvals, and authorizations required to be obtained from any Governmental Authority in connection with the ownership, operation, use or maintenance of the Liquids Gathering System.

Services means the operation of the Liquids Gathering System for gathering, separating, collecting and delivering for sale or transport, condensate and water, together with associated natural gas, and includes the services set forth in Exhibit C to this Agreement to the extent Services Provider determines such services necessary for the operation of the Liquids Gathering System.

(b) Exhibits . The following exhibits are attached to and hereby incorporated into this Agreement:

 

Exhibit A                                      Description of CGFs
Exhibit B                                      Description of Well Pads & LGS Pipeline Risers
Exhibit C     Description of Services

If there is a conflict between an exhibit and any provision of the main body of this Agreement, the provision of the main body of this Agreement shall prevail.

2. Provision of Services . During the term of this Agreement, Services Provider shall provide the Services, or may engage such other Persons to participate in providing the Services as Services Provider reasonably deems necessary or appropriate. If Owner objects to any of such other Persons participating in providing the Services, Owner and Services Provider shall negotiate in good faith to identify Persons to participate in providing the Services that are satisfactory to both Owner and Services Provider. No such subcontract shall relieve Services Provider of any of its obligations to Owner under this Agreement.

3. Standard of Care .

(a) Standard of Performance. Services Provider shall provide the Services in a prudent and good and workmanlike manner, in accordance with accepted industry practice and in compliance with Applicable Laws. Services Provider covenants to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the Liquids Gathering System in Good Condition and Repair and, in accordance with industry practices, protect against damage to the Liquids Gathering System. Owner recognizes Services Provider is not performing the Services on an exclusive basis and that the Services will be provided along with and in the same manner as shared services provided internally within Services Provider’s corporate group. Services Provider has no obligation to change or improve the Services from those available with respect to the Liquids Gathering System during the period prior to the Effective Date.

(b) Procurement Matters. Services Provider may and is hereby authorized to enter into and act on Owner’s behalf in connection with any agreement necessary to gather, separate, collect and deliver for sale or transport, condensate, water, and associated natural gas in the Liquids Gathering System. If Services Provider arranges for contracts with third parties for goods and services in connection with providing the Services, Services Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such goods and services at rates competitive with rates generally available in the area in which such services or materials are to be furnished.

(c) No Liens. Services Provider shall not permit any liens, encumbrances or charges upon or against the Liquids Gathering System resulting from the provision of Services or materials under this Agreement

 

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except for liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business securing amounts not past due and liens arising if Owner fails to pay the Services Provider for Services as required in this Agreement.

(d) Insurance. During the term of this Agreement, each Party shall obtain and maintain liability insurance of the type customary for the industry, in commercially reasonable amounts, naming the other Party as an additional insured. [subject to review by insurance adviser]

(e) Independent Contractor. In performing the Services hereunder, Services Provider shall be considered to be an independent contractor, and in no event shall any Party hereto be deemed a partner, co-venturer or agent of another Party hereto. Services Provider has exclusive authority to control and direct the specific means, method and manner of performance of the details of the Services to be provided hereunder, subject to the right of Owner to direct Services Provider with respect to the ends to be accomplished.

(f) Force Majeure. Services Provider shall not be liable for any expense, loss or damage arising out of any interruption of Services or delay or failure to perform under this Agreement that is due to acts of God, acts of a public enemy, acts of terrorism, acts of a nation or any state, territory, province or other political division thereof, fires, floods, epidemics, riots, theft, quarantine restrictions, freight embargoes or other similar causes beyond the reasonable control of Services Provider. In any such event, Services Provider’s obligations hereunder shall be postponed for such time as its performance is suspended or delayed on account thereof.

4. Other Terms and Conditions .

(a) Fee for Services; Reimbursement.

(1) On or before the 15 th day after the end of each calendar month during the term hereof, Services Provider shall deliver to Owner an invoice for the costs and expenses described in Section 4(a)(2) below relating to such calendar month. Upon request, Services Provider shall also provide Owner reasonably detailed documentation to support such costs and expenses.

(2) On or before the [30 th day after receipt of such invoice], Owner shall pay the Services Provider, with respect to any Services provided by the Services Provider during the calendar month covered by such invoice, an amount equal to the sum of:

(A) the costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Services Provider that are solely and directly attributable to Owner, including costs for engaging third parties such as contractors, sub-contractors, materialmen, consultants, attorneys and accountants; and

(B) [$        ], which amount the Parties agree is equal to the fair market fee for the provision of the Services.

(b) Term; Early Termination.

(1) The initial term hereof (the “ Initial Term ”) shall commence on the Effective Date and shall terminate on the second anniversary of the Effective Date.

(2) Owner shall provide Services Provider at least 60 days prior written notice in the event Owner intends to sell, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the Liquids Gathering System (a “Disposition”) prior to the end of the term of this Agreement. Services Provider, in its sole discretion, upon written notice to Owner, may terminate this Agreement at any time effective upon the effective date of such Disposition or any time thereafter.

 

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(3) In addition, without limiting the foregoing,

(A) If there is any involuntary transfer of all or any portion of Owner’s interest in the Liquids Gathering System Services Provider may terminate this Agreement on not less than ten (10) days prior written notice.

(B) This Agreement may be terminated by Owner if a Bankruptcy Event occurs with respect to Services Provider.

(C) This Agreement may be terminated by Services Provider if a Bankruptcy Event occurs with respect to Owner.

(4) As of the termination of this Agreement, all rights and obligations of both Parties under this Agreement shall cease except for: (A) obligations that expressly survive termination of this Agreement, and (B) liabilities and obligations that have accrued prior to such termination, including Owner’s obligation to pay any amounts under Section 4(a) of this Agreement that have accrued prior to such termination, even if such amounts have not become due and payable at that time.

(c) Waivers and Indemnities.

(1) Warranties . EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY HEREIN PROVIDED, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” “WHERE IS” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS AS TO ALL MATTERS” AND SERVICES PROVIDER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS AND NEGATES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AT COMMON LAW, BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO (A) ITS PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICES HEREUNDER OR (B) THE RESULTS OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER.

(2) Limitation on Liability . NEITHER PARTY SHALL BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES OR LOSS OF PROFITS.

(3) Limited Liability of Services Provider . Services Provider shall have no liability under this Agreement or otherwise, and is hereby released from any liability, to Owner, and its Affiliates, and its and their directors, officers, employees, and representatives (collectively, the “ Owner Group ”) for any and all claims, damages, losses, costs, expenses and liabilities (collectively, “ Released Claims ”) arising out of or resulting from any act or omission of Services Provider, or its Affiliates or its or their directors, officers, employees, and representatives (collectively, the “ Services Provider Group ”) in the performance or failure to perform under this Agreement; provided however the foregoing limitations shall not apply to any claims, damages, losses, costs, expenses and liabilities to the extent caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of the Services Provider Group.

(4) Service Provider’s Indemnification. Services Provider hereby agrees to defend, indemnify and hold each member of the Owner, its Affiliates, and its and their directors, officers, employees, and representatives (collectively, “ Owner Group ”) harmless from any and all claims, damages, losses, costs, expenses and liabilities incurred by such member in connection with the Services, to the extent arising out of or resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of Services Provider Group.

(5) Owner’s Indemnification . Owner hereby agrees to defend, indemnify and hold each member of the Services Provider Group harmless from any and all claims, damages, losses, costs, expenses and liabilities incurred by any such member arising out of or resulting from the gross

 

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negligence or willful miscount of any member of the Owner Group in connection with the Services or the Liquids Gathering System, to the extent arising out of or resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of the Services Provider Group.

(6) Notice of Claim . Each Party shall notify the other Party as quickly as possible of any claim, demand, or suit that may be presented to or served upon it for which it desires to be defended or indemnified as set forth in this Agreement.

(7) Regarding Release, Defense, Indemnification and Hold Harmless Obligations.

(A) It is the intention of the Parties that the release, defense, indemnity and hold harmless obligations provided for in this Agreement apply without regard to any conflicting rules of liability under any applicable law or regulation.

(B) THE RELEASE, DEFENSE, INDEMNIFICATION, HOLD HARMLESS AND SIMILAR PROVISIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT THE LOSSES IN QUESTION AROSE SOLELY OR IN PART FROM THE ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER FAULT OF ANY INDEMNIFIED PARTY. SHIPPER AND GATHERER ACKNOWLEDGE THIS STATEMENT IS CONSPICUOUS AND AGREE THAT IT IS INTENDED TO COMPLY WITH AND DOES COMPLY WITH THE EXPRESS NEGLIGENCE RULE.

(d) Notices.

(1) All notices, reports, bills, invoices, and other correspondence required or made necessary under this Agreement (“ Notices ”) shall be determined to have been properly served if and when delivered in person or sent by nationally recognized courier within the time required to the addresses hereinafter listed:

SERVICES PROVIDER :

[to be inserted]

OWNER :

Pinedale Corridor, LP

4200 W. 115th Street, Suite 210

Leawood, KS 66211

Attn:                 

(2) Unless otherwise provided herein, notice shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee as follows: (a) if a notice is delivered in person, or sent by overnight courier, upon receipt by the addressee or delivery to the address of the addressee; and (b) if the addressee rejects or otherwise refuses to accept the notice, or if the notice cannot be delivered because of a change in address for which no notice was given, then upon the rejection, refusal, or inability to deliver the notice.

(3) If any Notice is received after 5:00 p.m. on a Business Day where the addressee is located, or on a day that is not a Business Day where the addressee is located, then the Notice is deemed received at 9:00 a.m. local time on the next business day where the addressee is located.

 

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(e) Relationship of the Parties. Nothing herein shall be construed to create a partnership or joint venture or give rise to any fiduciary or similar relationship of any kind.

(f) Amendment or Modification. This Agreement may be amended, restated or modified from time to time only by the written agreement of the Parties.

(g) Construction. References to Sections and Exhibits in this Agreement refer to Sections of and Exhibits attached to this Agreement. All Exhibits shall be deemed incorporated into and a part of this Agreement. The terms “include,” “includes,” “including” and words of like import shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The headings on the Sections herein are for reference purposes only, and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

(h) Choice of Law; Submission to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be subject to and governed by the laws of the State of Texas, excluding any conflicts-of-law rule or principle that might refer the construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the laws of another state. The Parties hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Texas in and for Harris County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division in connection with any litigation arising out of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby. All disputes between the Parties shall have jurisdiction and venue only in the courts of the State of Texas in and for Harris County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. Each Party hereby waives any objection it may have pertaining to improper venue or forum non-conveniens to the conduct of any proceeding in the foregoing courts. Each of the Parties agrees that any and all process directed to it in any such proceeding may be served upon it outside of the State of Texas with the same force and effect as if such service had been made within the State of Texas.

(i) Further Assurances. In connection with this Agreement and all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Party agrees to execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments and to perform such additional acts as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate, carry out and perform all of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement and all such transactions.

(j) Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Party. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

(k) No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Agreement provides any benefit to any third party or entitle any third party to any claim, cause of action, remedy or right of any kind, it being the intent of the Parties that this Agreement shall not be construed as a third-party beneficiary contract.

(l) Effect of Waiver or Consent. No waiver or consent, express or implied, by any Party of or to any breach or default by any Person in the performance by such Person of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a consent or waiver of or to any other breach or default in the performance by such Person of the same or any other obligations of such Person hereunder. Failure on the part of a Party to complain of any act of any Person or to declare any Person in default, irrespective of how long such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver by such Party of its rights hereunder until the applicable statute of limitations period has run.

(m) Severability. If any provision hereof or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance shall be held invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

(n) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if all signatory Parties had signed the same document. All counterparts shall be construed

 

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together and shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart signature page by facsimile (or as a PDF by email) is as effective as executing and delivering this Agreement in the presence of the other Parties hereto.

(o) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties relating to the matters contained herein, superseding all prior contracts or agreements, whether oral or written, relating to the matters contained herein.

(p) Laws and Regulations. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no Party shall be required to take any act, or fail to take any act, under this Agreement if the effect thereof would be to cause such Party to be in violation of any applicable law, statute, rule or regulation.

(q) No Recourse Against Officers, Directors, Managers or Employees. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Agreement shall not give rise to any right of recourse against any officer, director, manager or employee of Services Provider, Owner or any of their respective Affiliates.

(r) Further Assurances. Each Party shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the other such further documents and take such other action, as may be necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

(s) Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY PROCEEDING BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN), OF THE PARTIES. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed intending it to be effective as of the Effective Date set forth above.

 

SERVICES PROVIDER:

 

By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
OWNER:
PINEDALE OP. CO., LP
By Pinedale GP, Inc., General Partner
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT A

TO

SERVICES AGREEMENT

*            *             *

DESCRIPTION OF CENTRAL GATHERING FACILITIES

 

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EXHIBIT B

TO

SERVICES AGREEMENT

*            *             *

DESCRIPTION OF WELL PADS AND LGS PIPELINE RISERS

 

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EXHIBIT C

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

Below is a representative, but not exclusive, list of the services that are to be provided by Services Provider in operation of the Liquids Gathering System pursuant to this Agreement:

 

   

Accounting;

 

   

Administrative;

 

   

Engineering;

 

   

Environmental;

 

   

Land Administration;

 

   

Legal;

 

   

Operations; and

 

   

Regulatory Management.

 

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EXHIBIT F-2

to Lease

Form of Gathering Agreement

LIQUIDS GATHERING SYSTEM

GATHERING AGREEMENT

THIS LIQUIDS GATHERING SYSTEM GATHERING AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated and effective as of December     , 2027 (the “ Effective Date ”) by and between PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Gatherer ”) and                    , a [Wyoming] corporation (“ Shipper ”). Gatherer and Shipper are referred to, collectively, as the “ Parties ” and, individually, as a “ Party .”

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

WHEREAS, Shipper and/or its Affiliate(s) own oil and gas properties described on Exhibit D located in the Pinedale Field in Sublette County, Wyoming (“ Shipper’s Properties ”), and Shipper and/or its Affiliates have drilled and intend to continue to drill, oil and gas wells on Shipper’s Properties (“ Shipper’s Wells ”), and further,

WHEREAS, Gatherer owns a system of pipelines and central gathering facilities which: (1) begins at the inlet flange to the LGS Pipeline Risers (as defined below); (2) extends through an interconnected system of pipelines to the production and separation equipment and storage tanks located at the Central Gathering Facilities (as defined below); (3) terminates at the LGS Terminus Points (as defined below); (4) is located in the Pinedale Anticline Field in Sublette County, Wyoming; (5) is capable of gathering, separating, collecting, and delivering for sale or transport, condensate and water, together with associated natural gas (collectively, the “ Liquids Gathering System ”), and further

WHEREAS, Shipper wants Gatherer to provide Gathering Services to Shipper for Gathered Substances (as defined below), and Gatherer wants to provide Gathering Services to Shipper for such Gathered Substances, all on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and confessed, the parties to this Agreement (each a “ Party ” and together, the “ Parties ”) do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1 Defined Terms . For all purposes of this Agreement, except as may be expressly set forth herein or unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intent, the following terms have the following definitions:

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person who, directly or indirectly, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with such first Person.


Applicable Laws ” means statutes (including regulations enacted thereunder), judgments and orders of courts of competent jurisdiction, regulations and orders issued by Governmental Authorities, and Regulatory Approvals that are, in each case, applicable to the ownership, construction, operation, maintenance, or use of the Liquids Gathering System, to the Shipper’s Properties, to the Shipper’s Wells or to the Gathered Substances.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Houston, Texas, are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

Bankruptcy Event ” means:

 

  (a) an involuntary proceeding is commenced or an involuntary petition is filed seeking: (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of Gatherer or Gatherer’s debts or a substantial part of Gatherer’s assets under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or later in effect; or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, custodian or similar official for Gatherer or for a substantial part of Gatherer’s assets and, in either case, such proceeding or petition continues undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or

 

  (b) Gatherer shall: (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, or similar law now or later in effect; (ii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, custodian or similar official for Gatherer or a substantial part of Gatherer’s assets; (iii) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a proceeding or petition described in clause (a) of this definition; (iv) make an assignment or any general arrangement for the benefit of its creditors; or (v) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or

 

  (c) Gatherer shall become unable, admit in writing its inability to pay, or fail generally to pay its debts or other obligations as they become due.

Central Gathering Facilities ” means the locations within the Liquids Gathering System at which condensate, produced water, and associated natural gas is collected and separated for sale and transport off the subject location or alternatively, in the case of the associated natural gas, used for fuel or flared on the subject location; a legal description of each Central Gathering Facility is set out in Exhibit A attached to this Agreement.

CGF#1 ”: means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit A attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #1”.

CGF#2 ”: means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit A attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #2”.

CGF#3 ”: means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit A attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #3”.

CGF#4 ”: means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit A attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #4”.

Condensate Delivery Point ” means the Condensate Terminus Points.

 

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Condensate ” means the liquid hydrocarbons recovered from Shipper’s Wells.

Condensate Loading Points ” means the condensate loading couplings off the condensate storage tanks located on the Central Gathering Facilities.

Condensate Terminus Points ” means: (1) the inlet flanges for the LACT Unit Facilities; and (2) the Condensate Loading Points.

Control ” and “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ” each means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person.

Delivery ” means: (a) in the case of Condensate, the physical transfer of possession thereof from Gatherer to Shipper at a Condensate Delivery Point; (b) in the case of Gas, the physical transfer of possession thereof to Shipper at a Gas Delivery Point; and (c) in the case of Produced Water, the physical transfer of possession thereof from Gatherer to Shipper at a Water Delivery Point.

Delivery Point ” means, as applicable, a Condensate Delivery Point, Gas Delivery Point, or Water Delivery Point in existence on the Effective Date. The Delivery Points shall include such additional interconnections as the Parties agree from time to time.

Effective Date ” is defined in the preamble to this Agreement.

Flash Gas Terminus Points ” (a) with respect to CGF#1, CGF #3, and CGF #4, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date to each dehydrator located on each such Central Gathering Facility; and (b) with respect to CGF #2, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date on (i) each three-phase heated separator located on CGF #2, (ii) each condensate storage tank located on CGF #2, and (iii) each water storage tank located on CGF #2.

Force Majeure ” means acts of God, acts of a public enemy, acts of terrorism, acts of a nation or any state, territory, province or other political division thereof, fires, floods, epidemics, riots, theft, quarantine restrictions, freight embargoes or other similar causes beyond the reasonable control of the Party claiming suspension.

Gas ” means any mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons or of hydrocarbons and other gases, in a gaseous state, consisting primarily of methane.

Gas Delivery Point ” means the Flash Gas Terminus Points.

Gathered Substances ” means the substances produced from Shipper’s Wells and tendered to Gatherer by Shipper at the Delivery Points, and includes Condensate and Produced Water and Gas entrained therein.

Gathering Services ” means Gatherer’s acceptance of Gathered Substances delivered by Shipper at the Receipt Points, Gatherer’s gathering, separating, and transporting the Gathered Substances through the Liquids Gathering System, and Gatherer’s redelivery of Condensate, Gas and Produced Water to Shipper at the Delivery Points.

Governmental Authority ” means any court, tribunal, arbitrator, authority, agency, commission, official, or other instrumentality of the United States, or any state or political subdivision thereof administering, regulating, or having or asserting jurisdiction over the Liquids Gathering System.

 

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LACT Unit Facility ” means the condensate pump, meter and sales point as well as the associated equipment downstream of the inlet risers to any Lease Automated Custody Transfer Unit located on a Central Gathering Facility.

LGS Pipeline Riser ” means the pipeline riser downstream of the liquids legs of the production separators located on each of the producing well pads described on Exhibit B attached to this Agreement. A photograph is included in Exhibit B , by way of example only, marked to indicate the location of a typical pipeline riser.

LGS Terminus Points ” means, collectively, the Condensate Terminus Points, the Flash Gas Terminus Points, and the Produced Water Terminus Points.

Lien ” means any lien, mortgage, privilege, charge, claim, or other encumbrance.

Liquids Gathering System ” is defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

Losses ” means claims, actions, suits, losses, liabilities, demands, costs and expenses (including court costs and attorneys’ fees) of any kind, nature or description.

Maintenance ” is defined in Section 2.3 hereof.

Maximum Daily Guaranteed Capacity ” means                     .

Maximum Operating Pressure ” means the maximum allowable operating pressure on the Liquids Gathering System in effect as of the Effective Date, as may be modified from time to time by Gatherer in compliance with prudent operating standards and communicated to Shipper by written notice.

Person ” means a legal entity of any kind or an individual.

Produced Water Terminus Points ” means the outlet flanges to the water pump facility or facilities, as the case may be, on the Central Gathering Facilities that are directly upstream of the water meters and through which the produced water flows after it is separated from the condensate and the associated natural gas.

Primary Term ” means the period that is [    ] months following the Effective Date. ( Drafting Note : primary term to be set by Shipper upon execution of Agreement per terms of Section 25.2 of the Lease)

Produced Water ” means water produced by Shipper from oil and gas bearing formations in Shipper’s Properties during the course of Shipper’s oil and gas operations.

Quality Specifications ” means the quality specifications for Gathered Substances described in Exhibit E.

Receipt ” means the physical transfer of possession and custody of Gas from Non-Operator to Operator at the applicable Receipt Points.

Receipt Points ” means the inlet flanges to the LGS Pipeline Risers in existence as of the Effective Date. The Receipt Points shall include such additional interconnections as the Parties agree from time to time.

 

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Regulatory Approvals ” means the permits, licenses, approvals, and authorizations required to be obtained from any Governmental Authority in connection with the ownership, operation, use or maintenance of the Liquids Gathering System, Shipper’s Properties, Shipper’s Wells or Gathered Substances.

Representatives ” means the directors, officers, employees, and other agents of a Person.

Reservation Charges ” means                     .

Reservation Quantity ” means                      Barrels of Gathered Substances per day.

Shipper’s Properties ” is defined in the Recitals to this Agreement.

Shipper’s Wells ” is defined in the Recitals to this Agreement.

Variable Charges ” is defined in Section 4.2 .

Water Delivery Points ” means the Produced Water Terminus Points.

1.2 Exhibits .

 

(a) The following exhibits are attached to and hereby incorporated into this Agreement:

 

Exhibit A   Description of Gatherer’s CGFs
Exhibit B   Description of Well Pads & LGS Pipeline Risers
Exhibit C   Measurement Standards
Exhibit D   Shipper’s Properties
Exhibit E   Quality Specifications

 

(b) If there is a conflict between an exhibit and any provision of the main body of this Agreement, the provision of the main body of this Agreement shall prevail.

ARTICLE 2

GATHERER’S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

2.1 Gathering . Gatherer shall: (i) accept all Gathered Substances meeting the Quality Specifications and (unless otherwise agreed by Gatherer in writing) not exceeding the Maximum Daily Guaranteed Capacity delivered by Shipper or its Third Party Designees to the Receipt Points; (ii) gather the Gathered Substances from the Receipt Points to the Central Gathering Facilities; (iii) separate the Gathered Substances into Condensate, Gas and Produced Water; and (iv) deliver the separated Condensate, Gas and Produced Water to Shipper at the applicable Delivery Points, subject to the terms and conditions hereof. Gatherer shall not accept or transport any gas, condensate, produced waters or other substances into the Liquids Gathering System for any party other than Shipper and any Third Party Designee (as defined below) of Shipper.

2.2 Liquids Gathering System . Gatherer shall operate and maintain the Liquids Gathering System in a commercially reasonable manner adequate to enable Gatherer to perform its obligations under this Agreement. Gatherer shall monitor and record throughput rates for the pipelines comprising the Liquids Gathering System. Gatherer shall not be required to provide or operate any services, facilities or equipment upstream of the Receipt Points or downstream of the Delivery Points in order to receive, gather, or deliver Gathered Substances hereunder.

 

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2.3 Maintenance . Gatherer may temporarily interrupt its receipt of Gathered Substances from Shipper to perform necessary inspections, maintenance, testing, expansions, connections, other modifications, or repairs to the Liquids Gathering System (collectively, “ Maintenance ”), provided Gatherer provides Shipper with reasonable advance notice of such Maintenance (except advance notice shall not be required in cases of emergency).

2.4 Access to Gathering System . Gatherer shall permit Shipper or its duly authorized representative, at Shipper’s sole risk and cost, access at all reasonable times and, except in the cases of imminent risk to health or the environment, upon prior written notice to Gatherer to the Liquids Gathering System.

2.5 Standard of Conduct . Gatherer shall perform its obligations hereunder in a reasonably prudent and good and workmanlike manner, in accordance with accepted industry practice and in compliance with Applicable Laws.

2.6 Independent Contractor . In its performance hereunder, Gatherer shall be an independent contractor and Gatherer is not subject to the control or direction of Shipper. Gatherer shall not be deemed, or hold itself out as, the agent of Shipper with authority to bind Shipper to any obligation or liability assumed or incurred by Gatherer as to any third party.

2.7 Access to Books and Records . Gatherer will provide Shipper or its representatives access to Gatherer’s books and records related to the Liquids Gathering System for the purposes of auditing amounts charged to and paid by Shipper hereunder, at Shipper’s expense, on reasonable prior written notice and during Gatherer’s regular business hours. Shipper will provide Gatherer or its representatives access to Shipper’s books and records relating to Gathered Substances and their quantity and composition. Such access will be at Gatherer’s expense, on reasonable prior written notice and during Shipper’s regular business hours.

2.8 Insurance . During the term of this Agreement, Gatherer shall obtain and maintain liability insurance of the type customary for the industry, in commercially reasonable amounts, naming Shipper as an additional insured.

ARTICLE 3

SHIPPER’S RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS;

TITLE, CUSTODY AND CONTROL

3.1 Capacity, Right to Assign Capacity . Shipper may deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Liquids Gathering System Gathered Substances to the extent they meet the Quality Specifications. Shipper shall have exclusive use of all of the capacity on the Liquids Gathering System during the term of this Agreement. Shipper may allow one or more third parties to use all or any portion of such capacity System without the consent of Gatherer (each a “ Third Party Designee ”); provided that, no such contract shall relieve or release Shipper of any of its obligations hereunder nor shall such Third Party Designee become a party to this Agreement or be entitled to enforce any rights of Shipper hereunder without Gatherer’s consent.

3.2 Standard of Conduct . Shipper shall conduct its activities hereunder in a reasonably prudent manner, in accordance with accepted industry practice and in compliance with Applicable Laws. Shipper agrees that it will not introduce into the Liquids Gathering System Gathered Substances which (i) do not meet the Quality Specifications of the Liquids Gathering System, or (ii), without Gatherer’s Consent, in a quantity in excess of the Maximum Daily Guaranteed Capacity. Gatherer has the absolute right to refuse to accept non-conforming Gathered Substances. Shipper must deliver all Gathered Substances to the Liquids Gathering System at pressures not in excess of such System’s Maximum Operating Pressure.

 

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3.3 Title, Custody and Control . Shipper warrants to Gatherer that it has or at the time of delivery will have the right to deliver all Gathered Substances into the Liquids Gathering System. Shipper shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Gatherer from and against all suits, actions, debts, accounts, damages, costs (including attorneys’ fees), losses and expenses arising out of or in connection with any adverse claims by any and all persons regarding Shipper’s right to deliver, or Shipper’s title to, such Gathered Substances. Gatherer shall never obtain or have title to any of the Gathered Substances, including any Gathered Substances not owned by Shipper.

3.4 Insurance . During the term of this Agreement, Shipper shall obtain and maintain liability insurance of the type customary for the industry, in commercially reasonable amounts, naming Gatherer as an additional insured. [subject to review by insurance adviser]

ARTICLE 4

FEES AND PAYMENT

4.1 Reservation Charges . Commencing on the Effective Date, on a monthly basis, Shipper shall pay Gatherer the Reservation Charges, whether or not Shipper has delivered Gathered Substances to Gatherer during the preceding month.

4.2 Variable Charges . In addition to the Reservation Charges, each month Shipper shall be charged a fee of $         per Barrel of Gathered Substances in excess of the Reservation Quantity delivered to the Receipt Points by Shipper (the “ Variable Charge ”), which charges may, by the agreement of Shipper and Gatherer, reflect quantities of Produced Water gathered, quantities of Condensate gathered, and quantities of Produced Water redelivered to Shipper by Gatherer.

4.3 Invoices and Payments .

(a) On or before the 15 th day of each month, Gatherer will deliver to Shipper an invoice for Gathering Services performed during the previous month, setting forth the total amount due Gatherer for Gathering Services provided to Shipper during the applicable month, itemized to reflect both Reservation Charges and any applicable Variable Charges. Such invoice shall be accompanied by reasonably detailed supporting documentation as agreed by the Parties.

(b) No later than 30 days after receipt of Gatherer’s invoice Shipper shall remit to Gatherer the amount set forth in such invoice pursuant to the payment instructions provided by Gatherer in such invoice.

4.4 Royalties . Gatherer shall have no responsibility or liability for any royalties attributable to or related to the Gathered Substances as a result of providing the Gathering Services, and Shipper shall release, indemnify and defend Gatherer against all losses and costs from such royalties arising as a result of Gathering providing such Gathering Services.

4.5 Taxes, Fees and Other Charges . Shipper is responsible and liable for the payment of all taxes, fees and other charges (including penalties and interest thereon) (“ Taxes ”) levied or assessed by any municipal, county, state, federal or tribal government on the Gathered Substances or their transport or treatment. If Gatherer is required to pay such Taxes, Shipper shall immediately reimburse Gatherer the amount paid. Taxes shall not include taxes levied on the net income of Gatherer.

 

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ARTICLE 5

MEASUREMENT

5.1 Measurement Standards . Measurement of Gathered Substances received into the Liquids Gathering System, including calibrating and adjusting of metering facilities, shall be done in accordance with the procedure set forth on Exhibit C .

5.2 Records and Data . Upon request, each Party shall make available to the other Party during normal business hours all charts and other data or records used in the measurement of Gathered Substances. All such charts and records shall be kept and maintained by the Parties for not less than a period of five years.

ARTICLE 6

TERM OF AGREEMENT; TERMINATION

6.1 Term . Unless sooner terminated in accordance herewith, this Agreement will be effective on the Effective Date and shall continue in full force and effect throughout the Primary Term.

6.2 Termination .

(a) Gatherer shall provide Shipper at least 60 days prior notice in the event Gatherer intends to sell, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the Liquids Gathering System (“ Disposition ”) prior to the end of the term of this Agreement. Shipper, in its sole discretion, upon notice to Gatherer, may terminate this Agreement at any time effective upon the effective date of such Disposition or thereafter.

(b) In addition, without limiting the foregoing,

(i) If there is any involuntary transfer of all or any portion of Gatherer’s interest in the Liquids Gathering System, Shipper may terminate this Agreement on not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice.

(ii) Shipper may terminate this Agreement at any time upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to Gatherer.

(iii) This Agreement may be terminated by Gatherer if a Bankruptcy Event occurs with respect to Shipper.

(iv) This Agreement may be terminated by Shipper if a Bankruptcy Event occurs with respect to Gatherer.

(v) Shipper may terminate this Agreement effective as of the date of termination of the Services Agreement.

(vi) Gatherer may terminate this Agreement if payment of any amount owed to it hereunder (under Article 4 or otherwise) is not paid in full within 90 days after demand.

(vii) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Section 6.2 or any other Section in this Agreement, unless agreed by Shipper, Gatherer shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement effective as of any time when the Services Agreement is in effect.

 

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6.3 Effect of Termination . As of the termination of this Agreement, all rights and obligations of the Parties under this Agreement will cease, other than (i) rights and obligations which accrued prior to such termination and (ii) any other rights or obligations expressly provided in this Agreement to survive termination of this Agreement, including Shipper’s obligation to pay any amounts under Article 4 of this Agreement that have accrued prior to such termination, even if such amounts have not become due and payable at that time.

ARTICLE 7

NOTICES

7.1 Notices . All notices, reports, bills, invoices, and other correspondence required or made necessary under this Agreement (“ Notices ”) shall be determined to have been properly served if and when delivered in person or sent by nationally recognized courier service within the time required to the addresses hereinafter listed:

SHIPPER:

[to be inserted]

OWNER:

Pinedale Corridor, LP

4200 W. 115th Street, Suite 210

Leawood, KS 66211

Attn:                     

7.2 Deemed Receipt . Unless otherwise provided herein, notice shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee as follows: (a) if a notice is delivered in person, or nationally recognized overnight courier, upon receipt by the addressee or delivery to the address of the addressee; and (b) if the addressee rejects or otherwise refuses to accept the notice, or if the notice cannot be delivered because of a change in address for which no notice was given, then upon the rejection, refusal, or inability to deliver the notice.

7.3 Delivery During Business Day . If any Notice is received (or deemed received) after 5:00 p.m. on a Business Day where the addressee is located, or on a day that is not a Business Day where the addressee is located, then the Notice is officially deemed received at 9:00 a.m. local time on the next business day where the addressee is located.

ARTICLE 8

INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 WARRANTIES . EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY HEREIN PROVIDED, THE GATHERING SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” “WHERE IS” AND “WITH ALL FAULTS AS TO ALL MATTERS” AND GATHERER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS AND NEGATES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AT COMMON LAW, BY STATUTE OR OTHERWISE RELATING TO (A) ITS PERFORMANCE OF THE GATHERING SERVICES HEREUNDER OR (B) THE RESULTS OF THE GATHERING SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER.

8.2 LIMITATION OF DAMAGES . NO PARTY HERETO SHALL BE LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO FOR ANY LOST OR PROSPECTIVE PROFITS OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL,

 

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PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR INDIRECT LOSSES OR DAMAGES (IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) UNDER OR IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR FOR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE RELATED HERETO HOWSOEVER CAUSED, WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM SUCH PARTY’S SOLE, JOINT OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL FAULT.

8.3 Limited Liability Of Gatherer . Gatherer shall have no liability under this Agreement or otherwise, and is hereby released from any liability, to Shipper, and its Affiliates, and its and their directors, officers, employees, and representatives (collectively, the “ Shipper Group ”) for any and all claims, damages, losses, costs, expenses and liabilities (collectively, “ Released Claims ”) arising out of or resulting from any act or omission of Gatherer, or its Affiliates or its or their directors, officers, employees, and representatives (collectively, the “ Gatherer Group ”) in the performance or failure to perform under this Agreement; provided however the foregoing limitations shall not apply to any claims, damages, losses, costs, expenses and liabilities to the extent caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of the Gatherer Group.

8.4 Gatherer’s Indemnification . Gatherer hereby agrees to defend, indemnify and hold each member of the Shipper Group harmless from any and all claims, damages, losses, costs, expenses and liabilities incurred by such member in connection with the Gathering Services, to the extent arising out of or resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of Gatherer Group.

8.5 Shipper’s Indemnification . Shipper hereby agrees to defend, indemnify and hold each member of the Gatherer Group harmless from any and all claims, damages, losses, costs, expenses and liabilities incurred by any such member in connection with the Gathering Services, to the extent arising out of or resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any member of Shipper Group.

8.6 Notice of Claim . Each Party shall notify the other Party as quickly as possible of any claim, demand, or suit that may be presented to or served upon it for which it desires to be defended or indemnified as set forth in this Article 8.

8.7 Regarding Release, Defense, Indemnification and Hold Harmless Obligations .

(a) It is the intention of both Shipper and Gatherer that the release, defense, indemnity and hold harmless obligations provided for in this Agreement apply without regard to any conflicting rules of liability under any applicable law or regulation.

(b) THE RELEASE, DEFENSE, INDEMNIFICATION, HOLD HARMLESS AND SIMILAR PROVISIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL APPLY WHETHER OR NOT THE LOSSES IN QUESTION AROSE SOLELY OR IN PART FROM THE ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER FAULT OF ANY INDEMNIFIED PARTY. SHIPPER AND GATHERER ACKNOWLEDGE THIS STATEMENT IS CONSPICUOUS AND AGREE THAT IT IS INTENDED TO COMPLY WITH AND DOES COMPLY WITH THE EXPRESS NEGLIGENCE RULE.

ARTICLE 9

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS

9.1 Force Majeure . No Party shall be liable for any expense, loss or damage arising out of any interruption of Gathering Services or delay or failure to perform under this Agreement that is due to acts of God, acts of a public enemy, acts of terrorism, acts of a nation or any state, territory, province or other political division thereof, fires, floods, epidemics, riots, theft, quarantine restrictions, freight embargoes or

 

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other similar causes beyond the reasonable control of such Party. In any such event, such Party’s obligations hereunder shall be postponed for such time as its performance is suspended or delayed on account thereof.

9.2 Assignment; Delegation .

Shipper may assign all or any portion of its rights arising pursuant to or as a result of this Agreement, to one or more third parties without the prior written consent of Gatherer, provided that Shipper may not delegate any of its obligations arising pursuant to or as a result of this Agreement, without the prior written consent of Gatherer.

Gatherer may not assign any of its rights arising pursuant to or as a result of this Agreement, or delegate any of its obligations arising pursuant to or as a result of this Agreement, without the prior written consent of Shipper.

9.3 Further Assurances . Each Party shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the other such further documents and take such other action, as may be necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

9.4 Waiver . No waiver by a Party of any default of the other Party hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any future default, whether of a like or different character, except as otherwise provided herein.

9.5 Independent Representation . Each Party has had the benefit of independent representation with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement, though it may be drawn by one Party, shall be construed fairly and reasonably and not more strictly against one Party than another.

9.6 Counterparts . The Parties may execute this Agreement in any number of duplicate originals, each of which constitutes an original, and all of which, collectively, constitute only one agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart signature page by facsimile (or as a PDF by email) is as effective as executing and delivering this Agreement in the presence of the other Parties hereto.

9.7 Rights and Duties of Parties . The rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of Gatherer and Shipper shall be several, not joint or collective. It is not the purpose or intention to create any mining partnership, joint venture, general partnership or other partnership relation and none shall be inferred from any provision of this Agreement.

9.8 Right to Enforce . This Agreement is made for the express benefit of the Parties hereto, and no Person or entity which is not a signatory Party hereto, or a successor or assign of a signatory Party hereto, shall have the benefit of, or any right to seek enforcement of or recovery under, the provisions of this Agreement.

9.9 Integrated Agreement . This Agreement and the exhibits attached and incorporated herein, contain the final and entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. This Agreement supersedes and replaces all previous agreements except as provided herein, including negotiations, understandings or promises, whether written or oral, relative to the subject matter of this Agreement.

9.10 Severance of Invalid Provisions . In case of a conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any applicable laws or regulations, the provisions of the laws or regulations shall govern over the provisions of this Agreement. If, for any reason and for so long as, any clause or provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid,

 

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unenforceable or unconscionable under any present or future law (or interpretation thereof), the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected by such illegality or invalidity. The Parties shall negotiate in good faith for any required modifications to this Agreement required as a result of this provision.

9.11 Applicable Law . The laws of the State of Texas (without giving effect to its conflicts of law principles) govern all matters arising out of or relating to this Agreement, including, without limitation, its interpretation, construction, performance, and enforcement.

9.12 Forum Selection . The Parties hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Texas in and for Harris County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division in connection with any litigation arising out of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated thereby. All disputes between the Parties shall have jurisdiction and venue only in the courts of the State of Texas in and for Harris County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. Each Party hereby waives any objection it may have pertaining to improper venue or forum non-conveniens to the conduct of any proceeding in the foregoing courts. Each of the Parties agrees that any and all process directed to it in any such proceeding may be served upon it outside of the State of Texas with the same force and effect as if such service had been made within the State of Texas.

9.13 Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY PROCEEDING BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN), OF THE PARTIES. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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[SIGNATURE PAGE – PAGE 1 OF 1]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Gatherer and Shipper have executed this Agreement, intending it to be binding and effective as of the day and year hereinabove first written.

 

Gatherer:

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP,

a Delaware limited partnership,

By Pinedale GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
General Partner
By:  

 

Name:  
Its:  
Shipper:

                     .,

a Wyoming corporation

By:  

 

Name:  
Its:  

 

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EXHIBIT A

TO

GATHERING AGREEMENT

*            *             *

DESCRIPTION OF CENTRAL GATHERING FACILITIES

 

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EXHIBIT B

TO

LIQUIDS GATHERING SYSTEM GATHERING AGREEMENT

*            *             *

DESCRIPTION OF WELL PADS AND LGS PIPELINE RISERS

 

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EXHIBIT C

TO

LIQUIDS GATHERING SYSTEM GATHERING AGREEMENT

*            *             *

MEASUREMENT STANDARDS

If either Gatherer or Shipper at any time observes a variation between a delivery meter and a check meter on the Liquids Gathering System, it will promptly notify the other, and both will then cooperate to secure an immediate verification of the accuracy of the equipment. Gatherer and Shipper shall give each other reasonable advance notice of the time of all tests and calibrations of meters so that the other may have its representatives present to witness tests and sampling or to make joint tests and obtain samples with its own equipment.

If a test shows that the inaccuracy is one percent (1.0%) or less, the meter shall be deemed to measure accurately. If a test shows that the inaccuracy is greater than one percent (1.0%), a correction shall be made for the period during which the meter was measuring inaccurately, and if this period cannot be ascertained, a correction shall be made for one-half (1/2) of the period elapsed since the meter was last tested by using the first of the following methods which is feasible:

 

  1. The measurement of available check meters, if they measure accurately; or

 

  2. Correcting the error if the percentage of error is ascertainable by calibration, test of mathematical calculation; or

 

  3. Estimating the volume of Condensate, Gas and Produced Water delivered by looking at the volumes delivered under similar conditions during a period of time when the meter was measuring accurately.

If a meter is out of service, the volume of Condensate, Gas and Produced Water shall be estimated in accordance with the preceding paragraph.

All measurement devices used in performance of this Agreement shall comply with the American Petroleum Institute – Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards, 14.3, American Gas Association Report No. 3, and Report No. 9, (Latest Revisions), and any electronic flow meters shall be capable of performing volume calculations according to the current standards prescribed in the American Gas Association Report No. 3, Orifice Metering of Natural Gas and Other Hydrocarbon Fluids, Parts 1-4, and shall comply with the American Petroleum Institute – Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards, Chapter 21, Section 1 – Electronic Gas Measurement, (Latest Revisions).

