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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

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

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2017

Or

 

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

For the Transition Period From                      to                     

Commission File Number 0-7406

 

 

PrimeEnergy Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   84-0637348

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

Identification No.)

9821 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77024

(Address of principal executive offices)

(713) 735-0000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filings required for the past 90 days.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large Accelerated Filer      Accelerated Filer  
Non-Accelerated Filer      Smaller Reporting Company  
     Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒

The number of shares outstanding of each class of the Registrant’s Common Stock as of May 11, 2017 was: Common Stock, $0.10 par value 2,280,138 shares.

 

 

 


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PrimeEnergy Corporation

Index to Form 10-Q

March 31, 2017

 

     Page  

Part I - Financial Information

  

Item 1. Financial Statements

  

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – March  31, 2017 and December 31, 2016

     3  

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations – For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

     4  

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

     5  

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity – For the three months ended March 31, 2017

     6  

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

     7  

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – March  31, 2017

     8-15  

Item  2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operation

     16-19  

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     20  

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

     20  

Part II - Other Information

  

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

     21  

Item 1A. Risk Factors

     21  

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     21  

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     21  

Item 4. Reserved

     21  

Item 5. Other Information

     21  

Item 6. Exhibits

     22-23  

Signatures

     24  

 

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION

C ONDENSED C ONSOLIDATED B ALANCE S HEETS Unaudited

(Thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)

 

     March 31,
2017
    December 31,
2016
 

ASSETS

    

Current Assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 12,010     $ 6,568  

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

     3,543       3,543  

Accounts receivable, net

     8,560       7,400  

Other current assets

     724       572  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Current Assets

     24,837       18,083  

Property and Equipment, at cost

    

Oil and gas properties (successful efforts method), net

     194,302       187,490  

Field and office equipment, net

     8,300       8,878  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Property and Equipment, Net

     202,602       196,368  

Other Assets

     337       203  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 227,776     $ 214,654  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

    

Current Liabilities

    

Accounts payable

   $ 11,094     $ 11,965  

Accrued liabilities

     30,575       8,184  

Current portion of long-term debt

     3,206       2,949  

Current portion of asset retirements

     1,563       1,563  

Derivative Liability Short-term

     946       2,547  

Due to related parties

     386       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Current Liabilities

     47,770       27,208  

Long-Term Bank Debt

     27,386       66,316  

Asset Retirement Obligations

     16,065       15,943  

Derivative Liability Long-Term

     44       1,092  

Deferred Income Taxes

     41,990       37,500  

Other Long-Term Obligations

     718       715  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     133,973       148,744  

Commitments and Contingencies

    

Equity

    

Common stock, $.10 par value; Authorized: 4,000,000 shares, issued: 3,836,397 shares

     383       383  

Paid-in capital

     8,439       8,313  

Retained earnings

     118,619       96,322  

Treasury stock, at cost; 1,553,386 shares and 1,552,894 shares

     (46,498     (46,473
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Stockholders’ Equity – PrimeEnergy

     80,943       58,545  

Non-controlling interest

     12,860       7,335  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Equity

     93,803       65,880  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Equity

   $ 227,776     $ 214,654  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION

C ONDENSED C ONSOLIDATED S TATEMENTS OF O PERATIONS Unaudited

Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

(Thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)

 

     2017     2016  

Revenues

    

Oil and gas sales

   $ 12,438     $ 7,130  

Realized (loss) on derivative instruments, net

     (227     —    

Field service income

     3,761       4,224  

Administrative overhead fees

     1,581       1,757  

Unrealized gain on derivative instruments, net

     2,804       —    

Other income

     118       51  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Revenues

     20,475       13,162  

Costs and Expenses

    

Lease operating expense

     7,140       8,012  

Field service expense

     2,982       3,560  

Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion on discounted liabilities

     7,938       5,275  

General and administrative expense

     1,736       2,431  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Costs and Expenses

     19,796       19,278  

Gain on Sale and Exchange of Assets

     41,602       4,916  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (Loss) Income from Operations

     42,281       (1,200

Interest Expense

     605       868  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (Loss) Before Provision for Income Taxes

     41,676       (2,068

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

     13,667       (890
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

     28,009       (1,178

Less: Net Income Attributable to Non-Controlling Interests

     5,712       682  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss) Income Attributable to PrimeEnergy

   $ 22,297     $ (1,860
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic Income (Loss) Income Per Common Share

   $ 9.77     $ (0.81
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted Income (Loss) Income Per Common Share

   $ 7.35     $ (0.81
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION

C ONDENSED C ONSOLIDATED S TATEMENTS OF C OMPREHENSIVE I NCOME Unaudited

Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

(Thousands of dollars)

 

     2017      2016  

Net Income (Loss)

   $ 28,009      $ (1,178

Other Comprehensive Income, net of taxes:

     

Changes in fair value of hedge positions, net of taxes of $0 and $(2), respectively

     —          5  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive loss

     —          5  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

     28,009        (1,173

Less: Comprehensive Income Attributable to Non-Controlling Interest

     5,712        682  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Comprehensive Income (Loss) Attributable to PrimeEnergy

   $ 22,297      $ (1,855
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION

C ONDENSED C ONSOLIDATED S TATEMENT OF E QUITY Unaudited

Three Months Ended March 31, 2017

(Thousands of dollars)

 

    Common Stock    

Additional

Paid in

    Retained     Treasury    

Total

Stockholders’

Equity –

    Non-Controlling     Total  
    Shares     Amount     Capital     Earnings     Stock     PrimeEnergy     Interest     Equity  

Balance at December 31, 2016

    3,836,397     $ 383     $ 8,313     $ 96,322     $ (46,473   $ 58,545     $ 7,335     $ 65,880  

Repurchase 492 shares of common stock

    —         —         —         —         (25     (25     —         (25

Net income

    —         —         —         22,297       —         22,297       5,712       28,009  

Repurchase of non-controlling interests

    —         —         126       —         —         126       (187     (61
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2017

    3,836,397     $ 383     $ 8,439     $ 118,619     $ (46,498   $ 80,943     $ 12,860     $ 93,803  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION

C ONDENSED C ONSOLIDATED S TATEMENTS OF C ASH F LOWS Unaudited

Three Months Ended March 31, 2017 and 2016

(Thousands of dollars)

 

     2017     2016  

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

    

Net Income (loss)

   $ 28,009     $ (1,178

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion on discounted liabilities

     7,938       5,275  

Gain on sale of properties

     (41,602     (4,916

Unrealized gain on derivative instruments, net

     (2,804     —    

Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes

     4,492       (290

Changes in assets and liabilities:

    

Increase in accounts receivable

     (1,160     (67

Decrease in due from related parties

     —         171  

Increase in due to related parties

     386       —    

Decrease in other assets

     (152     712  

(Decrease) in accounts payable

     (871     (2,814

Increase in accrued liabilities

     22,391       4,268  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

     16,627       1,161  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

    

Capital expenditures, including exploration expense

     (18,866     (7,920

Proceeds from sale of properties and equipment

     46,438       4,916  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities

     27,572       (3,004
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

    

Purchase of stock for treasury

     (25     (485

Purchase of non-controlling interests

     (60     (179

Proceeds from long-term bank debt and other long-term obligations

     —         9,000  

Repayment of long-term bank debt and other long-term obligations

     (38,672     (2,754
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Financing Activities

     (38,757     5,582  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents

     5,442       3,739  

Cash and Cash Equivalents at the Beginning of the Period

     6,568       9,750  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents at the End of the Period

   $ 12,010     $ 13,489  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosures:

    

Income taxes paid

   $ 200     $ 91  

Interest paid

   $ 451     $ 806  

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION

N OTES TO C ONDENSED C ONSOLIDATED F INANCIAL S TATEMENTS

March 31, 2017

(Unaudited)

(1) Basis of Presentation:

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of PrimeEnergy Corporation (“PEC” or the “Company”) have not been audited by independent public accountants. Pursuant to applicable Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules and regulations, the accompanying interim financial statements do not include all disclosures presented in annual financial statements and the reader should refer to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. In the opinion of management, the accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements contain all material adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the condensed consolidated results of operations, cash flows and equity for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016. Certain amounts presented in prior period financial statements have been reclassified for consistency with current period presentation. The results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of annual results. For purposes of disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements, subsequent events have been evaluated through the date the statements were issued.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230). ASU 2016-15 seeks to reduce the existing diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of ASU 2016-15 and assessing the impact, if any, it may have on its statement of consolidated cash flows.

The FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) . This ASU supersedes the Revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition and industry-specific guidance in Subtopic 932-605. Extractives – Oil and Gas Revenue Recognition. This ASU provides guidance concerning the recognition and measurement of revenue from contracts with customers. Its objective is to increase the usefulness of information in the financial statements regarding the nature, timing and uncertainty of revenues. The effective date for ASU 2014-09 was delayed through the issuance of ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers – Deferral of the Effective Date, to annual and interim periods beginning in 2018 and is required to be adopted using either the retrospective or cumulative effect (modified retrospective) transition method, with early adoption permitted in 2017. The Company is evaluating the impact this ASU will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures and does not plan on early adopting.

The FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). This ASU requires lessee recognition on the balance sheet of a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments. It further requires recognition in the income statement of a single lease cost, calculated so that the cost of the lease is allocated over the lease term on a generally straight-line basis. Finally, it requires classification of all cash payments within operating activities in the statement of cash flows. It is effective for fiscal years commencing after December 15, 2018 and early adoption is permitted. This ASU will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-03, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections (Topic 250) and Investments - Equity Method and Joint Venture (Topic 323), which states that registrants should consider additional qualitative disclosures if the impact of an issued but not yet adopted ASU is unknown or cannot be reasonably estimated and to include a description of the effect of the accounting policies that the registrant expects to apply, if determined. Transition guidance in certain issued but not yet adopted ASUs, including Leases and Revenue Recognition, was also updated to reflect this amendment. This guidance is effective immediately.

(2) Acquisitions and Dispositions:

Historically the Company has repurchased the interests of the partners and trust unit holders in the oil and gas limited partnerships (the “Partnerships”) and the asset and business income trusts (the “Trusts”) managed by the Company as general partner and as managing trustee, respectively. The Company purchased such interests in amounts totaling $60,000 and $1,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

During the first quarter of 2017, the Company sold or farmed out interests in certain non-core undeveloped oil and natural gas properties through a number of separate, individually negotiated transactions in exchange for cash and a royalty or working interest in both West Texas and Oklahoma. Proceeds under these agreements were $46.4 million.

 

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(3) Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents:

Restricted cash and cash equivalents include $3.54 million at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 of cash primarily pertaining to oil and gas revenue payments. There were corresponding accounts payable recorded at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 for these liabilities. Both the restricted cash and the accounts payable are classified as current on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.

(4) Additional Balance Sheet Information:

Certain balance sheet amounts are comprised of the following:

 

(Thousands of dollars)    March 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Accounts Receivable :

     

Joint interest billing

   $ 3,288      $ 2,345  

Trade receivables

     1,209        1,070  

Oil and gas sales

     4,232        4,078  

Other

     128        204  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     8,857        7,697  

Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts

     (297      (297
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 8,560      $ 7,400  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Accounts Payable:

     

Trade

   $ 3,037      $ 3,967  

Royalty and other owners

     6,655        5,909  

Partner advances

     592        592  

Prepaid drilling deposits

     48        83  

Other

     762        1,414  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 11,094      $ 11,965  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Accrued Liabilities :

     

Compensation and related expenses

   $ 6,435      $ 2,295  

Property costs

     10,707        3,317  

Income Tax

     10,962        1,988  

Other

     2,471        584  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 30,575      $ 8,184  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(5) Property and Equipment:

Property and equipment at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 consisted of the following:

 

(Thousands of dollars)    March 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Proved oil and gas properties, at cost