 

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EXHIBIT E

TO

LIQUIDS GATHERING SYSTEM GATHERING AGREEMENT

QUALITY SPECIFICATIONS

(to be completed prior to the Effective Date of the Gathering Agreement)

 

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EXHIBIT G

to Lease

[Intentionally Deleted]

 

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EXHIBIT H

to Lease

List of Improvements

 

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EXHIBIT I

to Lease

List of Initial Lessor Loan Docs

Term Credit Agreement among Pinedale Corridor LP (“Borrower”), certain lenders (the “Lenders”) and KeyBank National Association, as agent for the Lenders (“Agent”)

Term Promissory Notes, each executed by Borrower in favor of a Lender

Carveout Guaranty Agreement executed by CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust Inc. (“CORR”)

Security Agreement between Borrower and Agent

Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents, Financing Statement and Fixture Filing executed by Borrower

Indemnity Agreement Regarding Hazardous Materials executed by Borrower

Pledge and Security Agreement between Parent and Agent

Assignment of Lease and Guaranty executed by Borrower

Collateral Assignment of Purchase and Sale Agreement between Borrower and Agent

Subordination, Non-Disturbance and Attornment Agreement among Borrower, Agent, Ultra Wyoming LGS, LLC and Ultra Petroleum Corp.

Agreement Regarding Fees between Borrower and Key Bank National Association

Deposit Account Control Agreement among Agent, Borrower and KeyBank National Association, as depository bank

 

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EXHIBIT J

to Lease

Form of Lessee Guaranty

 

1


EXHIBIT K

to Lease

Form of Lessor Guaranty

 

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EXHIBIT L

to Lease

Intentionally Deleted

 

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EXHIBIT M

to Lease

Form of LGS Pipeline Riser Exhibit

[To be copied from Exhibit S to the PSA]

 

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EXHIBIT N

to Lease

Liquids Gathering System Map

[To be copied from Exhibit F to the PSA]

 

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EXHIBIT O

to Lease

LGS/ Inlet Flange Photograph

[To be copied from Exhibit V to the PSA]

 

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EXHIBIT P

to Lease

Memo of Lease

 

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SCHEDULE 27.1

to Lease

SPE Definitions; Governing Document Requirements

PART A

Definition of Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Entity

I . If the Lessor is a limited partnership, it shall be a “ Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Entity ” if:

(A) (i) it was and will be organized solely for the purpose of acquiring, owning, holding, maintaining, financing, refinancing, mortgaging, encumbering, renovating, operating, leasing, managing and/or selling the Leased Property;

(ii) it has not engaged and will not engage in any business unrelated to the acquisition, ownership, holding, maintaining, financing, refinancing, mortgaging, encumbering, renovating, operating, leasing, managing and/or selling of the Leased Property;

(iii) it has not had and will not have any assets other than cash and cash equivalents and those related to the Leased Property;

(iv) it has not engaged, sought or consented to and will not (except as provided in, and pursuant to the terms of, the Lease) engage in, seek or consent to any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, termination, consolidation, merger or sale of all or substantially all of its assets;

(v) it has remained and will remain solvent and has maintained and will maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business operations;

(vi) it has not, and without the unanimous consent of all of its partners (including the Independent Director or Independent Manager (as the case may be) of its general partner), will not, with respect to itself or to any other entity in which it has a direct or indirect legal or beneficial ownership interest, take any Bankruptcy Action;

(vii) it has and will have no indebtedness other than (1) Permitted Indebtedness and (2) customary unsecured obligations and trade payables in the ordinary course of business which (x) are not evidenced by a promissory note, (y) are payable, and shall be paid, within one hundred twenty (120) days of the date incurred, and (z) do not exceed, at any time, $50,000; and

(viii) at all times since its formation, it has observed, and will continue to observe, the Separateness Covenants; and

(B) it has as its only general partner (x) a Single Member Bankruptcy Remote LLC or (y) a corporation that:

(i) was and will be organized solely for the purpose of acting as a general partner of the limited partnership that owns the Leased Property;


(ii) has not engaged and will not engage in any business unrelated to acting as the general partner of the limited partnership that owns the Leased Property;

(iii) has not had and will not have any assets other than those related to its general or limited partnership interest in the limited partnership that owns the Leased Property;

(iv) has not engaged, sought or consented to and will not (except as provided in, and pursuant to the terms of, the Lease) engage in, seek or consent to any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, termination, consolidation, merger or sale of all or substantially all of its assets;

(v) has remained and will remain solvent and has maintained and will maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business operations;

(vi) (1) has and will have at least one Independent Director (who shall be provided through an entity providing such services as described in the definition of such term in this Lease), (2) has not caused or allowed and will not cause or allow its board of directors to take any action requiring the affirmative vote of one hundred percent (100%) of the members of its board of directors unless all of the directors and the Independent Director shall have participated in such vote, and (3) has not, and without the unanimous consent of all of its directors (including the Independent Director) will not, with respect to itself or to any other entity in which it has a direct or indirect legal or beneficial ownership interest, take any Bankruptcy Action;

(vii) has and will have no indebtedness other than customary unsecured obligations and trade payables in the ordinary course of business relating to acting as general partner of Lessor which (x) are not evidenced by a promissory note, (y) are payable, and shall be paid, within one hundred twenty (120) days of the date incurred, and (z) do not exceed, at any time, $50,000; and

(viii) at all times since its incorporation, has observed, and will continue to observe, the Separateness Covenants.

II. If the Lessor is a limited liability company, it shall be a “ Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Entity ” if:

(A) (i) it was and will be organized solely for the purpose of acquiring, owning, holding, maintaining, financing, refinancing, mortgaging, encumbering, renovating, operating, leasing, managing and/or selling the Leased Property;

(ii) it has not engaged and will not engage in any business unrelated to the acquisition, ownership, holding, maintaining, financing, refinancing, mortgaging, encumbering, renovating, operating, leasing, managing and/or selling of the Leased Property;

(iii) it has not had and will not have any assets other than cash and cash equivalents and those related to the Leased Property;

(iv) it has not engaged, sought or consented to and will not (except as provided in, and pursuant to the terms of, the Lease) engage in, seek or consent to any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, termination, consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of its assets or change in its legal structure;

(v) it has and will have at least one member that is an Independent Manager (who shall be provided through an entity providing such services as described in the definition of such term in this Lease);

(vi) it has and will have articles of organization, a certificate of formation and/or an operating agreement, as applicable, providing that (1) such entity will dissolve only upon the bankruptcy of the

 

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managing member, (2) the vote of a majority-in-interest of the remaining members is sufficient to continue the life of the limited liability company in the event of such bankruptcy of the managing member, and (3) if the vote of a majority in interest of the remaining members to continue the life of the limited liability company following the bankruptcy of the managing member is not obtained, the limited liability company may not liquidate the Leased Property without the consent of Lessee for as long as the Lease is outstanding;

(vii) it has remained and will remain solvent and has maintained and will maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business operations;

(viii) it has not, and without the consent of all of its members (including the Independent Manager) will not, with respect to itself or to any other entity in which it has a direct or indirect legal or beneficial ownership interest, take any Bankruptcy Action;

(ix) has and will have no indebtedness other than (1) Permitted Indebtedness and (2) customary unsecured obligations and trade payables in the ordinary course of business which (x) are not evidenced by a promissory note, (y) are payable, and shall be paid, within one hundred twenty (120) days of the date incurred, and (z) do not exceed, at any time, $50,000; and

(x) at all times since its formation, it has observed, and will continue to observe, the Separateness Covenants; and

(B) has as its sole managing member, (x) a Single Member Bankruptcy Remote LLC or (y) a corporation that:

(i) was and will be organized solely for the purpose of acting as a member of the limited liability company that owns the Leased Property;

(ii) has not engaged and will not engage in any business unrelated to acting as a member of the limited liability company that owns the Leased Property;

(iii) has not had and will not have any assets other than those related to its member interest in the limited liability company that owns the Leased Property;

(iv) has not engaged, sought or consented to and will not (except as provided in, and pursuant to the terms of, the Lease) engage in, seek or consent to any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, termination, consolidation, merger, sale of all or substantially all of its assets or change in its legal structure;

(v) has remained and will remain solvent and has maintained and will maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business operations;

(vi) (1) has and will have at least one Independent Director (who may be provided through an entity providing such services), (2) has not caused or allowed and will not cause or allow its board of directors to take any action requiring the affirmative vote of all of the members of its board of directors unless all of the directors and the Independent Director shall have participated in such vote, and (3) has not, and without the unanimous consent of all of its directors (including the Independent Director) will not, with respect to itself or to any other entity in which it has a direct or indirect legal or beneficial ownership interest, take any Bankruptcy Action;

(vii) has and will have no indebtedness other than customary unsecured obligations and trade payables in the ordinary course of business relating to acting as a managing member of the Lessor which (x) are not evidenced by a promissory note, (y) are payable, and shall be paid, within one hundred twenty (120) days of the date incurred, and (z) do not exceed, at any time, $50,000; and

(viii) at all times since its incorporation, has observed, and will continue to observe, the Separateness Covenants.

 

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III. If the Lessor is a corporation, it shall be a “ Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Entity ” if:

(A) it was and will be organized solely for the purpose of acquiring, owning, holding, maintaining, financing, refinancing, mortgaging, encumbering, renovating, operating, leasing, managing and/or selling the Leased Property;

(B) it has not engaged and will not engage in any business unrelated to the acquisition, ownership, holding, maintaining, financing, refinancing, mortgaging, encumbering, renovating, operating, leasing, managing and/or selling of the Leased Property;

(C) it has not had and will not have any assets other than cash and cash equivalents and those related to the Leased Property;

(D) it has not engaged, sought or consented to and will not (except as provided in, and pursuant to the terms of, the Lease) engage in, seek or consent to any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, termination, consolidation, merger, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets;

(E) it has remained and will remain solvent and has maintained and will maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business operations;

(F) it (1) has and will have at least one Independent Director (who shall be provided through an entity providing such services as described in the definition of such term in this Lease), (2) has not caused or allowed and will not cause or allow its board of directors to take any action requiring the affirmative vote of all of the members of its board of directors unless all of the directors and the Independent Director shall have participated in such vote, and (3) has not, and without the unanimous consent of all of its directors (including the Independent Director) will not, with respect to itself or to any other entity in which it has a direct or indirect legal or beneficial ownership interest, take any Bankruptcy Action;

(G) has and will have no indebtedness other than (1) Permitted Indebtedness and (2) customary unsecured obligations and trade payables which (x) are not evidenced by a promissory note, (y) are payable, and shall be paid, within one hundred twenty (120) days of the date incurred, and (z) do not exceed, at any time, $50,000; and

(H) at all times since its incorporation, it has observed with, and will continue to observe, the Separateness Covenants.

IV. If the Lessor is a general partnership, trust, or other entity not covered by I, II or III, above, such entity shall be deemed for all purposes under this Lease NOT to be a “ Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Entity ”.

 

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PART B

Lessor Governing Document Required Terms

So long as the Lease remains outstanding, the Governing Documents of Lessor shall include the following provisions directly or by reference to appropriate provisions in this Lease or the Equity Investor Agreement:

1. A requirement that the Lessor shall be a party to (to the extent there are parties to) and governed by, the Governing Documents of Lessor.

2. The Separateness Covenants and the other provisions in Part A of this Schedule 27.1 .

3. A requirement that the Lessor shall be, at all times, a Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Entity.

4. A requirement that the Independent Manager and/or Independent Director of Lessor and the general partner or managing member of Lessor (as the case may be) shall consider only the interests of the Lessor and its creditors in acting or otherwise voting on any Insolvency Material Action with respect to the Lessor. The term “ Insolvency Material Action ” means, with respect to a Person, to consolidate or merge such Person with or into any other Person, or sell all or substantially all of the assets of such Person, or to institute proceedings to have such Person be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against such Person or file a petition seeking, or consent to, reorganization or relief with respect to such Person under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of such Person or a substantial part of its property, or make any assignment for the benefit of creditors of such Person, or admit in writing such Person’s inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or take action in furtherance of any such action, or, to the fullest extent permitted by law, dissolve or liquidate such Person.

5. That no removal of the Independent Manager and/or Independent Director of Lessor and the general partner of managing member of Lessor (as the case may be), and no appointment of a successor Independent Manager and/or Independent Director (as the case may be), shall be effective until such successor shall have accepted his, her or its appointment as Independent Manager or Independent Director (as the case may be) by a written instrument.

6. A requirement that, in the event of a vacancy in the position of Independent Manager and/or Independent Director, the Lessor and/or the general partner or managing member of the Lessor (as the case may be) shall, as soon as practicable, appoint a successor Independent Manager and/or Independent Director acceptable to Lessee.

7. A requirement that all Lessor Equity Interests be certificated and all certificates representing shares of equity interests shall include the legend required pursuant to the Equity Investors Agreement.

8. A requirement that the Equity Investor Agreement be an Exhibit to the Governing Documents of Lessor and that each Person owning any Lessor Equity Interest become a party to the Equity Investors Agreement.

9. Prohibitions against (a) any Disqualified Person, directly or indirectly, having Controlling Lease Rights, (b) so long as an Ultra Entity Person is the Lessee, any Person other than a Permitted Controller of Lease Rights having Controlling Lease Rights, and (c) Disqualified Persons, in the aggregate, having beneficial ownership of 25% or more of the Lessor Equity Interests.

10. A prohibition against granting or suffering to exist any Liens on any Lessor Equity Interests in contravention of Section 17.5(a)(vi) of the Lease, the Equity Investors Agreement or the Governing Documents, and further providing that any such Liens shall be void ab initio .

 

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11. A prohibition against any Transfer or issuance of any Lessor Equity Interest in contravention of Section 17.5(a)(v ) of this Lease, the Equity Investors Agreement or the Governing Documents of Lessor, and further providing that any such Transfer or issuance shall be void ab initio .

12. A prohibition against any Person being a Beneficial Owner of the Lessor Equity Interests if a default or event of default attributable to such ownership by such Lessor Equity Investor or the Lessor under the Lessor Loan Documents would result therefrom.

13. Requirements to give notices to Lessee, such requirements to reflect the requirements set forth in Section 17.5(c)(ii ) of the Lease.

14. The requirement that any Person (other than a United States Person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(3) of the Code) acquiring beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of any Lessor Equity Interests indemnify Lessee against any amounts payable by Lessee, as Lessee, pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Lease to the extent such liabilities arise out of the status of such transferee as other than a United States Person.

15. A prohibition against any Disqualified Person having the right to (a) inspect the Leased Property or (b) receive any Proprietary Information delivered in connection with the Lease (including information regarding Lessee).

16. A prohibition against amending, supplementing, waiving or otherwise modifying any Lessor Governing Document Required Term without the prior written consent of Lessee.

 

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Exhibit M

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Lessee Lease Guaranty

GUARANTY

[Lessee Lease Guaranty]

This GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”) is executed and delivered as of                  , 2012, by ULTRA PETROLEUM CORP., a Yukon Territory of Canada corporation (“ Guarantor ”), whose address is 400 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 1200, Houston, Texas 77060, Attn: Marshall D. Smith, in favor of PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Landlord ”).

RECITALS:

A. ULTRA WYOMING LGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Tenant ”), and Landlord are party to that certain Lease dated as of December     , 2012 (the “ Lease ”).

B. In order to induce Landlord to enter into the Lease, Guarantor agreed to execute and deliver to Landlord this Guaranty. Guarantor acknowledges that Landlord would not have entered into the Lease without the execution and delivery by Guarantor of this Guaranty.

AGREEMENT:

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by Guarantor, Guarantor hereby agrees in favor of Landlord (and Landlord’s successors and assigns) as follows:

1. Guarantor absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (taking into account any applicable cure periods under the Lease), whether by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations, liabilities and covenants, whether now in existence or hereafter arising, of Tenant to Landlord, and arising under the Lease, including without limitation all amounts due to the Landlord as rent or otherwise under the Lease (the “ Obligations ”). Guarantor hereby agrees to pay and/or perform punctually, upon written demand by the Landlord, each such Obligation which is not paid or performed as and when due and payable by the Tenant (taking into account any applicable cure

 

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periods under the Lease), in like manner as such amount is due from the Tenant. For purposes hereof, the Obligations shall be performed and/or due and payable when due and payable under the terms of the Lease notwithstanding the fact that the collection or enforcement thereof as against the Tenant may be stayed or enjoined under Title 11 of the United States Code or similar applicable law. This Guaranty is one of payment and not of collection.

2. Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Obligations or the Lease, or by any other circumstance relating to the Obligations or the Lease which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense of a guarantor or surety. Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any and all suretyship defenses, defenses that could be asserted by Tenant (except payment or performance) and all other defenses that would otherwise be available to Guarantor. All payments by Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty shall be made without setoff. The Landlord shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations in the event that the Tenant becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of the Landlord so to file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty. Guarantor irrevocably waives any right to require the Landlord to pursue any other remedy in the Landlord’s power whatsoever, whether against the Tenant or any other obligor principally or secondarily obligated with respect to the Obligations. Guarantor irrevocably waives any defense arising by reason of any disability, bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Tenant. In the event that any payment in respect of any Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, Guarantor shall remain liable under this Guaranty in respect of such Obligations as if such payment had not been made.

3. Guarantor agrees that the Landlord may at any time and from time to time, either before or after the maturity thereof, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time of payment of, or performance of, or renew, any of the Obligations, and may also make any agreement with the Tenant or with any other party to or person liable on any of the Obligations, or interested therein, for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, waiver, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any amendment or modification of the terms thereof or of the Lease or any other agreement between the Landlord and the Tenant or any such other party or person, without in any way impairing, releasing or affecting the liabilities of the Guarantor under this Guaranty.

4. Guarantor will not exercise any rights which it may acquire under or in connection with this Guaranty by way of subrogation until all of the Obligations to Landlord shall have been indefeasibly paid in full, or performed in its entirety. Any amount paid to Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Landlord and shall forthwith be paid to the Landlord to be credited and applied to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.

5. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns until all of the Obligations have been satisfied in full and the Lease shall have been terminated or fully performed. This Guaranty may not be modified, discharged or terminated orally or in any manner other than by an agreement in writing signed by Landlord and Guarantor. This is a continuing Guaranty relating to all Obligations, including any

 

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arising during any holdover term or arising under transactions renewing or extending the term of the Lease, changing the terms of any Obligations, or creating new or additional Obligations after prior Obligations have in whole or in part been satisfied, regardless of any lapse of time. If any of the present or future Obligations are guaranteed by persons, partnerships, corporations or other entities in addition to Guarantor, the death, release or discharge, in whole or in part, or the bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution of one or more of them shall not discharge or affect the liabilities of Guarantor under this Guaranty. The obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall be additional to, and not in substitution for, any security or other guarantee or indemnity at any time existing in respect of Tenant’s obligations, liabilities and covenants under the Lease.

6. No failure on the part of the Landlord to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Landlord of any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty. Each and every right, remedy and power granted to the Landlord under this Guaranty or allowed it by law or by the Lease or any other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Landlord from time to time.

7. Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guaranty and notice of any obligation or liability to which it may apply, and waives presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of dishonor or non-payment of any such obligation or liability, suit or the taking of other action by Landlord against, and all other notices whatsoever to, the Tenant, Guarantor or others.

8. Landlord may at any time and from time to time without notice to or consent of the Guarantor and without impairing or releasing the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder: (a) take or fail to take any action of any kind in respect of any security for any obligation, covenant or liability of the Tenant to Landlord, (b) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Tenant or others, (c) compromise or subordinate any obligation or liability of the Tenant to Landlord including any security therefor, (d) consent to the assignment by Tenant of its interest in the Lease, or (e) consent to any other matter or thing under or relating to the Lease. Guarantor waives trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim, involving any matters whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected with the Guaranty and by executing the Lease Landlord also waives such trial by jury. Guarantor agrees to reimburse Landlord for the costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by reason of Landlord having to enforce this Guaranty.

9. Guarantor represents and warrants to Landlord that (a) the Lease has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Tenant and is a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against Tenant in accordance with its terms, and (b) this Guaranty has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Guarantor and is a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

10. Guarantor may not assign its rights nor delegate its obligations under this Guaranty, in whole or in part, without prior written consent of the Landlord, which consent may be withheld by Landlord in its sole and absolute discretion, and any purported assignment or delegation absent such consent is void. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding (a) any assignment or transfer by Tenant of its interest in the Lease (in which

 

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case this Guaranty shall apply, from and after such assignment or transfer, to all of the obligations, liabilities and covenants of the assignee or transferee under the Lease), or (b) any assignment or transfer by Landlord of its interest in the Lease (in which case Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of Landlord’s assignee or transferee), in each case irrespective of whether Guarantor has notice of or consents to any such assignment or transfer.

11. Guarantor acknowledges its address as set forth above and will notify Landlord of any changes thereto.

12. Reference is made to (a)  Sections 15.1(d) and 16.2(d) of the Lease pursuant to which Guarantor shall be released from certain obligations under this Guaranty as and to the extent provided therein, (b)  Section 17.3 of the Lease pursuant to which Guarantor has certain rights to notice of and an opportunity to cure a Lessee Event of Default (as such term is defined in the Lease) as and to the extent provided therein, (c)  Section 17.4 of the Lease pursuant to which Lessor shall be released from its obligations under this Guaranty with respect to matters arising or accruing from and after the date of a “Permitted Lease Assignment” (as such term is defined in the Lease), and (d)  Section 17.1(g ) of the Lease pursuant to which Guarantor’s obligations shall not be increased in connection with an amendment to the Lease which results in an increase of the lessee’s obligations under the Lease, and which amendment or modification is made without Guarantor’s consent, all of which provisions are hereby incorporated into this Guaranty by reference.

13. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. GUARANTOR AND LANDLORD JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY AGREE TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OVER ANY DISPUTES ARISING OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Guaranty has been executed and delivered as of the date and year first above written.

 

ULTRA PETROLEUM CORP.,
a Yukon Territory of Canada corporation
By:  

 

  Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit N

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Lessor Lease Guaranty

GUARANTY

[Lessor Lease Guaranty]

This GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”) is executed and delivered as of December     , 2012, by CORENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation (“ Guarantor ”), whose address is 4200 W. 115 th Street, Suite 210, Leawood, KS 66211, in favor of ULTRA WYOMING LGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Tenant ”).

RECITALS:

A. PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Landlord ”), and Tenant are party to that certain Lease dated as of December     , 2012 (the “ Lease ”).

B. In order to induce Tenant to enter into the Lease, Guarantor agreed to execute and deliver to Tenant this Guaranty. Guarantor acknowledges that Tenant would not have entered into the Lease without the execution and delivery by Guarantor of this Guaranty.

AGREEMENT:

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by Guarantor, Guarantor hereby agrees in favor of Tenant (and Tenant’s successors and assigns) as follows:

1. Guarantor absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (taking into account any applicable cure periods under the Lease), whether by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations, liabilities and covenants, whether now in existence or hereafter arising, of Landlord to Tenant, and arising under the Lease (the “ Obligations ”). Guarantor hereby agrees to pay and/or perform punctually, upon written demand by the Tenant, each such Obligation which is not paid or performed as and when due and payable by the Landlord (taking into account any applicable cure periods under the Lease), in like manner as such amount is due from the Landlord. For purposes hereof, the Obligations shall be performed and/or due and payable when due and payable under the terms of the Lease notwithstanding the fact that the collection or enforcement thereof as against the Landlord may be stayed or enjoined under Title 11 of the United States Code or similar applicable law. This Guaranty is one of payment and not of collection.

 

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2. Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Obligations or the Lease, or by any other circumstance relating to the Obligations or the Lease which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense of a guarantor or surety. Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any and all suretyship defenses, defenses that could be asserted by Landlord (except payment or performance) and all other defenses that would otherwise be available to Guarantor. All payments by Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty shall be made without setoff. The Tenant shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations in the event that the Landlord becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of the Tenant so to file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty. Guarantor irrevocably waives any right to require the Tenant to pursue any other remedy in the Tenant’s power whatsoever, whether against the Landlord or any other obligor principally or secondarily obligated with respect to the Obligations. Guarantor irrevocably waives any defense arising by reason of any disability, bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Landlord. In the event that any payment in respect of any Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, Guarantor shall remain liable under this Guaranty in respect of such Obligations as if such payment had not been made.

3. Guarantor agrees that the Tenant may at any time and from time to time, either before or after the maturity thereof, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time of payment of, or performance of, or renew, any of the Obligations, and may also make any agreement with the Landlord or with any other party to or person liable on any of the Obligations, or interested therein, for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, waiver, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any amendment or modification of the terms thereof or of the Lease or any other agreement between the Landlord and the Tenant or any such other party or person, without in any way impairing, releasing or affecting the liabilities of the Guarantor under this Guaranty.

4. Guarantor will not exercise any rights which it may acquire under or in connection with this Guaranty by way of subrogation until all of the Obligations to Tenant shall have been indefeasibly paid in full, or performed in its entirety. Any amount paid to Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Tenant and shall forthwith be paid to the Tenant to be credited and applied to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.

5. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns until all of the Obligations have been satisfied in full and the Lease shall have been terminated or fully performed. This Guaranty may not be modified, discharged or terminated orally or in any manner other than by an agreement in writing signed by Tenant and Guarantor. This is a continuing Guaranty relating to all Obligations, including any arising during any holdover term or arising under transactions renewing or extending the term of the Lease, changing the terms of any Obligations, or creating new or additional Obligations after prior Obligations have in whole or in part been satisfied, regardless of any lapse of time. If any

 

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of the present or future Obligations are guaranteed by persons, partnerships, corporations or other entities in addition to Guarantor, the death, release or discharge, in whole or in part, or the bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution of one or more of them shall not discharge or affect the liabilities of Guarantor under this Guaranty. The obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall be additional to, and not in substitution for, any security or other guarantee or indemnity at any time existing in respect of Landlord’s obligations, liabilities and covenants under the Lease.

6. No failure on the part of the Tenant to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Tenant of any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty. Each and every right, remedy and power granted to the Tenant under this Guaranty or allowed it by law or by the Lease or any other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Tenant from time to time.

7. Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guaranty and notice of any obligation or liability to which it may apply, and waives presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of dishonor or non-payment of any such obligation or liability, suit or the taking of other action by Tenant against, and all other notices whatsoever to, the Landlord, Guarantor or others.

8. Tenant may at any time and from time to time without notice to or consent of the Guarantor and without impairing or releasing the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder: (a) take or fail to take any action of any kind in respect of any security for any obligation, covenant or liability of the Landlord to Tenant, (b) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Landlord or others, (c) compromise or subordinate any obligation or liability of the Landlord to Tenant including any security therefor, (d) consent to the assignment by Landlord of its interest in the Lease, or (e) consent to any other matter or thing under or relating to the Lease. Guarantor waives trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim, involving any matters whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected with the Guaranty and by executing the Lease Tenant also waives such trial by jury. Guarantor agrees to reimburse Tenant for the costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by reason of Tenant having to enforce this Guaranty.

9. Guarantor represents and warrants to Tenant that (a) the Lease has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Landlord and is a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against Landlord in accordance with its terms, and (b) this Guaranty has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Guarantor and is a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

10. Guarantor may not assign its rights nor delegate its obligations under this Guaranty, in whole or in part, without prior written consent of the Tenant, which consent may be withheld by Tenant in its sole and absolute discretion, and any purported assignment or delegation absent such consent is void. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding (a) any assignment or transfer by Landlord of its interest in the Lease (in which case this Guaranty shall apply, from and after such assignment or transfer, to all of the obligations, liabilities and covenants of the assignee or transferee under the Lease), or (b) any assignment or transfer by Tenant of its interest in the Lease (in which case Guarantor’s

 

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obligations under this Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of Tenant’s assignee or transferee), in each case irrespective of whether Guarantor has notice of or consents to any such assignment or transfer.

11. Guarantor acknowledges its address as set forth above and will notify Tenant of any changes thereto.

12. Reference is made to (a)  Sections 15.1(d) and 16.2(d) of the Lease pursuant to which Guarantor shall be released from certain obligations under this Guaranty as and to the extent provided therein and (b)  Section 17.5(b) of the Lease for a statement of the terms and conditions upon which Guarantor will be released from its obligations under this Guaranty with respect to Obligations arising or accruing from and after the date of, and in connection with, a “Permitted Sale” (as such term is defined in the Lease), which provisions are hereby incorporated into this Guaranty by reference.

13. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. GUARANTOR AND TENANT JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY AGREE TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OVER ANY DISPUTES ARISING OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Guaranty has been executed and delivered as of the date and year first above written.

 

CORENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By:  

 

  David J. Schulte, President

 

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Exhibit O

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Memorandum of Lease

Reserved for Recording Data

Upon recording return to:

Theresa Einhorn, Esq.

Haynes and Boone, LLP

1221 McKinney, Suite 2100

Houston, TX 77010

MEMORANDUM OF LEASE

This Memorandum of Lease (“ Memorandum ”), is executed as of December     , 2012 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and between PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Lessor ”), and ULTRA WYOMING LGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Lessee ”).

RECITALS:

A. By that certain Ground Lease dated effective as of the date hereof (the “ Lease Commencement Date ”), as it may from time-to-time be amended or restated (collectively, the “ Lease ”), by and between Lessor and Lessee, Lessor leased to Lessee and Lessee leased from Lessor, upon and subject to the terms and provisions contained in the Lease, the Easement Rights, the Improvements and the Personal Property, all as hereinafter defined (collectively, the “ Property ”):

I. EASEMENT RIGHTS : Composed of the BLM Easement Rights, the Jensen Easement Rights and the Nerd Farm Easement Rights:

1. BLM Easement Rights . Lessor’s right, title and interest, as assignee, under that certain Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements (LGS) [BLM Easements] from ULTRA WYOMING, INC., a Wyoming corporation (“ Ultra Wyoming ”) to Lessor, dated of even date herewith and recorded in the Records of the

 

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Sublette County Clerk’s Office, Sublette County, Wyoming (such right, title and interest of Lessor being collectively referred to as the “ BLM Easement Rights ”) with respect to the easements issued by the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior described on Exhibit A attached hereto. For purposes of this Memorandum of Lease, the land underlying, subject to and covered by the BLM Easement Rights shall be referred to as the “ BLM Easement Land.

2. Jensen Easement Rights . Lessor’s right, title and interest, as assignee, under that certain Partial Assignment of Easements and Transfer of Improvements (LGS) [Jensen Easements] from Ultra Wyoming to Lessor, dated of even date herewith and recorded in the Records of the Sublette County Clerk’s Office, Sublette County, Wyoming (the “ Partial Assignment of Jensen Easements ”) with respect to the following easements (such right, title and interest of Lessor being collectively referred to as the “ Jensen Easement Rights ”):

(a) Jensen Easement 1 : That certain Grant of Pipeline Easements (“ Jensen Easement 1 ”) dated June 24, 2010, recorded in Book 95, Page 423 of the Records of the Sublette County Clerk’s Office, Sublette County, Wyoming, from Mary Kay Jensen, as Grantor, to Ultra Resources, Inc. (“ Resources ”), as Grantee, and covering the following described property:

(i) Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 108 West, 6 th P.M.

Section 18: Lot 1

(ii) Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 108 West, 6 th P.M.

Section 18: SW1/4SE1/4

(b) Jensen Easement 2 : That certain Grant of Pipeline Easements (“ Jensen Easement 2 ”) dated June 24, 2010, recorded in Book 95, Page 418 of the Records of the Sublette County Clerk’s Office, Sublette County, Wyoming, from Mary Kay Jensen, as personal representative of the Estate of John Wayne Jensen, and individually, as Grantor, to Resources, as Grantee, and covering the following described property:

(i) Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 108 West, 6 th P.M.

Section 12: S1/2SE1/4

Section 13: N1/2NE1/4

(ii) Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 109 West, 6 th P.M.

Section 13: NE1/4NW1/4

For purposes of this Memorandum of Lease, the land underlying, subject to and covered by the Jensen Easement Rights shall be collectively referred to as the “ Jensen Easement Land ”.

 

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3. Nerd Farm Easement Rights . Lessor’s right, title and interest, as grantee, under that certain Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements (such right, title and interest of Lessor being collectively referred to as the “ Nerd Farm Easement Rights ”) dated of even date herewith from Ultra Wyoming to Lessor and recorded in the Records of the Sublette County Clerk’s Office, Sublette County, Wyoming (the “ Nerd Farm Easement ”), which Nerd Farm Easement affects a portion of the following real property owned by Lessee:

 

Township 31 North, Range 109 West, 6 th P.M.
Section 2:    E/2, SW/4, E/2 of the NW/4
Section 3:    E/2 of the SE/4
Section 10:    NE/4 of the NE/4
Section 11:    N/2 of the NW/4

For purposes of this Memorandum of Lease, the land underlying, subject to and covered by the Nerd Farm Easement Rights shall be collectively referred to as the “ Nerd Farm Easement Land ” and the BLM Easement Land, Jensen Easement Land and Nerd Farm Easement Land shall be collectively referred to as the “ Easement Land ”.

II. IMPROVEMENTS . All of the improvements and fixtures used directly in connection with the Liquids Gathering System, including, without limitation, any and all surface and/or subsurface pipelines, surface and/or subsurface machinery and equipment, line pipe, pipe connections, fittings, flanges, welds, or other interconnections, valves, control and monitoring equipment, cathodic or electrical protection units, by-passes, regulators, drips, treating equipment, dehydration equipment, separation equipment, processing equipment, condensate and water storage tanks and other storage facilities, generators, gas compressors, vapor recovery units, combustors, flares, storage sheds, towers, gas and electric fixtures, radiators and heaters, in each case that are downstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser and that are upstream of each LGS Terminus Point, including any of the foregoing described on the attached Exhibit C , but specifically excluding (i) any of the facilities, improvements and fixtures located upstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser (an example of such an inlet flange is shown, for the Parties’ convenience, on the photograph on the attached Exhibit E ) and (ii) any of the facilities, improvements or fixtures located downstream of each LGS Terminus Point, except in each case to the extent explicitly described on Exhibit C . The term “ Improvements ” includes all of the improvements and fixtures which are a part of the Liquids Gathering System as described herein, regardless of whether they are included or properly described in Exhibit C .

III. PERSONAL PROPERTY . The “Personal Property” as such term is defined and described in the Lease.

B. Lessor and Lessee desire to execute and record this Memorandum for the purpose of giving notice of the existence of the Lease.

C. Unless otherwise defined herein or in Exhibit B , all capitalized words and terms in this Memorandum shall have the same meanings ascribed to such words and terms as in the Lease.

 

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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Lessor and Lessee hereby agree as follows:

1. Premises. For and in consideration of the rents reserved and of the other covenants and agreements contained in the Lease, Lessor has leased (and does hereby lease) to Lessee and Lessee has leased (and does hereby lease) from Lessor the Property.

2. Term. The initial Lease term is for a period commencing on the Effective Date, and expiring on the last day of the 180 th full calendar month thereafter, unless the Lease (a) shall sooner end and terminate as provided in the Lease, or (b) shall be extended pursuant to the option periods provided in Section 25.1 of the Lease (being successive options, each to extend the term of the Lease by an amount equal to five (5) years), provided however that the maximum aggregate term of the Lease shall in no event exceed 99 years (collectively, the “ Term ”), in each instance at a rental and upon the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in the Lease.

3. Restrictions on Transfers, Leases, Indebtedness, Liens, Leases and Beneficial Ownership . The Lease contains certain restrictions relating to (a) a transfer of Lessor’s interest in the Property or the Lease, (b) a lease of the Property by Lessor, (c) indebtedness of Lessor, (c) liens on Lessor’s interest in the Property or the Lease, (d) liens on ownership interests in Lessor, and (e) beneficial ownership of Lessor, all as more fully set forth in the Lease, which restrictions constitute covenants running with the land as set forth in the Lease and which include, without limitation, restrictions on partial transfers and partial leases for a period of two years after termination of the Lease, as and to the extent provided in the Lease. The Lease additionally contains certain restrictions on Lessee’s right to assign its rights under the Lease or to enter into a sublease with respect to the Property, all as more fully described therein.

4. Lessee Right of First Refusal . During the Term and for two years following the end of the Term, and in each instance subject to the terms and conditions of the Lease, Lessee has a right of first refusal to purchase the Property. For two years following the end of the Term, and in each instance subject to the terms and conditions of the Lease, Lessee has a right of first refusal to lease the Property. Lessee’s first refusal rights constitute covenants running with the land as set forth in the Lease.

5. Lessee as Operator After the Term . Upon termination of the Lease, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Lease, upon Lessor’s request, Lessee shall operate the Property after the Term as a third party operator and not as a lessee, for a period of up to two years following the end of the Term.

6. Termination and Purchase Offer Rights. The Lease includes provisions giving Lessee the right to offer to terminate the Lease upon certain casualty or condemnation events, as well as upon the occurrence of certain “Burdensome Events” (as such term is defined in the Lease) and, in connection with such offer, to offer to purchase the Property, all as more fully set forth in the Lease.

 

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7. Remedies Upon Default. The Lease includes rights and remedies to Lessor upon the occurrence of certain Lessee Events of Default and certain rights and remedies to Lessee upon the occurrence of certain Lessor Events of Default upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Lease including, without limitation, rights of Lessee and Lessor to damages, self-help, specific performance, limited rights to Lessor to terminate the Lease, and certain rights to Lessor to offset against rent.

8. Confirmation of Lease Termination and Expiration of Right of First Refusal Rights . Upon the request of Lessor or Lessee following termination of the Lease, the parties shall execute an instrument in recordable form acknowledging the termination of the Lease Term, subject to the provisions of the Lease which expressly survive Lease termination including, without limitation, Lessee’s rights of first refusal as described in paragraph 4 , above, and restrictions on partial transfers and leases as described in paragraph 3 , above. Upon the request of Lessor or Lessee following termination of Lessee’s first refusal rights as described in paragraph 4 , above, the parties shall execute an instrument in recordable form acknowledging the termination of such right of first refusal rights.

9. Memorandum of Lease . This Memorandum is executed for the purposes of giving notice of the existence of the Lease. The Lease is deemed to be a material part hereof as though set forth in length herein. Whenever a conflict of provisions between this Memorandum and the Lease shall occur, the provisions of the Lease shall govern. This Memorandum may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

10. Miscellaneous. Upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Lease, this Memorandum of Lease shall automatically terminate without further act of the parties hereto except with respect to the matters therein which expressly survive termination, including without limitation, the right of first refusal rights described in paragraph 4, above, and the restrictions on partial transfers and leases as described in paragraph 3, above.

List of Exhibits:

Exhibit A : List of BLM Easements

Exhibit B : Liquids Gathering System Definitions

Exhibit C : Improvements Exhibit

Exhibit D : Central Gathering Facility Exhibit

Exhibit E : LGS Pipeline Riser Exhibit

Exhibit F : Liquids Gathering System Exhibit

Exhibit G : Map of Pipelines and Gathering Facilities

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Executed as of the Effective Date.

 

LESSOR:

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP ,

a Delaware limited partnership

By:   PINEDALE GP, INC.,
  a Delaware corporation,
  its sole general partner
  By:  

 

    Richard C. Green, Chairman

 

STATE OF TEXAS    §
   §
COUNTY OF HARRIS            §

This instrument was acknowledged before me on December     , 2012 by Richard C. Green, the Chairman of Pinedale GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, on behalf of said corporation as the sole general partner of PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, on behalf of the limited partnership.

 

 

Notary Public in and for
the State of TEXAS

 

My Commission Expires:

 

 

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LESSEE :

 

ULTRA WYOMING LGS, LLC ,
a Delaware limited liability company
By:  

 

  Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

STATE OF TEXAS    §
   §
COUNTY OF HARRIS                        §

This instrument was acknowledged before me on December     , 2012 by Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of ULTRA WYOMING LGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, on behalf of the limited liability company.

 

 

Notary Public in and for
the State of TEXAS

 

My Commission Expires:

 

 

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Exhibit A

To

Memorandum of Lease

List of BLM Easements

 

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Exhibit B

To

Memorandum of Lease

Liquids Gathering System Definitions

Central Gathering Facility or CGF : The four locations within the Liquids Gathering System at which condensate, produced water, and associated natural gas is collected and separated for sale and transport off the subject location or alternatively, in the case of associated natural gas, used for fuel or flared on the subject location. A legal description of each CGF#1, CGF#2, CGF#3 and CGF#4 is set out on the attached Exhibit D .

CGF#1 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit D attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #1”.

CGF#2 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit D attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #2”.

CGF#3 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit D attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #3”.

CGF#4 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit D attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #4”.

Condensate Loading Point: The condensate loading coupling off each condensate storage tank located on a Central Gathering Facility on the Effective Date.

Condensate Terminus Point : The (a) inlet flange for each LACT Unit Facility and (b) each Condensate Loading Point.

Flash Gas Terminus Point: (a) with respect to CGF#1, CGF #3, and CGF #4, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date to each dehydrator located on each such Central Gathering Facility; and (b) with respect to CGF #2, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date on (i) each three-phase heated separator located on CGF #2, (ii) each condensate storage tank located on CGF #2, and (iii) each water storage tank located on CGF #2 .

LACT Unit Facilities: The condensate pump, meter and sales point as well as the associated equipment downstream of the inlet risers to any Lease Automated Custody Transfer unit located on a Central Gathering Facility.

LGS Pipeline Riser: The pipeline riser downstream of the liquids legs of the production separators located on each of the producing well pads described on the attached Exhibit F , as each is in existence on the Effective Date.

LGS Terminus Point : Each Flash Gas Terminus Point, each Condensate Terminus Point and each Produced Water Terminus Point.

 

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Liquids Gathering System : Generally, the system of pipelines and central gathering facilities highlighted on the map attached as Exhibit G , together with the related equipment that is capable of gathering, separating, collecting, and delivering for sale or transport, condensate and water, together with associated natural gas, produced from natural gas and oil wells that are operated by Ultra Resources and are located in the Pinedale Anticline Field in Sublette County, Wyoming, including, specifically, the Easement Rights and the Improvements, which Liquids Gathering System begins at the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser (an example of such an inlet flange is shown, for the Parties’ convenience, on the photograph on the attached Exhibit E ), extends through an interconnected system of pipelines to the production and separation equipment and storage tanks located at the Central Gathering Facilities, and terminates at each LGS Terminus Point.

Produced Water Terminus Point: Each outlet flange to the water pump facility or facilities, as the case may be, on each Central Gathering Facility that is directly upstream of each water meter and through which the produced water flows after it is separated from the condensate and the associated natural gas, as in existence on the Effective Date.