   $ 431,827      $ 417,821  

Less: Accumulated depletion and depreciation

     (237,525      (230,331
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Oil and Gas Properties, Net

   $ 194,302      $ 187,490  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Field and office equipment

   $ 26,562      $ 26,902  

Less: Accumulated depreciation

     (18,262      (18,024
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Field and Office Equipment, Net

   $ 8,300      $ 8,878  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Property and Equipment, Net

   $ 202,602      $ 196,368  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

(6) Long-Term Debt:

Bank Debt:

Effective July 30, 2010 the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement between Compass Bank as agent and a syndicated group of lenders (“Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement had a revolving line of credit and letter of credit facility of up to $250 million with a final maturity date of July 30, 2017. The credit facility was secured by substantially all of the Company’s oil and gas properties. The credit facility was subject to a borrowing base determined by the lenders taking into consideration the estimated value of PEC’s oil and gas properties in accordance with the lenders’ customary practices for oil and gas loans.

On February 15, 2017, the Company and its lenders entered into a Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “ 2017 Credit Agreement”) with a maturity date of February 15, 2021. The Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and subsequent amendments were incorporated into the 2017 Credit Agreement. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the 2017 Credit Agreement, the Company has a revolving line of credit and letter of credit facility of up to $300 million subject to a borrowing base that is determined semi-annually by the lenders based upon the Company’s financial statements and the estimated value of the Company’s oil and gas properties, in accordance with the Lenders’ customary practices for oil and gas loans. The credit facility is secured y substantially all of the Company’s oil and gas properties. Currently, the Company’s borrowing base is $75 million. The 2017 Credit Agreement includes terms and covenants that require the Company to maintain a minimum current ratio, total indebtedness to EBITDAX (earnings before depreciation, depletion, amortization, taxes, interest expense and exploration costs) ratio and interest coverage ratio, as defined, and restrictions are placed on the payment of dividends, the amount of treasury stock the Company may purchase, commodity hedge agreements, and loans and investments in its consolidated subsidiaries and limited partnerships.

At March 31, 2017, the Company had a total of $24.8 million of borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility at a weighted-average interest rate of 4.68% and $50.2 million available for future borrowings. The combined weighted average interest rate paid on outstanding bank borrowings subject to base rate and LIBO interest was 5.32% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 as compared to 3.61% for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The Company’s borrowings under this credit facility approximates fair value because the interest rates are variable and reflective of market rates.

The Company entered into interest rate hedge agreements to help manage interest rate exposure. These contracts include interest rate swaps. Interest rate swap transactions generally involve the exchange of fixed and floating rate interest payment obligations without the exchange of the underlying principal amounts. In July 2012, the Company entered into interest swap agreements for a period of two years, which commenced in January 2014, related to $75 million of the Company’s bank debt resulting in a LIBO fixed rate of 0.563% and terminated in January 2016. The Company recorded interest expense and paid $7,070 related to the settlement of interest rate swaps for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Equipment Loans:

On July 31, 2013, the Company entered into a $10.0 million Loan and Security Agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank (“Equipment Loan”). The Equipment Loan is secured by a portion of the Company’s field service equipment, carries an interest rate of 3.95% per annum, requires monthly payments (principal and interest) of $184,000, and has a final maturity date of July 31, 2018. As of March 31, 2017, the Company had a total of $3.03 million outstanding on this Equipment Loan.

 

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On July 29, 2014, the Company entered into additional equipment financing facilities (“Additional Equipment Loans”) totaling $6.0 million with JP Morgan Chase Bank. In August 2014, the Company drew down $4.8 million of this facility that is secured by field service equipment, carries an interest rate of 3.40% per annum, requires monthly payments (principal and interest) of $87,800, and has a final maturity date of July 31, 2019. The remaining $1.2 million under the Additional Equipment Loans was available for interim draws to finance the acquisition of any future field service equipment. In December 2014, the Company made an interim draw of an additional $0.5 million on this facility that is secured by recently purchased field service equipment. Interim draws on this facility carried a floating interest rate, payable monthly at the LIBO published rate plus 2.50% and on June 26, 2015 converted into a fixed term loan, with a rate of 3.50% and requiring monthly payments (principal and interest) of $8,700 with a final maturity date of June 26, 2020. As of March 31, 2017, the Company had a total of $2.76 million outstanding on the Additional Equipment Loans.