 

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Exhibit C

To

Memorandum of Lease

Improvements Exhibit

[ Insert Exhibit T from the PSA ]

 

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Exhibit D

To

Memorandum of Lease

Central Gathering Facility Exhibit

[ Insert Exhibit U from the PSA ]

 

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Exhibit E

To

Memorandum of Lease

LGS Pipeline Riser Exhibit

[ Insert Exhibit V from the PSA ]

 

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Exhibit F

To

Memorandum of Lease

Liquids Gathering System Exhibit

[ Insert Exhibit S from the PSA ]

 

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Exhibit G

To

Memorandum of Lease

Map of Pipelines and Gathering Facilities

[ Insert Exhibit F from the PSA

 

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Exhibit P

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Nerd Farm Easement

EASEMENT AGREEMENT AND TRANSFER OF IMPROVEMENTS

This Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements (this “ Agreement ”) is executed effective as of December     , 2012 (the “ Effective Date ” by and between ULTRA WYOMING, INC. (“ Grantor ”), and with an address of 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 295, Englewood, CO 80112, and PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Grantee ”), with an address of 4200 W. 115 th Street, Suite 210, Leawood, KS 66211.

Easement . For and in consideration of TEN AND 00/100 U.S. DOLLARS (US$10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, does hereby grant and convey to Grantee, on and subject to the terms and conditions herein, the following interests (the “ Easements ”) in that certain tract of land described on Exhibit A attached hereto (hereinafter, the “ Affected Tract ”):

 

  A. The non-exclusive right, privilege and easement to construct, maintain, repair, improve, replace, resize, use and remove pipelines, and all appurtenant equipment and appliances for the gathering and transportation of water, condensate and associated natural gas or other substances entrained in such water or condensate on, under, across and through the strips of land, each fifty feet (50’) in width, more particularly described on Exhibit B attached hereto (hereinafter, such strips of land are referred to as the “ Pipeline Lands ”); and

 

  B. The non-exclusive right, privilege and easement to construct, maintain, repair, improve, replace, resize, use and remove [CGF ITEMS] on, under, across, and through those certain lands comprised of approximately 11.52 acres and more particularly described on Exhibit C attached hereto (hereinafter, such lands are referred to as the “ CGF #1 Lands ”); and

 

  C. The right of ingress to and egress from the Pipeline Lands and the CGF #1 Lands across those certain portions of the Affected Tract more particularly described on Exhibit D attached hereto (hereinafter, such portions are referred to herein as the “ Access Corridors ”).

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Easements unto Grantee, and its permitted successors and assigns, for the term hereof (as set forth in paragraph 1 below). This Agreement, and the rights, easements and agreements contained herein shall be covenants running with the land and shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of Grantor and Grantee.

GRANTOR HEREBY BINDS ITSELF, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, TO WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND ALL AND SINGULAR TITLE TO THE EASEMENTS UNTO

 

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GRANTEE AGAINST EVERY PERSON WHOSOEVER LAWFULLY CLAIMING OR TO CLAIM THE SAME BY, THROUGH OR UNDER GRANTOR AND ITS AFFILIATES, BUT NOT OTHERWISE. Assignor transfers to Assignee, to the extent so transferable, the full right of substitution and subrogation in and to all covenants of warranty heretofore given or made with respect to the Easements by parties other than Assignor. Any references herein or in any Exhibit hereto to liens, encumbrances and other burdens are for the purposes of defining the nature and extent of Assignor’s warranties and shall not be deemed to ratify, recognize or create any rights in third parties. The foregoing warranties are subject in all respects to and limited by the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement.

Improvements . For and in consideration of TEN AND 00/100 U.S. DOLLARS (US$10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, does by these presents grant and convey unto Grantee, all of the improvements and fixtures used directly in connection with the Liquids Gathering System located on the Pipeline Lands and the CGF #1 Lands, including, without limitation, any and all surface and/or subsurface pipelines, surface and/or subsurface machinery and equipment, line pipe, pipe connections, fittings, flanges, welds, or other interconnections, valves, control and monitoring equipment, cathodic or electrical protection units, by-passes, regulators, drips, treating equipment, dehydration equipment, separation equipment, processing equipment, condensate and water storage tanks and other storage facilities, generators, gas compressors, vapor recovery units, combustors, flares, storage sheds, towers, gas and electric fixtures, radiators and heaters, in each case that are downstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser and that are upstream of each LGS Terminus Point, including any of the foregoing described on the attached Exhibit E , but specifically excluding (i) any of the facilities, improvements and fixtures located upstream of the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser (an example of such an inlet flange is shown, for the Parties’ convenience, on the photograph on the attached Exhibit G ) and (ii) any of the facilities, improvements or fixtures located downstream of each LGS Terminus Point, except in each case to the extent explicitly described on Exhibit E . The term “ Improvements ” includes all of the improvements and fixtures located on the Pipeline Lands and the CGF #1 Lands which are a part of the Liquids Gathering System as described herein, regardless of whether they are included or properly described in Exhibit E .

Purchase and Sale Agreement . This Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is made subject to the terms and conditions of, that certain Liquids Gathering System Sublette County, Wyoming Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated December 7, 2012, between Grantor, as seller, and Grantee, as buyer (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), and is subject to the terms and conditions thereof. This Agreement is made without representation or warranty by Grantor except as and to the extent expressly provided herein and in the Purchase Agreement

ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

 

1. Term of Easements . The Easements shall expire when Grantee no longer requires the use of the Easements and the final reclamation of the Pipeline Lands and the CGF #1 Lands is completed pursuant to paragraph 3 hereof. Upon the expiration of the term hereof, Grantee shall promptly execute and file a release hereof in the real property records of Sublette County, Wyoming.

 

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2. Buried Pipelines . All pipelines within the Easements shall be buried to such depth as will not interfere with ordinary cultivation, except that at the option of Grantee, and upon advance notice to Grantor, pipelines may be placed above the channel of any stream, ravine, ditch or other watercourse.

 

3. Reclamation and Abandonment .

 

  (a) When the Easements terminate:

 

  (1) Grantee shall remove all surface equipment and appurtenances attributable to the Easements that are located on the surface of the Affected Tract; and

 

  (2) Grantee will reclaim any portions of the surface of the Affected Tract disturbed by the Easements by restoring such portions to as close as is commercially reasonable the original condition thereof, including restoring the natural ground contours in the areas of the Easements, reseeding areas disturbed by the Easements with a seed mix containing native grasses or other vegetation appropriate for the affected areas.

 

  (b) Upon completion of its use of buried pipelines located within the Easements, Grantee may abandon such buried pipelines in place so long as each such buried pipeline is prepared for abandonment and abandoned in accordance with all then applicable laws and/or regulations.

 

4. Covenants by Grantee .

 

  (a) Grantee shall at all times comply in all material respects with all valid laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and statutes of any governmental agency applicable to Grantee’s operations on and use of the Easements.

 

  (b) Grantee shall keep Grantor’s interest in the Affected Tract free and clear of all liens created by, through or under Grantee, including claims of liens for labor and services performed on, and materials, supplies and equipment furnished to the Property in connection with Grantee’s use of the Easements.

 

5. Grantor’s Use of Affected Tract . Notwithstanding the Easements or anything else herein to the contrary, Grantor shall have the right to use and enjoy the Affected Tract, including the portions thereof burdened by the Easements, but Grantor shall not exercise such right to use and enjoy in a manner that will impair or interfere with the exercise by Grantee of any of the rights herein granted.

 

6. Assignability . For so long as that certain Lease (herein so called, as it may from time-to-time be amended, supplemented or restated, the “ Lease ”) dated of even date herewith between Grantee, as lessor, and Ultra Wyoming LGS, LLC (“ Lessee ”), as lessee, remains in effect, the Easements herein may only be assigned (a) pursuant to a “ Permitted Sale ,” as such term is defined in the Lease, or (b) to Lessee or its designee pursuant to Lessee’s termination and purchase offer rights under the Lease in connection with a casualty, condemnation or burdensome buyout event, as more fully described in such Lease.

 

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7. Partial Invalidity . Should any term or provision hereof be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby, and each remaining term and provision hereof shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

8. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed and recorded in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed and original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

9. No Waiver . No waiver of any right hereunder shall be effective for any purpose unless in writing, signed by the party possessing the right, nor shall any such waiver be construed to be a waiver of any subsequent right, term or provision hereof.

 

10. Further Assurances . Each party hereto agrees to perform any and all acts (including, but not limited to, executing and delivering instruments and documents) as may reasonably be necessary to fully effectuate each and all of the purposes and intent of this Agreement.

 

11. Notices . All notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be personally delivered, delivered by reputable overnight courier, or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, and shall be addressed to the intended receiving party at the address set forth in the first paragraph hereof or at such other address as such receiving party may have properly previously notified the sending party.

EXHIBIT A: Description of Affected Tract

EXHIBIT B: Description of Pipeline Easements

EXHIBIT C: Description of CGF #1 Lands

EXHIBIT D: Description of Access Corridors

EXHIBIT E: Improvements Definitions – Liquids Gathering System

EXHIBIT F: Central Gathering Facility Exhibit

EXHIBIT G: LGS Pipeline Riser Exhibit

EXHIBIT H: Liquids Gathering System Exhibit

EXHIBIT I: Map of Pipelines and Gathering Facilities

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank

Signature Pages Follow]

 

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Executed as of the Effective Date.

 

GRANTOR :

ULTRA WYOMING, INC.,

a Wyoming corporation

  By:  

 

 

Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President and

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

STATE OF TEXAS    §   
   §   
COUNTY OF HARRIS    §   

This instrument was acknowledged before me on December      2012 by Marshall D. Smith, the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ULTRA WYOMING, INC., a Wyoming corporation, on behalf of the corporation.

 

 

Notary Public in and for
The State of TEXAS

 

My Commission Expires:

 

 

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GRANTEE:

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP,

a Delaware limited partnership

By:  

PINEDALE GP, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation,

 

its sole general partner

    By:  

 

      Richard C. Green, Chairman

 

STATE OF TEXAS    §   
   §   
COUNTY OF HARRIS    §   

This instrument was acknowledged before me on December     , 2012 by Richard C. Green, the Chairman of Pinedale GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, on behalf of said corporation as the sole general partner of PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, on behalf of the limited partnership.

 

 

Notary Public in and for
The State of TEXAS

 

My Commission Expires:

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

To Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements

DESCRIPTION OF AFFECTED TRACT

The Affected Tract is comprised of the following real property located in Sublette County, Wyoming:

 

Township 31 North, Range 109 West, 6 th P.M.
Section 2:    E/2, SW/4, E/2 of the NW/4
Section 3:    E/2 of the SE/4
Section 10:    NE/4 of the NE/4
Section 11:    N/2 of the NW/4
Containing 760 acres, more or less.

 

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EXHIBIT B

To Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements

DESCRIPTION OF PIPELINE EASEMENTS

[Attached following page.]

 

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EXHIBIT C

To Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements

DESCRIPTION OF CGF #1 LANDS

[Attached following pages.]

 

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EXHIBIT D

To Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements

DESCRIPTION OF ACCESS CORRIDORS

(See attached)

 

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LOGO   

1515 NINTH STREET, SUITE A

ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING 82901

PHONE: (307) 362-7519

FAX: (307) 362-7569

E-MAIL: mail@jfc-wyo.com

Legal Description

 

October 3, 2012        8209-09S
Identification:     

Pipeline Right-of-Way

Section 2, T 31 N, R 109 W, 6th P.M.,

Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

 
Land Owner:  

ULTRA WYOMING, INC.

 

A strip of land being 30 feet in width located in the Northwest Quarter Southwest Quarter (NW  1 / 4 SW  1 / 4 ), of Section 2, Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 109 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County, Wyoming and lying 15 feet each side of the following described centerline and the sidelines of said strip to be lengthened or shortened to begin and end on the respective boundaries:

Beginning at point on the East / West centerline of said Section 2 which lies South 86°38’08” East a distance of 621.06 from the West Quarter corner thereof;

Thence South 30°19’59” East for a distance of 507.76 feet;

Thence South 29°34’31” East for a distance of 436.35 feet;

Thence South 27°13’12” East for a distance of 138.54 feet;

Thence South 25°12’29” East for a distance of 131.48 feet;

Thence North 62°22’22” East for a distance of 14.09 feet to a point on the Westerly boundary of the Central Gathering Facility #1 parcel from which the West Quarter corner of said Section 2 bears North 48°18’38” West distance of 1638.61 feet.

The total length of described centerline is 1228.23 feet, or 74.438 rods, or 0.233 miles. The basis of bearing for the above described centerline is North 86°25’00” West from the Northeast corner to the Northwest corner of Section 2, T31N, R109W.

LOGO

 

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LOGO

 

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EXHIBIT E

To Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements

IMPROVEMENTS DEFINITIONS EXHIBIT

Liquids Gathering System Definitions

Central Gathering Facility or CGF : The four locations within the Liquids Gathering System at which condensate, produced water, and associated natural gas is collected and separated for sale and transport off the subject location or alternatively, in the case of associated natural gas, used for fuel or flared on the subject location. A legal description of each CGF#1, CGF#2, CGF#3 and CGF#4 is set out on the attached Exhibit F .

CGF#1 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit F attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #1”.

CGF#2 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit F attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #2”.

CGF#3 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit F attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #3”.

CGF#4 : means the Central Gathering Facility identified in the “Identification” header on Exhibit F attached hereto as “Central Gathering Facility #4”.

Condensate Loading Point: The condensate loading coupling off each condensate storage tank located on a Central Gathering Facility on the Effective Date.

Condensate Terminus Point : The (a) inlet flange for each LACT Unit Facility and (b) each Condensate Loading Point.

Flash Gas Terminus Point: (a) with respect to CGF#1, CGF #3, and CGF #4, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date to each dehydrator located on each such Central Gathering Facility; and (b) with respect to CGF #2, the gas outlet flange on the Effective Date on (i) each three-phase heated separator located on CGF #2, (ii) each condensate storage tank located on CGF #2, and (iii) each water storage tank located on CGF #2 .

LACT Unit Facilities: The condensate pump, meter and sales point as well as the associated equipment downstream of the inlet risers to any Lease Automated Custody Transfer unit located on a Central Gathering Facility.

LGS Pipeline Riser: The pipeline riser downstream of the liquids legs of the production separators located on each of the producing well pads described on the attached Exhibit H , as each is in existence on the Effective Date.

LGS Terminus Point : Each Flash Gas Terminus Point, each Condensate Terminus Point and each Produced Water Terminus Point.

 

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Liquids Gathering System : Generally, the system of pipelines and central gathering facilities highlighted on the map attached as Exhibit I , together with the related equipment that is capable of gathering, separating, collecting, and delivering for sale or transport, condensate and water, together with associated natural gas, produced from natural gas and oil wells that are operated by Ultra Resources and are located in the Pinedale Anticline Field in Sublette County, Wyoming, including, specifically, the Easement Rights and the Improvements, which Liquids Gathering System begins at the inlet flange to each LGS Pipeline Riser (an example of such an inlet flange is shown, for the Parties’ convenience, on the photograph on the attached Exhibit G ), extends through an interconnected system of pipelines to the production and separation equipment and storage tanks located at the Central Gathering Facilities, and terminates at each LGS Terminus Point.

Produced Water Terminus Point: Each outlet flange to the water pump facility or facilities, as the case may be, on each Central Gathering Facility that is directly upstream of each water meter and through which the produced water flows after it is separated from the condensate and the associated natural gas, as in existence on the Effective Date.

 

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EXHIBIT F

To Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements

Central Gathering Facility Exhibit

[Insert Exhibit U from the PSA]

 

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EXHIBIT G

To Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements

LGS Pipeline Riser Exhibit

[ Insert Exhibit V from the PSA ]

 

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EXHIBIT H

To Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements

Liquid Gathering System Exhibit

[Insert Exhibit S from the PSA]

 

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EXHIBIT I

To Easement Agreement and Transfer of Improvements

Map of Pipelines and Gathering Facilities

[Insert Exhibit F from the PSA]

 

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Exhibit Q

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Non-Foreign Affidavit

On this date, Ultra Wyoming, Inc., a Wyoming corporation (“ Seller ”), has sold and conveyed certain real property situated in Sublette County, Wyoming, as more fully described in that certain Liquids Gathering System Sublette County, Wyoming Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated December 7, 2012, between Seller, as seller, and Pinedale Corridor, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as buyer (“ Buyer ”). Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), provides that a transferee of a U.S. Real Property Interest must withhold tax if the transferor is a foreign person. To inform Buyer that withholding of tax is not required upon the disposition of a U.S. Real Property Interest by Seller, the undersigned hereby certifies the following on behalf of Seller:

 

  1. Seller is not a foreign corporation, foreign partnership, foreign trust, or foreign estate (as those terms are defined in the Code and Income Tax Regulations);

 

  2. Seller is not a disregarded entity as defined in Section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(iii) of the Code;

 

  3. Seller’s U.S. Employer Identification Number is 45-4916117; and

 

  4. Seller’s office address is 400 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Suite 1200, Houston, Texas 77060.

Seller understands that this certification may be disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service by Buyer and that any false statement contained herein could be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both.

Under penalties of perjury I declare that I have examined this certification and to the best of my knowledge and belief it is true, correct and complete, and I further declare that I have authority to sign this document on behalf of Seller.

[ Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank.

Signature Page Follows]

 

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Executed as of December     , 2012.

ULTRA WYOMING, INC,

a Wyoming corporation

 

By:  

 

  Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President
  and Chief Financial Officer

 

STATE OF TEXAS    §   
   §   
COUNTY OF                         §   

This instrument was acknowledged before me on December     , 2012, by Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ultra Wyoming, Inc., a Wyoming corporation, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that (s)he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, in the capacity therein stated and as the act and deed of said corporation.

 

     

 

      Notary Public, State of
My Commission Expires:  

                                          

   

 

      Printed Name of Notary

 

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Exhibit R

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Seller PSA Guaranty

GUARANTY

[Seller PSA Guaranty]

This GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”) is executed and delivered as of December 7, 2012, by ULTRA PETROLEUM CORP., a Yukon Territory of Canada corporation (“ Guarantor ”), whose address is 400 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Suite 1200, Houston, Texas 77060, Attn: Marshall D. Smith, in favor of PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Buyer ”).

RECITALS:

A. ULTRA WYOMING, INC., a Wyoming corporation (“ Seller ”), and Buyer are party to that certain Liquids Gathering System Sublette County, Wyoming Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of December 7, 2012 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).

B. In order to induce Buyer to enter into the Purchase Agreement, Guarantor agreed to execute and deliver to Buyer this Guaranty. Guarantor acknowledges that Buyer would not have entered into the Purchase Agreement without the execution and delivery by Guarantor of this Guaranty.

AGREEMENT:

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by Guarantor, Guarantor hereby agrees in favor of Buyer (and Buyer’s successors and assigns) as follows:

1. Guarantor absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (taking into account any applicable cure periods under the Purchase Agreement), whether by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations, liabilities and covenants, whether now in existence or hereafter arising, of Seller to Buyer, and arising under the Purchase Agreement or the Seller Closing Deliveries (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) (collectively, the “ Obligations ”). Guarantor hereby agrees to pay and/or perform punctually, upon written demand by the Buyer, each such Obligation which is not paid or performed as and when due and payable by the Seller (taking into account any applicable cure periods under the Purchase Agreement), in like manner as such amount is due from the

 

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Seller. For purposes hereof, the Obligations shall be performed and/or due and payable when due and payable under the terms of the Purchase Agreement notwithstanding the fact that the collection or enforcement thereof as against the Seller may be stayed or enjoined under Title 11 of the United States Code or similar applicable law. This Guaranty is one of payment and not of collection.

2. Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Obligations or the Purchase Agreement, or by any other circumstance relating to the Obligations or the Purchase Agreement which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense of a guarantor or surety. Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any and all suretyship defenses, defenses that could be asserted by Seller (except payment or performance) and all other defenses that would otherwise be available to Guarantor. All payments by Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty shall be made without setoff. The Buyer shall not be obligated to file any claim relating to the Obligations in the event that the Seller becomes subject to a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, and the failure of the Buyer so to file shall not affect the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty. Guarantor irrevocably waives any right to require the Buyer to pursue any other remedy in the Buyer’s power whatsoever, whether against the Seller or any other obligor principally or secondarily obligated with respect to the Obligations. Guarantor irrevocably waives any defense arising by reason of any disability, bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Seller. In the event that any payment in respect of any Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, Guarantor shall remain liable under this Guaranty in respect of such Obligations as if such payment had not been made.

3. Guarantor agrees that the Buyer may at any time and from time to time, either before or after the maturity thereof, without notice to or further consent of the Guarantor, extend the time of payment of, or performance of, or renew, any of the Obligations, and may also make any agreement with the Seller or with any other party to or person liable on any of the Obligations, or interested therein, for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, waiver, discharge or release thereof, in whole or in part, or for any amendment or modification of the terms thereof or of the Purchase Agreement or any other agreement between the Buyer and the Seller or any such other party or person, without in any way impairing, releasing or affecting the liabilities of the Guarantor under this Guaranty.

4. Guarantor will not exercise any rights which it may acquire under or in connection with this Guaranty by way of subrogation until all of the Obligations to Buyer shall have been indefeasibly paid in full, or performed in its entirety. Any amount paid to Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Buyer and shall forthwith be paid to the Buyer to be credited and applied to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.

5. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns until all of the Obligations have been satisfied in full and the Purchase Agreement shall have been terminated or fully performed. This Guaranty may not be modified, discharged or terminated orally or in any manner other than by an agreement in writing signed by Buyer and Guarantor. This is a continuing Guaranty relating to all

 

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Obligations, including any arising under transactions renewing or extending the term of the Purchase Agreement, changing the terms of any Obligations, or creating new or additional Obligations after prior Obligations have in whole or in part been satisfied, regardless of any lapse of time. If any of the present or future Obligations are guaranteed by persons, partnerships, corporations or other entities in addition to Guarantor, the death, release or discharge, in whole or in part, or the bankruptcy, liquidation or dissolution of one or more of them shall not discharge or affect the liabilities of Guarantor under this Guaranty. The obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall be additional to, and not in substitution for, any security or other guarantee or indemnity at any time existing in respect of Seller’s obligations, liabilities and covenants under the Purchase Agreement.

6. No failure on the part of the Buyer to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Buyer of any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power under this Guaranty. Each and every right, remedy and power granted to the Buyer under this Guaranty or allowed it by law or by the Purchase Agreement or any other agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Buyer from time to time.

7. Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Guaranty and notice of any obligation or liability to which it may apply, and waives presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of dishonor or non-payment of any such obligation or liability, suit or the taking of other action by Buyer against, and all other notices whatsoever to, the Seller, Guarantor or others.

8. Buyer may at any time and from time to time without notice to or consent of the Guarantor and without impairing or releasing the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder: (a) take or fail to take any action of any kind in respect of any security for any obligation, covenant or liability of the Seller to Buyer, (b) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Seller or others, (c) compromise or subordinate any obligation or liability of the Seller to Buyer including any security therefor, (d) consent to the assignment by Seller of its interest in the Purchase Agreement, or (e) consent to any other matter or thing under or relating to the Purchase Agreement. Guarantor waives trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim, involving any matters whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected with the Guaranty and by executing the Purchase Agreement Buyer also waives such trial by jury. Guarantor agrees to reimburse Buyer for the costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by reason of Buyer having to enforce this Guaranty.

9. Guarantor represents and warrants to Buyer that (a) the Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Seller and is a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms, and (b) this Guaranty has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Guarantor and is a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

10. Guarantor may not assign its rights nor delegate its obligations under this Guaranty, in whole or in part, without prior written consent of the Buyer, which consent may be withheld by Buyer in its sole and absolute discretion, and any purported assignment or

 

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delegation absent such consent is void. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding (a) any assignment or transfer by Seller of its interest in the Purchase Agreement (in which case this Guaranty shall apply, from and after such assignment or transfer, to all of the obligations, liabilities and covenants of the assignee or transferee under the Purchase Agreement), or (b) any assignment or transfer by Buyer of its interest in the Purchase Agreement (in which case Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of Buyer’s assignee or transferee), in each case irrespective of whether Guarantor has notice of or consents to any such assignment or transfer.

11. Guarantor acknowledges its address as set forth above and will notify Buyer of any changes thereto.

12. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. GUARANTOR AND BUYER JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY AGREE TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OVER ANY DISPUTES ARISING OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Guaranty has been executed and delivered as of the date and year first above written.

 

ULTRA PETROLEUM CORP.,
a Yukon Territory of Canada corporation
By:  

 

  Marshall D. Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit S

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

List of Well Pads/ LGS Pipeline Riser Exhibit

LIST OF PRODUCING WELL PADS

CONNECTED TO LIQUIDS GATHERING SYSTEM

 

CGF #1

Riverside #2-2    Riverside #4-11    Mesa #10-33
Riverside #5-2    Mesa #16-21    Mesa #4-34
Riverside #9-2    Mesa #12-27    Mesa #7-34
Riverside #3-3    Mesa #15-27    Mesa #9-34
Riverside #16-3    Mesa #1-28    Mesa #2-35
Riverside #1-4    Mesa #9-28    Mesa #4-35
Riverside #16-4    Mesa #1-33    Mesa #10-35

Riverside #4-10

     

CGF #2

Boulder #15D-7D    Boulder #14B1-31    Riverside #4-23
Boulder #11-18    Riverside #12-12D    Riverside #10D-23
Boulder #15-18    Riverside #13A-12D    Riverside #4D-24
Boulder #5-19    Riverside #15-12    Riverside #9C1-24
Boulder #7-19    Riverside #3B-13D    Riverside #4-25
Boulder #6B-31    Riverside #10-13    Riverside #4D-25D
Boulder #10C1-31    Riverside #11-14    Riverside #10C1-25

CGF #3

Boulder #6-29    Warbonnet #5-4    Warbonnet #15-10
Boulder #5-30    Warbonnet #6-4    Warbonnet #16-10
Boulder #10-30    Warbonnet #8-4    Warbonnet #2B1-11D
Boulder #6-32    Warbonnet #16-4    Warbonnet #15-11
Boulder #10-32    Warbonnet #6-5    Warbonnet #13-11
Boulder #4-33    Warbonnet #14-5    Warbonnet #5-15
Boulder #10-33    Warbonnet #15-5    Warbonnet #7-15
Boulder #12-33    Warbonnet #2-8    Warbonnet #9-15
Boulder #14-34    Warbonnet #9C1-8    Warbonnet #1-21
Warbonnet #12D1-2    Warbonnet #4-9    Warbonnet #8-22
Warbonnet #3-3    Warbonnet #10-9    Warbonnet #4-23
Warbonnet #7-3    Warbonnet #1-10    Warbonnet #5-23
Warbonnet #15A1-3    Warbonnet #3-10    Warbonnet #6-23

CGF #4

Rainbow #6-30    Warbonnet #7-23    Warbonnet #5-25
Rainbow #13-30    Warbonnet #9-23    Warbonnet #8-25
Warbonnet #8B1-11    Warbonnet #11B1-23D    Warbonnet #16-25
Warbonnet #5A1-12    Warbonnet #15-23    Warbonnet #2-26D
Warbonnet #5D1-13    Warbonnet #5B1-24    Warbonnet #4-26
Warbonnet #13B1-13    Warbonnet #10-24    Warbonnet #6-26
Warbonnet #3-14    Warbonnet #13-24    Warbonnet #8-26
Warbonnet #5-14    Warbonnet #4-25    Warbonnet #9-26

Warbonnet #9D1-14

     

Updated: November 29, 2012

 

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Exhibit T

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

List of Improvements

PIPELINES

 

CGF #1    CGF #2

Length

(in feet)

   Size    Manufacturer   

Length

(in feet)

   Size    Manufacturer
2,317    3”    Flexsteel    7,241    3”    Flexsteel
34,918    3”    Fiberspar    67,958    3”    Fiberspar
9,016    3.5”    Fiberspar    91,778    4”    Fiberspar
24,973    4”    Fiberspar    43,766    6”    Flexsteel
735    4”    Steel    39,142    6.5”    Fiberspar
19,486    4.5”    Fiberspar         
62,161    6”    Flexsteel         
46,895    6”    Fiberspar         
CGF #3    CGF #4

Length

(in feet)

   Size    Manufacturer   

Length

(in feet)

   Size    Manufacturer
35,322    3”    Fiberspar    9,781    3”    Flexsteel
27,816    3.5”    Fiberspar    34,750    3”    Fiberspar
74,338    4”    Fiberspar    8,956    4”    Fiberspar
2,083    4”    Steel    32,241    6”    Flexsteel
30,761    4.5”    Fiberspar    17,256    6”    Fiberspar
30,892    6”    Flexsteel    11,363    6.5”    Fiberspar
51,093    6”    Fiberspar         

 

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CENTRAL GATHERING FACILITY NO. 1

 

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

 

Tanks

   24902    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24905    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24912    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24914    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24918    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24919    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24922    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24923    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24924    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24925    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24926    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24928    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24929    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24930    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24931    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24934    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24936    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24939    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24940    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24941    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24943    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24946    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10426    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10428    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10430    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10435    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10436    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10445    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10447    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10449    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10450    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10451    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Generator    G1    1000 kW    Caterpillar

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Heater

Separators

   10000230A03    8’ x 30’    Cameron
   10000230B03    8’ x 30’    Cameron
   NI2H113E03-01    6’ x 20’    NATCO
   NI2H11EA03-01    6’ x 20’    NATCO
   NI2H076A03-01    6’ x 20’    NATCO

 

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ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Horizontal Separator    14019    4’ x 20’    JW Williams

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Monitoring Building    P1    N/A    Fabrication Technologies, Inc.
Office Building    O1    8’ x 14’    Mod Space

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

TYPE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Recycling Pumps    2326    H100    Megator
   2587    H100    Megator
   2642    H100    Megator
   2761    H100    Megator
   2634    H100    Megator

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Compressors    C2    200 Hp    UE Compression
   C3    200 Hp    UE Compression
   C4    100 Hp    UE Compression
   C5    100 Hp    UE Compression

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Vapor Recovery Unit    V1    40 Hp    FCP Powder River Basin

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Combuster    24827-4    24”    JW Williams

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Dehydrators    9509    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams
   8268    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams
   7904    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams
   10777-1    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Flare Stack    F1    N/A    MRW Tech

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Water Transfer Pump    WTP1    125 Hp    N/A

 

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CENTRAL GATHERING FACILITY NO. 2

 

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

 

Tanks

   16218    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16219    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16266    500 bbl    JW Williams
   16300    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16302a    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16302b    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16507    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16508    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16555    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16556    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16631    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16632    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16700    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16701    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16754    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16756    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16769    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16771    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   17141    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   17142    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   17701    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   17702    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   17703    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   21343    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F11024    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F11030    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F11033    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F11034    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F11112    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F11115    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F11118    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F11130    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F11134    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F11138    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F11156    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F11159    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Generator    G3    N/A    N/A

 

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ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Heater

Separators

   ODED100918-08    6’ x 20’    Cameron
   ODED100918-07    6’ x 20’    Cameron
   ODED100918-01    6’ x 20’    Cameron
   ODED100918-02    6’ x 20’    Cameron
   NI2H113D03-01    6’ x 20’    NATCO

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Vertical Heater

Separator

   20860    500 MBTU    JW Williams
   20861    500 MBTU    JW Williams
   20862    500 MBTU    JW Williams
   20864    500 MBTU    JW Williams
   20863    500 MBTU    JW Williams
   20987    500 MBTU    JW Williams

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Flare Stack    F2    N/A    MRW Tech

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Vapor Recovery Unit    V3    40 Hp    FCP Powder River Basin

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Monitoring Building    P3    N/A    Fabrication Technologies, Inc.
Office Building    O2    8’ x 14’    Mod Space

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Water Transfer Pump    WTP2    50 Hp    N/A

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

TYPE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Recycling Pumps    2369    H100    Megator
   2577    H100    Megator
   2578    H100    Megator
   2579    H100    Megator
   2582    H100    Megator
   2583    H100    Megator
   2584    H100    Megator
   2586    H100    Megator
   2589    H100    Megator
   2822    H100    Megator

 

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CENTRAL GATHERING FACILITY NO. 3

 

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Tanks    24901    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24903    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24904    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24906    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24907    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24908    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24909    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24910    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24911    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24913    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24915    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24916    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24917    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24920    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24921    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24927    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24932    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24933    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24935    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24937    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24938    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24942    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24944    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24945    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24947    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   24948    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10419    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10422    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10434    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10437    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10438    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10444    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10446    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10448    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10452    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10453    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10454    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10455    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10456    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   F10465    1000 bbl    Conner Steel Products

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Generator    G2    1000 kW    Caterpillar

 

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ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Dehydrators    9436-4    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams
   9436-3    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams
   8825    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams
   15480-14    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams
   132    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Combusters    24428-5    24”    JW Williams

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Compressors    C9    100 Hp    UE Compression
   C6    100 Hp    UE Compression
   C7    100 Hp    UE Compression
   C8    200 Hp    UE Compression

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Flare Stack    F3    N/A    MRW Tech

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Dehydrators    9436-4    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams
   9436-3    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams
   8825    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams
   15480-14    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams
   132    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Vapor Recovery Units    V2    40 Hp    FCP Powder River Basin

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Heater Separators    NI2H076C03-01    6’ x 20’    NATCO
   10000230O03    8’ x 30’    Cameron
   10000230D03    8’ x 30’    Cameron
   NI2H076G03-01    6’ x 20’    NATCO
   NI2H076H03-01    6’ x 20’    NATCO
   NI2H113C03-01    6’ x 20’    NATCO
   NI2H076D03-01    6’ x 20’    NATCO
   NI2H113F03-01    6’ x 20’    NATCO
   NI2H113B03-01    6’ x 20’    NATCO

 

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ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Water Transfer Pumps    WTP4    125 Hp    N/A
   WTP3    50 Hp    N/A

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Office Building    O3    8’ x 14’    Mod Space
Monitoring Building    P3    N/A    Fabrication Technologies, Inc.

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

TYPE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Recycling Pumps    2380    H100    Megator
   2665    H100    Megator
   2668    H100    Megator
   2687    H100    Megator
   2688    H100    Megator
   2643    H100    Megator

 

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CENTRAL GATHERING FACILITY NO. 4

 

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

 

Tanks

   16633    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16699    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   16755    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   18568    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   18569    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   18570    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   21342    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   21360    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   21361    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   21398    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   21399    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   21400    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   23882    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   23911    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   23912    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products
   23938    500 bbl    Conner Steel Products

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Generator    G4    N/A    N/A

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Dehydrator    10127-6    4.0 MMscf/d    JW Williams

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Flare Stack    F4    N/A    MRW Tech

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Heater Separators    ODED100918-03    6’ x 20’    Cameron
   ODED100918-06    6’ x 20’    Cameron
   ODED100918-04    6’ x 20’    Cameron
   ODED100918-05    6’ x 20’    Cameron

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Office Building    O4    8’ x 14’    Mod Space
Monitoring Building    P4    N/A    Fabrication Technologies, Inc.

 

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ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

TYPE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Recycling Pumps    2581    H100    Megator
   2585    H100    Megator
   2588    H100    Megator
   2618    H100    Megator
   2370    H100    Megator

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Compressors    C1    100 Hp    UE Compression

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Combusters    15493-6    16”    JW Williams

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Vapor Recovery Units    V4    40 Hp    FCP Powder River Basin

ITEM

  

SERIAL NUMBER

  

SIZE

  

MANUFACTURED BY

Water Transfer Pumps    WTP5    15 Hp    N/A

 

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Exhibit U

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Central Gathering Facility Exhibit

 

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1515 NINTH STREET, SUITE A

ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING 82901

PHONE: (307) 362-7519

FAX: (307) 362-7569

E-MAIL: mail@jfc-wyo.com

Legal Description

 

September 5, 2012    8209-09S
Identification:   

Central Gathering Facility #1 located in the N  1 / 2 SW  1 / 4 ,

Section 2, T 31 N, R 109 W, 6th P.M., Sublette County, Wyoming.

Land Owner:    ULTRA WYOMING, INC.

A parcel of land located in the N  1 / 2 SW  1 / 4 of Section 2, Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 109 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County, Wyoming and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point which lies North 42°10’07” East a distance of 1936.15 feet from the Southwest Corner of said Section 2;

Thence North 60°17’20” East for a distance of 602.84 feet;

Thence North 29°42’40” West for a distance of 940.00 feet;

Thence South 60°17’20” West for a distance of 575.00 feet;

Thence South 29°42’40” East for a distance of 727.42 feet;

Thence South 04°56’51” West for a distance of 23.75 feet;

Thence South 25°27’46” East for a distance of 193.58 feet, to the Point of Beginning.

The above described tract contains an area of 12.503 acres, more or less, and is subject to any rights-of-way and/or easements which have been legally acquired. The basis of bearing for said parcel is True North derived from GPS observation.

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1515 NINTH STREET, SUITE A

ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING 82901

PHONE: (307) 362-7519

FAX: (307) 362-7569

E-MAIL: mail@jfc-wyo.com

Legal Description

 

September 24, 2012         8209-09S
Identification:     

Central Gathering Facility #2

NW  1 / 4 , Section 19, T 31 N, R 108 W, and NE  1 / 4 NE  1 / 4 Section 24, T 31 N,

R 109 W, 6th P.M., Sublette County, Wyoming.

Land Owner:  

BLM

  

A parcel of land located in the NW  1 / 4 of Section 19, Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 108 West and the NE  1 / 4 NE  1 / 4 of Section 24, Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 109 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County, Wyoming and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point which lies South 81°00’33” East a distance of 489.06 feet from the Northwest Corner of said Section 19;

Thence South 41°11’35” East for a distance of 1199.52 feet;

Thence South 48°48’15” West for a distance of 599.79 feet;

Thence North 41°11’32” West for a distance of 1249.20 feet to the west Section line of Lot 1 of said Section 19 from which the Northwest corner of said Section bears North 00°07’44” East a distance of 434.08 feet;

Continuing North 41°11’32” West for a distance of 199.26 feet;

Thence North 43°22’54” East for a distance of 50.95 feet;

Thence North 63°31’30” East for a distance of 108.10 feet to the west Section line of Lot 1 of said Section 19 from which the Northwest corner of said Section bears North 00°07’44” East a distance of 198.91 feet;

Continuing North 63°31’30” West for a distance of 159.67 feet;

Thence North 81°26’06” East for a distance of 344.41 feet, to the Point of Beginning.

The above described tract contains an area of 18.734 acres, more or less, with Section 19 containing 18.357 acres, more or less, and Section 24 containing 0.377 acres, more or less; and is subject to any rights-of-way and/or easements which have been legally acquired. The basis of bearing for said parcel is True North derived from GPS observation.

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ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING 82901

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Legal Description

 

September 26, 2012      8209-09S

 

Identification:   

Central Gathering Facility #3 located in Lot 11 and Lot 14,

Section 4, T 30 N, R 108 W, Sublette County, Wyoming.

Land Owner:    BLM

A parcel of land located in the Lot 11 and Lot 14 of Section 4, Resurvey Township 30 North, Range 108 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County, Wyoming and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a fence corner which lies South 04°15 54” East a distance of 2384.74 feet from the North Quarter Corner of said Section 4;

Thence North 32°13’43” East along said fence for a distance of 62.62 feet;

Thence North 22°40’57” East along said fence for a distance of 38.93 feet;

Thence North 48°02’51” East for a distance of 131.79 feet;

Thence North 73°18’33” East for a distance of 53.68 feet to the existing pad edge of Central Gathering Facility #3;

Thence South 55°12’59” East along said pad edge for a distance of 67.09 feet;

Thence South 74°38’02” East along said pad edge for a distance of 157.46 feet;

Thence South 64°22’09” East along said pad edge for a distance of 63.37 feet;

Thence South 45°08’14” East along said pad edge for a distance of 61.46 feet;

Thence South 18°49’40” East along said pad edge for a distance of 57.34 feet;

Thence South 29°01’25” East along said pad edge for a distance of 51.33 feet;

Thence South 32°58’39” East along said pad edge for a distance of 236.26 feet;

Thence South 44°59’18” East along said pad edge for a distance of 34.86 feet;

 

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Thence North 58°50’06” East along said pad edge for a distance of 74.82 feet;

Thence South 65°35’55” East along said pad edge for a distance of 36.92 feet;

Thence South 14°45’08” East along said pad edge for a distance of 45.21 feet;

Thence South 11°09’53” West along said pad edge for a distance of 54.52 feet;

Thence South 35°39’59” West along said pad edge for a distance of 72.39 feet;

Thence South 51°16’28” West along said pad edge for a distance of 62.75 feet;

Thence South 54°09’45” West along said pad edge for a distance of 90.27 feet;

Thence South 56°22’00” West for a distance of 251.07 feet to an existing fence;

Thence North 33°33’51” West along said existing fence for a distance of 772.94 feet, to the Point of Beginning.

The above described tract contains an area of 7.818 acres, more or less, and is subject to any rights-of-way and/or easements which have been legally acquired. The basis of bearing for said parcel is True North derived from GPS observation.

 

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Legal Description

 

September 24, 2012      8209-09S

 

Identification:   

Central Gathering Facility #4 located in Lot 15 Section 23,

Lot 13 Section 24, Lot 4 Section 25, T 30 N, R 108 W, 6th P.M.,

Sublette County, Wyoming.

Land Owner:    BLM

A parcel of land located in the Lot 15 of Section 23, Lot 13 of Section 24, and Lot 4 of Section 25, Resurvey Township 30 North, Range 108 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County, Wyoming and being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point which lies North 00°32’06” East a distance of 313.65 feet from the Southwest Corner of said Section 24;

Thence North 52°06’53” West for a distance of 538.24 feet;

Thence North 37°53’07” East for a distance of 650.00 feet;

Thence South 52 o 06’53” East for a distance of 42.17 feet to the west line of Lot 13 of said Section 24 from which the Southwest corner of said Section bears South 00°32’06” West a distance of 1131.32 feet;

Continuing South 52°06’53” East for a distance of 1157.83 feet;

Thence South 37°53’07” West for a distance of 531.49 feet to the South line of Lot 13 of said Section 24 from which the Southwest corner of said Section bears South 89°55’26” West a distance of 598.00 feet;

Continuing South 37°53’07” West for a distance of 118.51 feet;

Thence North 52°06’53” East for a distance of 151.90 feet to the South line of Lot 13 of said Section 24 from which the Southwest corner of said Section bears South 89°55’26” West a distance of 405.33 feet;

Thence North 52°06’53” East for a distance of 509.86 feet, to the Point of Beginning.

 

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The above described tract contains an area of 17.906 acres, more or less, (with Section 23 containing 4.330 acres, more or less, Section 24 containing 13.369 acres, more or less, and Section 25 containing 0.207 acres, more or less) and is subject to any rights-of-way and/or easements which have been legally acquired. The basis of bearing for said parcel is True North derived from GPS observation.

 

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PHONE: (307) 362-7519

FAX: (307) 362-7569

E-MAIL: mail@jfc-wyo.com

Legal Description

 

September 5, 2012       8209-09S

 

Identification:   

Pipeline Right-of-Way

Section 2, T 31 N, R 109 W, 6th P.M.,

Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

Land Owner:    ULTRA WYOMING, INC.

A strip of land being 50 feet in width located in the West Half (W  1 / 2 ) of Section 2, Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 109 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County, Wyoming and lying 25 feet each side of the following described centerline and the sidelines of said strip to be lengthened or shortened to begin and end on the respective boundaries:

Beginning at Station 0+71.58 located on the Northeasterly boundary of the Central Gathering Facility #1 which lies South 25°53’45” East a distance of 3050.07 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 2;

Thence North 14°03’16” East for a distance of 13.28 feet to P.I. Station: 0+84.86;

Thence North 02°59’41” West for a distance of 120.43 feet to P.I. Station: 2+05.30;

Thence North 00°30’01” East for a distance of 771.95 feet to P.I. Station: 9+77.25;

Thence North 00°50’12” East for a distance of 330.70 feet to P.I. Station: 13+07.95;

Thence North 00°07’56” East for a distance of 234.70 feet to P.I. Station: 15+42.65;

Thence North 00°50’31” East for a distance of 182.37 feet to P.I. Station: 17+25.02;

Thence North 02°28’28” East for a distance of 96.98 feet to P.I. Station: 18+22.00;

Thence North 01°05’38” West for a distance of 374.70 feet to P.I. Station: 21+96.70;

Thence North 16°22’37” East for a distance of 9.81 feet to P.I. Station: 22+06.51;

Thence North 29°20’20” East for a distance of 15.98 feet to P.I. Station: 22+22.49;

Thence North 34°01’11” East for a distance of 141.02 feet to P.I. Station: 23+63.51;

 

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Thence North 33°06’33” East for a distance of 191.11 feet to P.I. Station: 25+54.61;

Thence North 38°39’38” East for a distance of 55.41 feet to P.I. Station: 26+10.03;

Thence North 43°39’57” East for a distance of 69.46 feet to P.I. Station: 26+79.49;

Thence North 48°19’23” East for a distance of 57.59 feet to P.I. Station: 27+37.07;

Thence North 52°13’38” East for a distance of 55.33 feet to P.I. Station: 27+92.41;

Thence North 61°57’33” East for a distance of 56.40 feet to P.I. Station: 28+48.81;

Thence North 66°17’41” East for a distance of 50.65 feet to E.O.S. Station: 28+99.46 located on the North line of said Section 2 from which the Northwest corner bears North 86°25’00” West a distance of 1806.78 feet.

The total length of described centerline is 2,827.87 feet, or 171.386 rods, or 0.536 miles. The basis of bearing for the above described centerline is North 86°25’00” West from the North Quarter corner to the Northwest corner of Section 2, T31N, R109W.

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Legal Description

 

September 5, 2012     8209-09S

 

Identification:  

Pipeline Right-of-Way

Section 2, T 31 N, R 109 W, 6th P.M.,

Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

Land Owner:   ULTRA WYOMING, INC.

A strip of land being 50 feet in width located in the Northeast Quarter Southwest Quarter (NE  1 / 4 SW  1 / 4 ), East Half Northwest Quarter (E  1 / 2 NW  1 / 4 ), Northwest Quarter Northeast Quarter (NW  1 / 4 NE  1 / 4 ), of Section 2, Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 109 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County, Wyoming and lying 25 feet each side of the following described centerline and the sidelines of said strip to be lengthened or shortened to begin and end on the respective boundaries:

Beginning at Station 0+82.55 located on the Northeasterly boundary of the Central Gathering Facility #1 which lies South 25°53’17” East a distance of 3050.86 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 2;

Thence North 09°03’34” West for a distance of 51.01 feet to P.I. Station: 1+33.56;

Thence North 02°04’27” West for a distance of 18.54 feet to P.I. Station: 1+52.10;

Thence North 03°54’09” East for a distance of 58.61 feet to P.I. Station: 2+ 10.71;

Thence North 01°25’50” East for a distance of 147.44 feet to P.I. Station: 3+58.16;

Thence North 00°15’12” West for a distance of 266.71 feet to P.I. Station: 6+24.87;

Thence North 00°40’50” East for a distance of 1051.10 feet to P.I. Station: 16+75.97;

Thence North 75°03’42” East for a distance of 459.12 feet to P.I. Station: 21+35.09;

Thence North 75°40’44” East for a distance of 520.53 feet to P.I. Station: 26+55.62;

Thence North 75°54’06” East for a distance of 280.92 feet to P.I. Station: 29+36.54;

Thence North 77°06’43” East for a distance of 214.66 feet to P.I. Station: 31+51.20;

 

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Thence North 79°52’55” East for a distance of 196.47 feet to P.I. Station: 33+47.67;

Thence North 68°54’55” East for a distance of 21.99 feet to P.I. Station: 33+69.66;

Thence North 63°34’39” East for a distance of 77.68 feet to E.O.S. Station: 34+47.34 from which the Northwest corner of said Section 2 bears North 76°53’12” West distance of 3137.30 feet.

The total length of described centerline is 3,364.79 feet, or 203.927 rods, or 0.637 miles. The basis of bearing for the above described centerline is North 86°25’00” West from the North Quarter corner to the Northwest corner of Section 2, T31N, R109W.

Thence South 23°54’16” West for a distance of 137.58 feet to E.O.S. Station: 42+62.21 from which the Southeast corner of said Section 2 bears South 04°08’19” East distance of 1979.75 feet.

The total length of described centerline is 4,175.23 feet, or 253.044 rods, or 0.791 miles. The basis of bearing for the above described centerline is North 86°25’00” West from the North Quarter corner to the Northwest corner of Section 2, T31N, R109W.

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Legal Description

 

September 5, 2012       8209-09S

 

Identification:   

Pipeline Right-of-Way

Section 2 & 3, T 31 N,R 109 W, 6th P.M.,

Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

Land Owner:    ULTRA WYOMING. INC.

A strip of land being 50 feet in width located in the Northwest Quarter Southwest Quarter (NW  1 / 4 SW  1 / 4 ) of Section 2 and the Northeast Quarter Southeast Quarter (NE  1 / 4 SE  1 / 4 ) of Section 3, all of Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 109 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County, Wyoming and lying 25 feet each side of the following described centerline and the sidelines of said strip to be lengthened or shortened to begin and end on the respective boundaries:

Beginning at Station 1+16.77 located on the Southwesterly boundary of the Central Gathering Facility #1 which lies South 15°14’10” East a distance of 3114.22 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 2;

Thence South 74°57’1” West for a distance of 38.36 feet to P.I. Station: 1+55.13;

Thence South 72°52’9” West for a distance of 130.73 feet to P.I. Station: 2+85.86;

Thence South 77°34’06” West for a distance of 67.21 feet to P.I. Station: 3+53.07;

Thence South 70°59’10” West for a distance of 43.60 feet to P.I. Station: 3+96,67;

Thence North 76°04’07” West for a distance of 6.10 feet to P. I. Station: 4+02.77;

Thence North 33°57’50” West for a distance of 72.93 feet to P.I. Station: 4+75.70;

Thence North 32°03’25” West for a distance of 111.17 feet to P.I. Station: 5+86,86;

Thence North 30°59’05” West for a distance of 288.67 feet to P.I. Station: 8+75.53;

Thence North 53°23’21” West for a distance of 11.77 feet to P.I. Station: 8+87.30;

Thence North 76°40’34“ West for a distance of 24.36 feet to P.I. Station: 9+11.66;

 

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Thence South 85°40’50” West for a distance of 272.33 feet to P.I. Station: 11+83.99;

Thence South 88°59’56” West for a distance of 63.02 feet to P.I. Station: 12+47.01;

Thence South 67°42’22” West for a distance of 42.85 feet to P.I. Station: 12+89.86;

Thence South 63°10’33” West for a distance of 175.62 feet to P.I. Station: 14+65.48:

Thence South 76°21’05” West for a distance of 30.08 feet to P.I. Station; 14+95.57;

Thence North 78°42’18” West for a distance of 23.97 feet to P.I. Station: 15+19.53;

Thence North 67°06’03” West for a distance of 362.86 feet to P.I. Station: 18+82.40;

Thence North 86°53’00” West for a distance of 82.93 feet to P.I. Station: 19+65.33

Thence North 86°04’58” West for a distance of 568.77 feet to P.I. Station: 25+34.10;

Thence South 84°26’03” West for a distance of 35.33 feet to E.O.S. Station: 25+69.44 located on the West line of the Northeast Quarter Southeast Quarter (NE  1 / 4 SE  1 / 4 ) of said Section 3 from which the Northwest corner of said Section 2 bears North 27°37’23” East a distance of 2892.69 feet.

The total length of described centerline is 2,452.67 feet, or 148.647 rods, or 0.465 miles. The basis of bearing for the above described centerline is North 86°25’00”West from the North Quarter corner to the Northwest corner of Section 2, T31N, R109W.

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Legal Description

 

September 5, 2012       8209-09S

 

Identification:   

Pipeline Right-of-Way

Section 2 & 11, T 31 N, R 109 W, 6th P.M.,

Sweetwater County, Wyoming,

Land Owner:    ULTRA WYOMING, INC.

A strip of land being 50 feet in width located in the Southeast Quarter Southwest Quarter (SE  1 / 4 SW  1 / 4 ) of Section 2 and the North Half Northwest Quarter (N  1 / 2 NW  1 / 4 ) of Section 11 all of Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 109 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County, Wyoming and lying 25 feet each side of the following described centerline and the sidelines of said strip to be lengthened or shortened to begin and end on the respective boundaries:

Beginning at Station 0+00 which lies North 70°19’02” East a distance of 1603.86 feet from the Southwest corner of said Section 2;

Thence S38°15’57”E for a distance of 51.66 feet to P.I Station: 0+51.66;

Thence S32°05’01”E for a distance of 281.55 feet to P.I Station: 3+33.21;

Thence S32°39’18”E for a distance of 336.40 feet to P.I. Station: 6+69.61;

Thence S15°05’11”E for a distance of 11.80 feet to P.I. Station: 6+81.41;

Thence S23°02’27”W for a distance of 14.70 feet to P.I Station: 6+96.11;

Thence S59°00’51”W for a distance of 48.93 feet to P.I Station: 7+45.04;

Thence S53°57’11”W for a distance of 223.63 feet to P.I. Station: 9+68.68;

Thence S61°02’37”W for a distance of 104.33 feet to P.I Station: 10+73.01;

Thence S59°07’58”W for a distance of 98.19 feet to P.I. Station: 11+71.19;

Thence S60°46’43”W for a distance of 71.09 feet to P.I. Station: 12+42.28;

Thence S58°25’39”W for a distance of 161.33 feet to P.I. Station: 14+03.61;

 

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Thence S54°11’15” W for a distance of 359.33 feet to P.I. Station: 17+62.94;

Thence S44°50’18” W for a distance of 23.06 feet to P.I. Station: 17+86.00;

Thence S17°37’51” W for a distance of 27.42 feet to P.I. Station: 18+13.42;

Thence S10°47’44” W for a distance of 126.79 feet to P.I. Station: 19+40.21;

Thence S01°45’25” W for a distance of 119.31 feet to P.I. Station: 20+59.52;

Thence South 07°55’11” West for a distance of 29.65 feet to E.O.S. Station: 20+89.16 from which the Southwest corner of said Section 2 bears North 44°14’58” West a distance of 1325.98 feet.

The total length of described centerline is 2,089.16 feet, or 126.616 rods, or 0.396 miles. The basis of bearing for the above described centerline is North 86°25’00” West from the North Quarter corner to the Northwest corner of Section 2, T31N, R109W.

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Legal Description

 

September 5, 2012      

8209-09S

 

Identification:   

Pipeline Right-of-Way

Section 2, T 31 N, R 109 W, 6th P.M.,

Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

Land Owner:    ULTRA WYOMING, INC.

A strip of land being 50 feet in width located in the Northeast Quarter Northwest Quarter (NE  1 / 4 NW  1 / 4 ) of Section 2, Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 109 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County, Wyoming and lying 25 feet each side of the following described centerline and the sidelines of said strip to be lengthened or shortened to begin and end on the respective boundaries:

Beginning at Station 0+00 which lies South 49°29’13” East a distance of 1770.56 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 2;

Thence South 78°33’40” West for a distance of 35.40 feet to P.I. Station: 0+35.40;

Thence South 73°51’06” West for a distance of 12.18 feet to E.O.S. Station: 0+47.58 located on the West line of the Northeast Quarter Northwest Quarter of said Section 2 from which the Northwest corner bears North 48°14’08” West a distance of 1742.46 feet.

The total length of described centerline is 47.58 feet, or 2.884 rods, or 0.009 miles. The basis of bearing for the above described centerline is North 86°25’00” West from the North Quarter corner to the Northwest corner of Section 2, T31N, R109W.

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Legal Description

 

September 5, 2012     8209-09S

 

Identification:  

Pipeline Right-of-Way

Section 2, T 31 N, R 109 W, 6th P.M.,

Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

Land Owner:

  ULTRA WYOMING, INC.

A strip of land being 50 feet in width located in the Northeast Quarter Southwest Quarter (NE  1 / 4 SW  1 / 4 ) North Half Southeast Quarter (N  1 / 2 SE  1 / 4 ) of Section 2, Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 109 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County, Wyoming and lying 25 feet each side of the following described centerline and the sidelines of said strip to be lengthened or shortened to begin and end on the respective boundaries:

Beginning at Station 0+86.98 located on the Northeasterly boundary of the Central Gathering Facility #1 which lies South 25°58’57” East a distance of 3128.05 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 2;

Thence North 70°56’39” East for a distance of 11.01 feet to P.I. Station: 0+97.99;

Thence North 58°22’27” East for a distance of 35.02 feet to P.I. Station: 1+33.01;

Thence North 74°08’43” East for a distance of 35.28 feet to P.I. Station: 1+68.29;

Thence South 69°40’59” East for a distance of 1148.93 feet to P.I. Station: 13+17.23;

Thence North 87°47’37” East for a distance of 2288.36 feet to P.I. Station: 36+05.59;

Thence South 80°07’09” East for a distance of 24.91 feet to P.I. Station: 36+30.50;

Thence South 57°39’43” East for a distance of 11.45 feet to P.I. Station: 36+41.95;

Thence South 41°48’10” East for a distance of 95.18 feet to P.I. Station: 37+37.13;

Thence South 43°28’58” East for a distance of 348.18 feet to P.I. Station: 40+85.30;

Thence South 24°27’52” East for a distance of 9.98 feet to P.I. Station: 40+95.28;

 

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Thence South 00°28’12” East for a distance of 20.97 feet to P.I. Station: 41+16.25;

Thence South 12°27’25” West for a distance of 8.39 feet to P.I. Station: 41+24.64;

Thence South 23°54’16” West for a distance of 137.58 feet to E.O.S. Station: 42+62.21 from which the Southeast corner of said Section 2 bears South 04°08’19” East distance of 1979.75 feet.

The total length of described centerline is 4,175.23 feet, or 253.044 rods, or 0.791 miles. The basis of bearing for the above described centerline is North 86°25’00” West from the North Quarter corner to the Northwest corner of Section 2, T31N, R109W.

 

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Legal Description

 

September 5, 2012     8209-09S

 

Identification:   

Pipeline Right-of-Way

Sections 2 & 3, T 31 N, R 109 W, 6th P.M.,

Sweetwater County, Wyoming.

Land Owner:    ULTRA WYOMING, INC.

A strip of land being 50 feet in width located in the Southwest Quarter (SW  1 / 4 ) of Section 2 and the Southeast Quarter Southeast Quarter (SE  1 / 4 SE   1 / 4 ) of Section 3, all of Resurvey Township 31 North, Range 109 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County, Wyoming and lying 25 feet each side of the following described centerline and the sidelines of said strip to be lengthened or shortened to begin and end on the respective boundaries:

Beginning at Station 0+95.44 located on the Northeasterly boundary of the Central Gathering Facility #1 which lies South 25°59’57” East a distance of 3142.01 feet from the Northwest corner of said Section 2;

Thence South 68°13’59” East for a distance of 42.85 feet to P.I. Station: 1+38.29;

Thence South 59°43’08” East for a distance of 24.64 feet to P.I. Station: 1+62.94;

Thence South 36°14’23” East for a distance of 8.45 feet to P.I. Station: 1+71.39;

Thence South 29°31’34” East for a distance of 668.41 feet to P.I. Station: 8+39.80;

Thence South 32°09’06” East for a distance of 47.37 feet to P.I. Station: 8+87.17;

Thence South 47°55’45” East for a distance of 18.44 feet to P.I. Station: 9+05.62;

Thence South 58°17’56” East for a distance of 205.67 feet to P.I. Station: 11+11.29;

Thence South 60°47’20” East for a distance of 62.80 feet to P.I. Station: 11+74.09;

Thence South 63°26’48” East for a distance of 322.78 feet to P.I. Station: 14+96.87;

Thence South 40°08’43” East for a distance of 16.79 feet to P.I. Station: 15+13.65;

 

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Thence South 03°07’57” West for a distance of 10.49 feet to P.I. Station: 15+24.14;

Thence South 11°28’17” West for a distance of 204.65 feet to P.I. Station: 17+28.79;

Thence South 13°03’14” West for a distance of 81.36 feet to P.I. Station: 18+10.15;

Thence South 45°11’26” West for a distance of 47.45 feet to P.I. Station: 18+57.60;

Thence South 51°31’15” West for a distance of 369.27 feet to P.I. Station: 22+26.87;

Thence South 53°41’59” West for a distance of 70.40 feet to P.I. Station: 22+97.28;

Thence South 59°18’55” West for a distance of 353.31 feet to P.I. Station: 26+50.59;

Thence South 59°12’49” West for a distance of 172.01 feet to P.I. Station: 28+22.60;

Thence South 34°38’20” West for a distance of 17.17 feet to P.I. Station: 28+39.76;

Thence South 13°13’11” East for a distance of 15.57 feet to P.I. Station: 28+55.33;

Thence South 34°14’25” East for a distance of 29.26 feet to P.I. Station: 28+84.59;

Thence South 57°58’24” West for a distance of 3.69 feet to P.I. Station: 28+88.28;

Thence North 43°40’48” West for a distance of 18.66 feet to P.I. Station: 29+06.94;

Thence North 34°36’04” West for a distance of 41.13 feet to P.I. Station: 29+48.07;

Thence North 25°17’36” West for a distance of 36.63 feet to P.I. Station: 29+84.70;

Thence North 31°42’59” West for a distance of 41.67 feet to P.I. Station: 30+26.37;

Thence North 33°44’36” West for a distance of 292.45 feet to P.I. Station: 33+18.81;

Thence North 46°17’19” West for a distance of 9.02 feet to P.I. Station: 33+27.84;

Thence North 72°06’51” West for a distance of 4.52 feet to P.I. Station: 33+32.36;

Thence North 82°09’10” West for a distance of 4.87 feet to P.I. Station: 33+37.23;

Thence South 63°06’33” West for a distance of 10.46 feet to P.I. Station: 33+47.69;

Thence South 51°46’52” West for a distance of 594.67 feet to P.I. Station: 39+42.36;

Thence South 56°22’30” West for a distance of 20.23 feet to P.I. Station: 39+62.59;

 

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Thence South 68°12’14” West for a distance of 1109.37 feet to P.I. Station: 50+71.96;

Thence South 75°15’54” West for a distance of 11.69 feet to P.I. Station: 50+83.66;

Thence South 89°49’55” West for a distance of 6.82 feet to P.I. Station: 50+90.48;

Thence North 74°05’48” West for a distance of 10.27 feet to P.I. Station: 51+00.75;

Thence North 61°05’14” West for a distance of 240.87 feet to P.I. Station: 53+41.62;

Thence North 49°36’55” West for a distance of 40.36 feet to P.I. Station: 53+81.98;

Thence North 36°56’29” West for a distance of 54.23 feet to P.I. Station: 54+36.21;

Thence North 12°09’44” West for a distance of 67.10 feet to P.I. Station: 55+03.31;

Thence North 15°36’27” East for a distance of 36.57 feet to P.I. Station: 55+39.88;

Thence North 24°25’12” East for a distance of 62.30 feet to P.I. Station: 56+02.18;

Thence North 27°58’48” East for a distance of 129.05 feet to P.I. Station: 57+31.23;

Thence North 30°43’04” East for a distance of 113.09 feet to P.I. Station: 58+44.31;

Thence North 62°20’44” East for a distance of 25.05 feet to P.I. Station: 58+69.37;

Thence North 77°54’19” East for a distance of 72.99 feet to P.I. Station: 59+42.35;

Thence North 54°33’09” East for a distance of 13.31 feet to P.I. Station: 59+55.66;

Thence North 16°13’42” East for a distance of 141.49 feet to P.I. Station: 60+97.15;

Thence North 18°15’23” West for a distance of 22.11 feet to E.O.S. Station: 61+19.26 from which the Northwest corner of said Section 2 bears North 04°28’16” East distance of 4403.83 feet.

The total length of described centerline is 6023.82 feet, or 365.080 rods, or 1.141 miles. The basis of bearing for the above described centerline is North 86°25’00” West from the North Quarter corner to the Northwest corner of Section 2, T31N, R109W.

 

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Exhibit V

To

Liquids Gathering System

Sublette County, Wyoming

Purchase and Sale Agreement

Photo of Inlet Flange/ Liquids Gathering System Exhibit

 

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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is dated as of December 7, 2012, by and between Pinedale GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ General Partner ”), Ross Avenue Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Limited Partner ” and together with the General Partner, the “ Investors ”), and Pinedale Corridor, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Company ”).

RECITALS

A. On the date hereof, the Company is entering into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Ultra Wyoming, Inc., for the acquisition of certain assets, all as set forth therein (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).

B. The Investors desire to purchase from the Company, and the Company desires to sell to: (i) the Limited Partner, Class B Limited Partnership Interest Units of the Company set forth next to the Limited Partner’s name in Schedule A attached hereto (the “ Class B Units ”), and (ii) the General Partner, General Partnership Interest Units of the Company set forth next to the General Partner’s name in Schedule A attached hereto (the “ GP Units ” and together with the Class B Units, the “ Units ”).

C. In connection with this investment, the Investors and the Company desire to obtain certain representations, warranties and agreements from each other.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

 

1. Subscription and Closing .

1.1 Subscription . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Investor hereby agrees to contribute that amount of capital set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule A attached hereto, in consideration for the Units set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Schedule A attached hereto (the aggregate consideration to be paid for the Units shall be referred to as the “ Capital Contributions ”).

1.2 Subscription Closing . The purchase and sale of the Units provided for in this Agreement (the “ Subscription Closing ”) will take place electronically by fax or email on or before the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or such other date agreed in writing by the parties hereto (such date, the “ Subscription Closing Date ”), subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all the conditions set forth in Section 1.3 and Section 1.4 .

1.3 Company Subscription Closing Conditions . The obligations of the Company to complete the issuance of the Units to the Investors on the Subscription Closing Date pursuant hereto, are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) the representations and warranties of the Investors set forth in Section 3 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Subscription Closing Date as though made on and as of such date;


(b) the First Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Schedule B (the “ Partnership Agreement ”), duly executed by each Investor, shall be delivered to the Company; and

(c) each Investor shall have contributed its portion of the Capital Contributions as set forth next to such Investor’s name on Schedule A attached hereto in accordance with the wiring or other transfer instructions provided by the Company at least three (3) business days prior to the Subscription Closing Date.

1.4 Investor Subscription Closing Conditions . The obligations of the Investors to contribute their portion of the Capital Contributions, are subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

(a) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 2 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Subscription Closing Date as though made on and as of such date;

(b) the Partnership Agreement, duly executed by the Company, shall have been delivered to the Investors;

(c) the Company shall deliver to each Investor a certificate representing its Units, with such certificate bearing the legends required under the Partnership Agreement; and

(d) the Company shall deliver to the Investors a certificate executed by the Company stating that all of the closing conditions set forth in Section 11.2 of the Purchase Agreement have been satisfied or fulfilled or will be satisfied contemporaneously with or promptly following the Subscription Closing, including the receipt of other funds that, together with the Capital Contributions, will enable the Company to pay the Purchase Price (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).

 

2. Representations and Warranties of the Investors .

Each Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company, severally and not jointly, solely with respect to itself, that the representations and warranties contained in this Section 2 are true and correct as of the date hereof and shall survive the Subscription Closing:

2.1 Corporate Existence . Such Investor is duly organized, legally existing and in good standing under the laws of the state in which it is incorporated or organized. Such Investor is not in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any provision of its incorporation or organizational documents.

2.2 Authority; Enforceability . Such Investor has all necessary power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations hereunder and under the Partnership Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Investor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity.

 

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2.3 Financial Condition . (a) Such Investor’s financial condition is such that it is able to bear the risk of holding the Units for an indefinite period of time, it has adequate means to provide for its current financial needs and contingencies, it has no need for immediate liquidity in this investment and is able to risk the loss of its entire investment in the Units; (b) such Investor or its advisors have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of acquisition of the Units and of making an informed investment decision with respect thereto; (c) such Investor has read, understood and is familiar with the information about the Company as provided to it, including the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, and such Investor is not subscribing for the Units as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication; (d) the Company has made available all additional information which was requested by such Investor in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, as well as the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the purchase of the Units and the transactions contemplated under the Purchase Agreement; (e) such Investor is purchasing the Units solely for its own account for the purpose of investment and not with a view to distribution or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof and has no present intention or plan to affect any distribution of the Units and will not sell or otherwise transfer the Units without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), or an exemption therefrom, provided each Investor will be free to sell pursuant to the terms of the Partnership Agreement and other applicable LGS Transaction Documents (as defined in the Partnership Agreement); (f) such Investor’s overall commitment to investments that are not readily marketable is not disproportionate to its net worth and its investment in the Units will not cause such overall commitments to become excessive; and (g) such Investor’s financial condition is such that it is under no present or contemplated future need for its portion of the Capital Contributions or to dispose of any portion of the Units to satisfy any existing or contemplated undertaking, need or indebtedness.

2.4 Units Not Registered . Such Investor understands that the Units have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws in reliance on an exemption from registration for private offerings, and no federal or state agency has made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment or any recommendation or endorsement of the offering of the Units. Such Investor further understands that it is subscribing to purchase the Units without relying on any offering literature other than the information described in Section 2.1 above.

2.5 Additional Acknowledgments . Such Investor acknowledges and is aware of the following:

(a) The Company has no operating history;

(b) The Units constitute a speculative investment and involves a high degree of risk of loss by such Investor of its total investment; and

(c) There are substantial restrictions on the transferability of the Units. The Units cannot be transferred or sold unless registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available from it and applicable state securities laws and established to the satisfaction of the Company; investors in the Company have no rights to require that their

 

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respective Units be registered; there is no public market for the Units. Additionally, the Units are further subject to restrictions on transfer pursuant to the Partnership Agreement as set forth therein. Accordingly, such Investor may have to hold the Units indefinitely and it may not be possible for such Investor to readily liquidate its investment in the Company.

2.6 Accredited Investor . Such Investor is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act.

2.7 GP Representation . The General Partner represents and warrants to the Limited Partner and to the Company that as of the closing of the LGS Transaction (as defined in the Partnership Agreement), all representations and warranties made by the General Partner in the LGS Transaction Documents, if any, will be true and correct and the General Partner will not be in breach of any of its undertakings thereunder, if any.

 

3. Representations and Warranties of the Company .

The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investors that the representations and warranties contained in this Section 3 are true and correct as of the date hereof and shall survive the Subscription Closing:

3.1 Corporate Existence . The Company is a limited partnership duly organized, legally existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company is not in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any provision of its current partnership agreement or its Certificate of Limited Partnership.

3.2 Capitalization and Valid Issuance of Units . Immediately following the Subscription Closing, each Investor’s Percentage Interest (as defined in the Partnership Agreement), and the number and class of Units held by each Investor, and all outstanding Units, shall be as set forth in Exhibit A to the Partnership Agreement. Upon issuance, all Units will be duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any liens.

3.3 No Breach . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions hereof, and the sale of the Units by the Company do not and will not: (a) violate any provision of any law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, governmental permit, determination or award having applicability to the Company, or (b) require any consent, approval or notice under or result in a violation or breach of or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration) under any agreement, instrument or obligation.

3.4 Authority; Enforceability . The Company has all necessary power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations hereunder. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity.

3.5 Approvals . No authorization, consent, approval, waiver, license, qualification or written exemption from, nor any filing, declaration, qualification or registration with, any governmental authority or any other person is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Partnership Agreement.

 

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3.6 LGS Transaction Documents. As of the closing of the LGS Transaction, all representations and warranties made by the Company in the LGS Transaction Documents will be true and correct and the Company will not be in breach of any of its undertakings thereunder.

 

4. Termination .

(a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall automatically terminate if the Subscription Closing shall not have occurred on or before the Outside Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or any other termination of the Purchase Agreement, unless the term hereof is extended by agreement of the parties hereto. In the event the LGS Transaction is not consummated by the first business day following the Subscription Closing, then the Subscription Closing shall be unwound and the Partnership shall return the Capital Contributions received from each Partner.

(b) In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 4(a) , this Agreement shall forthwith become null and void. In the event of such termination, there shall be no liability on the part of any party hereto; provided that nothing herein shall relieve any party from any liability or obligation with respect to any willful breach of this Agreement.

 

5. Miscellaneous .

5.1 Titles and Captions . All section titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only. They shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and do not in any way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof.

5.2 Assignability . Except in connection with the valid transfer of Units in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and applicable law, this Agreement is not transferable or assignable by the Investors.

5.3 Further Action . The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or forbear from taking all such action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

5.4 Applicable Law . The parties acknowledge and agree that any claim, controversy, dispute or action relating in any way to this Agreement or the subject matter of this Agreement shall be governed solely by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any conflict of laws doctrines.

5.5 Integration . This Agreement, together with the Partnership Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement among the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, pertaining thereto. No covenant, representation or condition not expressed in this Agreement or in the Partnership Agreement (or, if applicable, any supplemental agreement to this Agreement) shall affect or be deemed to interpret, change or restrict the express provisions hereof.

 

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5.6 Amendment . This Agreement may be modified or amended only with the written approval of all parties hereto.

5.7 Waiver . No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, agreement, term or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy available upon a breach thereof shall constitute a waiver of any such breach or of such or any other covenant, agreement, term or condition.

5.8 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement binding on all the parties notwithstanding that all the parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart.

5.9 Public Announcements . No party shall issue any press release or other public statement with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, without the prior approval of the other parties (not to be unreasonably withheld), except as may be required by applicable law or exchange listing requirements.

5.10 Third-Party Beneficiaries . The provisions of this Agreement are for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns, with the sole exception that KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated are hereby recognized by the parties as intended third-party beneficiaries of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2 and 3.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
Pinedale Corridor, LP
By:   Pinedale GP, Inc., its General Partner
 

 

  Name: David J. Schulte
  Title: President
INVESTORS:
Pinedale GP, Inc.

 

Name: David J. Schulte
Title: President
Ross Avenue Investments, LLC

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Subscription Agreement]


SCHEDULE A

 

Name and Address

  

Percentage

Interest

  

Units

  

Capital Contributions

General Partner

 

Pinedale GP, Inc.

4200 W. 115 th Street, Suite 210

Overland Park, KS 66211

   81.71%   

817.1

General Partnership Interest Units

   $130,000,000, plus additional cash as necessary to cover all costs and expenses to be paid or reimbursed by the Partnership pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Partnership Agreement (estimated $4,000,000)

Limited Partner

 

Ross Avenue Investments LLC

c/o Prudential Capital Group

2200 Ross Avenue

Suite 4200E

Dallas TX 75201-2758

Attn: Managing Director, Energy

Finance Group – Oil & Gas

   18.29%   

182.9

Class B Limited Partnership Interest

Units

   $30,000,000


SCHEDULE B

First Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION VERSION

TERM CREDIT AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF DECEMBER 7, 2012

AMONG

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP

as Borrower,

AND

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Lender and Agent

AND

THE OTHER LENDERS WHICH ARE OR MAY BECOME

PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT

AND

KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS

BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH

as Co-Arrangers, Co-Syndication Agents and Co-Documentation Agents

AND

KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS

as Sole Book Runner


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

             Page  

§1.

  DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION      1   
  §1.1   Definitions      1   
  §1.2   Rules of Interpretation.      19   

§2.

  LOANS      19   
  §2.1   Commitment to Lend.      19   
  §2.2   Notes.      20   
  §2.3   Interest on Loans.      20   
  §2.4   Requests for Loans.      20   
  §2.5   Funds for Loans.      21   
  §2.6   Use of Proceeds.      22   
  §2.7   Increase in Commitments.      22   

§3.

  REPAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT OF THE LOANS      23   
  §3.1   Repayment; Stated Maturity; Extension Option.      23   
  §3.2   Mandatory Prepayments.      24   
  §3.3   Optional Prepayments.      24   
  §3.4   Partial Prepayments.      24   

§4.

  CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS      25   
  §4.1   Conversion Options; Number of LIBOR Contracts.      25   
  §4.2   Certain Fees.      25   
  §4.3   Funds for Payment.      26   
  §4.4   Taxes.      26   
  §4.5   Computations.      29   
  §4.6   Inability to Determine LIBOR Rate.      29   
  §4.7   Illegality.      29   
  §4.8   Additional Interest.      30   
  §4.9   Additional Costs, Capital Adequacy, Etc.      30   
  §4.10   Mitigation Obligations.      31   
  §4.11   Indemnity by Borrower.      32   
  §4.12   Interest on Overdue Amounts.      32   
  §4.13   Certificate.      32   
  §4.14   Limitation on Interest.      32   

§5.

  COLLATERAL SECURITY; LOCK BOX      33   
  §5.1   Collateral.      33   
  §5.2   Lock Box Account.      33   
  §5.3   Operating Account.      34   

§6.

  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS      34   
  §6.1   Corporate Authority, Etc.      34   
  §6.2   Approvals.      35   
  §6.3   Title to Properties; Leases.      35   
  §6.4   Intentionally Omitted.      36   


  §6.5   Intentionally Omitted.      36   
  §6.6   Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, Etc.      36   
  §6.7   Litigation.      36   
  §6.8   No Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc.      36   
  §6.9   Compliance with Organizational Documents, Other Instruments, Laws, Etc.      36   
  §6.10   Tax Status.      36   
  §6.11   No Event of Default.      37   
  §6.12   Investment Company Act; Public Utility.      37   
  §6.13   Separateness; Special Representations and Covenants Relating to Borrower.      37   
  §6.14   Setoff, Etc.      38   
  §6.15   Certain Transactions.      38   
  §6.16   Employee Benefit Plans.      39   
  §6.17   Regulations T, U and X.      39   
  §6.18   Environmental Compliance.      39   
  §6.19   Loan Documents.      41   
  §6.20   Mortgaged Properties.      41   
  §6.21   Reserved.      43   
  §6.22   Brokers.      43   
  §6.23   Ownership.      43   
  §6.24   OFAC.      43   
  §6.25   No Fraudulent Intent.      43   
  §6.26   Reserved.      44   
  §6.27   Solvency.      44   
  §6.28   No Bankruptcy Filing.      44   
  §6.29   Other Debt.      44   

§7.

  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF BORROWER      44   
  §7.1   Punctual Payment.      44   
  §7.2   Maintenance of Office.      44   
  §7.3   Records and Accounts.      45   
  §7.4   Financial Statements, Certificates and Information.      45   
  §7.5   Notices.      46   
  §7.6   Existence; Maintenance of Properties.      47   
  §7.7   Insurance.      47   
  §7.8   Taxes.      48   
  §7.9   Inspection of Mortgaged Properties and Books.      49   
  §7.10   Compliance with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits.      49   
  §7.11   Hedging Requirement.      49   
  §7.12   Further Assurances.      49   
  §7.13   Plan Assets.      50   
  §7.14   Registered Servicemark.      50   
  §7.15   BLM Approval; Title Policy.      50   

§8.

  CERTAIN NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF BORROWER      51   
  §8.1   Restrictions on Indebtedness.      51   

 

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  §8.2   Restrictions on Liens, Etc.      51   
  §8.3   Restrictions on Investments.      53   
  §8.4   Merger, Consolidation.      53   
  §8.5   Sale and Leaseback.      53   
  §8.6   Compliance with Environmental Laws.      53   
  §8.7   Distributions.      54   
  §8.8   Asset Sales.      55   
  §8.9   Negative Pledges, Restrictive Agreements, etc.      55   
  §8.10   Organizational Documents.      56   
  §8.11   Affiliate Transactions.      56   
  §8.12   Management Fees, Expenses, etc.      56   
  §8.13   Ultra Lease.      56   
  §8.14   Purchase Agreement.      57   

§9.

  FINANCIAL COVENANTS OF BORROWER      57   
  §9.1   Corporate Financial Covenants.      57   

§10.

  CLOSING CONDITIONS      58   
  §10.1   Loan Documents.      58   
  §10.2   Certified Copies of Organizational Documents.      58   
  §10.3   Resolutions.      58   
  §10.4   Incumbency Certificate; Authorized Signers.      58   
  §10.5   Opinion of Counsel.      59   
  §10.6   Payment of Fees.      59   
  §10.7   Insurance.      59   
  §10.8   Performance; No Default.      59   
  §10.9   Representations and Warranties.      59   
  §10.10   Proceedings and Documents.      59   
  §10.11   Mortgaged Property Documents.      59   
  §10.12   Updated Title Opinions; Title Policy.      60   
  §10.13   Intentionally Omitted.      60   
  §10.14   Approval of Documents; Acquisition of LGS Assets; Ultra Lease.      60   
  §10.15   Other Documents.      60   
  §10.16   No Condemnation/Taking.      60   
  §10.17   Equity Contribution.      60   
  §10.18   No Litigation.      60   
  §10.19   BLM Approvals Processing.      60   
  §10.20   Other.      61   

§11.

  CONDITIONS TO ALL BORROWINGS      61   
  §11.1   Representations True; No Default.      61   
  §11.2   No Legal Impediment.      61   
  §11.3   Borrowing Documents.      61   

§12.

  EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC.      62   
  §12.1   Events of Default and Acceleration.      62   
  §12.2   Limitation of Cure Periods.      64   

 

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  §12.3   [RESERVED].      65   
  §12.4   Remedies.      65   
  §12.5   Distribution of Collateral Proceeds.      65   

§13.

  SETOFF      66   

§14.

  THE AGENT      67   
  §14.1   Authorization.      67   
  §14.2   Employees and Agents.      67   
  §14.3   No Liability.      67   
  §14.4   No Representations.      68   
  §14.5   Payments.      69   
  §14.6   Holders of Notes.      70   
  §14.7   Indemnity.      70   
  §14.8   Agent as Lender.      70   
  §14.9   Resignation.      70   
  §14.10   Duties in the Case of Enforcement.      71   
  §14.11   Request for Agent Action.      71   
  §14.12   Removal of Agent.      72   
  §14.13   Bankruptcy.      72   

§15.

  EXPENSES      72   

§16.

  INDEMNIFICATION      73   

§17.

  SURVIVAL OF COVENANTS, ETC      74   

§18.

  ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION      75   
  §18.1   Conditions to Assignment by Lenders.      75   
  §18.2   Register.      76   
  §18.3   New Notes.      76   
  §18.4   Participations.      77   
  §18.5   Pledge by Lender.      77   
  §18.6   No Assignment by Borrower.      77   
  §18.7   Cooperation; Disclosure.      77   
  §18.8   Mandatory Assignment.      78   
  §18.9   Co-Agents.      79   
  §18.10   Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.      79   

§19.

  NOTICES      80   

§20.

  RELATIONSHIP      81   

§21.

  GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE      81   

§22.

  HEADINGS      82   

§23.

  COUNTERPARTS; INTEGRATION; EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC EXECUTION      82   

 

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§24.

  ENTIRE AGREEMENT, ETC.      83   

§25.

  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL AND CERTAIN DAMAGE CLAIMS      83   

§26.

  DEALINGS WITH THE BORROWER      84   

§27.

  CONSENTS, AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC.      84   

§28.

  SEVERABILITY      86   

§29.

  NO UNWRITTEN AGREEMENTS      86   

§30.

  ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS      86   

§31.

  REPLACEMENT OF NOTES      86   

§32.

  TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE      86   

§33.

  RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES      86   

EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

 

Exhibit A   Form of Note
Exhibit B   Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit C   Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Exhibit D   Form of Request for Loan
Exhibit F   Patriot Act and OFAC Transferee and Assignee Identifying Information Form
Exhibit G   SNDA
Schedule 1.1   Lenders and Commitments
Schedule 2   Mortgaged Property Documents
Schedule 3   Mortgaged Properties
Schedule 6.7   Litigation
Schedule 6.10   Tax Audits
Schedule 6.13   Deposit Accounts
Schedule 6.15   Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 6.20(f)   Unresolved Real Estate Claims or Disputes
Schedule 6.20(g)   Material Real Estate Agreements
Schedule 6.22   Brokers

 

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TERM CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS TERM CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made the 7th day of December, 2012, by and among PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP , a Delaware limited partnership, as borrower (“ Borrower ”), having its principal place of business at 4200 W. 115 th Street, Suite 210, Leawood, Kansas 66211, KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , a national banking association (“ KeyBank ”), with the other lending institutions that are or may become parties hereto pursuant to §18 as lenders (“ Lenders ”), KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as administrative agent (“ Agent ”) for itself and the other Lenders.

RECITALS

WHEREAS , Borrower has requested that Lenders make available to it a term loan facility;

WHEREAS , the Lenders are willing to make such term loan facility available to Borrower, all upon the terms and conditions contained herein;

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the recitals herein and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

§1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION

 

  §1.1 Definitions

The following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this §1 or elsewhere in the provisions of this Agreement referred to below:

Adjusted Rate . See §12A

Affected Lender . See §18.8.