The Company determined these loans are Level 3 liabilities in the fair-value hierarchy and estimated their fair value as $5.5 million and $8.6 million at March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, using a discounted cash flow model.

(7) Other Long-Term Obligations and Commitments:

Operating Leases:

The Company has several non-cancelable operating leases, primarily for rental of office space, that have a term of more than one year. The future minimum lease payments for the rest of fiscal 2017 and thereafter for the operating leases are as follows:

 

(Thousands of dollars)    Operating
Leases
 

2017

   $ 597  

2018

     59  
  

 

 

 

Total minimum payments

   $ 656  
  

 

 

 

Rent expense for office space for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 was $181,000 and $207,000, respectively.

Asset Retirement Obligation:

A reconciliation of the liability for plugging and abandonment costs for the three months ended March 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

(Thousands of dollars)       

Asset retirement obligation – December 31, 2016

   $ 17,505  

Liabilities incurred

     30  

Liabilities settled

     (99

Accretion expense

     192  
  

 

 

 

Asset retirement obligation – March 31, 2017

   $ 17,628  
  

 

 

 

The Company’s liability is determined using significant assumptions, including current estimates of plugging and abandonment costs, annual inflation of these costs, the productive life of wells and a risk-adjusted interest rate. Changes in any of these assumptions can result in significant revisions to the estimated asset retirement obligation. Revisions to the asset retirement obligation are recorded with an offsetting change to producing properties, resulting in prospective changes to depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and accretion of discount. Because of the subjectivity of assumptions and the relatively long life of most of the Company’s wells, the costs to ultimately retire the wells may vary significantly from previous estimates.

(8) Contingent Liabilities:

The Company, as managing general partner of the affiliated Partnerships, is responsible for all Partnership activities, including the drilling of development wells and the production and sale of oil and gas from productive wells. The Company also provides the administration, accounting and tax preparation work for the Partnerships, and is liable for all debts and liabilities of the affiliated Partnerships, to the extent that the assets of a given limited Partnership are not sufficient to satisfy its obligations.

The Company is subject to environmental laws and regulations. Management believes that future expenses, before recoveries from third parties, if any, will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition. This opinion is based on expenses incurred to date for remediation and compliance with laws and regulations, which have not been material to the Company’s results of operations.

 

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From time to time, the Company is party to certain legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. While the outcome of these events cannot be predicted with certainty, management does not expect these matters to have a materially adverse effect on the financial position or results of operations of the Company.

(9) Stock Options and Other Compensation:

In May 1989, non-statutory stock options were granted by the Company to four key executive officers for the purchase of shares of common stock. At March 31, 2017 and 2016, remaining options held by two key executive officers on 767,500 shares were outstanding and exercisable at prices ranging from $1.00 to $1.25. According to their terms, the options have no expiration date.

(10) Related Party Transactions:

The Company, as managing general partner or managing trustee, makes an annual offer to repurchase the interests of the partners and trust unit holders in certain of the Partnerships or Trusts. The Company purchased such interests in amounts totaling $60,000 and $1,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Receivables from related parties consist of reimbursable general and administrative costs, lease operating expenses and reimbursement for property development and related costs. These receivables are due from joint venture partners, which may include members of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Payables owed to related parties primarily represent receipts collected by the Company as agent for the joint venture partners, which may include members of the Company’s Board of Directors, for oil and gas sales net of expenses.