Affiliates . As applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means (a) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to vote fifty percent (50%) or more of the stock, shares, voting trust certificates, beneficial interests, partnership interests, member interests or other interests having voting power for the election of directors of such Person or otherwise to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise, or (b) the ownership of (i) a general partnership interest, (ii) a managing member’s interest in a limited liability company or (iii) a limited partnership interest or preferred stock (or other ownership interest) with voting rights representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding voting rights of such Person.


Agent . KeyBank, acting as Agent for itself and the other Lenders, its successors and assigns.

Agent’s Office . Agent’s office located at 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, or at such other location as Agent may designate from time to time by notice to Borrower and the other Lenders.

Agent’s Special Counsel . Bryan Cave LLP or such other counsel as may be selected by Agent.

Agreement . This Term Credit Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto.

Agreement Regarding Fees . The Agreement Regarding Fees dated as of December 7, 2012, among Agent, Arranger and Borrower regarding certain fees payable by Borrower in connection with this Agreement.

Arranger . Collectively, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and KeyBanc Capital Markets.

Assignment and Assumption Agreement . See §18.1.

Assignment of Lease and Guaranty . The Assignment of Lease and Guaranty from Borrower in favor of Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, consolidated or otherwise modified from time to time, pursuant to which there shall be granted to Agent for the benefit of Lenders a security interest in the interest of Borrower as lessor with respect to the Ultra Lease and the Ultra Lease Guaranty, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

Base Rate . The term Base Rate shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum as shall be in effect from time to time which rate per annum shall at all times be equal to the greatest of: (i) the rate of interest established by KeyBank from time to time as its “prime rate” whether or not publicly announced, which interest rate may or may not be the lowest rate charged by it for commercial loans or other extensions of credit; (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect from time to time, determined one Business Day in arrears, plus  1 / 2 of one percent (0.5%) per annum; or (iii) the then-applicable LIBOR Rate for a one (1) month Interest Period plus one percent (1.0%) per annum.

Base Rate Loans . Those Loans bearing interest by reference to the Base Rate.

Base Rate Spread . The per annum rate of one and three-quarter percent (1.75%).

BLM . The federal Bureau of Land Management.

Borrower . As defined in the preamble hereto.

Borrower’s Knowledge or Knowledge . The actual knowledge of the chief executive officer, Principal Accounting Officer, chief financial officer (if different from the Principal Accounting Officer), or general counsel of Pinedale GP, after having conducted a reasonable investigation and inquiry thereof.

 

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Business Day . Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state of New York, the state of Kansas, the state where Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any LIBOR Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank market.

Capitalized Lease . A lease under which a Person is the lessee or obligor, the discounted future rental payment obligations under which are required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee or obligor in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Control Period . Any time when a Cash Dominion Event has occurred and is continuing.

Cash Dominion Event . Either (i) the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, (ii) the occurrence and continuation of a Lessee Debt Default, or (iii) the occurrence and continuation of a CORR Default, and the Required Lenders shall thereupon have elected to declare any such occurrence a Cash Dominion Event. For purposes of this Agreement, the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event under clause (ii) hereof shall be deemed continuing until Agent verifies to its reasonable satisfaction that the Lessee Debt Default has either been cured or waived; provided , however , that a Cash Dominion Event shall be deemed continuing at all times after a Cash Dominion Event has occurred and been discontinued on two (2) previous occasions after the Closing Date. The termination of a Cash Dominion Event as provided herein shall in no way limit, waive or delay the occurrence of a subsequent Cash Dominion Event in the event that the conditions set forth in this definition again arise.

Cash Equivalents . Investments of the type described in §8.3(a) through (f).

CERCLA . See §6.18.

Change in Law . The occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

Change of Control . CORR ceases to own, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the partnership interests in Borrower and one hundred percent (100%) of the general partnership interests in Borrower.

 

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Closing Date . The first date on which all of the conditions set forth in §10 have been satisfied or waived in writing by Agent.

Code . The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Collateral . All of the property, rights and interests of Borrower and CORR which are or are intended to be subject to the security interests, security title, liens and mortgages created by the Security Documents, including, without limitation, the Mortgaged Property.

Collateral Assignment of Purchase Agreement . The Collateral Assignment of Purchase Agreement executed by the Borrower in favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders in respect of the Purchase Agreement and the Purchase Agreement Guaranty, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

Commitment . With respect to each Lender, the amount set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereto as the amount of such Lender’s Commitment to make or maintain Loans to Borrower, as the same may be changed from time to time in accordance with the terms of §2.7 of this Agreement.

Commitment Percentage . With respect to each Lender, the percentage set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereto as such Lender’s percentage of the aggregate Commitments of all of Lenders.

Compliance Certificate . See §7.4(c).

Consolidated . With reference to any term defined herein, that term as applied to the financial condition or operating results of a Person and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated or combined basis in accordance with GAAP.

Conversion Request . A notice given by Borrower to Agent of its election to convert or continue a Loan in accordance with §4.1.

CORR . CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation, formerly known as Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation, and its successors and assigns.

CORR Change of Control . A transaction in which any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), directly or indirectly, of a sufficient number of shares of all classes of stock then outstanding of CORR ordinarily entitled to vote in the election of directors, empowering such “person” or “group” to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of CORR, who did not have such power before such transaction.

CORR Default . The occurrence of either of the following: (i) a CORR Change of Control, (ii) the breach by CORR of any of the covenants of CORR set forth in Section 14 of the Limited Guaranty and such breach continues for ten (10) days, or (iii) any representation or warranty made by CORR in the Limited Guaranty or the Pledge and Security Agreement shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect upon the date when made or deemed to have been made or repeated.

 

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Corridor . Corridor InfraTrust Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and assigns.

Debtor Relief Law . The Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

Default . See §12.1.

Default Rate . See §4.12.

Defaulting Lender . Subject to §14.5(c), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies Agent and Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) or (b) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to §14.5(c)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Lender.

Deposit Account Bank . Each bank or other financial institution at which Borrower maintains a deposit account that has entered into a Deposit Account Control Agreement.

Deposit Account Control Agreement . Each deposit account control agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, from time to time executed by a Deposit Account Bank in favor of Agent for the benefit of Agent and Lenders.

Disqualified Person . A “Disqualified Person” as defined in the Ultra Lease.

Distribution . With respect to any Person, the declaration or payment of any cash, cash flow, dividend or distribution (whether in the form of cash or property) on or in respect of any shares of any class of capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest or other beneficial interest of such Person; the purchase, redemption, exchange or other retirement for value of any

 

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shares of any class of capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest or other beneficial interest of such Person, directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary of such Person or otherwise; the return of capital (whether in the form of cash or property) by a Person to its shareholders, partners, members or other beneficial owners as such; or any other distribution on or in respect of any shares of any class of capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest or other beneficial interest of such Person.

Dollars or $ . Dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

Domestic Lending Office . Initially, the office of each Lender designated as such in Schedule 1.1 hereto; thereafter, such other office of such Lender, if any, located within the United States that will be making or maintaining Base Rate Loans.

Drawdown Date . The date on which any Loan is made or is to be made, and the date on which any Loan is converted to a Loan of the other Type.

EBITDA . With respect to Borrower for any fiscal period, the sum of (a) Net Income of such Person, plus (b) without duplication and to the extent the following have been deducted in the calculation of Net Income for such period, (i) interest expense, (ii) federal, state and local income tax expense, (iii) depletion, depreciation and amortization expense, (iv) all non-recurring non-cash expenses or charges (excluding any such non-cash item to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), (v) so long as no “Lessor Event of Default” (as defined in the Ultra Lease) described in Section 23.3(j) of the Ultra Lease has occurred and is continuing, (1) “Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amounts” defined in the Ultra Lease accrued or paid by Borrower, or offset by Ultra, pursuant to the Ultra Lease (such accruals, payments and offsets to be determined without duplication of one another) up to a maximum amount of $1,800,000 (the unused amount thereof at any time being the “Lessor Default Basket Amount”), provided in the event that any Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amount is paid to Borrower by Ultra, or extinguished, pursuant to the Ultra Lease, then the amount so paid or extinguished shall be reinstated to the Lessor Default Basket Amount, and (2) any Level 1A Lessor Payment Amounts paid to Borrower by Ultra, or extinguished, pursuant to the Ultra Lease, in excess of $1,800,000, provided that such excess amounts shall be added to EBITDA for the fiscal quarter or fiscal quarters in which such Level 1A Lessor Default Payment Amounts were accrued, paid by Borrower or offset by Ultra rather than, if different, the fiscal quarter or fiscal quarters in which the payment by Ultra to Borrower, or the extinguishment, occurred, minus (c) all non-recurring non-cash items increasing Net Income of such Person for such period (excluding any such non-cash item to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential cash item in any prior period), all determined without duplication and in accordance with GAAP.

Eligible Assignee : (a) Any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender; (b) any commercial bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, investment or mutual fund, or similar financial institution which (i) has total assets of $5,000,000,000 or more, (ii) is “well capitalized” within the meaning of such term under the regulations promulgated under the auspices of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, as amended, (iii) in the sole judgment of Agent, is engaged in the business of lending money and extending credit, and buying loans or participations in loans under credit facilities substantially similar to those extended under this

 

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Agreement, and (iv) in the sole judgment of Agent, is operationally and procedurally able to meet the obligations of a Lender hereunder; (c) any insurance company in the business of writing insurance which (i) has total assets of $5,000,000,000 or more (ii) is “best capitalized” within the meaning of such term under the applicable regulations of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and (iii) meets the requirements set forth in subclauses (iii) and (iv) of clause (b) above; and (d) any other financial institution having total assets of $5,000,000,000 (including a mutual fund or other fund under management of any investment manager having under its management total assets of $5,000,000,000 or more, and any of its Related Funds) which meets the requirement set forth in subclauses (iii) and (iv) of clause (b) above; provided that each Eligible Assignee must (A) be organized under the Laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or, if a commercial bank, be organized under the Laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, the Cayman Islands or any country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or a political subdivision of such a country, (B) act under the Loan Documents through a branch, agency or funding office located in the United States of America, (C) be exempt from withholding of tax on payments hereunder and deliver the documents related thereto pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code as in effect from time to time, and (D) not be Borrower, CORR, Ultra, UPL or an Affiliate of Borrower, CORR, Ultra or UPL or a Disqualified Person.

Employee Benefit Plan . Any employee benefit plan within the meaning of §3(3) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, other than a Multiemployer Plan.

Environmental Engineer . Any firm of independent professional engineers or other scientists generally recognized as expert in the detection, analysis and remediation of Hazardous Substances and related environmental matters and reasonably acceptable to Agent.

Environmental Laws . See §6.18(a).

Environmental Reports . See §6.18

EPA . See §6.18(b).

Equity Interests . With respect to any Person, all shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company or other ownership in participation or equivalent interests (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s equity capital (including any warrants, options or conversion or other purchase rights with respect to the foregoing) whether now outstanding or issued after the Closing Date.

Equity Investors Agreement . The Equity Investors Agreement dated on or about the Closing Date among Borrower, Ultra LGS, CORR and Prudential, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with §8.10.

Equity Offering . The public offering of CORR common stock pursuant to a SEC registered offering, the proceeds of which will be used to purchase the LGS Assets.

ERISA . The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and in effect from time to time and any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.

 

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ERISA Affiliate . Any Person which is treated as a single employer with Borrower under §414 (b) or (c) of the Code.

ERISA Reportable Event . A reportable event with respect to a Guaranteed Pension Plan within the meaning of §4043 (c) of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder as to which the requirement of notice has not been waived.

Event of Default . See §12.1.

Excluded Taxes . Any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by Borrower under §4.10) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to §4.4, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with §4.4(f) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding imposed under FATCA.

Extension Period . See §3.1(c).

FATCA . Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.

Federal Funds Effective Rate . For any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by Agent from three (3) Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by Agent. Any change in the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change in the Federal Funds Effective Rate becomes effective, without notice or demand of any kind.

Fee Easement Property . The portion of the Mortgaged Property owned in fee simple by Ultra Wyoming and with respect to which Borrower has been granted an easement, as identified on Schedule 3 attached hereto.

Foreign Lender . (a) if Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

 

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Funded Debt . With respect to any Person, without duplication all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person, other than Indebtedness described in clause (f) of the definition of Indebtedness herein.

GAAP . Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, applied on a basis consistent with the principles used in preparing Borrower’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year then ended, as such principles may be revised as a result of changes in such accounting principles implemented by Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries subsequent to such date. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth herein and Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, Agent, Lenders, and Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP as in effect prior to such change therein.

Governmental Authority . Any international, foreign, federal, state, county or municipal government, or political subdivision thereof; any governmental, quasi-governmental or regulatory agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, department, instrumentality or public body; or any court or administrative tribunal.

Guaranteed Pension Plan . Any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of §3(2) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate the benefits of which are guaranteed on termination in full or in part by the PBGC pursuant to Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan.

Hartman Judgment ” means that certain judgment dated as of December 8, 2010, Case No. 2006-6843, in favor of Doyle Hartman et al. against Questar Exploration and Production Company et al., recorded in Book 96 of Misc., page 421 Sublette County, Wyoming records.

Hazardous Substances . See §6.18(b).

Hedge Agreement . Any interest rate cap, collar, floor, forward rate, forward starting, or swap agreement or similar protective agreement regarding the hedging of interest rate risk exposure now or hereafter entered into between Borrower and any Lender with respect to the Loans.

Increasing Lender . See §2.7.

Incurred Interest . For Borrower for any fiscal period, without duplication, the aggregate amount of all interest paid, accrued or capitalized during such period, excluding loan fees. With respect to interest covered by a Hedge Agreement, interest shall be the net amount due thereunder.

Indebtedness . With respect to any Person means: (a) all indebtedness for money borrowed and any obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar debt instruments; (b) all liabilities secured by any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, pledge, security interest, lien, charge or other encumbrance existing on property owned or acquired subject thereto, whether or not the liability secured thereby shall have been assumed; (c) all guarantees,

 

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endorsements and other contingent obligations whether direct or indirect in respect of indebtedness of others, including any obligation to supply funds to or in any manner to invest directly or indirectly in a Person, to purchase indebtedness, or to assure the owner of indebtedness against loss through an agreement to purchase goods, supplies or services for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of the indebtedness held by such owner, through indemnity or otherwise, and the obligation to reimburse the issuer in respect of any letter of credit; (d) any obligation as a lessee or obligor under a Capitalized Lease; (e) all reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit or similar instruments issued by a Person; and (f) all indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities under or with respect to (i) interest rate swap, collar, cap or similar agreements providing interest rate protection, including, without limitation, any Hedge Agreement and (ii) foreign currency exchange agreements.

Indemnified Taxes . (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

Indemnitee . See §16.

Indemnity Agreement . The Indemnity Agreement Regarding Hazardous Materials, made by Borrower in favor of Agent and Lenders, pursuant to which such Borrower agrees to indemnify Agent and Lenders with respect to Hazardous Substances and Environmental Laws, such Indemnity Agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, consolidated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Interest Coverage Ratio . For any Test Period, the ratio of (i) EBITDA of Borrower for such period, to (ii) Incurred Interest for such period.

Interest Payment Date . With respect to each Loan, the fifth (5 th ) Business Day of each calendar month during the term of such Loan.

Interest Period . With respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the Drawdown Date of such Loan and ending one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter, and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the day following the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan and ending on the last day of one of the periods set forth above, as selected by Borrower in a Loan Request or Conversion Request; provided that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

(i) the first day of each Interest Period must be a Business Day.

(ii) if any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case the Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day; and

(iii) no Interest Period relating to any LIBOR Rate Loan shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

 

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Investments . With respect to any Person, all shares of capital stock, partnership interests, limited liability company interests or other ownership interests, evidences of Indebtedness and other securities issued by any other Person, all loans, advances, or extensions of credit to, or contributions to the capital of, any other Person, all purchases of the securities or business or integral part of the business of any other Person and commitments to make such purchases and all interests in real property; provided , however , that the term “ Investment ” shall not include (i) equipment, inventory and other tangible personal property acquired in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) current trade and customer accounts receivable for services rendered in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary trade terms. In determining the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at any particular time: (a) the amount of any investment represented as a guaranty shall be taken at not less than the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding; (b) there shall be included as an Investment all interest accrued with respect to Indebtedness constituting an Investment unless and until such interest is paid; (c) there shall be deducted in respect of each such Investment any amount received as a return of capital (but only by repurchase, redemption, retirement, repayment, liquidating dividend or liquidating distribution); (d) there shall not be deducted or increased in respect of any Investment any amounts received as earnings on such Investment, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise, except that accrued interest included as provided in the foregoing clause (b) may be deducted when paid; and (e) there shall not be deducted from, or added to, the aggregate amount of Investments any decrease or increase, respectively, in the value thereof.

KeyBank . KeyBank National Association, a national banking association.

Lenders . KeyBank and the other lending institutions which are or may become parties to this Agreement, pursuant to § 18 hereof, as is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

Lessee . The lessee of the LGS Assets under the Ultra Lease. The initial Lessee shall be Ultra LGS, and for purposes hereof, Ultra LGS shall continue to be the Lessee even if Ultra LGS assigns its interests under the Ultra Lease to Ultra Resources or an Affiliate of Ultra LGS or Ultra Resources. In the case of any other assignment by Ultra LGS of its interests under the Ultra Lease made in accordance with the provisions of the Ultra Lease and §8.13 hereof, the assignee of Ultra LGS shall be Lessee for purposes hereof.

Lessee Debt Default . A default shall occur with respect to payment on Lessee Material Debt of Lessee, Ultra Resources or UPL. For purposes hereof, a Lessee Debt Default shall be deemed to have occurred upon the earlier of (i) Agent’s receipt of notice thereof from either Borrower or Lessee, or (ii) Agent otherwise having actual knowledge thereof.

Lessee Material Debt . A “Material Debt” as defined in the Ultra Lease.

LGS Assets . The “Liquids Gathering System” as defined and described in the Ultra Lease.

LIBOR Lending Office . Initially, the office of each Lender designated as such in Schedule 1.1 hereto; thereafter, such other office of such Lender, if any, that shall be making or maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans.

 

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LIBOR Rate . As applicable to any LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate per annum as determined on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in Dollars, for a period of time comparable to the Interest Period for such LIBOR Rate Loan which appears on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m. London time on the day that is two (2) LIBOR Business Days preceding the first day of the Interest Period for such LIBOR Rate Loan; provided , however , if the rate described above does not appear on such service on any applicable interest determination date, the LIBOR Rate shall be the rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point), determined on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in Dollars for a period of time comparable to the Interest Period for such LIBOR Rate Loan which are offered by four (4) major banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time, on the day that is two (2) LIBOR Business Days preceding the first day of the Interest Period for the LIBOR Rate Loan as selected by Agent. The principal London office of each of the four (4) major London banks will be requested to provide a quotation of its Dollar deposit offered rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, the rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the rate for that date will be determined on the basis of the rates quoted for loans in Dollars to leading European banks for a period of time comparable to the Interest Period for such LIBOR Rate Loan offered by major banks in New York City at approximately 11:00 a.m. (eastern time), on the day that is two (2) LIBOR Business Days preceding the first day of the Interest Period for the LIBOR Rate Loan. In the event that Agent is unable to obtain any such quotation as provided above, it will be deemed that the LIBOR Rate for a LIBOR Rate Loan cannot be determined and §4.6 shall apply. In such event, the Loan shall bear interest at the Base Rate. In the event that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall impose a Reserve Percentage with respect to LIBOR deposits of Agent, then for any period during which such Reserve Percentage shall apply, the LIBOR Rate shall be equal to the amount determined above divided by an amount equal to one (1)  minus the Reserve Percentage.

LIBOR Rate Loans . Those Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to the LIBOR Rate.

LIBOR Rate Spread . The per annum rate of three and one-quarter percent (3.25%).

Liens . See §8.2.

Limited Guaranty . The Carve Out Guaranty Agreement executed by CORR in favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

Loans . Collectively, the aggregate Loans to be made by Lenders under §2.1 on the Closing Date under the Commitment not to exceed $65,000,000; subject, however, to increase in accordance with §2.7.

Loan Documents . Collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Security Documents, the Limited Guaranty, the Hedge Agreements, the SNDA and all other documents, instruments or agreements now or hereafter assumed, executed or delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or CORR in favor of the Agent or the Lenders in connection with the Loans, as the same may be amended, modified, renewed, extended, consolidated, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

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Loan Request . See §2.4.

Lock Box Account . See §5.2.

Material Adverse Effect . A materially adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), or results of operations of Borrower, (b) the ability of Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, or (d) the rights, benefits or interests of Lenders and Agent in and to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the Collateral.

Material Lease Amendment . A “Material Lease Amendment” as defined in the SNDA.

Maturity Date . December 31, 2015, or if the Maturity Date is extended pursuant to §3.1(c), December 30, 2016, or such earlier date on which the Loans shall become due and payable pursuant to the terms hereof.

Moody’s . Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgage . Each Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Rents, Financing Statement and Fixture Filing from Borrower in favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders, whether now existing or hereafter entered into, as modified, amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, pursuant to which Borrower shall have conveyed or granted a mortgage lien upon each Mortgaged Property as security for the Obligations, such document to be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties . Individually and collectively, the property and property interests described on Schedule 3 attached hereto, each by this reference incorporated herein, which has been conveyed as security for the Obligations pursuant to the Mortgage, and any other property and property interests which are added as Mortgaged Property pursuant to §5.1 hereof.

Mortgaged Property Documents . See Schedule 2 attached hereto by reference made a part hereof.

Multiemployer Plan . Any multiemployer plan within the meaning of §3(37) of ERISA to which Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is making, or is required to make, contributions.

Nerd Enterprise Mortgage ” means that certain mortgage with Nerd Enterprises, Inc., a Wyoming corporation as mortgagor and George P. Westman, as mortgagee, recorded April 30, 1997 in Book 68 of Mtg, page 75 in Sublette County, Wyoming records, in the original principal amount of $80,000.

Net Income . With respect to Borrower for any Test Period, the net income (or deficit) of Borrower, after deduction of all expenses, taxes and other property charges, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Net Worth . The amount by which Total Assets exceeds Total Liabilities.

 

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Non-Consenting Lender . See §18.8.

Notes . See §2.2.

Notice . See §19.

Obligations . All indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of Borrower to any of Lenders and Agent, individually or collectively, under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans or the Notes, or other instruments at any time evidencing any of the foregoing, whether existing on the date of this Agreement or arising or incurred hereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise (including, without limitation, advances made by Agent to protect or preserve the Collateral or the security interests therein), and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against Borrower of any proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy Code or other similar federal or State law, naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether or not such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. To the extent this definition of “Obligations” is referenced in any Security Document, the definition shall also include any Indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of Borrower under any and all Hedge Agreements.

OFAC Review Process . That certain review process established by Agent to determine if any potential transferee of any interests or any assignee of any portion of the Loans or any of their members, officers or partners are a party with whom Agent and any Lender are restricted from doing business under (i) the regulations of OFAC, including those Persons named on OFAC’s Specially Designated and Blocked Persons list, or (ii) any other statute, executive order or other governmental action or list (including the September 24, 2001 Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism.

Operating Account . See §5.3.

Organizational Document . With respect to any Person other than a natural person, its articles or certificate of incorporation, formation or organization, partnership agreement (including with respect to Borrower, the Partnership Agreement), operating agreement, by-laws and all shareholder agreements, voting trusts and similar arrangements applicable to any of its authorized Equity Interests.

Other Connection Taxes . With respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

Other Taxes . all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest

 

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under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to §4.10).

Outstanding . With respect to the Loans, the aggregate unpaid principal thereof as of any date of determination.

Partnership Agreement . The First Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Borrower dated on or about the Closing Date, as it may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Patriot Act Customer Identification Process . That certain customer identification and review process established by Agent pursuant to the requirements of 31 U.S.C. §5318(1) and 31 C.F.R. §103.121 to verify the identity of all permitted transferees of interests in Borrower and any assignees of a portion of the Loan hereunder.

PBGC . The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by §4002 of ERISA and any successor entity or entities having similar responsibilities.

Permitted Liens . Liens, security interests and other encumbrances permitted by §8.2.

Person . Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, business, or other legal entity, and any government or any governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.

Pinedale GP . Pinedale GP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the sole general partner of Borrower.

Plan Assets . Assets of any Employee Benefit Plan subject to Part 4, Subtitle A, Title I of ERISA.

Pledge and Security Agreement . The Pledge and Security Agreement executed by CORR for the purpose of pledging and granting a first priority security interest in and to all Equity Interests now or hereafter owned by CORR in Pinedale GP.

Pledged Deposit Accounts . The Lock Box Account and the Operating Account.

Principal Accounting Officer . The primary officer or the authorized agent of Borrower responsible for the preparation and certification of financial statements.

Prudential . Ross Avenue Investments LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Purchase Agreement . The Purchase and Sale Agreement dated December 7, 2012 between Ultra Wyoming as seller and Borrower as buyer with respect to the LGS Assets, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with §8.14.

 

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Purchase Agreement Guaranty . The Guaranty executed by UPL pursuant to which UPL guarantees the obligations of Ultra Wyoming under the Purchase Agreement, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with §8.14.

RCRA . See §6.18(a).

Recipient . Agent and any Lender, as applicable.

Record . The grid attached to any Note, or the continuation of such grid, or any other similar record, including computer records, maintained by Agent with respect to any Loan referred to in such Note.

Register . See §18.2.

REIT Status . See §8.7.

Related Fund . With respect to any fund that invests in loans, any other fund that invests in loans that is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender or such investment advisor.

Related Parties . With respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

Release . See §6.18(c) (iii).

Required Lenders . As of any date, the Lender or Lenders (not including any Defaulting Lender, which shall not be entitled to vote) whose aggregate Commitment Percentage exceeds fifty percent (50%).

Requirements . Any applicable federal or state law or governmental regulation, or any local ordinance, order or regulation, including but not limited to laws, regulations, or ordinances relating to zoning, building use and occupancy, subdivision control, fire protection, health, sanitation, safety, handicapped access, historic preservation and protection, tidelands, wetlands, flood control and Environmental Laws, including without limitation, the Americans With Disabilities Act or any state laws regarding disability requirements, or any lease, agreement, covenant or instrument to which any Mortgaged Property may be subject.

Reserve Percentage . As of any date, the maximum aggregate reserve requirement (including all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves) which is imposed on member banks of the Federal Reserve System against “Euro-currency Liabilities” as defined in Regulation D. The LIBOR Rate for each outstanding LIBOR Rate Loan shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Reserve Percentage.

S&P . Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.

SARA . See §6.18(a).

SEC . United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Security Agreement . The Security Agreement executed by Borrower in favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders granting a first priority security interest in all personal property assets of Borrower, which Security Agreement shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

Security Documents . Collectively, the Mortgages, the Security Agreement, the Assignment of Lease and Guaranty, the Collateral Assignment of Purchase Agreement, the Indemnity Agreement, the Deposit Account Control Agreements, the Pledge and Security Agreement and any further collateral assignments now or hereafter delivered by Borrower or CORR to Agent for the benefit of Lenders, including, without limitation, UCC-1 financing statements filed or recorded in connection therewith, as each may be further amended, modified, renewed, consolidated, supplemented or extended, from time to time.

SNDA . The Subordination, Nondisturbance and Attornment Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit G .

State . A state of the United States of America, or the District of Columbia.

Subsequent Lender . See §2.7.

Subsidiary . Any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business or legal entity of which the designated parent shall at any time own, directly or indirectly through a Person or Persons, a greater than fifty percent (50%) ownership interest.

Supermajority Lenders . As of any date, the Lender or Lenders (not including any Defaulting Lender, which shall not be entitled to vote) whose aggregate Commitment Percentage exceeds seventy-five percent (75%).

Taxes . all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Test Period . See §9.1(a).

Title Insurance Company . First American Title Insurance Company.

Title Policy . With respect to the Fee Easement Property only, an ALTA Standard Loan Policy Form 2006, with ALTA Endorsement Form 1 Coverage (or if such form is not available, an equivalent form of or legally promulgated form of mortgagee title insurance policy reasonably acceptable to Agent), issued by the Title Insurance Company (with such reinsurance or co-insurance as the Agent may require, any such reinsurance to be with direct access endorsements to the extent available under applicable law) in such amount as the Agent may reasonably require insuring the priority of the Mortgage and that Borrower holds good and marketable title to such easement rights, subject only to the encumbrances permitted by the Mortgage and which shall not contain standard exceptions for mechanics’ liens, persons in occupancy or matters which would be shown by a survey, shall not insure over any matter except to the extent that any such affirmative insurance is acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion; and shall contain such endorsements and affirmative insurance with respect to the specific circumstances of the Fee Easement Property as the Agent reasonably may require.

 

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Total Assets . All assets of a Person determined in accordance with GAAP.

Total Funded Debt . As of any date of determination, an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of all Funded Debt of Borrower.

Total Leverage Ratio . For any Test Period, the ratio of (i) Total Funded Debt as of the end of such period to (ii) EBITDA of Borrower for such period.

Total Liabilities . All liabilities of a Person determined in accordance with GAAP, but in any event excluding contingent obligations under any Hedge Agreements.

Type . As to any Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan.

Ultra Entities . Ultra LGS, Ultra Resources, Ultra Wyoming and UPL, or any one or more of them.

Ultra Lease . The Lease dated on or about the date hereof between Borrower, as lessor, and Ultra LGS, as lessee, with respect to the LGS Assets, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with §8.13. An executed copy of the Ultra Lease shall be on file with Agent at all times.

Ultra Lease Guaranty . Collectively, the Lessee Guaranty executed by UPL pursuant to which UPL guarantees the obligations of Ultra LGS under the Ultra Lease, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with §8.13 and the Lessee Guaranty executed by Ultra Resources pursuant to which Ultra Resources guarantees up to $80,000,000 of the obligations of Ultra LGS under the Ultra Lease, as it may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with §8.13.

Ultra LGS . Ultra Wyoming LGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors and assigns.

Ultra Resources . Ultra Resources, Inc., a Wyoming corporation, and its successors and assigns.

Ultra Wyoming . Ultra Wyoming, Inc., a Wyoming corporation, and its successors and assigns.

UPL . Ultra Petroleum Corp., a Yukon Territory, Canada corporation, and its successors and assigns.

Voting Interests . Stock, partnership, membership or similar ownership interests of any class or classes (however designated), the holders of which are at the time entitled, as such holders, (a) to vote for the election of a majority of the directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity involved, or (b) to control, manage, or conduct the business of the corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other business entity involved.

Withholding Agent . Borrower and Agent.

 

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  §1.2 Rules of Interpretation .

(a) A reference to any document or agreement shall include such document or agreement as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Agreement.

(b) The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.

(c) A reference to any law includes any amendment or modification to such law.

(d) A reference to any Person includes its permitted successors and permitted assigns.

(e) Accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP applied on a consistent basis by the accounting entity to which they refer.

(f) The words “include”, “includes” and “including” are not limiting.

(g) The words “approval” and “approved” as the context so determines, means an approval in writing given to the party seeking approval after full and fair disclosure to the party giving approval of all material facts necessary in order to determine whether approval should be granted.

(h) All terms not specifically defined herein or by GAAP, which terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York, have the meanings assigned to them therein.

(i) Reference to a particular “§”, refers to that section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

(j) The words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and words of like import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or subdivision of this Agreement.

(k) All references in this Agreement to “Cleveland time” shall refer to prevailing time in Cleveland, Ohio.

§2. LOANS

 

  §2.1 Commitment to Lend .

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the Lenders severally agrees to lend to Borrower, and Borrower will borrow on the Closing Date, an amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment; provided , that, in all events no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and provided , further , that the outstanding principal amount of the Loans (after giving effect to all amounts requested), shall not at any time exceed the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders. The Loans shall be made pro rata in accordance

 

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with each Lender’s Commitment Percentage. Borrower’s request for the Loans hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by Borrower that all of the conditions set forth in §10 have been satisfied on the date of such request. No Lender shall have any obligation to make Loans to Borrower in a principal amount of more than the principal face amount of such Lender’s Commitment.

 

  §2.2 Notes .

If requested by a Lender, the Loans of such Lender shall be evidenced by separate term promissory notes of Borrower in favor of the Lenders in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto (such notes and any substitute or replacement notes therefore, the “ Notes ”). A Note shall be payable to each Lender in the principal face amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment, or, if less, the outstanding amount of all Loans made by such Lender, plus interest accrued thereon, as set forth below. Each such Note shall be issued by Borrower to the applicable Lender and shall be duly executed and delivered by an authorized officer of Borrower. Borrower irrevocably authorizes Agent to make or cause to be made, at or about the time of the Drawdown Date of any Loan or the time of receipt of any payment of principal thereof, an appropriate notation on Agent’s Record reflecting the making of such Loan or the receipt of such payment. The Outstanding amount of the Loans set forth on Agent’s Record shall be prima facie evidence of the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to each Lender, but the failure to record, or any error in so recording, any such amount on Agent’s Record shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of Borrower, hereunder or under any Note to make payments of principal of or interest on any Note when due.

 

  §2.3 Interest on Loans .

(a) Each LIBOR Rate Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (A) the LIBOR Rate, plus (B) the LIBOR Rate Spread; and

(b) Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest commencing with the Drawdown Date thereof until repayment or conversion to a LIBOR Rate Loan at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (A) the Base Rate, plus (B) the Base Rate Spread.

(c) Borrower promises to pay interest on the Loans in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect thereto.

(d) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that all Loans will be LIBOR Rate Loans unless (i) the provisions of §4.6 or 4.7 require Loans to be Base Rate Loans, or (ii) an Event of Default exists requiring the Loans to be Base Rate Loans as provided in §4.1.

 

  §2.4 Requests for Loans .

Borrower shall give to Agent written notice in the form of Exhibit D hereto (or telephonic notice confirmed in writing in the form of Exhibit D hereto) of the Loan (the “ Loan Request ”) by 12:00 noon (Cleveland time) on the Business Day prior to the proposed Drawdown Date with respect to Base Rate Loans and three (3) Business Days prior to such Drawdown Date with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans. Such notice shall specify the Type of Loan, the initial

 

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Interest Period (if applicable) and the Drawdown Date. Such notice shall also contain a statement that the conditions to borrowing set forth in §10 hereof have been satisfied. Promptly upon receipt of any such notice, Agent shall notify each of Lenders thereof. Such Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrower and shall obligate Borrower to accept the Loan requested from Lenders on the proposed Drawdown Date. Each Loan Request shall be (a) for a Base Rate Loan in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof; or (b) for a LIBOR Rate Loan in a minimum aggregate amount of $2,000,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof; provided , however , that there shall be no more than six (6) LIBOR Rate Loans outstanding at any one time.

 

  §2.5 Funds for Loans .

(a) Not later than 2:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) on the proposed Drawdown Date of any Loans, each Lender will make available to Agent, at Agent’s Office, in immediately available funds, the amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the amount of the requested Loans which may be disbursed pursuant hereto. Upon receipt from each Lender of such amount, and upon receipt of the documents required by §10 (in the case of Loans to be made on the Closing Date only) and §11 and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth therein, to the extent applicable, Agent will make available to Borrower the aggregate amount of such Loans made available to Agent by Lenders by crediting such amount to the account of Borrower maintained at Agent’s Head Office. The failure or refusal of any Lender to make available to Agent at the aforesaid time and place on any Drawdown Date the amount of its Commitment Percentage of the requested Loans shall not relieve any other Lender from its several obligation hereunder to make available to Agent the amount of such other Lender’s Commitment Percentage of any requested Loans, including any additional Loans that may be requested subject to the terms and conditions hereof to provide funds to replace those not advanced by the Lender so failing or refusing. In the event of any such failure or refusal, the Lenders not so failing or refusing shall be entitled to a priority secured position as against the Lender or Lenders so failing or refusing to make available to Borrower the amount of its or their Commitment Percentage for such Loans as provided in §12.5.

(b) Unless Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the applicable Drawdown Date that such Lender will not make available to Agent such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of a proposed Loan, Agent may in its discretion assume that such Lender has made such Loan available to Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and Agent may, if it chooses, in reliance upon such assumption make such Loan available to Borrower, and such Lender shall be liable to Agent for the amount of such advance. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount upon Agent’s demand therefor, Agent will promptly notify Borrower, and Borrower shall promptly pay such corresponding amount to Agent. Agent shall also be entitled to recover from the Lender or Borrower, as the case may be, interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by Agent to Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by Agent at a per annum rate equal to (i) from Borrower at the applicable rate for such Loan or (ii) from a Lender at the Federal Funds Effective Rate.

 

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  §2.6 Use of Proceeds .

Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans solely (i) to pay closing costs and expenses in connection with this Agreement, the Equity Offering, the Purchase Agreement, the Ultra Lease and all other transaction documents relating thereto; (ii) to pay a portion of the purchase price for the LGS Assets under the Purchase Agreement; and (iii) if the Commitments are increased pursuant to §2.7, to pay a portion of the cost of additional LGS Assets.

 

  §2.7 Increase in Commitments .

In the event Borrower purchases additional assets that are added to and become part of the LGS Assets, Borrower may, at its option and subject to the conditions set forth below in this §2.7, request up to two (2) times per annum that Agent increase the aggregate Commitments to the extent of thirty percent (30%) of the documented cost of such additional assets by (i) admitting additional Lenders hereunder (each a “ Subsequent Lender ”) and/or (ii) increasing the Commitment of any Lender (each an “ Increasing Lender ”) subject to the following conditions:

(a) each Subsequent Lender shall meet the conditions for an Eligible Assignee;

(b) if requested by the applicable Lender, Borrower executes new Notes payable to the order of each Subsequent Lender, or a new or replacement Note payable to the order of each Increasing Lender;

(c) each Subsequent Lender executes and delivers to Agent a signature page to this Agreement evidencing its agreement to be bound as a Lender hereunder and each Increasing Lender executes and delivers to Agent an acknowledgement of its increased Commitment;

(d) Borrower and Agent shall have executed new Security Documents and/or modifications of the Security Documents and other Loan Documents to reflect the increase in the Commitments and additions to the Collateral and Borrower shall have paid to Agent any and all documentary stamp tax, non-recurring intangible tax or other taxes imposed in connection with the recording of such modifications of the Security Documents or increase in the Commitment amount and Agent shall be provided with evidence satisfactory to it that all Liens in favor of Agent are and remain first priority Liens;

(e) the Ultra Lease shall have been amended and/or the Base Rent thereunder shall have been increased to give effect to the purchase of additional assets by Borrower that become part of the LGS Assets, all in form and substance satisfactory to Agent;

(f) after giving effect to the admission of any Subsequent Lender or the increase in the Commitment of any Increasing Lender, the sum of all Commitments does not exceed $78,000,000;

(g) each increase in the total Commitments shall be in the amount of at least $1,000,000;

(h) all of the representations and warranties of Borrower and CORR in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the effective date of the increase in the total Commitment (or if such representations and warranties by their terms relate solely to an earlier date, then as of such earlier date);

 

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(i) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom;

(j) no Lender, including, but not limited to KeyBank, shall be an Increasing Lender without the written consent of such Lender;

(k) Borrower shall have delivered to Agent a Compliance Certificate setting forth in reasonable detail computations evidencing compliance, on a proforma basis giving effect to the Commitment increase, with the covenants contained in §9; and

(l) Borrower shall enter into Hedge Agreements with respect to such increase in the Commitments having terms reasonably satisfactory to Agent taking into account the terms of the existing Hedge Agreements; and

(m) Borrower shall have executed such other modifications and documents and made such other deliveries as Agent may reasonably require to evidence and effectuate such new or increased Commitments and shall pay or reimburse Agent and Agent’s Special Counsel for all reasonable fees (including any fees specified in the Agreement Regarding Fees), expenses and costs in connection with the foregoing and Borrower shall also pay such Loan fees and placement fees, if any, as may be agreed for such increase in the Commitments.

After adding the Commitment of any Increasing Lender or Subsequent Lender, Agent shall promptly provide each Lender and Borrower with a new Schedule 1.1 to this Agreement (and each Lender acknowledges that its Commitment Percentage under Schedule 1.1 and allocated portion of the Outstanding Loans will change in accordance with its pro rata share of the increased Term Commitments.) Unless and until the total Commitments have been increased in accordance with this §2.7, Borrower shall not be permitted any disbursement beyond the amount of the Commitments in effect immediately prior to such proposed increase.

§3. REPAYMENT AND PREPAYMENT OF THE LOANS

 

  §3.1 Repayment; Stated Maturity; Extension Option .

(a) Principal Amortization Payments . Commencing on March 7, 2014 and continuing on the fifth (5 th ) Business Day of each month thereafter during the term of the Loans (including any Extension Period), monthly principal payments on the Loans in an amount equal to forty-two hundredths percent (0.42%) of the Outstanding amount of the Loans as of March 1, 2014 shall be due and payable.

(b) Maturity Date . Borrower promises to pay on the Maturity Date, and there shall become absolutely due and payable on the Maturity Date, the entire Outstanding principal amount of all Loans outstanding on such date, together with any and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

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election to extend not less than 90 days prior to the Maturity Date, provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default exists either on the date such notice is given or on the original Maturity Date, (ii) each of the representations and warranties made by Borrower or CORR in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or in any document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be true in all material respects as of the date they were made, as of the date notice of extension is given and as of the original Maturity Date (except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions permitted by the Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects only as of such specified date), (iii) Borrower executes and delivers such amendments or modifications to the Mortgage as Agent may reasonably require in order to evidence such extension and to maintain the effectiveness and priority of the Mortgage, together with payment of all mortgage, recording, intangible, documentary stamp or other similar taxes and charges which Agent determines to be payable as a result of such extension and the recording of such amendments or modifications, and affidavits or other information which Agent determines to be necessary in connection therewith, and (iv) Borrower shall have paid to Agent on the original Maturity Date, for the account of the Lenders in accordance with their respective percentage of the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders, an extension fee equal to twenty-five one hundredths percent (0.25%) of the aggregate Outstanding Loans as of the original Maturity Date.

 

  §3.2 Mandatory Prepayments .

In the event that a Cash Control Period exists, the Loans shall be subject to mandatory principal prepayment as provided in §5.2(b) hereof.

 

  §3.3 Optional Prepayments .

Borrower shall have the right, at its election, to prepay the outstanding amount of the Loans, as a whole or in part, at any time without penalty or premium, provided that if any full or partial prepayment of the outstanding amount of any LIBOR Rate Loans is made on a date that is not the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, such payment shall be accompanied by the amount payable pursuant to §4.8. Borrower shall give Agent, no later than 10:00 a.m., Cleveland time, at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice of any prepayment pursuant to this §3.3, in each case specifying the proposed date of payment of Loans and the principal amount of the Loans to be prepaid. Notice of prepayment, once given, shall be irrevocable, and such amount shall become due and payable on the specified prepayment date.

 

  §3.4 Partial Prepayments .

Each partial prepayment of the Loans under §3.3 shall be in the minimum amount of $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (unless the Loan is being prepaid in full), and each partial prepayment of the Loans under §3.2 and §3.3 shall be accompanied by the payment of accrued interest on the principal prepaid to the date of payment and, after payment of such interest, shall be applied, in the absence of instruction by Borrower, first to the principal of Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and then to the Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans; provided , however , that no such partial prepayment under §3.3 shall reduce the aggregate principal amount of the Loans to an amount that is less than $10,000,000.

 

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§4. CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

  §4.1 Conversion Options; Number of LIBOR Contracts .

(a) Subject to the terms of §2.3(d), Borrower may elect from time to time to convert any of the outstanding Loans to a Loan of another Type and such Loan shall thereafter bear interest as a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan, as applicable; provided that (i) with respect to any such conversion of a LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan, Borrower shall give Agent at least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice of such election, and such conversion shall only be made on the last day of the Interest Period with respect to such LIBOR Rate Loan; (ii) with respect to any such conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan, Borrower shall give Agent at least three (3) LIBOR Business Days’ prior written notice of such election and the Interest Period requested for such Loan; the principal amount of the Loan so converted shall be in a minimum aggregate amount (for all Lenders) of $2,000,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof; and (iii) no Loan may be converted into a LIBOR Rate Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. All or any part of the outstanding Loans of any Type may be converted as provided herein, provided that no partial conversion shall result in a Base Rate Loan in an aggregate principal amount (for all Lenders) of less than $1,000,000 or a LIBOR Rate Loan in an aggregate principal amount (for all Lenders) of less than $2,000,000 and that the aggregate principal amount (for all Lenders) of each Loan shall be an integral multiple of $100,000. On the date on which such conversion is being made, each Lender shall take, to the extent it deems it necessary to do so, such action as is necessary to transfer its Commitment Percentage of such Loans to its Domestic Lending Office or its LIBOR Lending Office, as the case may be. Each Conversion Request relating to the conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be irrevocable by Borrower.

(b) Any LIBOR Rate Loan may be continued as such Type upon the expiration of an Interest Period with respect thereto by compliance by Borrower with the terms of §4.1; provided that no LIBOR Rate Loan may be continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, but shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto ending during the continuance of any Event of Default.

(c) In the event that Borrower does not notify Agent of its election hereunder with respect to any Loan, such Loan shall be automatically converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan having an Interest period of one (1) month at the end of the applicable Interest Period.

 

  (d) There shall be no more than six (6) LIBOR Rate Loans outstanding at any one time.

 

  §4.2 Certain Fees .

Borrower agrees to pay to KeyBank certain fees for services rendered or to be rendered in connection with the Loans as provided in the Agreement Regarding Fees. Unless otherwise provided therein, all such fees shall be fully earned when due and non-refundable when paid.

 

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  §4.3 Funds for Payment .

All payments of principal, interest, Agent’s fees, closing fees and any other amounts due hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents shall be made to Agent, for the respective accounts of Lenders and Agent, as the case may be, at Agent’s Office, no later than 1:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) on the day when due, in each case in lawful money of the United States in immediately available funds.

 

  §4.4 Taxes.

(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower, as applicable, shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(b) The Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

(c) Each Lender shall severally indemnify Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that Borrower has not already indemnified Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of §18 relating to the maintenance of the Register (as defined in §18.2) and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to Agent under this paragraph (c).

(d) If requested by Agent after any payment of Taxes by Borrower, to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 4.4, Borrower shall deliver to Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

 

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(e)  (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to Borrower and Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as will enable Borrower or Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in § 4.4(f)A, B and D below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

 

  (f) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

A. any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to Borrower and Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

B. any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

i. in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

ii. executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

iii. in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit [J]-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN,; or

 

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iv. to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit [J]-2 or Exhibit [J]-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit [J]-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

C. any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Borrower and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit Borrower or Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

D. if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Borrower and Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or Agent as may be necessary for Borrower and Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Borrower and Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(g) If any party has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 4.4 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.4), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant

 

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to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(h) Each party’s obligations under this §4.4 shall survive the resignation or replacement of Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

  §4.5 Computations .

All computations of interest on the Loans and of other fees to the extent applicable shall be based on a 360-day year (or, in the case of interest on Base Rate Loans, a 365/366-day year) and paid for the actual number of days elapsed (excluding the day of repayment). Except as otherwise provided in the definition of the term “Interest Period” with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, whenever a payment hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents becomes due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall accrue during such extension. The outstanding amount of the Loans as reflected on the records of Agent from time to time shall be considered prima facie evidence of such amount.

 

  §4.6 Inability to Determine LIBOR Rate .

In the event that at any time Agent shall determine in the exercise of its good faith business judgment that adequate and reasonable methods do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate, Agent shall forthwith give notice of such determination (which shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower and Lenders) to Borrower and Lenders. In such event (a) any Loan Request with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans shall be automatically withdrawn and shall be deemed a request for Base Rate Loans and (b) each LIBOR Rate Loan will automatically become a Base Rate Loan at the end of the current Interest Period, and the obligations of Lenders to make LIBOR Rate Loans shall be suspended until Agent determines that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, whereupon Agent shall so notify Borrower and Lenders.

 

  §4.7 Illegality .

Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any present or future law, regulation, treaty or directive or the interpretation or application thereof shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over a Lender or its LIBOR Lending Office shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender to make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans, such Lender shall forthwith give notice of such circumstances to Agent and Borrower and thereupon (a) until such conditions terminate, the obligation of such Lender to make LIBOR Rate Loans or convert Loans of another type to LIBOR Rate Loans shall forthwith be suspended, (b) until such conditions terminate, each request by Borrower to make a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be deemed, with respect to such Lender, to be a request for a Base Rate Loan and (c) the LIBOR Rate Loans then outstanding from such Lender shall be converted automatically to Base Rate Loans.

 

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  §4.8 Additional Interest .

If any LIBOR Rate Loan or any portion thereof is repaid or is converted to a Base Rate Loan for any reason on a date which is prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan, or if repayment of the Loans has been accelerated as provided in §12.1, Borrower will pay to Agent upon demand for the account of Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages, in addition to any amounts of interest otherwise payable hereunder, any amounts required to compensate Lenders for any losses, costs or expenses (but not loss of profit) which may reasonably be incurred as a result of such payment or conversion, including, without limitation, an amount equal to daily interest for the unexpired portion of such Interest Period on the LIBOR Rate Loan or portion thereof so repaid or converted at a per annum rate equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the interest rate calculated on the basis of the LIBOR Rate applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan (excluding any spread over such LIBOR Rate) minus (b) the yield obtainable by Agent upon the purchase of debt securities customarily issued by the Treasury of the United States of America which have a maturity date most closely approximating the last day of such Interest Period (it being understood that the purchase of such securities shall not be required in order for such amounts to be payable and that a Lender shall not be obligated or required to have actually obtained funds at the LIBOR Rate or to have actually reinvested such amount as described above).

 

  §4.9 Additional Costs, Capital Adequacy, Etc.

 

  (a) Subject to §4.4, if any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the LIBOR Rate);

(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Other Connection Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

(iii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender, Agent or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, Agent or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or Agent, or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, Agent, or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, Agent, or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional

 

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costs incurred or reduction suffered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall have the right, in lieu of making the payment referred to in this §4.9(a), to prepay the Loans of the applicable Lender within fifteen (15) days of such demand and avoid the payment of the amounts otherwise due under this §4.9(a) or to cause the applicable Lender to assign its Loans and Commitments in accordance with §18.8, provided, however, that Borrower shall be required to pay together with such prepayment of the Loan all other costs, damages and expenses otherwise due under this Agreement as a result of such prepayment.

(b) If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall have the right, in lieu of making the payment referred to in this §4.9(b), to prepay the Loans of the applicable Lender within fifteen (15) days of such demand and avoid the payment of the amounts otherwise due under this §4.9(b) or to cause the applicable Lender to assign its Loans and Commitments in accordance with §18.8, provided, however, that Borrower shall be required to pay together with such prepayment of the Loan all other fees, costs, damages and expenses otherwise due under this Agreement as a result of such prepayment.

(c) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

 

  §4.10 Mitigation Obligations .

If any Lender requests compensation under §4.9, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to §4.4, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to §4.4 or §4.9, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

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  §4.11 Indemnity by Borrower .

Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender and to hold each Lender harmless from and against any loss, cost or expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by Borrower in payment of the principal amount of or any interest on any LIBOR Rate Loans as and when due and payable, including any such loss or expense arising from interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to maintain its LIBOR Rate Loans, or (b) default by Borrower in making a borrowing or conversion after Borrower has given (or is deemed to have given) a Conversion Request.

 

  §4.12 Interest on Overdue Amounts .

Following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, and regardless of whether or not Lenders shall have accelerated the maturity of the Loans, at the election of the Required Lenders, all Loans shall bear interest payable on demand at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) above the rate that would otherwise be applicable at such time (the “ Default Rate ”), until such amount shall be paid in full (after as well as before judgment), or if such rate shall exceed the maximum rate permitted by law, then at the maximum rate permitted by law.

 

  §4.13 Certificate .

A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in §4.8, §4.9, §4.11 or §4.12 and delivered to the Borrower, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 30 days after receipt thereof.

 

  §4.14 Limitation on Interest .

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, all agreements between Borrower and Lenders and Agent, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether written or oral, are hereby limited so that in no contingency, whether by reason of acceleration of the maturity of any of the Obligations or otherwise, shall the interest contracted for, charged or received by Lenders exceed the maximum amount permissible under applicable law. If, from any circumstance whatsoever, interest would otherwise be payable to Lenders in excess of the maximum lawful amount, the interest payable to Lenders shall be reduced to the maximum amount permitted under applicable law; and if from any circumstance Lenders shall ever receive anything of value deemed interest by applicable law in excess of the maximum lawful amount, an amount equal to any excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of the Obligations and to the payment of interest or, if such excessive interest exceeds the unpaid balance of principal of the Obligations, such excess shall be refunded to Borrower. All interest paid or agreed to be paid to Lenders shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full period until payment in full of the principal of the Obligations (including the period of any renewal or extension thereof) so that the interest thereon for such full period shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. This section shall control all agreements between Borrower and Lenders and Agent.

 

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§5. COLLATERAL SECURITY; LOCK BOX

 

  §5.1 Collateral .

The Obligations shall be secured by (i) a perfected lien or security title and security interest to be held by Agent for the benefit of Lenders in the Mortgaged Properties and certain personal property of Borrower related to the Mortgaged Properties, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage, (ii) a perfected security interest in favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders in the personal property assets of Borrower pursuant to the Security Agreement, (iii) a perfected security interest to be held by Agent for the benefit of Lenders in the Ultra Lease and the Ultra Lease Guaranty pursuant to the Assignment of Lease and Guaranty, in certain contracts of Borrower pursuant to the Assignment of Contracts, and in the Purchase Agreement and the Purchase Agreement Guaranty pursuant to the Collateral Assignment of Purchase Agreement, (iv) a perfected security interest to be held by Agent for the benefit of Lenders in the Pledged Deposit Accounts and all monies, instruments and investments from time to time held therein, (v) a perfected pledge of and security interest in all issued and outstanding Equity Interests held by CORR in Pinedale GP pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, and (vi) such additional collateral, if any, as the Borrower may agree to grant to Agent for the benefit of Lenders from time to time may accept as security for the Obligations. All such liens or security titles shall be prior and superior in right to any other Person except Permitted Liens having priority by operation of law. Borrower agrees that all hereafter acquired assets that are added to and become part of the LGS Assets shall be included in the Mortgaged Properties and/or other portions of the Collateral. Borrower shall execute such amendments to the Security Documents and/or additional Security Documents as Agent may require in order to add such additional assets to the Collateral.

 

  §5.2 Lock Box Account .

(a) Establishment of Account . Borrower shall direct Ultra LGS (and any other Lessee) to make all payments under the Ultra Lease (including, without limitation, “Base Rent” and “Level 1A Default Payments (as such terms are defined in the Ultra Lease)) by wire transfer or by automated clearing house transfer (“ ACH ”) directly to an account in the name of Borrower maintained by Agent (the “ Lock Box Account ”) under the sole dominion and control of Agent. Borrower shall have no right of withdrawal with respect to such account. The Lock Box Account shall be subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement reasonably acceptable to Agent among Agent, Borrower and the applicable Deposit Account Bank. Borrower hereby grants to Agent a security interest (prior and superior in right to any other Person except Permitted Liens having priority by operation of law) in and to all funds now or at any time hereafter held on deposit in the Lock Box Account to secure the payment and performance of the Obligations, and Agent shall have all rights and remedies available to a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code with respect to such funds.

(b) Disposition of Funds in Lock Box Account . Payment of interest and principal on the Loans shall be made directly from the Lock Box Account by wire or ACH transfer initiated by Agent to Agent on the day such payments become due and payable. So long as no Cash Control Period is in existence, funds on deposit in the Lock Box Account after such payments on the Loans, less the amount of any payments on the Loans that will come due prior to the next scheduled rental payment by Lessee under the Ultra Lease, will be transferred on a daily

 

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basis to the Operating Account. During a Cash Control Period, Agent may sweep all funds in the Lock Box Account for the repayment of accrued interest, scheduled principal payments and, at the discretion of the Required Lenders, principal prepayments on the Loans, in all cases to the extent of such funds in the Lock Box Account during a Cash Control Period, until such time as the Cash Control Period has terminated; provided, however, that Agent will, promptly upon request, release funds in the Lock Box Account to pay Distributions to the extent allowed pursuant to §8.7(b).

 

  §5.3 Operating Account .

Borrower shall cause its main operating account (the “ Operating Account ”) to be subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement reasonably acceptable to Agent among Agent, Borrower and the applicable Deposit Account Bank. So long as no Event of Default exists, Borrower shall be entitled to withdraw amounts from the Operating Account. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, Agent may direct the Deposit Account Bank where such Operating Account is held to sweep all funds on deposit in the Operating Account to an account designated by Agent on a daily basis pursuant to the terms of the applicable Deposit Account Control Agreement. Borrower hereby grants to Agent a security interest (prior and superior in right to any other Person except Permitted Liens having priority by operation of law) in and to all funds now or at any time hereafter held on deposit in such Operating Account to secure the payment and performance of the Obligations, and Agent shall have all rights and remedies available to a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code with respect to such funds.

§6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

Borrower represents and warrants and, to the extent set forth in certain Sections, covenants to Agent and Lenders as follows:

 

  §6.1 Corporate Authority, Etc .

(a) Organization; Good Standing . Borrower is a Delaware limited partnership duly organized pursuant to its certificate of limited partnership filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware and is validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Borrower (i) has all requisite power to own its properties and conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated, and (ii) is duly authorized to do business in the State of Wyoming and in each other jurisdiction where a failure to be so authorized in such other jurisdiction could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Pinedale GP is a Delaware corporation duly organized pursuant to its articles of incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware and is validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b) Subsidiaries . Borrower does not have any Subsidiaries.

(c) Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Borrower is or becomes a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (i) are within the authority of Borrower, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary proceedings on the part of Borrower, (including any required Borrower partner approval), (iii) do not and will not conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation to which Borrower is subject or

 

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any judgment, order, writ, injunction, license or permit applicable to Borrower, except for such conflicts or breaches that, individually and the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) do not and will not conflict with or constitute a default (whether with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both) under any provision of the Organizational Documents of, or any mortgage, indenture, agreement, contract or other instrument binding upon, Borrower or any of its properties or to which Borrower is subject, except for such conflicts or defaults that, individually and in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (v) do not and will not result in or require the imposition of any Lien or other encumbrance on any of the properties, assets or rights of Borrower except for the Liens and security title granted by the Loan Documents.

(d) Enforceability . The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Borrower is or becomes a party are valid and legally binding obligations of Borrower enforceable in accordance with the respective terms and provisions hereof and thereof, except as enforceability is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and except to the extent that availability of the remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

 

  §6.2 Approvals .

The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is or becomes a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the transactions described in the Purchase Agreement, the Ultra Lease and the Security Documents, except for the BLM Consent contemplated in § 7.15, do not require the approval or consent of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person or the authorization, consent or approval of, or any license or permit issued by, or any filing or registration with, or the giving of any notice to, any court, department, board, commission or other governmental agency or authority other than those already obtained and the filing of the Security Documents in the appropriate records office with respect thereto.

 

  §6.3 Title to Properties; Leases .

Borrower owns all of its assets (including, upon initial funding of the Loans on the Closing Date, the LGS Assets), subject to no rights of others, including any mortgages, leases, conditional sales agreements, title retention agreements, liens or other encumbrances except Permitted Liens. Without limiting the foregoing, Borrower has good and marketable fee simple or leasehold title to all real and personal property reasonably necessary for the operation of its business in whole, free from all liens or encumbrances of any nature whatsoever, except for Permitted Liens.

 

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  §6.4 Intentionally Omitted .

 

  §6.5 Intentionally Omitted .

 

  §6.6 Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, Etc .

Borrower possesses all franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, service marks, licenses and permits, and rights in respect of the foregoing, adequate for the conduct of its business substantially as now conducted without known conflict with any rights of others except where the failure to so possess could not, individually and in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The LGS Assets are not owned under or by reference to any registered or protected trademark, tradename, servicemark or logo.

 

  §6.7 Litigation .

As of the Closing Date, except as described on Schedule 6.7 hereto, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations of any kind pending or to the Borrower’s Knowledge, threatened, against Borrower or any of the Mortgaged Properties before any court, tribunal, administrative agency or board, mediator or arbitrator that, if adversely determined, individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, there are no judgments outstanding against or affecting Borrower or any of the Collateral.

 

  §6.8 No Materially Adverse Contracts, Etc .

Borrower is not a party to any mortgage, indenture, or other material contract or agreement or other instrument that has had or is reasonably expected, in the judgment of the members, partners or officers of Borrower, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  §6.9 Compliance with Organizational Documents, Other Instruments, Laws, Etc .

Borrower is not in violation of any provision of its Organizational Documents, or any decree, order, judgment, statute, license, rule or regulation, in any of the foregoing cases in a manner that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of substantial penalties or materially and adversely affect the financial condition, properties or business of Borrower.

 

  §6.10 Tax Status .

Borrower (a) has made or filed all federal and all other material tax returns, reports and declarations, if any, required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, except to the extent Borrower has obtained a valid extension of the deadline to file such return, (b) has paid all material taxes and other material governmental assessments and charges shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and (c) has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply, if applicable or required. There are no unpaid taxes or assessments in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction or pursuant to any private agreement except for those that are being contested as permitted by this Agreement. As of

 

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the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 6.10 hereto, Borrower has not been audited, or has knowledge of any pending audit, by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority.

 

  §6.11 No Event of Default .

No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

  §6.12 Investment Company Act; Public Utility .

Borrower is not an “investment company”, or an “affiliated company” or a “principal underwriter” of an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. Borrower is not a “holding company”, or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, or an “affiliate” of a “holding company”, as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Borrower is not a utility nor otherwise subject to regulation by the Wyoming Public Utilities Commission, the Federal Regulatory Commission or any similar federal, state, tribal or local agency or governmental body.

 

  §6.13 Separateness; Special Representations and Covenants Relating to Borrower .

(a) Purpose . The only business that Borrower conducts or will conduct will be (i) acquiring, owning and holding the LGS Assets, (ii) entering into the Ultra Lease; (iii) entering into the Loan Documents, (iv) pledging all of the Collateral that it owns as collateral for the Loans, and (v) transacting any and all lawful business under the laws of the state of its organization that is incident, necessary and appropriate to accomplish the foregoing and appropriate or necessary to its status as a Subsidiary of a public company.

(b) Financial Statements . Borrower has and will have its own separate financial statement, provided however, that Borrower’s assets may be included in a consolidated financial statement of CORR if inclusion on such a consolidated statement is required to comply with the requirements of GAAP, provided, further, that (a) such consolidated financial statement shall contain a footnote to the effect that Borrower’s assets are owned by Borrower and that the assets are being included on the financial statement of CORR solely to comply with the requirements of GAAP and (b) such assets shall be listed on Borrower’s own separate balance sheet.

(c) Tax Return . Borrower is and will be treated as a disregarded entity or pass-through entity for Federal income tax purposes, with all items of income, gain, loss and expenses of Borrower being treated as though earned or incurred by CORR and Prudential.

(d) Separateness . Borrower has, and at all times will hold itself out to the public as, a legal entity separate and distinct from any other Person, shall correct any known misunderstanding regarding its status as a separate entity, shall conduct and operate its business in its own name and shall not identify itself or any of its Affiliates as a division or part of the other.

(e) Overhead . Borrower has and will allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses that are shared with any Affiliate thereof, including paying for office space and services performed by any employee of an Affiliate; provided, however, that (i) such overhead expenses allocable to Borrower shall not exceed $50,000 on annual basis, and (ii) Borrower shall not pay any management fee to Corridor.

 

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(f) Liabilities and Expenses . Schedule 6.13 identifies all deposit and securities accounts in the name of Borrower, including, for each such account, the name on the account, the account number, the type of account, the name and address of the financial institution at which the account is located, and the sources and uses of funds contained in such account. Borrower has and will pay its own liabilities and expenses out of its own funds drawn on its own bank account.

(g) Adequate Capital . Borrower has and will maintain adequate capital for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character and in light of its contemplated business operations.

(h) Separateness of Assets . Borrower (a) has and will (i) maintain all of its bank accounts separate from any other Person, (ii) hold all of its assets in its own name, and (iii) maintain its assets in such a manner that it will not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of any other entity; and (b) has not and will not commingle its funds or other assets with those of any other Person.

(i) Guarantees . Borrower has not and will not hold itself out as being responsible for the debts or obligations of any other Person, or hold out its credit as available to satisfy the obligations of any other Person.

(j) Corporate Formalities . Borrower has and will hold regular meetings, as appropriate, to conduct its business in the ordinary course, and Borrower has done and will do all things necessary to observe all customary organizational and operational formalities and record keeping and to preserve its existence. Borrower has and will maintain all of its books and records separate from those of any other Person and will maintain separate telephone numbers, stationery, invoices and checks.

(k) Bankruptcy . Borrower will not file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or otherwise institute insolvency proceedings with respect to itself or to any other entity in which it has a direct or indirect legal or beneficial ownership interest.

(l) Separateness Covenants in Ultra Lease . Borrower shall comply with the provisions of Section 27.1(e) of the Ultra Lease.

 

  §6.14 Setoff, Etc.

Borrower and CORR, as applicable, are the owners of the Collateral free from any lien, security interest, encumbrance or other claim or demand, except those encumbrances permitted in the Mortgage or Permitted Liens.

 

  §6.15 Certain Transactions .

Except as set forth in Schedule 6.15 hereto or as otherwise permitted pursuant to §8.11, none of the partners, members, officers, trustees, directors, or employees of Borrower is a party to any transaction with any of their Affiliates or their partners, members, employees, officers,

 

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trustees and directors (other than employment and severance agreements relating to services as partners, members, employees, officers, trustees and directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any Affiliate, partner, member, officer, trustee, director or such employee or, to Borrower’s Knowledge, any limited liability company, corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any Affiliate, partner, member, officer, trustee, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee, partner or member.

 

  §6.16 Employee Benefit Plans .

Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Guaranteed Pension Plan and is in compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan. Neither Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has (a) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan, (b) failed to make any contribution or payment to any Guaranteed Pension Plan, or made any amendment to any Guaranteed Pension Plan, which has resulted in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Code, or (c) incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA. None of the assets of Borrower constitute a Plan Asset.

 

  §6.17 Regulations T, U and X .

No portion of any Loan is to be used for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin security” or “margin stock” as such terms are used in Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Parts 220, 221 and 224. Borrower is not engaged, and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin security” or “margin stock” as such terms are used in Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Parts 220, 221 and 224.

 

  §6.18 Environmental Compliance .

Borrower has delivered to Agent true and complete copies of all written environmental site assessment reports and environmental impact statements in the possession of or made available to Borrower with respect to the Mortgaged Properties (collectively, the “ Environmental Reports ”) and makes the following representations and warranties:

(a) Except as disclosed in the Environmental Reports, to Borrower’s Knowledge, Borrower is not in material violation, or alleged material violation at the Mortgaged Properties of any applicable judgment, decree, code, order, law, rule of common law, license, rule or regulation pertaining to environmental matters, including without limitation, those arising under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“ RCRA ”), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as amended (“ CERCLA ”), the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (“ SARA ”), the Federal Clean Water Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, or any applicable state or local

 

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statute, regulation, ordinance, order or decree relating to the environment (hereinafter “ Environmental Laws ”). To Borrower’s Knowledge, any violation reflected in the Environmental Reports involving any of the Mortgaged Properties would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Except as disclosed in the Environmental Reports, to Borrower’s Knowledge, neither Borrower nor any Ultra Entity has received written notice from any third party including, without limitation, any Governmental Authority, (i) that it has been identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“ EPA ”) as a potentially responsible party under CERCLA with respect to a site listed on the National Priorities List, 40 C.F.R. Part 300 Appendix B (1986); (ii) that any hazardous waste, as defined by 42 U.S.C. §9601(5), any hazardous substances as defined by 42 U.S.C. §9601(14), any pollutant or contaminant as defined by 42 U.S.C. §9601(33) or any toxic substances or hazardous materials or other chemicals or substances regulated by any Environmental Laws (“ Hazardous Substances ”) which it has generated, transported or disposed of have been found at any site at, on or under the Mortgaged Properties for which a federal, state or local agency or other third party has conducted or has ordered that Borrower or any Ultra Entity conduct a remedial investigation, removal or other response action pursuant to any Environmental Law; or (iii) that it is or shall be a named party to any claim, action, cause of action, complaint, or legal or administrative proceeding (in each case, contingent or otherwise) arising out of any third party’s incurrence of costs, expenses, losses or damages of any kind whatsoever in connection with the release of Hazardous Substances.

(c) (i) To Borrower’s Knowledge, except as disclosed in any Environmental Reports, (1) no portion of the Mortgaged Property has been used by Borrower or any Ultra Entity as a landfill or for dumping or for the handling, processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances except in material compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, and (2) no underground tank for Hazardous Substances has been operated by Borrower or any Ultra Entity on the Mortgaged Property except in material compliance with applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) in the course of any activities conducted by Borrower or any Ultra Entity, no Hazardous Substances have been generated or are being used on any Mortgaged Property except in the ordinary course of business and in material compliance with applicable Environmental Laws; (iii) to Borrower’s Knowledge, there has been no past or present releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, disposing or dumping (a “ Release ”) of Hazardous Substances on, upon, into or from any Mortgaged Property, which Release could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) to Borrower’s Knowledge, there have been no Releases on, upon, from or into any real property in the vicinity of any Mortgaged Property which, through soil or groundwater contamination, may have come to be located on, and which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (v) to Borrower’s Knowledge, any Hazardous Substances that have been generated on any Mortgaged Property by Borrower or any Ultra Entity have been transported off-site, treated and disposed of in material compliance with applicable Environmental Laws.

(d) To Borrower’s Knowledge and except as has been or will be concurrently herewith completed, neither Borrower nor any Mortgaged Property is subject to any applicable Environmental Law requiring the giving of notice to any governmental agency or the recording or delivery to other Persons of an environmental disclosure document or statement by virtue of the transactions set forth herein and contemplated hereby, or as a condition to the recording of the Mortgages or to the effectiveness of any other transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(e) This §6.18 shall set forth the sole and exclusive representations and warranties made by the Borrower with regard to Environmental Laws, Hazardous Substances, or any other environmental, health or safety matter.

 

  §6.19 Loan Documents .

All of the representations and warranties of Borrower made in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as applicable, or any document or instrument delivered by Borrower to Agent or Lenders pursuant to or in connection with any of such Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of the date specified therein or thereon or the date delivered, as applicable, and Borrower has not failed to disclose such information as is necessary to make such representations and warranties not misleading. The information, reports, financial statements, exhibits and schedules (excluding projections which have been proposed in good faith) furnished by Borrower to Agent and Lenders in connection with the negotiation, preparation or delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or included herein or therein or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein not misleading. All written information furnished after the date hereof by Borrower to Agent or Lenders in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will be true, correct and accurate in every material respect and shall not omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein not misleading, or (in the case of projections) based on reasonable estimates, on the date as of which such information is stated or certified; it being recognized by Agent and Lenders that any projections and forecasts provided by Borrower are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of Borrower.

 

  §6.20 Mortgaged Properties .

Borrower makes the following representations and warranties concerning each Mortgaged Property:

(a) No Required Mortgaged Property Consents, Permits, Etc . Borrower has not received any written notice of, has no Knowledge of, any approvals, consents, licenses, permits, utility installations and connections (including, without limitation, drainage facilities) required by applicable laws, rules, ordinances or regulations or any agreement affecting the Mortgaged Property for the maintenance, operation, servicing and use of the Mortgaged Property for its current use including, without limitation, its use by Ultra Wyoming under the Ultra Lease (hereinafter referred to as the “ Project Approvals ”), which have not been granted, effected, or performed and completed (as the case may be), or any fees or charges therefor which have not been fully paid, or which are no longer in full force and effect. No Project Approvals will terminate, or become void or voidable or terminable on any foreclosure sale of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to the Mortgage. There are no outstanding suits, orders, decrees or judgments relating to building use and occupancy, fire, health, sanitation or other violations affecting, against, or with respect to, the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, which, if adversely determined, either singly or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b) No Violations . Borrower has not received notice of, and has no Knowledge of, any violation of any applicable Requirements, Project Approvals or any other restrictions or agreements by which Borrower or the Mortgaged Property is bound which violation, either singly or in the aggregate with other such violations, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Insurance . Borrower has not received any written notice from any insurer or its agent requiring performance of any work with respect to the Mortgaged Property or canceling or threatening to cancel any policy of insurance, and the Mortgaged Property complies in all material respects with the requirements of all of Borrower’s insurance carriers.

(d) Real Property and other Taxes; Special Assessments . There are no unpaid or outstanding real estate or other taxes or assessments on or against the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, including, without limitation, any payments in lieu of taxes, which are payable by Borrower (except only real estate or other taxes or assessments that are not yet delinquent or subject to any penalties, interest or other late charges, or are being contested as permitted under this Agreement, or which have been adequately reserved against in accordance with GAAP). There are no unpaid or outstanding annual or other periodic fees or rents or gross receipts, rent or sales taxes payable with respect to the use and operation of the Mortgaged Property which are due and payable. No abatement proceedings are pending with reference to any real estate taxes or private assessments assessed against the Mortgaged Property. There are no betterment assessments or other special assessments presently pending with respect to any portion of the Mortgaged Property, and Borrower has not received any written notice of any such special assessment being contemplated.

(e) Eminent Domain; Casualty . As of the Closing Date, there are no pending eminent domain proceedings against the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, and, to Borrower’s Knowledge, no such proceedings are presently threatened or contemplated by any taking authority. Neither the Mortgaged Property nor any part thereof is, as of the Closing Date, materially damaged or injured as a result of any fire, explosion, accident, flood or other casualty.

(f) Unresolved Real Estate Disputes . Except as may be disclosed to Agent or on Schedule 6.20(f) , there are no unresolved claims or disputes relating to access to any material portion of the Mortgaged Property that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the intended use of such Mortgaged Property by Borrower, or otherwise have, either singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(g) Material Real Property Agreements; No Options . Except as set forth in Schedule 6.20(g) , there are no material agreements pertaining to the management or operation of the Mortgaged Property other than as described in this Agreement and the Ultra Lease; and except for Ultra LGS pursuant to the Ultra Lease, no person or entity has any right of first refusal, right of first offer or other option to acquire the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof or interest therein. Each reaffirmation of the representation and warranty contained in this sub-paragraph (g) shall take into account the most recent update of Schedule 6.20(g) delivered to Agent pursuant to

 

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§7.4(i) and shall be deemed reaffirmed as of the most recent date any update to said Schedule 6.20(g) was required to have been delivered to Agent pursuant to §7.4(i), whether or not any such update is so delivered.

 

  §6.21 Reserved .

 

  §6.22 Brokers .

Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.22 hereto, Borrower has not engaged or otherwise dealt with any broker, finder or similar entity in connection with this Agreement or the Loans contemplated hereunder.

 

  §6.23 Ownership .

As of the Closing Date, the Equity Interests in (i) Borrower are owned solely by Pinedale GP and Prudential, and (ii) Pinedale GP are owned solely by CORR. As of the Closing Date, except for the Equity Investors Agreement, there are no (a) outstanding rights to purchase, options, warrants or similar rights pursuant to which Borrower may be required to issue, sell, repurchase or redeem any of its Equity Interests or (b) voting rights agreements with respect to such Equity Interests. The Equity Interests in Borrower are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by Pinedale GP and Prudential, free and clear of all Liens. The Equity Interests in Pinedale GP are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by CORR, free and clear of all Liens other than Liens in favor of Agent.

 

  §6.24 OFAC .

Borrower is not (nor will be) a person with whom Agent is restricted from doing business under OFAC (including, those Persons named on OFAC’s Specially Designated and Blocked Persons list) or under any statute, executive order (including, the September 24, 2001 Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism), or other governmental action and is not and shall not engage in any dealings or transactions or otherwise be associated with such persons. In addition, Borrower hereby agrees to provide Agent with any additional information that Agent deems necessary from time to time in order to ensure compliance with all applicable laws concerning money laundering and similar activities.

 

  §6.25 No Fraudulent Intent .

Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents nor the performance of any actions required hereunder or thereunder is being undertaken by Borrower with or as a result of any actual intent by Borrower to hinder, delay or defraud any entity to which is now or will hereafter become indebted.

 

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  §6.26 Reserved .

 

  §6.27 Solvency .

As of the Closing Date and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including all of the Loans made or to be made, with respect to the Borrower, (a) the fair value of its assets on a going concern basis is greater than the amount of its liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities evaluated, (b) the present fair saleable value of its assets is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) it will be able to pay its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of business (taking into account all available financing options), (d) it does not intend to, and do not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature and (e) it is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which its property would constitute unreasonably small capital.

 

  §6.28 No Bankruptcy Filing .

Borrower is not contemplating either the filing of a petition by it under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency laws or the liquidation of its assets or property, and to Borrower’s Knowledge, no Person is contemplating the filing of any such petition against Borrower.

 

  §6.29 Other Debt .

Borrower is not in default (after giving effect to applicable grace periods) in the payment of any Indebtedness or the terms of any agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, financing agreement, indenture or other lease to which it is a party which default, either singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower is not a party to or bound by any agreement, instrument or indenture that may require the subordination in right or time of payment of any of the Obligations to any other Indebtedness or obligation of Borrower. Nothing in this §6.29 shall alter or affect the provisions of §8.1.

§7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF BORROWER

Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan or other Obligation (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) is Outstanding:

 

  §7.1 Punctual Payment .

Borrower will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal and interest on the Loans and all interest and fees provided for in this Agreement, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes as well as all other sums owing pursuant to the Loan Documents.

 

  §7.2 Maintenance of Office .

Borrower will maintain its chief executive office at 4200 W. 115 th Street, Suite 210, Leawood, Kansas 66211, or at such other place in the United States of America as Borrower shall

 

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designate upon at least thirty (30) days (or such lesser number of days as is acceptable to Agent) prior written notice to Agent, where notices, presentations and demands to or upon the Loan Parties in respect of the Loan Documents may be given or made. Borrower agrees that, in the event of any such change, it will execute and deliver such amendments and other documents as Agent may reasonably request to maintain Agent’s perfected Lien on the Collateral.

 

  §7.3 Records and Accounts .

Borrower will keep true and accurate records and books of account in which full, true and correct entries will be made in accordance with GAAP, as revised from time to time. Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of Agent, make any material change to the accounting procedures used by it in preparing the financial statements and other information described in §6.4 except as required by law or as required by GAAP. Borrower will not change its fiscal year except in connection with CORR’s qualification for REIT Status or as otherwise approved by Agent in writing.

 

  §7.4 Financial Statements, Certificates and Information .

Borrower will deliver to Agent:

(a) not later than one hundred (100) days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower the audited financial statements of Borrower required under Section 8.3(a)(i) of the Partnership Agreement;

(b) not later than sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower (excluding the fourth fiscal quarter in each year), copies of the balance sheet of Borrower as of the end of such quarter, and the related statements of income, changes in capital and cash flows for the portion of Borrower’s fiscal year then elapsed, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP (other than the inclusion of footnotes); together with a certification by the Principal Accounting Officer of Borrower that the information contained in such financial statements fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial position of Borrower on the date thereof (subject to year-end adjustments);

(c) simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this §7.4, a statement (a “ Compliance Certificate ”) certified by the Principal Accounting Officer of Borrower in the form of Exhibit B hereto (or in such other form as Agent may approve from time to time) setting forth in reasonable detail computations evidencing compliance with the covenants contained in §9 and the other covenants described therein;

(d) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements described in subsections (a) and (b) of this §7.4, a certificate signed by the Principal Accounting Officer of Borrower to the effect that, having read this Agreement, and based upon an examination which such officer deems sufficient to enable such officer to make an informed statement, such officer is not aware of any Default or Event of Default, or if such Default or Event of Default has occurred, specifying the facts with respect thereto;

 

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(e) if requested by Agent, copies of all annual federal income tax returns and amendments thereto of Borrower;

(f) not later than March 1 of each year during the term of the Loan, the budget for Borrower for such calendar year. Such budget shall be in form reasonably satisfactory to Agent, shall have been approved by the limited partners of Borrower if and to the extent required by the Partnership Agreement, and shall be submitted to Agent together with a narrative description of the assumptions upon which the budget is based and such other information as Agent may request;

(g) simultaneously with the delivery of the Compliance Certificate referred to in subsection (c) of this §7.4, an updated Schedule 6.20(g) reflecting the addition or the expiration or termination of any material agreements described in §6.20(g) or a certification from Borrower that there have been no changes in that Schedule; and

(h) from time to time such other financial data and information pertaining to Borrower, the LGS Assets and the Mortgaged Properties, as Agent or any Lender may reasonably request from time to time; provided, however, that the foregoing requirement shall not be construed as requiring Borrower to deliver information from the Lessee that is not required to be delivered by Lessee pursuant to the Ultra Lease.

 

  §7.5 Notices .

(a) Defaults . Borrower will promptly notify Agent in writing of the occurrence of any (i) Default, (ii) Event of Default, (iii) “Lessee Event of Default” under the Ultra Lease, (iv) a “Lessor Event of Default” under the Ultra Lease, or (v) Lessee Debt Default. If any Person shall give any notice or take any other action in respect of a claimed default (whether or not constituting an Event of Default) under this Agreement or under any note, obligation or other evidence of Indebtedness in an outstanding principal amount of at least $1,000,000, to which or with respect to which Borrower is a party or obligor, whether as principal or surety, and such event of default would permit the holder of such note or obligation or other evidence of Indebtedness to accelerate the maturity thereof or the existence of which claimed default might become an Event of Default under §12.1(f), Borrower shall forthwith give written notice thereof to Agent, describing the notice or action and the nature of the claimed default. Borrower shall also promptly notify Agent in writing of any exercise of remedies by the holder of such note, obligation or other evidence of Indebtedness (or any agent or representative thereof) with respect to such event of default.

(b) Environmental Events . Borrower will promptly give notice to Agent (i) upon Borrower obtaining knowledge of any potential or known Release, or threat of Release, of any Hazardous Substances at or from any Mortgaged Property or other LGS Assets that, either singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) of any violation of any Environmental Law that Borrower reports in writing or is reportable by Borrower in writing (or for which any written report supplemental to any oral report is made) to any federal, state or local environmental agency that, either singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) upon becoming aware thereof, of any inquiry, proceeding, investigation, or other action, including a notice from any agency of potential environmental liability, of any federal, state or local environmental agency or board, that in either case could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(c) Notification of Claims Against Collateral . Borrower will, promptly upon obtaining Knowledge thereof, notify Agent in writing of any claims pertaining to the Collateral which, either singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to exceed $1,000,000, as well as any setoff, withholdings or other defenses to which any of the Collateral, or the rights of Agent or Lenders with respect to the Collateral, are subject, in each case, other than related to Permitted Liens (except for the Hartman Judgment and the Nerd Enterprise Mortgage).

(d) Notice of Litigation and Judgments . Borrower will give notice to Agent in writing within fifteen (15) days of becoming aware of any litigation or proceedings threatened in writing or any pending litigation and proceedings affecting Borrower or to which Borrower is or is to become a party involving an uninsured claim against Borrower that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and stating the nature and status of such litigation or proceedings. Borrower will give notice to Agent, in writing, in form and detail satisfactory to Agent and each of Lenders, within ten (10) days of any judgment not covered by insurance, whether final or otherwise, against Borrower in an amount, whether singly or in the aggregate, in excess of $1,000,000.

(e) Notice of Material Adverse Effect . Borrower will give notice to Agent in writing within fifteen (15) days of becoming aware of the occurrence of any event or circumstance which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  §7.6 Existence; Maintenance of Properties .

Except as permitted under §8.4, Borrower will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing in its jurisdiction of organization. Except as permitted under §8.4, Borrower will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force all of its rights and franchises, except where the failure to preserve such rights and franchises would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  §7.7 Insurance .

(a) Maintenance of Insurance . Borrower will maintain (or CORR will obtain and include Borrower in its coverages) with financially sound and reputable insurers that are licensed to do business in the State where the policy is issued and, with respect to any property and casualty insurance, also in the States where the Mortgaged Property is located, insurance with respect to its properties and business against such casualties and contingencies, as shall be in accordance with the general practices of businesses engaged in similar activities in similar geographic areas, and in amounts, containing such terms, in such forms and for such periods as may be reasonable and prudent in accordance with sound business practices and the determination of management of the Borrower; provided, however, that so long as the Ultra Lease is in effect such requirement may be satisfied with respect to the LGS Assets by Ultra LGS pursuant to the Ultra Lease, and which may include self-insurance as provided in the Ultra Lease. On or before the Closing Date, Borrower shall furnish to Agent a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail

 

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the nature and extent of all insurance maintained by Borrower (or Ultra LGS, but exclusive of self-insurance) in compliance with the requirements hereof. Borrower (or CORR) shall be responsible for all premiums on insurance policies, subject to the requirements of the Ultra Lease.

(b) Endorsements . In the event the LGS Assets are not subject to insurance coverage (or the obligation to self-insure) under the Ultra Lease, all policies of insurance required by this Agreement shall contain clauses or endorsements to the effect that (i) Agent is a loss payee with respect to each policy of property or casualty insurance and an additional insured with respect to each policy of liability insurance, (ii) no act or omission of Borrower, anyone acting for Borrower (including, without limitation, any representations made in the procurement of such insurance), which might otherwise result in a forfeiture of such insurance or any part thereof, no occupancy or use of the LGS Assets for purposes more hazardous than permitted by the terms of the policy, and no foreclosure or any other change in title to the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, shall affect the validity or enforceability of such insurance insofar as Agent is concerned, (iii) the insurer waives any right of setoff, counterclaim, subrogation, or any deduction in respect of any liability of any of the Borrower and Agent, (iv) such insurance is primary and without right of contribution from any other insurance which may be available, (v) such policies shall not be modified, canceled or terminated prior to the scheduled expiration date thereof without the insurer thereunder giving at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Agent by certified or registered mail, and (vi) that Agent or Lenders shall not be liable for any premiums thereon or subject to any assessments thereunder, and shall in all events be in amounts sufficient to avoid any coinsurance liability. Upon request by Borrower, Agent and Borrower may approve variations in the foregoing requirements from time to time. Upon Agent’s request, Borrower shall deliver duplicate originals or certified copies of all such policies to Agent, and shall promptly furnish to Agent all renewal notices and evidence that all premiums or portions thereof then due and payable have been paid. At least fifteen (15) days prior to the expiration date of the policies, Borrower shall deliver to Agent evidence of continued coverage, including a certificate of insurance, as may be satisfactory to Agent.

(c) No Separate Insurance . Borrower shall not carry separate insurance, concurrent in kind or form or contributing in the event of loss, with any insurance required under this Agreement unless such insurance complies with the terms and provisions of this §7.7.

 

  §7.8 Taxes .

Borrower will duly pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon it and the Mortgaged Properties, including, without limitation, any payments in lieu of taxes, sales and activities, or any part thereof, or upon the income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims for labor, materials or supplies that if unpaid might by law become a lien or charge upon any of its property or the property of Borrower; provided that any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim need not be paid if (a) the validity or amount thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and Borrower shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto, and (b) no Mortgaged Property nor any portion thereof or interest therein would be in any danger of sale, forfeiture or loss by reason of such proceeding and provided further that Borrower will pay, or cause to be paid, all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies or claims forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any lien that may have attached as security therefor.

 

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  §7.9 Inspection of Mortgaged Properties and Books .

Borrower shall permit, Lenders, through Agent or any representative designated by Agent (including, without limitation, any third party contractor or inspector retained by Agent that is not a Disqualified Person), at Borrower’s expense and upon reasonable prior notice to visit and examine the books of account of Borrower (and to make copies thereof and extracts therefrom) and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of Borrower with, and to be advised as to the same by, its officers, all at such reasonable times and intervals as Agent or any Lender may reasonably request. Borrower shall enforce the terms of Section 26.7(a) of the Ultra Lease in order to provide Agent and Lenders the inspection rights with respect to the LGS Assets provided therein.

 

  §7.10 Compliance with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits .

Borrower will comply, or to the extent an obligation of Ultra LGS under the Ultra Lease, use good faith efforts to cause Ultra LGS to comply in all respects with (i) all applicable laws, ordinances, regulations and requirements now or hereafter in effect wherever its business is conducted, including all Environmental Laws, (ii) the provisions of its Organizational Documents and the Equity Investors Agreement, (iii) the Ultra Lease and all mortgages, indentures, contracts, agreements and instruments to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, (iv) all applicable decrees, orders, and judgments, and (v) all licenses and permits required by applicable laws and regulations for the conduct of its business or the ownership, use or operation of its properties, except in each case where the failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. If at any time while any Loan or Note is outstanding, any authorization, consent, approval, permit or license from any officer, agency or instrumentality of any government shall become necessary or required in order that Borrower may fulfill any of its obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, Borrower will promptly take or cause to be taken all steps necessary to obtain such authorization, consent, approval, permit or license and furnish Agent and Lenders with evidence thereof. For avoidance of doubt, the granting by Borrower of any approvals, waivers or consents under the Ultra Lease shall not violate the terms of this §7.10 so long as the requirements of §8.13 are not breached.

 

  §7.11 Hedging Requirement .

Borrower shall maintain in effect at all times from and after the date which is ninety (90) days after the Closing Date one or more Hedge Agreements with respect to not less than sixty percent (60%) of the Outstanding principal amount of the Loans. The terms of such Hedge Agreements shall be satisfactory to Agent.

 

  §7.12 Further Assurances .

Borrower will cooperate with Agent and Lenders and execute such further instruments and documents as Agent (or any Lender requesting through Agent) shall reasonably request to carry out to its satisfaction the transactions described in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

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  §7.13 Plan Assets .

Borrower will do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to ensure that none of the Collateral will be deemed to be Plan Assets at any time.

 

  §7.14 Registered Servicemark .

Without the prior written consent of Agent, no Mortgaged Property or other LGS Assets shall be owned by Borrower or Ultra LGS under any registered or protected trademark, tradename, servicemark or logo. Without limiting the foregoing, Agent may condition its consent to the use of any of the foregoing upon the granting to Agent for the benefit of Lenders of a perfected first priority security interest therein.

 

  §7.15 BLM Approval; Title Policy .

(a) BLM Approval of Transfer . Within two (2) Business Days after the Closing Date, Borrower shall cause Ultra Wyoming and/or Ultra LGS to submit, to the BLM all information, materials and documentation under 43 C.F.R. §2800 et. seq. and 43 C.F.R. §2880 et. seq. or as otherwise requested by the BLM for the processing and approval by the BLM of the assignments of the federal rights-of-way included in the LGS Assets from Ultra Wyoming to Borrower. Thereafter, Borrower shall cause Ultra Wyoming and/or Ultra LGS to take, any and all action necessary or appropriate to obtain such approvals by the BLM as expeditiously as possible.

(b) BLM FLPMA ROW . As soon as practicable after the Closing Date, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after the Closing Date, Borrower shall cause Ultra Wyoming and/or Ultra LGS, to request that the federal right-of-way included in the LGS Assets and issued under the Federal Land Policy Management Act be converted to a right-of-way under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (or issue a new right-of-way under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1902 covering the same lands for the same purposes). If such conversion (or new issuance) is not completed by September 1, 2013, then Borrower shall cause Ultra Wyoming and/or Ultra LGS to, on or before such date, either (i) obtain the written approval of the BLM to Ultra LGS’s use of such right-of-way pursuant to the LGS Lease, or (ii) obtain an amendment to such right-of-way to allow such use and the sublease thereof. Such September 1, 2013 date may be extended by Agent if Borrower has demonstrated to Agent’s reasonable satisfaction that the conversion (or new issuance ) is eminent.

(c) BLM Generally . Without limiting the foregoing, Borrower agrees to cause Ultra Wyoming and/or Ultra LGS to take, all action that the BLM deems necessary or appropriate (including making any such filings, providing such information, materials and documentation and obtaining such approvals, consents and other action as is necessary or appropriate under the Requirements of applicable Governmental Authorities, including, without limitation, the BLM and the regulations contained in 43 C.F.R. §2800 et. seq. and 43 C.F.R. §2880 et. seq. ) in connection with the transfer of the federal rights-of-way to Borrower, the lease of the federal rights-of-way included in the LGS Assets by Ultra LGS pursuant to the LGS Lease, and the use of such rights-of-way by Ultra LGS pursuant thereto.

 

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(d) As expeditiously as possible after the Closing Date, Borrower shall cause the Title Company to issue the Title Policy.

§8. CERTAIN NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF BORROWER

Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan, Note, or other Obligation (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) is outstanding:

 

  §8.1 Restrictions on Indebtedness .

Borrower will not create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness other than:

(i) the Obligations;

(ii) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, liabilities in respect of taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies and claims for labor, materials and supplies to the extent that payment therefor shall not at the time be required to be made in accordance with the provisions of §7.8;

(iii) Indebtedness in respect of judgments or awards that would not constitute an Event of Default;

(iv) obligations under any Hedge Agreement incurred in the ordinary course of business for bona fide hedging purposes;

(v) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, or pursuant to netting services or otherwise in connection with deposit accounts; or

(vi) Indebtedness in connection with surety (or similar) bonds, letters of credit and performance bonds obtained in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation obligations of Borrower and in connection with other surety and performance bonds in the ordinary course of business.

 

  §8.2 Restrictions on Liens, Etc .

Borrower will not (a) create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist any lien, encumbrance, mortgage, pledge, negative pledge, charge, restriction or other security interest of any kind upon any of its property or assets of any character whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or upon the income or profits therefrom; (b) transfer any of its property or assets or the income or profits therefrom for the purpose of subjecting the same to the payment of Indebtedness or performance of any other obligation in priority to payment of its general creditors; (c) acquire, or agree or have an option to acquire, any property or assets upon conditional sale or other title retention or purchase money security agreement, device or arrangement; or (d) sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber any accounts, contract rights, general intangibles, chattel paper or instruments, with or without recourse (collectively the “ Liens ”); provided that Borrower may create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist any of the following (the “ Permitted Liens ”):

(i) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or claims for labor, material or supplies in respect of obligations not overdue or being contested in good faith;

 

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(ii) Liens in favor of Agent and Lenders under the Loan Documents;

(iii) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business (including (A) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, landlords and materialmen and other similar Liens imposed by law and (B) Liens incurred in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment compensation and other types of social security (excluding Liens arising under ERISA) or in connection with surety bonds, bids, performance bonds and similar obligations) for sums not overdue or being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and not involving any deposits or advances or borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or services and, in each case, for which it maintains adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP and the execution or other enforcement of which is effectively stayed;

(iv) attachments, appeal bonds, judgments and other similar Liens, with respect to judgments that do not otherwise result in or cause an Event of Default;

(v) easements, rights of way, zoning ordinances, entitlements, minor defects or irregularities in title or survey, building codes and other land use laws and environmental restrictions, regulations and ordinances, and other similar Liens regulating the use or occupancy of real property or the activities conducted thereon which are imposed by a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such real property which are not violated in any material respect by the current use or occupancy of such real property and do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary use or operation of the business of Borrower or the LGS Assets;

(vi) the Ultra Lease;

(vii) Liens arising under Article 2 or Article 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code and customary banker’s liens and rights of set-off, revocation, refund or chargeback in favor of banks or other financial institutions where Borrower maintains deposits in the ordinary course of business;

(viii) Liens deemed to exist in connection with repurchase agreements and other similar investments to the extent such Investments are permitted under this Agreement;

(ix) the easements, rights of way and similar Liens set forth on Schedule B II to the Title Policy; provided they (a) are not violated in any material respect by the use or occupancy of such real property as currently used and operated or as is contemplated to be used and operated in the future, and (b) do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary use or operation of the business of Borrower or the use, operation and value LGS Assets; and

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  §8.3 Restrictions on Investments .

Borrower will not make or permit to exist or to remain outstanding any Investment except Investments in:

(a) the LGS Assets that exist as of the Closing Date, with such additions thereto as are financed pursuant to §2.7 or by Borrower;

(b) Investments in connection with Hedge Agreements permitted under this Agreement; and

(c) Cash held in deposit accounts at KeyBank.

 

  §8.4 Merger, Consolidation .

Borrower will not become a party to any dissolution, liquidation, merger, reorganization, consolidation or other business combination, or agree to or effect any asset acquisition or stock acquisition or other acquisition which may have a similar effect as any of the foregoing without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.

 

  §8.5 Sale and Leaseback .

Borrower will not enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby Borrower shall sell or transfer any of its assets (including, without limitation, the LGS Assets) in order that then or thereafter Borrower shall lease back such assets.

 

  §8.6 Compliance with Environmental Laws .

Borrower will not and will use good faith efforts to not permit Ultra LGS to do any of the following: (a) use any Mortgaged Property as a facility for the handling, processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances, except in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, (b) cause or permit to be located on any Mortgaged Property any underground tank or other underground storage receptacle for Hazardous Substances except in material compliance with Environmental Laws, (c) generate any Hazardous Substances on any Mortgaged Property except as generated in the ordinary course of business and in material compliance with Environmental Laws, (d) cause a Release of Hazardous Substances on, upon or into the Mortgaged Property which give rise to liability under CERCLA or any other Environmental Law, or (e) transport or arrange for the transport of any Hazardous Substances (except as required in the ordinary course of business and in material compliance with all Environmental Laws).

If Borrower causes or permits any Release of Hazardous Substances in violation of Environmental Laws to occur, Borrower shall cause the prompt containment and removal of such Hazardous Substances and remediation of the Mortgaged Property in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.

 

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At any time after and during the continuation of an Event of Default, at any time that Agent or the Required Lenders shall have reasonable grounds to believe that a Release of Hazardous Substances may have occurred relating to any Mortgaged Property, Agent may at its election (and will at the request of the Required Lenders) obtain such assessments, including, without limitation, environmental assessments of such Mortgaged Property prepared by an Environmental Engineer as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of evaluating or confirming whether any Hazardous Substances have been Released by Borrower on such Mortgaged Property, which Release will result in a Material Adverse Effect. Such assessments may include detailed visual inspections of such Mortgaged Property including, without limitation, any and all storage areas, storage tanks, drains, dry wells and leaching areas, and the taking of soil or other samples, as well as such other investigations or analyses as are reasonably necessary for a determination of whether such Release results in a Material Adverse Effect. All reasonable costs related to such environmental assessments shall be at the sole cost and expense of Borrower.

At any time after and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Agent may, but shall never be obligated to, remove or cause the removal of any Hazardous Substances which are in violation of any Environmental Law from a Mortgaged Property (or if removal is prohibited by any Environmental Law or any other applicable law, physical restriction or other reason, take or cause the taking of such other action as is required to cause any Mortgaged Property to be in material compliance with any Environmental Law) if Borrower fails to materially comply with its obligations hereunder with respect thereto; and Agent and its designees are hereby granted access to the Mortgaged Property at any reasonable time or times, upon reasonable notice, to remove or cause such removal or to take or cause the taking of any such other action. All costs, including, without limitation, the reasonable costs incurred by Agent in taking the foregoing action, damages, liabilities, losses, claims, expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) which are incurred by Agent, as the result of Borrower’s failure to comply with the provisions of this §8.6, shall be paid by Borrower to Agent upon demand by Agent and shall be additional obligations secured by the Security Documents, except for costs resulting from or related to Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Ultra Lease is in effect, the foregoing provisions of this §8.6 shall not be applicable and Borrower shall comply with, and use its good faith efforts to cause the Lessee to comply with, the terms of Article XXII of the Ultra Lease

 

  §8.7 Distributions .

No Distributions shall be made by Borrower, except as permitted in this §8.7. Distributions are permitted as follows: (a) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower may make Distributions to Pinedale GP and Prudential, and (b) once CORR has qualified as a real estate investment trust under the Code (“ REIT Status ”), if the Loans have not been declared due and payable in full following an Event of Default as provided in §12.1, Borrower may make Distributions to (i) Pinedale GP for further distribution to CORR to the extent required in order for CORR to maintain REIT Status, and (ii) Prudential to the extent of its proportionate partnership interest in Borrower as compared to the Distribution made to Pindale GP.

 

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  §8.8 Asset Sales .

Borrower shall not, in any single transaction or series of related transactions, directly or indirectly, hypothecate, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any Mortgaged Property or any other Collateral, or permit the same to be sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, contracted for or encumbered, or otherwise disposed of, or otherwise incur, create, assume or permit to exist any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, Lien or charge of any kind upon such assets (other than to Agent or in respect of Permitted Liens), nor shall Borrower, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, convey, lease with option to purchase, enter into a contract for sale, or grant an option to purchase all or any portion of such assets, except as follows:

(a) leasing of the LGS Assets pursuant to the Ultra Lease;

(b) transfers, conveyances or other dispositions of any Mortgaged Property resulting from any condemnation;

(c) transfers, conveyances or other dispositions of any property resulting from the granting of Permitted Liens;

(d) sales and dispositions of assets that are obsolete, worn out or no longer used or useful in Borrower’s business;

(e) dispositions or liquidations of cash and other Investments in the ordinary course of business; or

(f) dispositions of “Parts” (as defined in the Ultra Lease) as provided in Section 10.2 of the Ultra Lease; or

(g) Distributions permitted under §8.7.

 

  §8.9 Negative Pledges, Restrictive Agreements, etc.

Borrower will not enter into any agreement (excluding this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Ultra Lease, the SNDA and the Equity Investors Agreement) prohibiting or restricting:

(a) the creation or assumption of any Lien upon its properties, revenues or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to §8.2;

(b) the ability of Borrower to amend or otherwise modify this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

(c) the ability of Borrower to amend or otherwise modify the Ultra Lease.

 

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  §8.10 Organizational Documents .

Borrower shall not modify, amend, cancel, release, surrender, terminate or permit the modification, amendment, cancellation, release, surrender or termination of, any of its Organizational Documents or the Equity Investors Agreement if such action could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  §8.11 Affiliate Transactions .

Except for the Loan Documents and the other agreements listed on Schedule 6.15 , Borrower will not enter into, or cause, suffer or permit to exist any arrangement or contract with, any of its Affiliates unless such arrangement or contract:

(a) is not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;

(b)  (i) is in the ordinary course of business of Borrower and (ii) which is on terms which are not materially less favorable to Borrower than are obtainable from any Person which is not one of its Affiliates.

The foregoing provisions of this §8.11 shall not prohibit Borrower from entering into a management agreement with Corridor so long as CORR is obligated to pay any fees or other compensation to Corridor thereunder.

 

  §8.12 Management Fees, Expenses, etc.

Borrower will not pay management, advisory, consulting, director or other similar fees to Agent, Lenders or any of their Affiliates as in effect on the date hereof, other than fees payable to Pinedale GP under the Partnership Agreement in a maximum amount of $50,000 per year.

 

  §8.13 Ultra Lease .

Borrower will not, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, (a) enter into any Material Lease Amendment; (b) enter into any new lease of all or any part of the LGS Assets, or enter into an amendment or restatement of the Ultra Lease that would in any respect constitute or result in a Material Lease Amendment; (c) terminate or accept the surrender of the Lease or accept any “Lessee Termination and Purchase Offer Rights” (as defined in the SNDA) unless the purchase price therefor is sufficient to repay the Loans in full and is so used; (d) modify in any material respect the terms of the Ultra Lease Guaranty or other security for the performance of the Ultra Lease, or terminate the Ultra Lease Guaranty or other security for the Ultra Lease except as provided in Section 17.4 of the Ultra Lease; or (e) in the event of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law instituted by or against Ultra LGS, Ultra Resources or UPL, settle or compromise any claims that Borrower may have against Ultra LGS, Ultra Resources or UPL. In addition, Borrower will not, without the prior written consent of the Supermajority Lenders, (i) approve any “Permitted Lessee Transferree” (as defined in the Ultra Lease) to the extent Borrower, as Lessor, has approval rights with respect thereto as provided in clause (g) of such definition, (ii) give any approval or consent specified with respect to a “Permitted Lease Assignment” (as defined in the Ultra Lease) proposed under Section 17.1(a)(ii),

 

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or (iii) decide whether or not to require a “Lessee Guaranty” (as defined in the Ultra Lease) under subsection (ii) of the proviso at the end of Section 17.4 of the Ultra Lease. Borrower will send to Agent (i) copies of any written notices that Borrower sends under the Ultra Lease at the same time any such notice is sent, and will promptly provide to Agent copies of any written notices that Borrower receives under the Ultra Lease, and (ii) copies of all reports, financial statements, notices and other information provided to Borrower pursuant to Section 26.7(b) of the Ultra Lease promptly upon its receipt by Borrower.

 

  §8.14 Purchase Agreement .

Borrower will not consent to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification of any of the terms of provisions of the Purchase Agreement or the Purchase Agreement Guaranty which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

§9. FINANCIAL COVENANTS OF BORROWER

Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan, Note or other Obligation is outstanding:

 

  §9.1 Corporate Financial Covenants .

(a) Interest Coverage Ratio . Borrower will not, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of Borrower, permit the Interest Coverage Ratio for the fiscal quarter then ended and the immediately preceding three (3) fiscal quarters (treated as a single accounting period) (the “ Test Period ”), to be less than 6.0:1.0.

(b) Total Leverage Ratio . Borrower will not, as of the end of any fiscal quarter of Borrower, permit the Total Leverage Ratio for the Test Period to exceed the following:

 

Test Period Ending

   Total Leverage Ratio

5/31/13, 8/31/13, 11/30/13, 2/28/14, 5/31/14

   3.5:1.0

8/31/14, 11/30/14, 2/28/15, 5/31/15

   3.25:1.0

8/31/15 and thereafter

   3.0:1.0

(c) Net Worth . Borrower will not, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, permit its Net Worth to be less than $120,000,000.

The parties acknowledge that Borrower will not commence operations until the Closing Date. Accordingly, for purposes of determining compliance with the covenants set forth above in §9.1(a) and (b), for the Test Periods ending May 31, 2013, August 31, 2013, and November 30, 2013, Incurred Interest and EBITDA of Borrower shall be determined by annualizing the amounts thereof for one, two or three fiscal quarters, as applicable; provided , however , that if Borrower’s fiscal year end changes to December 31 in connection with CORR’s qualification for REIT Status, each of the measurement dates specified above in this sentence and in §9.1(b) shall be moved forward to the end of the next succeeding month. The determination of Borrower’s compliance with the foregoing covenants and the components thereof by Agent shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error.

 

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§10. CLOSING CONDITIONS

The obligations of Agent and Lenders to make the Loans shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on or prior to the Closing Date:

 

  §10.1 Loan Documents .

Each of the Loan Documents shall have been duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto, shall be in full force and effect and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders. Agent shall have received a fully executed copy of each such document, except that each Lender shall have received a fully executed counterpart of its Note or Notes.

 

  §10.2 Certified Copies of Organizational Documents .

Agent shall have received from Borrower a copy, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate officer of each State in which each of Borrower, CORR and Pinedale GP is organized or in which the Mortgaged Properties are located and a duly authorized member, manager, partner or officer of Borrower, CORR or Pinedale GP, as applicable, to be true and complete, of the Organizational Documents of Borrower, CORR and Pinedale GP, as applicable, or its qualification to do business, as applicable, as in effect on such date of certification.

 

  §10.3 Resolutions .

All action on the part of Borrower, CORR and Pinedale GP necessary for the valid execution, delivery and performance by Borrower, CORR and Pinedale GP of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as applicable) to which such Person is or is to become a party shall have been duly and effectively taken, and evidence thereof satisfactory to Agent shall have been provided to Agent. Agent shall have received from Borrower, CORR and Pinedale GP, true copies of their respective resolutions adopted by their respective board of directors or other governing body authorizing the transactions described herein, each certified by its secretary, assistant secretary or other appropriate representative as of a recent date to be true and complete.

 

  §10.4 Incumbency Certificate; Authorized Signers .

Agent shall have received from Borrower, CORR and Pinedale GP, an incumbency certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by a duly authorized officer of Borrower, CORR or Pinedale GP (as applicable) and giving the name and bearing a specimen signature of each individual who shall be authorized to sign, in the name and on behalf of Borrower, CORR and Pinedale GP, each of the Loan Documents to which such Person is or is to become a party. Agent shall have also received from Borrower a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by a duly authorized member of Borrower and giving the name and specimen signature of each individual who shall be authorized to make Loan Requests and Conversion Requests, and to give notices and to take other action on behalf of Borrower under the Loan Documents.

 

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  §10.5 Opinion of Counsel .

Agent shall have received a favorable opinion addressed to Lenders and Agent and dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, from counsel of Borrower, CORR and Pinedale GP, and counsel in such other states as may be requested by Agent, as to such matters as Agent shall reasonably request.

 

  §10.6 Payment of Fees .

Borrower shall have paid to Agent the fees payable pursuant to §4.2.

 

  §10.7 Insurance .

Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that the insurance coverages required by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents are in effect.

 

  §10.8 Performance; No Default .

Borrower and CORR shall have performed and complied with all terms and conditions herein required to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Closing Date, and on the Closing Date there shall exist no Default or Event of Default.

 

  §10.9 Representations and Warranties .

The representations and warranties made by Borrower and CORR in the Loan Documents or otherwise made by or on behalf of Borrower and CORR in connection therewith on the date thereof shall have been true and correct in all material respects when made and shall also be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date, and Agent shall have received written confirmation thereof from Borrower.

 

  §10.10   Proceedings and Documents .

No proceeding challenging or seeking to enjoin any of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect shall be pending or shall have been threatened.

 

  §10.11   Mortgaged Property Documents .

The Mortgaged Property Documents for each Mortgaged Property shall have been delivered to Agent at Borrower’s expense, granting Agent a first-priority Lien on the Mortgaged Property, subject only to Permitted Liens. Borrower will have paid to Agent any mortgage, recording, intangible, documentary stamp or other similar taxes and charges which Agent reasonably determines to be payable as a result of the Loans made on the Closing Date or the recording of the Mortgaged Property Documents to any state or any county or municipality thereof in which any of the Mortgaged Properties are located.

 

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  §10.12   Updated Title Opinions; Title Policy .

Agent shall have received (i) current title opinions with respect to the Mortgaged Properties other than the Fee Easement Property in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and (ii) a commitment in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent for the Title Policy with respect to the Fee Easement Property.

 

  §10.13   Intentionally Omitted .

 

  §10.14   Approval of Documents; Acquisition of LGS Assets; Ultra Lease .

Agent and Lenders shall have reviewed and approved the Purchase Agreement, the Purchase Agreement Guaranty, the Ultra Lease and the Ultra Lease Guaranty. Contemporaneously with the initial funding of the Loans: (i) Borrower shall have acquired the LGS Assets from Ultra Wyoming pursuant to and in accordance with the Purchase Agreement, (ii) Borrower and Ultra LGS shall have entered into the Ultra Lease; (iii) UPL and Ultra Resources shall have executed and delivered the Ultra Lease Guaranty; and (iv) UPL shall have executed and delivered the Purchase Agreement Guaranty.

 

  §10.15   Other Documents .

Agent shall have received executed copies of all other material agreements as Agent may have reasonably requested, including, without limitation, the SNDA.

 

  §10.16   No Condemnation/Taking .

Agent shall have reasonably received satisfactory evidence that no condemnation proceedings are pending or, to Borrower’s Knowledge, threatened against any Mortgaged Property, or, if any such proceedings are pending or threatened, identifying the same and the Mortgaged Property affected thereby and Agent shall have determined that none of such proceedings is or will be material to the Mortgaged Property affected thereby.

 

  §10.17   Equity Contribution .

Cash equity contributions of not less than $160,000,000 shall have been made to Borrower.

 

  §10.18   No Litigation .

Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or threatened, in any court or before any arbitrator or other Governmental Authority that purports to adversely affect Borrower, or any transaction contemplated hereby, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  §10.19   BLM Approvals Processing .

Borrower or Ultra Wyoming and/or Ultra LGS shall have compiled and provided to Agent copies of all information, materials and documentation under 43 C.F.R. §2800 et. seq. and

 

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43 C.F.R. §2880 et. seq. or as otherwise may be required by the BLM necessary for the processing and approval of the assignments of federal rights-of-way included in the LGS Assets from Ultra Wyoming to Borrower.

 

  §10.20   Other .

Agent shall have reviewed such other documents, instruments, certificates, opinions, assurances, consents and approvals as Agent or Agent’s Special Counsel may reasonably have requested, including, without limitation, flood determination certificates issued by the appropriate Governmental Authority or third party indicating that none of the Mortgage Properties is designated as a “flood hazard area.”

§11. CONDITIONS TO ALL BORROWINGS

The obligations of Lenders to make any Loan, whether on or after the Closing Date, shall also be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

  §11.1 Representations True; No Default .

Each of the representations and warranties made by Borrower and CORR contained in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or in any document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be true in all material respects both as of the date as of which they were made and shall also be true in all material respects as of the time of the making of such Loan, with the same effect as if made at and as of that time, except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions permitted by the Loan Documents (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects only as of such specified date), and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or shall result from the making of such Loan.

 

  §11.2 No Legal Impediment .

No change shall have occurred in any law or regulations thereunder or interpretations thereof that in the reasonable opinion of any Lender would make it illegal for such Lender to make such Loan.

 

  §11.3 Borrowing Documents .

Agent shall have received a fully completed Loan Request for such Loan and the other documents and information as required by §2.4.

 

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§12. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC.

 

  §12.1 Events of Default and Acceleration .

If any of the following events (“ Events of Default ” or, if the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both is required, then, prior to such notice or lapse of time, “ Defaults ”) shall occur:

(a) Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of the Loans when the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date fixed for payment and such failure shall continue for ten (10) days;

(b) Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on the Loans or any other sums due hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents when the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date fixed for payment, and such failure shall continue for ten (10) days (provided that such grace period will not apply to interest due upon the maturity of the Obligations);

(c) Borrower shall fail to comply with any covenant contained in §8 or §9;

(d) Borrower shall fail to comply with any covenant contained in §7.4 and such failure shall continue for ten (10) days;

(e) Borrower shall fail to perform any other term, covenant or agreement contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents (other than those specified in the other subclauses of this §12); and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days after written notice thereof shall have been given to Borrower by Agent;

(f) Any representation or warranty made by Borrower in this Agreement or by Borrower in any other Loan Document to which it is a party, or in any report, certificate, financial statement, request for a Loan, or in any other document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, any advance of a Loan, or any of the other Loan Documents shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect upon the date when made or deemed to have been made or repeated;

(g) Borrower shall fail to pay at maturity or otherwise when due, or within any applicable period of grace, any obligation for borrowed money or credit received or other Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $100,000, or fail to observe or perform any material term, covenant or agreement contained in any agreement by which it is bound, evidencing or securing any such borrowed money or credit received or other Indebtedness for such period of time as would permit (assuming the giving of appropriate notice if required) the holder or holders thereof or of any obligations issued thereunder to accelerate the maturity thereof;

(h) Borrower (1) shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admit in writing its general inability to pay or generally fail to pay its debts as they mature or become due, or shall petition or apply for the appointment of a trustee or other custodian, liquidator or receiver of Borrower or of any substantial part of the assets of any thereof, including, without limitation, any Mortgaged Property, (2) shall commence any case or other proceeding relating to Borrower under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect, or (3) shall take any action to authorize or in furtherance of any of the foregoing;

(i) A petition or application shall be filed for the appointment of a trustee or other custodian, liquidator or receiver of Borrower, or any substantial part of the assets of any thereof, including, without limitation, any Mortgaged Property, or a case or other proceeding shall

 

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be commenced against Borrower under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect, and Borrower shall indicate its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein or such petition, application, case or proceeding shall not have been dismissed within ninety (90) days following the filing or commencement thereof;

(j) A decree or order is entered appointing any such trustee, custodian, liquidator or receiver or adjudicating Borrower bankrupt or insolvent, or approving a petition in any such case or other proceeding, or a decree or order for relief is entered in respect of Borrower in an involuntary case under federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter constituted;

(k) There shall remain in force, undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed, for more than sixty (60) days, whether or not consecutive, any final judgment against Borrower, that, with other outstanding final judgments, undischarged, against Borrower exceeds in the aggregate $5,000,000 (to the extent not paid or covered by insurance);

(l) If any of the Loan Documents shall be canceled, terminated, revoked or rescinded otherwise than in accordance with the terms thereof or with the express prior written agreement, consent or approval of Lenders, or any action at law, suit in equity or other legal proceeding to cancel, revoke or rescind any of the Loan Documents shall be commenced by or on behalf of Borrower or CORR or any of their respective stockholders, partners, members or beneficiaries, or any court or any other governmental or regulatory authority or agency of competent jurisdiction shall make a determination that, or issue a judgment, order, decree or ruling to the effect that, any one or more of the Loan Documents is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with the terms thereof;

(m) Any dissolution, termination, partial or complete liquidation, merger or consolidation of any Borrower, or any sale, transfer or other disposition of the assets of Borrower, other than as permitted under the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;

(n) Borrower shall be indicted for a federal crime, a punishment for which could include the forfeiture of any assets of Borrower included in the Collateral;

(o) A Change of Control shall occur without the prior written approval of all of Lenders (which consent may be withheld by Lenders in their sole and absolute discretion);

(p) Any Event of Default, as defined in any of the other Loan Documents other than the Limited Guaranty or the Pledge and Security Agreement, shall occur;

(q) Any amendment to or termination of a financing statement naming Borrower as debtor and Agent as secured party relating to the Collateral, or any correction statement with respect thereto, is filed in any jurisdiction by, or caused by, or at the instance of Borrower without the prior written consent of Agent (except to the extent of a release of Collateral permitted by this Agreement); or any amendment to or termination of a financing statement naming Borrower as debtor and Agent as secured party, or any correction statement with respect thereto, is filed in any jurisdiction by any party other than Agent or Agent’s counsel (or by Borrower at Agent’s direction) without the prior written consent of Agent and Borrower fails to use its best efforts to cause the effect of such filing to be completely nullified to the reasonable satisfaction of Agent within ten (10) days after notice to Borrower thereof;

 

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(r) Either (i) a “Level 1 Lessee Default” shall occur and be continuing under the Ultra Lease, or (ii) any other “Lessee Event of Default” shall occur and not be cured within ninety (90) days after its occurrence;

(s) Any action or proceeding is commenced to foreclose or otherwise realize on the Hartman Judgment and such Default is not cured by the Borrower by the earlier of (i) sixty (60) days after commencement of any action to have the Mortgaged Property related thereto sold to satisfy the Hartman Judgment, or (ii) five (5) Business Days prior to entry of any judgment directing the sale of the Mortgaged Property related thereto;

(t) Any action or proceeding is commenced to foreclose or otherwise realize on the Nerd Enterprise Mortgage, and such Default is not cured by the Borrower by the earlier of (i) 60 days after the mortgagee or any other party commences any action to foreclose the Nerd Enterprise Mortgage whether by judicial action or under advertisement and power of sale, or (ii) five (5) Business Days prior to the earlier of (x) a sale of the Mortgaged Property related thereto, or (y) a judgment directing such sale;

then, and in any such event, Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice in writing to Borrower declare all amounts owing with respect to this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents to be, and they shall thereupon forthwith become, immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower; provided that in the event of any Event of Default specified in §12.1(h), §12.1(i) or §12.1(j), all such amounts shall become immediately due and payable automatically and without any requirement of notice from any of Lenders or Agent.

Notwithstanding the other terms of this Agreement or the terms of any other Loan Document, so long as the Ultra Lease remains in effect and the LGS Assets are used, maintained and operated by Lessee as permitted or required by the terms of the Ultra Lease, the breach, default or failure to perform by Borrower under any provision relating to such matters contained in the Loan Documents shall not, in and of itself, result in a Default or Event of Default under this Agreement.

 

  §12.2 Limitation of Cure Periods .

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to “the continuance of a default” or “the continuance of an Event of Default” or any similar phrase shall not create or be deemed to create any right on the part of Borrower or any other party to cure any default following the expiration of any applicable grace or notice and cure period.

 

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  §12.3 [RESERVED].

 

  §12.4 Remedies .

(a) In case any one or more of the Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and whether or not Lenders shall have accelerated the maturity of the Loans and other Obligations pursuant to §12.1, Agent on behalf of Lenders may, and upon direction of the Required Lenders shall, proceed to protect and enforce their rights and remedies under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents by suit in equity, action at law or other appropriate proceeding, whether for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any instrument pursuant to which the Obligations are evidenced, including to the full extent permitted by applicable law the obtaining of the ex parte appointment of a receiver, and, if such amount shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, proceed to enforce the payment thereof or any other legal or equitable right. No remedy herein conferred upon Agent or the holder of any Note is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or any other provision of law. In the event that all or any portion of the Obligations is collected by or through an attorney-at-law, Borrower shall pay all costs of collection including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement providing that the Loans may be evidenced by multiple Notes in favor of Lenders, Lenders acknowledge and agree that only Agent may exercise any remedies arising by reason of a Default or Event of Default, including without limitation, bringing any suit for collection of any Note.

 

  §12.5 Distribution of Collateral Proceeds .

In the event that, following the occurrence or during the continuance of any Event of Default, any monies are received in connection with the enforcement of any of the Loan Documents, or otherwise with respect to the realization upon any of the assets of Borrower or any other Person liable with respect to the Obligations (including the Collateral), such monies shall be distributed for application as follows:

(a) First , to the payment of, or (as the case may be) the reimbursement of, Agent for or in respect of all reasonable costs, expenses, disbursements and losses which shall have been incurred or sustained by Agent to protect or preserve the Collateral or in connection with the collection of such monies by Agent, for the exercise, protection or enforcement by Agent of all or any of the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of the Collateral or in support of any provision of adequate indemnity to Agent against any taxes or liens which by law shall have, or may have, priority over the rights of Agent to such monies;

(b) Second , to all other Obligations in the following order: (i) first to the payment of any fees or charges outstanding hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (excluding any Hedge Agreements), (ii) next to any accrued and outstanding Default Rate interest, (iii) next to any accrued and outstanding interest on the Loans, (iv) next on a pari passu basis, to any Outstanding principal on the Loans and Obligations under any Hedge

 

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Agreements in which the counterparty is a Lender or a Person that was a Lender at the time such Hedge Agreement was entered into, and (vii) last to any remaining Obligations in such order as the Required Lenders may determine; provided , however , that (A) in the event that any Lender shall have wrongfully failed or refused to make an advance under §2.4 or §2.5 and such failure or refusal shall be continuing, advances made by other Lenders during the pendency of such failure or refusal shall be entitled to be repaid as to principal and accrued interest in priority to the other Obligations described in this subsection (b), and (B) Obligations owing to Lenders such as interest, principal, fees and expenses, shall be made among such Lenders pro rata in accordance with their Commitment Percentages; and provided , further , that the Required Lenders may in their discretion make proper allowance to take into account any Obligations not then due and payable; and

(c) Third , the excess, if any, shall be returned to Borrower or to such other Persons as are entitled thereto.

 

  §12A. CORR Default Remedies .

In the case any one of the CORR Defaults shall have occurred and be continuing, in addition to constituting a Cash Dominion Event, at the election of the Required Lenders, (i) if the CORR Default is the result of a CORR Change of Control only, all Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to four percent (4%) above the rate that would otherwise be applicable at such time (the “ Adjusted Rate ”), or if such rate shall exceed the maximum rate permitted by law, then at the maximum rate permitted by law; (ii) if the CORR Default is not the result of a CORR Change of Control, all Loans shall bear interest at the Default Rate; and (iii) Agent shall be entitled to enforce all of its rights and remedies under the Pledge and Security Agreement.

§13. SETOFF

Regardless of the adequacy of any Collateral, during the continuance of any Event of Default, any deposits (general or specific, time or demand, provisional or final, regardless of currency, maturity, or the branch of where such deposits are held) or other sums credited by or due from Agent or any of Lenders to Borrower and any securities or other property of Borrower in the possession of Agent or any Lender may be applied to or set off against the payment of Obligations and any and all other liabilities, direct, or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, of Borrower, as applicable, to such Lender. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event Default, any Lender, including Agent, may, but shall not be obligated to freeze withdrawals from any account of Borrower held by such Lender. Each Lender agrees with each other Lender that if such Lender shall receive from Borrower, whether by voluntary payment, exercise of the right of setoff, or otherwise, and shall retain and apply to the payment of the Note or Notes held by such Lender any amount in excess of its ratable portion of the payments received by all of Lenders with respect to the Notes held by all of Lenders, such Lender will make such disposition and arrangements with the other Lenders with respect to such excess, either by way of distribution, pro tanto assignment of claims, subrogation or otherwise as shall result in each Lender receiving in respect of the Notes held by it its proportionate payment as contemplated by this Agreement; provided that if all or any part of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such Lender, such disposition and arrangements shall be rescinded and the amount restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

 

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§14. THE AGENT

 

  §14.1 Authorization .

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints KeyBank to act on its behalf as Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incident thereto, provided that no duties or responsibilities not expressly assumed herein or therein shall be implied to have been assumed by Agent. The obligations of Agent hereunder are primarily administrative in nature, and nothing contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be construed to constitute Agent as a trustee or fiduciary for any Lender or to create any agency or fiduciary relationship. Agent shall act as the contractual representative of Lenders hereunder, and notwithstanding the use of the term “Agent”, it is understood and agreed that Agent shall not have any fiduciary duties or responsibilities to any Lender by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and is acting as an independent contractor, the duties and responsibilities of which are limited to those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Borrower and any other Person shall be entitled to conclusively rely on a statement from Agent that it has the authority to act for and bind Lenders pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

  §14.2 Employees and Agents .

Agent may exercise its rights and powers and execute any and all of its duties hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through employees or agents and shall be entitled to take, and to rely on, advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to its rights and duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Agent and any such agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Section shall apply to any such agent and to the Related Parties of Agent and any such agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. Agent may utilize the services of such Persons as Agent may reasonably determine, and all reasonable fees and expenses of any such Persons shall be paid by Borrower.

 

  §14.3 No Liability .

Neither Agent nor any of its shareholders, directors, officers or employees nor any other Person assisting them in their duties nor any agent, or employee thereof, shall be liable to Lenders for any waiver, consent or approval given or any action taken, or omitted to be taken, in good faith by it or them hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, or in connection herewith or therewith, or be responsible for the consequences of any oversight or error of judgment whatsoever, except that Agent or such other Person, as the case may be, shall be liable for losses due to its willful misconduct or gross negligence. Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and reasonably believed by it to have been made by

 

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the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

  §14.4 No Representations .

Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent:

(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and

(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of Lenders as shall be necessary, or as Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in §27 and §12.4) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to Agent by Borrower or any Lender.

Agent shall not be responsible for the execution or validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes, any of the other Loan Documents or any instrument at any time constituting, or intended to constitute, collateral security for the Notes, or for the value of any such collateral security or for the validity, enforceability or collectability of any such amounts owing with respect to the Notes, or for any recitals or statements, warranties or representations made herein, or any agreement, instrument or certificate delivered in connection therewith or in any of the other Loan Documents or in any certificate or instrument hereafter furnished to it by or on behalf of Borrower or CORR, or be bound to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements herein or in any other of the Loan Documents.

 

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Agent shall not be bound to ascertain whether any notice, consent, waiver or request delivered to it by Borrower, CORR or any holder of any of the Notes shall have been duly authorized or is true, accurate and complete. Agent has not made nor does it now make any representations or warranties, express or implied, nor does it assume any liability to Lenders, with respect to the creditworthiness or financial condition of Borrower or CORR or the value of the Collateral or any other assets of such Persons.

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties, and based upon such information and documents as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties, based upon such information and documents as it deems appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis and decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

  §14.5 Payments .

(a) A payment by Borrower to Agent hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents for the account of any Lender shall constitute a payment to such Lender. Agent agrees to distribute to each Lender not later than one (1) Business Day after Agent’s receipt of good funds, determined in accordance with Agent’s customary practices, such Lender’s pro rata share of payments received by Agent for the account of Lenders except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any of the other Loan Documents.

(b) If in the opinion of Agent the distribution of any amount received by it in such capacity hereunder, under the Notes or under any of the other Loan Documents might involve it in liability, it may refrain from making distribution until its right to make distribution shall have been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge that any amount received and distributed by Agent is to be repaid, each Person to whom any such distribution shall have been made shall either repay to Agent its proportionate share of the amount so adjudged to be repaid or shall pay over the same in such manner and to such Persons as shall be determined by such court.

(c) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any fees otherwise due such Lender for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender). If Borrower and Agent agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Commitments, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

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  §14.6 Holders of Notes .

Subject to the terms of §18, Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the absolute owner or purchaser thereof for all purposes hereof until it shall have been furnished in writing with a different name by such payee or by a subsequent holder, assignee or transferee.

 

  §14.7 Indemnity .

Lenders ratably agree hereby to indemnify and hold harmless Agent from and against any and all claims, actions and suits (whether groundless or otherwise), losses, damages, costs, expenses (to the extent of any losses, damages, costs and expenses for which Agent has not been reimbursed by Borrower as required by §15 or §16), and liabilities of every nature and character arising out of or related to this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated or evidenced hereby or thereby, or Agent’s actions taken hereunder or thereunder, except to the extent that any of the same shall be directly caused by Agent’s willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

  §14.8 Agent as Lender .

In its individual capacity, KeyBank shall have the same obligations and the same rights, powers and privileges in respect to its Commitment and the Loans made by it, and as the holder of any of the Notes as it would have were it not also Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Borrower, CORR or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to Lenders.

 

  §14.9 Resignation .

Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty (30) calendar days’ prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders, subject to the terms of §18.1, shall have the right to appoint as a successor Agent any Lender or any other bank whose senior debt obligations are rated not less than “A” or its equivalent by Moody’s or not less than “A” or its equivalent by S&P and which has a net worth of not less than $500,000,000. Any such resignation shall be effective upon appointment and acceptance of a successor agent selected by the Required Lenders. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a bank whose debt obligations are rated not less than “A” or its equivalent by Moody’s or not less than “A” or its equivalent by S&P Corporation and which has a net worth of not less than $500,000,000, provided that if Agent shall notify Borrower and Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except

 

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that in the case of any collateral security held by Agent on behalf of Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Unless a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such successor Agent shall be reasonably acceptable to Borrower. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder as Agent. The fees payable by Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between Borrower and such successor. After any retiring Agent’s resignation, the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent.

 

  §14.10    Duties in the Case of Enforcement .

In case one or more Events of Default have occurred and shall be continuing, and whether or not acceleration of the Obligations shall have occurred, Agent may and shall, if (a) so requested by the Required Lenders and (b) Lenders have provided to Agent such additional indemnities and assurances against expenses and liabilities as Agent may reasonably request, proceed to enforce the provisions of the Security Documents authorizing the sale or other disposition of all or any part of the Collateral and exercise all or any other legal and equitable and other rights or remedies as it may have. The Required Lenders may direct Agent in writing as to the method and the extent of any such exercise, Lenders hereby agreeing to indemnify and hold Agent harmless from all liabilities incurred in respect of all actions taken or omitted in accordance with such directions, provided that Agent need not comply with any such direction to the extent that Agent reasonably believes Agent’s compliance with such direction to be unlawful or commercially unreasonable in any applicable jurisdiction.

 

  §14.11    Request for Agent Action .

Agent and Lenders acknowledge that in the ordinary course of business of Borrower, (a) Borrower will enter into the Ultra Lease and, in connection therewith, Ultra LGS and Borrower may require the execution of the SNDA, (b) the Mortgaged Property may be subject to a condemnation or other taking, (c) Borrower may desire to enter into easements or other agreements affecting the Mortgaged Property, dedicate roads or utilities, or take other actions or enter into other agreements in the ordinary course of business which similarly require the consent, approval or agreement of Agent. In connection with the foregoing, Lenders hereby expressly authorize and require Agent to (a) execute and deliver the SNDA upon such terms as all Lenders shall have approved and thereupon Agent and Lenders shall be bound by the terms thereof and the rights and remedies of Agent and Lenders under the Loan Documents shall be subject to the terms thereof in all respects, (b) execute releases of Liens of Mortgaged Property in connection with dispositions permitted in this Agreement or in connection with any condemnation or other taking and Agent hereby covenants that it will execute and/or authorize such release, (c) execute consents or subordinations in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent in connection

 

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with any easements, agreements, plats, dedications or similar matters affecting the Mortgaged Property, or (d) execute consents, approvals, or other agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent in connection with such other actions or agreements as may be desirable by Agent or any tenant necessary in the ordinary course of Borrower’s respective businesses. Any amendment or modification of the SNDA shall require the approval of all Lenders.

 

  §14.12    Removal of Agent .

The Required Lenders may remove Agent from its capacity as agent in the event of Agent’s willful misconduct or gross negligence. Such removal shall be effective upon appointment and acceptance of a successor agent selected by the Required Lenders. Any successor Agent must satisfy the conditions set forth in §14.9. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as agent hereunder by a successor agent, such successor agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all rights, powers, privileges and duties of the removed Agent, and the removed Agent shall be discharged from all further duties and obligations as Agent under this Agreement and the Loan Documents (subject to Agent’s right to be indemnified as provided in the Loan Documents); provided that Agent shall remain liable to the extent provided herein or in the Loan Documents for its acts or omissions occurring prior to such removal or resignation.

 

  §14.13    Bankruptcy .

In the event a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding is commenced by or against Borrower or CORR, Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and duty to file and pursue a joint proof of claim on behalf of all Lenders. Each Lender irrevocably waives its right to file or pursue a separate proof of claim in any such proceedings.

§15. EXPENSES

Borrower agrees to pay (a) the reasonable and documented costs of producing and reproducing this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the other agreements and instruments mentioned herein, (b) any taxes (including any interest and penalties in respect thereto) payable by Agent or any of Lenders, including any recording, mortgage, documentary or intangibles taxes in connection with the Mortgages and other Loan Documents, or other taxes payable on or with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than Excluded Taxes, except that Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to indemnification for any and all amounts paid by them in respect of taxes based on income or other taxes assessed by any State in which Mortgaged Property or other Collateral is located, such indemnification to be limited to taxes due solely on account of the granting of Collateral under the Security Documents, including any such taxes payable by Agent or any of Lenders after the Closing Date (Borrower hereby agreeing to indemnify Agent and each Lender with respect thereto), (c) all appraisal fees, engineer’s fees, charges of Agent for commercial finance exams and engineering and environmental reviews and the reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements of Agent, Agent’s Special Counsel and any other counsel to Agent, counsel for KeyBank and any local counsel to Agent incurred in connection with the performance of due diligence and the preparation, negotiation, administration, or interpretation of the Loan Documents and other instruments mentioned herein, the addition and release of Collateral, each closing hereunder, and amendments, modifications,

 

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approvals, consents, waivers or Collateral releases hereto or hereunder, (d) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of Agent incurred by Agent in connection with the performance of due diligence, underwriting analysis, credit reviews and the preparation, negotiation, administration, syndication or interpretation of the Loan Documents and other instruments mentioned herein, credit and collateral evaluations, the release, addition or substitution of additional Collateral, (e) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, which attorneys may be employees of any Lender or Agent and the fees and costs of appraisers, engineers, investment bankers or other experts retained by any Lender or Agent) incurred by any Lender or Agent in connection with (i) the enforcement of or preservation of rights under any of the Loan Documents against Borrower or CORR or the administration thereof after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default (including, without limitation, the cost of all title examinations and title reports, Lien searches and related costs and expenses in order specifically to identify the Mortgaged Properties and the state of Borrower’s title thereto), (ii) the sale of, collection from or other realization upon any of the Collateral, and (iii) the failure of Borrower or CORR to perform or observe any provision of the Loan Documents, and (f) all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of Agent incurred in connection with Uniform Commercial Code searches, Uniform Commercial Code filings or Mortgage recordings and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, title rundowns and title searches. The covenants of this §15 shall survive payment or satisfaction of payment of amounts owing with respect to the Notes.

§16. INDEMNIFICATION

Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Agent and Lenders and each director, officer, employee, agent and Person who controls Agent or any Lender (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) from and against any and all claims, actions and suits, whether groundless or otherwise, and from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages and expenses of every nature and character arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby including, without limitation, (a) any leasing fees and any brokerage, finders or similar fees asserted against any Indemnitee based upon any agreement, arrangement or action made or taken, or alleged to have been made or taken, by Borrower, (b) any condition, use, operation or occupancy of a Mortgaged Property or other Collateral other than with respect to matters relating to such Mortgaged Property and/or the Collateral first occurring after Agent or its nominee acquires title to such Mortgaged Property by the exercise of its foreclosure remedies or transfer in lieu of foreclosure, (c) any actual or proposed use by Borrower of the proceeds of any of the Loans, (d) any actual or alleged infringement of any patent, copyright, trademark, service mark or similar right of any of Borrower or CORR comprised in the Collateral, (e) Borrower and CORR, as applicable, entering into or performing this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (f) any actual or alleged violation of any law, ordinance, code, order, rule, regulation, approval, consent, permit or license relating to a Mortgaged Property or the other Collateral, or (g) with respect to Borrower and its assets, including, without limitation, the Mortgaged Properties, the violation of any Environmental Law, the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Substances or any action, suit, proceeding or investigation brought or threatened with respect to any Hazardous Substances (including, but not limited to claims with respect to wrongful death, personal injury or damage to property), other than with respect to matters relating to such Mortgaged Property and/or the Collateral first occurring after Agent or its nominee acquires title to such Mortgaged

 

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Property by the exercise of its foreclosure remedies or transfer in lieu of foreclosure, in each case including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and allocated costs of internal counsel incurred in connection with any such investigation, litigation or other proceeding; provided , however , such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, (y) result from a claim brought by Borrower against any Indemnitee for bad faith breach of such Indemnitee’s obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, if the Borrower has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claims as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or (z) result from violation by any Indemnitee of any such Indemnitee’s internal policies or from a violation of laws, rules or regulations applicable to such Indemnitee’s operations. In litigation, or the preparation therefor, the Indemnitees shall be entitled to select a single law firm as their own counsel and, in addition to the foregoing indemnity, Borrower agrees to pay promptly all court costs and other expenses of litigation incurred by the Indemnitees, including the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. If, and to the extent that the obligations of Borrower under this §16 are unenforceable for any reason, Borrower hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment in satisfaction of such obligations which is permissible under applicable law. There shall be specifically excluded from the foregoing indemnification any claims, actions, suits, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses arising from disputes among Lenders with respect to the Loans or the Loan Documents. In the event that any such claims, actions, suits, liabilities, losses, damages and expenses involve both a dispute among Lenders and other matters covered by this indemnification provision, Agent shall make a reasonable good faith allocation of all losses, damages and expenses incurred between Lenders’ dispute and the other matters covered by this indemnification provision, which allocation by Agent shall, absent manifest error, be final and binding upon the parties hereto. All amounts payable by Borrower pursuant to this Section shall constitute Obligations until paid in full by Borrower. The provisions of this §16 shall survive the repayment of the Loans and the termination of the obligations of Lenders hereunder.

§17. SURVIVAL OF COVENANTS, ETC

All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein, in the Notes, in any of the other Loan Documents or in any documents or other papers delivered by or on behalf of Borrower or CORR, as applicable, pursuant hereto or thereto shall be deemed to have been relied upon by Lenders and Agent, notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by any of them, and shall survive the making by Lenders of any of the Loans, as herein contemplated, and shall continue in full force and effect so long as any amount due under this Agreement or the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents remains outstanding or any Lender has any obligation to make any Loans. The indemnification obligations of Borrower provided herein and the other Loan Documents shall survive the full repayment of amounts due and the termination of the obligations of Lenders hereunder and thereunder to the extent provided herein and therein. All statements contained in any certificate or other paper delivered to any Lender or Agent at any time by or on behalf of any of Borrower pursuant hereto or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall constitute representations and warranties as to the matters contained in such certificate or other paper by any Borrower hereunder.

 

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§18. ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION

 

  §18.1    Conditions to Assignment by Lenders .

(a) Each Lender shall have the right to assign, transfer, sell, negotiate, pledge or otherwise hypothecate this Agreement and any of its rights and security hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to any other Eligible Assignee with the prior written consent of Agent and with the prior written consent of Borrower, which consents by Agent and Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed (provided that no consent of Borrower shall be required if the Eligible Assignee is also a Lender or an Affiliate thereof or if an Event of Default then exists) and no consent of Agent shall be required if the Eligible Assignee is also a Lender or an Affiliate thereof; provided , however , that (i) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and deliver to Agent, for its approval and acceptance, an Assignment and Assumption Agreement in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part hereof (an “ Assignment and Assumption Agreement ”), (ii) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, (iii) if the potential assignee is not already a Lender hereunder, at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the settlement date of the assignment, the potential assignee shall deliver to Agent (A) the fully completed Patriot Act and OFAC forms attached as Exhibit F attached hereto and made a part hereof and such other information as Agent shall require to successfully complete Agent’s Patriot Act Customer Identification Process and OFAC Review Process, and (B) such information as shall be required to enable Agent to determine if the potential assignee is an Eligible Assignee, (iv) unless Agent and, so long as no Event of Default exists, Borrower otherwise consent, the aggregate amount of the total Commitment of the assigning Lender being assigned pursuant to each such assignment shall in no event be less than $2,000,000, (iv) Agent shall receive from the assigning Lender a processing fee of $3,500, (vi) if the assignment is less than the assigning Lender’s entire interest in the Loans, the assigning Lender must retain at least a $3,000,000 Commitment. Upon such execution, delivery, approval and acceptance, and upon the effective date specified in the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement, (a) the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and Borrower hereby agrees that all of the rights and remedies of Lenders in connection with the interest so assigned shall be enforceable against Borrower by an Eligible Assignee with the same force and effect and to the same extent as the same would have been enforceable but for such assignment provided that no assignment shall increase the Borrower’s obligations under §4.4 or §4.9, (b) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations hereunder and thereunder, and (c) Agent may unilaterally amend Schedule 1.1 to reflect such assignment. For purposes of this paragraph, in connection with any assignment or simultaneous, multiple assignments by any Lender which is a fund to one or more of its Related Funds: (1) compliance with the minimum amounts for assigned Commitments and Loans, and for retained Commitments and Loans as hereinabove provided shall be determined in the aggregate for such assigning fund and any of its Related Funds that are or are to become Lenders as part of any assignment transaction or simultaneous, multiple assignment transactions; (2) after giving effect to such assignment or assignments, no such assignor or assignee fund in connection with a partial assignment of the assigning fund’s Commitment shall hold a Commitment of less than $3,000,000, and (3) only one processing fee shall be payable to Agent in connection with simultaneous, multiple assignment transactions.

 

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(b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the assigning Lender thereunder and the Eligible Assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) except as provided in such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished in connection therewith; (ii) such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of Borrower or CORR or the performance or observance by Borrower or CORR of any of its obligations under any Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished in connection therewith; (iii) such Eligible Assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement together with such financial statements, Loan Documents and other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and to become a Lender hereunder; (iv) such Eligible Assignee will, independently and without reliance upon Agent, the assigning Lender or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement; (v) such Eligible Assignee appoints and authorizes Agent to take such action as Agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (vi) such Eligible Assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

  §18.2 Register .

Agent shall maintain a copy of each assignment delivered to it and a register or similar list (the “ Register ”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders and the Commitment Percentages, of, and principal amount of (and interest on) the Loans owing to Lenders from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and Borrower, Agent and Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower and Lenders at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

  §18.3 New Notes .

Upon its receipt of an assignment executed by the parties to such assignment, together with each Note (if any) subject to such assignment, Agent shall (a) record the information contained therein in the Register, and (b) give prompt notice thereof to Borrower and Lenders (other than the assigning Lender). Within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such notice, Borrower, upon Lender’s request and at Lender’s expense, shall execute and deliver to Agent, in exchange for each surrendered Note, a new Note, to the order of such assignee in an amount equal

 

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to the amount assumed by such assignee pursuant to such assignment and, if the assigning Lender has retained some portion of its obligations hereunder, a new Note, to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the amount retained by it hereunder. Such new Notes shall provide that they are replacements for the surrendered Notes of the same category, shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the surrendered Notes, shall be dated the effective date of such assignment and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of the assigned Notes. The surrendered Notes shall be canceled and returned to Borrower.

 

  §18.4 Participations .

Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that (a) any such sale or participation shall not affect the rights and duties of the selling Lender hereunder to Borrower, (b) such participation shall not entitle such participant to any rights or privileges under this Agreement or the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the right to approve waivers, amendments or modifications, (c) such participant shall have no direct rights against Borrower or CORR except the rights granted to Lenders pursuant to §13, (d) such sale is effected in accordance with all applicable laws, and (e) such participant shall be an Eligible Assignee. Any Lender which intends to sell a participation shall provide to Agent and Borrower not less than fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice of such potential sale accompanied by such information as shall be required in order to determine if the potential loan participant is an Eligible Assignee.

 

  §18.5 Pledge by Lender .

Any Lender may at any time pledge all or any portion of its interest and rights under this Agreement (including all or any portion of its Note) to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation, (a) any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to any of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks organized under §4 of the Federal Reserve Act, 12 U.S.C. §341, to any Federal Home Loan Bank or to any institution within the Farm Credit System, and (b) for any Lender that is a fund, any pledge or assignment to any holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Lender including any trustee for, or any other representative of, such holders. In addition, any Lender may, with the consent of Agent (which may be granted or withheld in Agent’s sole discretion) pledge all or any portion of its interests and rights under the Agreement (including all or any portion of its Note or Notes) to a Person approved by Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no pledge permitted pursuant to this Section or the enforcement thereof shall release the pledgor Lender from its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents.

 

  §18.6 No Assignment by Borrower .

Borrower shall not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under any of the Loan Documents without the prior written consent of each of Lenders.

 

  §18.7 Cooperation; Disclosure .

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addition to disclosures made in accordance with standard lending practices any Lender may disclose information obtained by such Lender pursuant to this Agreement to assignees or participants and potential assignees or participants hereunder, subject to the provisions of §18.10. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Agent and each Lender may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, any information with respect to the “tax treatment” and “tax structure” (in each case, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4) of the transactions contemplated hereby and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to Agent or any Lender relating to such tax treatment and tax structure; provided that with respect to any document or similar item that in either case contains information concerning the tax treatment or tax structure of the transaction as well as other information, this sentence shall only apply to such portions of the document or similar item that relate to the tax treatment or tax structure of the Loans and transactions contemplated hereby. In order to facilitate assignments to Eligible Assignees and sales to Eligible Assignees, Borrower shall execute such further documents, instruments or agreements as Lenders may reasonably require. In addition, Borrower agrees to cooperate fully with Lenders in the exercise of Lenders’ rights pursuant to this Section, including providing such information and documentation regarding the Borrower and CORR and their Subsidiaries as any Lender or any potential Eligible Assignee or participant may reasonably request and, upon reasonable request of any such Lender, to meet with potential Eligible Assignees.

 

  §18.8 Mandatory Assignment .

In the event (i) Borrower requests that certain amendments, modifications, consents or waivers be made to or under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents which request is approved by Agent or Required Lenders but is not approved by one or more of Lenders (any such non-consenting Lender shall hereafter be referred to as the “ Non-Consenting Lender ”), (ii) Borrower becomes obligated to pay additional amounts to any Lender pursuant to § 4.4 or § 4.9 , or any Lender gives notice of the occurrence of any circumstances described in § 4.7 or § 4.9 , and in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with §4.10, (iii) any Lender hereunder is a Defaulting Lender (any such Lender described in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) shall hereafter be referred to as an “ Affected Lender ”) then, within thirty (30) days after Borrower’s receipt of notice of such disapproval by such Non-Consenting Lender, or, in the case of clause (ii) or (iii) above at any time after the occurrence of such event, Borrower shall have the right as to such Affected Lender, to be exercised by delivery of written notice delivered to Agent and the Affected Lender, to elect to cause the Affected Lender to transfer its Loans and Commitments. Agent shall promptly notify the remaining Lenders that each of such Lenders shall have the right, but not the obligation, to acquire a portion of the Commitment, pro rata based upon their relevant Commitment Percentages (not including the Commitment of the Affected Lender), of the Affected Lender (or if any of such Lenders does not elect to purchase its pro rata share, then to such remaining Lenders in such proportion as approved by Agent). In the event that Lenders do not elect to acquire all of the Affected Lender’s Loans and Commitment, then Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to find a new Lender or Lenders to acquire such remaining Loans and Commitment. Upon any such purchase of the Loans and Commitments of the Affected Lender, the Affected Lender’s interests in the Obligations and its rights hereunder and under the Loan Documents shall terminate at the date of purchase, and the Affected Lender shall promptly execute and deliver any and all documents reasonably requested by Agent to surrender and transfer such interest,

 

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including, without limitation, an assignment and assumption agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C and such Affected Lender’s original Note. The purchase price for the Affected Lender’s Commitment shall equal any and all amounts outstanding and owed by Borrower to the Affected Lender, including principal and all accrued and unpaid interest or fees, plus any applicable prepayment fees which would be owed to such Affected Lender if the Loans were to be repaid in full on the date of such purchase of the Affected Lender’s Commitment. A Lender shall not be required to make any such transfer and assignment if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Borrower to require such transfer and assignment cease to apply.

 

  §18.9   Co-Agents .

Agent may designate any Lender to be a “Co-Agent”, an “Arranger” or similar title, but such designation shall not confer on such Lender the rights or duties of Agent. Any such “Co-Agent” or “Arranger” shall not have any additional rights or obligations under the Loan Documents, except for those rights and obligations, if any, as a Lender.

 

  §18.10    Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality .

Each of Agent and Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or participant in, or, with Borrower’s consent, any prospective assignee of or participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to Agent, any Lender, or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, in no event shall any Lender disclose any Information (i) to any Disqualified Person, or (ii) in any document, agreement or exhibit filed pursuant to the federal securities laws or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder unless required by law or with the consent of Borrower, and in such event, shall give Borrower prior written notice of such disclosure.

For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from Borrower, CORR or any of their Subsidiaries relating to Borrower or CORR or any of their Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, as well as “Confidential Information” as defined in the Ultra Lease, other than any such information that is available to Agent or any

 

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Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Borrower or CORR or any of their Subsidiaries, or by UPL and its Subsidiaries, as applicable. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

§19. NOTICES

Each notice, demand, election or request provided for or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement (hereinafter in this §19 referred to as “ Notice ”), but specifically excluding to the maximum extent permitted by law any notices of the institution or commencement of foreclosure proceedings, must be in writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given or served by personal delivery or by sending same by overnight courier or by depositing same in the United States Mail, postpaid and registered or certified, return receipt requested, or as expressly permitted herein, by telegraph, telecopy, telefax or telex, and, to the extent permitted by §23, email addressed as follows:

If to Agent or any Lender, at the address set forth on the signature page for Agent or such Lender, and in the case of each notice to Agent pursuant to §7.5, with a copy to:

Agent’s Special Counsel:

Bryan Cave LLP

1201 West Peachtree Street, NW

14 th Floor

Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3488

Facsimile: (404) 572-6999

Attention: F. Donald Nelms, Jr.

and

if to Borrower:

Pinedale Project Company, LP

4200 W. 115 th Street

Suite 210

Leawood, KS 66211

Facsimile: (913) 387-2791

Attention: Rebecca Sandring

 

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with a copy to:

Husch Blackwell LLP

4801 Main Street, Suite 1000

Kansas City, MO 64112

Facsimile: (816) 983-8080

Attention: Scott H. Thompson

and to each other Lender which may hereafter become a party to this Agreement at such address as may be designated by such Lender. Each Notice shall be effective upon being personally delivered or upon being sent by overnight courier or upon being deposited in the United States Mail as aforesaid. The time period in which a response to such Notice must be given or any action taken with respect thereto (if any), however, shall commence to run from the date of receipt if personally delivered or sent by overnight courier, or if so deposited in the United States Mail, the earlier of three (3) Business Days following such deposit or the date of receipt as disclosed on the return receipt. Rejection or other refusal to accept or the inability to deliver because of changed address for which no notice was given shall be deemed to be receipt of the Notice sent. By giving at least fifteen (15) days prior Notice thereof, Borrower, a Lender or Agent shall have the right from time to time and at any time during the term of this Agreement to change their respective addresses and each shall have the right to specify as its address any other address within the United States of America.

§20. RELATIONSHIP

Neither Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or fiduciary duty to Borrower arising out of or in connection with the Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, and the relationship between each Lender and Borrower is solely that of a lender and borrower, and between each Lender and any guarantor is solely that of a lender and guarantor, and nothing contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents shall in any manner be construed as making the parties hereto partners, or any other relationship other than lender and borrower, or lender and guarantor (as the case may be). In addition, Borrower agrees that notwithstanding any other relationship that KeyBank or any affiliate thereof may have with Borrower or CORR or their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates, in any proceeding relating to Borrower or CORR, under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar proceeding, Borrower will not challenge Lenders’ right to receive payment of the Obligations as a creditor of Borrower or CORR on the grounds of the equitable subordination principles contained in §510 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §101 et seq.), as from time to time amended, or any similar provision under any applicable law. The covenants contained in this §20 are a material consideration and inducement to Lenders to enter into the Agreement.

§21. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE

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ALL PURPOSES BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE (EXCLUDING THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW), AND ANY AND ALL MATTERS IN DISPUTE BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. BORROWER AGREES THAT ANY SUIT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN AND CONSENTS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURT AND THE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT BEING MADE UPON BORROWER (IF ANY) BY MAIL AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN §19. BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT OR ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH SUIT IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT.

§22. HEADINGS

The captions in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit the provisions hereof.

§23. COUNTERPARTS; INTEGRATION; EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC EXECUTION

(a) Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Agreement and any amendment hereof may be executed in several counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute one instrument. In proving this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to Agent (including the Agreement Regarding Fees) and any provisions of any commitment letter or similar letter relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that expressly survive the Closing Date, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in §10, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by Agent and when Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

(b) Electronic Execution of Assignments . The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as

 

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provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

(c) Electronic Communication . Notices and other communications to Agent and Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article 4 if such Lender has notified Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. Agent or Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgment), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

§24. ENTIRE AGREEMENT, ETC.

The Loan Documents and any other documents executed in connection herewith or therewith express the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated, except as provided in §27.

§25. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL AND CERTAIN DAMAGE CLAIMS

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF BORROWER, AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF ANY DISPUTE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY NOTE OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY LAW, BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY SUCH LITIGATION ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, ACTUAL DAMAGES. BORROWER (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY LENDER OR AGENT HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH LENDER OR AGENT WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT AGENT AND THE

 

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LENDERS HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS TO WHICH THEY ARE PARTIES BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS §25. BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS §25 WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT BORROWER AGREES TO THE FOREGOING AS ITS FREE, KNOWING AND VOLUNTARY ACT.

§26. DEALINGS WITH THE BORROWER

The Lenders and their affiliates may accept deposits from, extend credit to and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with Borrower, or any of its Affiliates regardless of the capacity of the Lender hereunder.

§27. CONSENTS, AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC.

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any consent or approval required or permitted by this Agreement may be given, and any term of this Agreement or of any other Loan Document may be amended, and the performance or observance by Borrower of any terms of this Agreement or such other Loan Document or the continuance of any Default or Event of Default may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) with, but only with, the written consent of the Required Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section:

(a) none of the following may occur without the written consent of each affected Lender:

(i) a decrease in the rate of interest on the Notes;

(ii) an increase in the amount of the Commitments of Lenders;

(iii) a forgiveness, reduction or waiver of the principal of any unpaid Loan or any interest thereon or fee payable under the Loan Documents (other than in connection with the imposition or rescission of the Default Rate);

(iv) a decrease in the amount of any fee payable to a Lender hereunder;

(v) the release of Borrower, any guarantor or any of the Collateral except as otherwise provided herein;

(vi) a change to this §27;

(vii) any postponement of any date fixed for any payment of principal of or interest on, or fees in respect of, the Loans;

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(ix) an amendment of the definitions of Required Lenders or Supermajority Lenders or of any requirement for consent by all of Lenders; or

(x) an amendment of any provision of this Agreement or the Loan Documents which requires the approval of all of Lenders or the Required Lenders to require a lesser number of Lenders to approve such action.

(b) Other Consents . No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents, or consent to any departure by Borrower therefrom, shall:

(i) increase the Commitment of any Lender over the amount thereof then in effect without the consent of such Lender; provided , no amendment, modification or waiver of any condition precedent, covenant, Default or Event of Default shall constitute an increase in any Commitment of any Lender;

(ii) increase the aggregate Commitments over the amount thereof then in effect without the consent of the Required Lenders;

(iii) waive any condition precedent to the initial Loans on the Closing Date, for which it is expressly provided in such Section that satisfaction of such condition is to be acceptable to or approved by Agent, without the consent of Agent, and in any such event it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent of any other Lender to such waiver; or

(iv) amend, modify, terminate or waive the amount or timing of payment of any fee payable to Agent for its own account, any provision of §14 as the same applies to Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the rights or obligations of Agent, in each case without the consent of Agent; or

(v) amend, modify, terminate or waive any of the financial amounts in §9 hereof without the consent of the Supermajority Lenders; or

(vi) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision or consent with respect to §8.13 that require the consent of the Supermajority Lenders without the consent of the Supermajority Lenders.

No waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing or delay or omission on the part of Agent or any Lender in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise be prejudicial thereto. No notice to or demand upon Borrower shall entitle Borrower to other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. In the event any Lender fails to expressly grant or deny any consent, amendment or waiver sought under this Agreement within ten (10) days of a written request therefor submitted by Agent or Agent’s Special Counsel, such Lender shall be deemed to have granted to Agent an irrevocable proxy with respect to such specific matter. The right of any Lender to consent under subsections (a) and (b) of this §27 shall not apply to a Defaulting Lender, except for purposes of subsection (b)(i) of this §27.

 

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§28. SEVERABILITY

The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if any one clause or provision hereof shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, then such invalidity or unenforceability shall affect only such clause or provision, or part thereof, in such jurisdiction, and shall not in any manner affect such clause or provision in any other jurisdiction, or any other clause or provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction.

§29. NO UNWRITTEN AGREEMENTS

THE WRITTEN LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.

§30. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS

BORROWER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS OF THE BORROWER.

§31. REPLACEMENT OF NOTES

Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to Borrower of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory to such Borrower or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the applicable Note, such Borrower will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note, identical in form and substance to the applicable Note and dated as of the date of the applicable Note and upon such execution and delivery all references in the Loan Documents to such Note shall be deemed to refer to such replacement Note.

§32. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE

Time is of the essence with respect to each and every covenant, agreement and obligation of Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

§33. RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES

This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are made and entered into for the sole protection and legal benefit of Borrower, Lenders and Agent, and their permitted successors and assigns, and no other Person shall be a direct or indirect legal beneficiary of, or have any direct or indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. All conditions to the performance of the obligations of Agent and Lenders under this Agreement, including the obligation to make Loans, are imposed solely and exclusively for the benefit of Agent and Lenders and no other Person shall have standing to require satisfaction of such conditions in accordance with their terms or be entitled to assume that Agent and Lenders will refuse to make Loans in the absence of strict compliance with any or all thereof and no other

 

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Person shall, under any circumstances, be deemed to be a beneficiary of such conditions, any and all of which may be freely waived in whole or in part by Agent and Lenders at any time if in their sole discretion they deem it desirable to do so. In particular, Agent and Lenders make no representations and assume no obligations as to third parties concerning the quality of the construction by Borrower of any development or the absence therefrom of defects.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

BORROWER:
PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP , a Delaware limited partnership

By:

  Pinedale GP, Inc., its general partner
  By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  

[SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGES]

 

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP TERM CREDIT AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE


[Execution of Term Loan Credit Agreement Continued]

 

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as a Lender and as Agent

By:

 

 

Name:  
Title:  

KeyBank National Association

1200 Abernathy Road, NE

Suite 1550

Atlanta, Georgia 30328

Attn: Daniel Silbert

Facsimile: (770) 510-2195

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP TERM CREDIT AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE


[Execution of Term Loan Credit Agreement Continued]

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
By:  

 

Name:   Jeffrey P. Yoakum
Title:   Senior Vice President

Bank of America, N.A.

1200 Main Street

Kansas City, MO 64105

Attn: Jeffrey P. Yoakum, SVP

Fax: 316-261-4025

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP TERM CREDIT AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE


[Execution of Term Loan Credit Agreement Continued]

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA., as a Lender
By:  

 

Name:   Mark Lumpkin, Jr.
Title:   Authorized Signatory

Royal Bank of Canada.

3900 Williams Tower

2800 Post Oak Blvd.

Houston, TX 77056

Attention: Mark Lumpkin

Fax: (713) 403-5624

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP TERM CREDIT AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE


[Execution of Term Loan Credit Agreement Continued]

 

STIFEL BANK & TRUST, as a Lender
By:  

 

Name:   John H. Phillips
Title:   Executive Vice President

Stifel Bank & Trust.

955 Executive Parkway, Suite 216

St. Louis, MO 63141

Attn: John H. Phillips

Facsimile: 866-568-8749

PINEDALE CORRIDOR, LP TERM CREDIT AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE

Exhibit 99.1

 

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CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust Announces Major Steps Toward

Energy Infrastructure REIT Qualification

Signs agreement to acquire $225 million pipeline asset from Ultra Petroleum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LEAWOOD, Kan. – December 10, 2012 – CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (“CorEnergy”) (NYSE: CORR) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a Liquids Gathering System (“LGS”) from Ultra Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: UPL) for $225 million in cash. The LGS will continue to be operated by UPL under a long-term triple net lease. Located in the Pinedale field in Wyoming, the LGS is a vital component of natural gas production in one of the top five natural gas fields in the U.S.

Prudential Capital Group, through its Dallas-based Energy Finance Group, will contribute $30 million as a co-investor in the acquisition and CorEnergy will contribute $130 million. The remainder of the acquisition cost will be financed with $65 million of non-recourse debt.

The key characteristics of the LGS acquisition satisfy CorEnergy’s targeted strategy and investment criteria including:

 

  Stable, fixed asset that is vital to UPL’s operations.

 

  Located in the Greater Green River Basin, the Pinedale and Jonah fields were estimated to have had in excess of 48 Tcfe of recoverable natural gas and an estimated reserve life of over 30 years as of December 31, 2011.

 

  Less than 25% of the Pinedale field had been developed as of December 31, 2011 and UPL is focused on continued production and expansion in the field.

 

  Minimum annual rent of $20 million provides source of steady rental income over 15-year initial term.

 

  Additional participating rent based on volume of liquids provides upside potential.

 

  UPL has industry leading operating fundamentals, a conservative financial profile and is a recognized low-cost operator.

“The LGS acquisition represents a significant step in our transition to become a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) by acquiring high-quality energy infrastructure assets with reliable cash flows and executing leases with quality operators,” said David Schulte, Chief Executive Officer of CorEnergy. “This asset provides a foundation upon which we plan to build a diversified energy infrastructure REIT. We expect this acquisition to be accretive to our distributions and we intend to recommend to our Board of Directors an increase to our annual distribution from $0.44 to $0.50 upon completion of the transaction.”

“The CorEnergy solution satisfies strategic objectives for Ultra Petroleum,” said UPL Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mark Smith. “We maintain operational control over the LGS, while freeing up internal capital for growth which will in turn create additional value for our shareholders.”

 

LOGO


Asset Description

The LGS was completed in 2010 and consists of more than 150 miles of underground gathering pipelines with 107 receipt points and four above-ground central gathering facilities that are utilized by UPL as a method of separating water, condensate and associated natural gas from a unified stream and subsequently selling or treating and disposing of the separated products. UPL’s non-operating working interest partners in the Pinedale field where UPL’s LGS is located pay UPL a fee for the use of UPL’s LGS. To date, no major operational issues have been reported with respect to the LGS.

The LGS has a current capacity of approximately 45,000 barrels per day and average throughput during the four quarters ended September 30, 2012 of approximately 36,000 barrels per day. The underground pipes that make up the majority of the LGS and certain other components, such as the separators, have useful lives that extend beyond the initial term of the lease. CorEnergy believes that the LGS can be expanded at a relatively low incremental cost by, for example, adding additional separating equipment.

Most of UPL’s exploration and development in the Pinedale field takes place on land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The BLM has the authority to approve or deny oil and gas leases or to impose environmental restrictions on leases where appropriate. The BLM issued the Pinedale Record of Decision (“ROD”) in September 2008. Under the ROD, Ultra Petroleum gained year-round access to the Pinedale field for drilling and completion activities in development areas, provided Ultra Petroleum conducts an environmental mitigation effort, which includes the use of a liquids gathering system. This additional access resulted in increased drilling efficiencies and allowed for accelerated development of the field.

Lease Description

The 15-year triple net lease will provide a minimum annual base rent of $20 million, subject to an inflation adjustment. The lease also includes an additional participating rent based on volume growth of liquids in the LGS. The total rent (minimum plus participating) is capped at $27.5 million annually for the initial 15-year term. At the conclusion of the initial term, UPL’s subsidiary may renew the lease for additional, successive 5-year terms. UPL’s subsidiary will operate the LGS and will retain responsibility for maintenance and other capital expenditures required for its operation. UPL and one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries will unconditionally guarantee the lessee’s obligations.

Guarantor Description

UPL was incorporated in 1979 and is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the development, production, operation, exploration and acquisition of oil and natural gas properties. UPL leases approximately 93,000 gross (53,000 net) acres in and around the Pinedale and Jonah natural gas fields of the Greater Green River Basin in southwest Wyoming. The most recently available EIA data, dated 2009, indicated that the Pinedale field was among the top five U.S. natural gas plays based on proved reserves. As of December 31, 2011, UPL held an approximately 50% working interest in approximately 1,700 producing wells in these fields. The Pinedale and Jonah fields have estimated natural gas reserves of over 48 Tcfe as of December 31, 2011.

As of December 31, 2011, UPL had an estimated 4.3 Tcfe of proved reserves and 10.2 Tcfe of proved, probable and possible (3P) reserves in the Pinedale and Jonah fields. UPL’s third-party reservoir engineering firm, Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., has identified an inventory of over 5,000 economic, future drilling locations.

UPL derives its revenues principally from the sale of its natural gas and associated condensate production from wells operated by UPL and others in the Greater Green River Basin. UPL is recognized as a low-cost operator in the industry in terms of both adding and producing oil and natural gas reserves. UPL’s all-in cash costs, defined as all-in costs excluding DD&A expenses, have consistently been lower than natural gas prices and for the twelve month period ended September 30, 2012 were $1.43 per Mcfe.


Transaction Financing

The $225 million acquisition will be completed through an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of CorEnergy, Pinedale Corridor, LP (“Pinedale LP”). As co-investors, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential will contribute $30 million to Pinedale LP. Pinedale LP will also incur $65 million of non-recourse debt under a credit facility, for which KeyBank National Association will act as lead arranger and administrative agent. The remainder of the acquisition cost will be funded with cash that CorEnergy anticipates having available at the time of closing.

The transaction is expected to close in mid-December 2012.

KeyBanc Capital Markets is acting as exclusive financial advisor to CorEnergy in connection with the acquisition.

BofA Merrill Lynch is acting as exclusive structuring advisor in connection with CorEnergy’s energy infrastructure real asset strategy.

About CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc.

CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CORR), seeks to acquire midstream and downstream U.S. energy infrastructure assets and concurrently enter into long-term triple net leases with energy companies. CorEnergy intends to acquire infrastructure assets that qualify as real property for REIT purposes. The Company’s principal objective is to provide stockholders with an attractive risk-adjusted total return, with an emphasis on distributions and distribution growth. Formerly Tortoise Capital Resources Corp., CorEnergy previously traded under the ticker TTO. CorEnergy is managed by Corridor InfraTrust Management, LLC. Corridor is an affiliate of Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C., a registered investment adviser with over $9.4 billion of assets under management in the U.S. energy infrastructure sector as of November 30, 2012. For more information, please visit www.corridortrust.com .

About Prudential Capital Group

Prudential Capital Group has been a leading provider of private debt, mezzanine and equity securities to companies worldwide for more than 70 years. Managing a portfolio of nearly $65 billion as of September 30, 2012, Prudential Capital offers senior debt and mezzanine capital, leverage leases, credit tenant leases, and equipment finance to companies worldwide. The global regional office network has locations in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Newark, N.J., New York, Paris and San Francisco. For more information, please visit www.prudentialcapitalgroup.com .

About Ultra Petroleum Corp.

Ultra Petroleum Corp. is an independent exploration and production company focused on developing its long-life natural gas reserves in the Greater Green River Basin of Wyoming—the Pinedale and Jonah fields—and is in the ongoing exploration and early development stages in the Appalachian Basin of Pennsylvania. Ultra is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the ticker symbol “UPL”.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain statements that may include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein are “forward-looking statements.” Although CorEnergy believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in CorEnergy’s reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Other than as required by law, CorEnergy does not assume a duty to update any forward-looking statement. In particular, any distribution paid in the future to our stockholders will depend on the actual performance of CorEnergy, its costs of leverage and other operating expenses and will be subject to the approval of CorEnergy’s Board of Directors and compliance with leverage covenants.

Contact Information:

Rachel Stroer, Investor Relations, 877-699-CORR (2677), info@corridortrust.com