(11) Financial Instruments

Fair Value Measurements:

Authoritative guidance on fair value measurements defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and stipulates the related disclosure requirements. The Company follows a three-level hierarchy, prioritizing and defining the types of inputs used to measure fair value. The fair values of the Company’s interest rate swaps, natural gas and crude oil price collars and swaps are designated as Level 3. The following fair value hierarchy table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

March 31, 2017

   Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
For Identical
Assets (Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs (Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)
     Balance at
March 31,
2017
 
(Thousands of dollars)                            

Assets

           

Commodity derivative contracts

   $ —        $ —        $ 213      $ 213  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ —        $ —        $ 213      $ 213  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

           

Commodity derivative contracts

   $ —        $ —        $ (990    $ (990
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ —        $ —        $ (990    $ (990
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

December 31, 2016

   Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
For Identical
Assets (Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs (Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs (Level 3)
     Balance at
December 31,
2016
 
(Thousands of dollars)                            

Assets

           

Commodity derivative contracts

   $ —        $ —        $ 57      $ 57  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ —        $ —        $ 57      $ 57  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

           

Commodity derivative contract

   $ —        $ —        $ (3,639    $ (3,639
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ —        $ —        $ (3,639    $ (3,639
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The derivative contracts were measured based on quotes from the Company’s counterparties. Such quotes have been derived using valuation models that consider various inputs including current market and contractual prices for the underlying instruments, quoted forward prices for natural gas and crude oil, volatility factors and interest rates, such as a LIBOR curve for a similar length of time as the derivative contract term as applicable. These estimates are verified using comparable NYMEX futures contracts or are compared to multiple quotes obtained from counterparties for reasonableness.

The significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 derivative contracts include basis differentials and volatility factors. An increase (decrease) in these unobservable inputs would result in an increase (decrease) in fair value, respectively. The Company does not have access to the specific assumptions used in its counterparties’ valuation models. Consequently, additional disclosures regarding significant Level 3 unobservable inputs were not provided.

The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in the fair value of financial assets and liabilities classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy for the three months ended March 31, 2017.

 

(Thousands of dollars)       

Net Liabilities – December 31, 2016

   $ (3,582

Total realized and unrealized (gains) losses:

  

Included in earnings (a)

     2577  

Included in other comprehensive loss

     —    

Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements

     228  
  

 

 

 

Net assets (liabilities) – March 31, 2017

   $ (777
  

 

 

 

 

a) Derivative instruments are reported in revenues as realized gain/loss and on a separately reported line item captioned unrealized gain/loss on derivative instruments, and interest rate swap instruments are reported as an increase or reduction to interest expense.

Derivative Instruments:

The Company is exposed to commodity price and interest rate risk, and management considers periodically the Company’s exposure to cash flow variability resulting from the commodity price changes and interest rate fluctuations. Futures, swaps and options are used to manage the Company’s exposure to commodity price risk inherent in the Company’s oil and gas production operations. The Company does not apply hedge accounting to any of its commodity based derivatives. Both realized and unrealized gains and losses associated with commodity derivative instruments are recognized in earnings.

Interest rate swap derivatives are treated as cash-flow hedges and are used to fix our floating interest rates on existing debt. Settlements of the swaps, which began in January 2014 and concluded in January 2016, was recognized within interest expense. There were no remaining interest rate swaps for the periods ending March 31,2017 and December 31, 2016.The value of interest rate swaps if applicable, would be recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax.

 

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The following table sets forth the effect of derivative instruments on the consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

            Fair Value  
(Thousands of dollars)    Balance Sheet Location      March 31,
2017
     December 31,
2016
 

Asset Derivatives:

        

Derivatives not designated as cash-flow hedging instruments:

        

Crude oil commodity contracts

     Other Assets      $ 28      $ —    

Natural gas commodity contracts

     Other Assets      $ 185      $ 57  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

      $ 213      $ 57  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives:

        

Derivatives not designated as cash-flow hedging instruments:

        

Crude oil commodity contracts

     Derivative liability short-term        (205      (1,065

Natural gas commodity contracts

     Derivative liability short-term        (741      (1,482

Natural gas commodity contracts

     Derivative liability long-term        (20      (463

Crude oil commodity contracts

     Derivative liability long-term        (24      (629
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

      $ (990    $ (3,639
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total derivative instruments

      $ (777    $ (3,582
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The following table sets forth the effect of derivative instruments on the consolidated statements of operations for the three month period ended March 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

    

Location of gain/loss recognized in income

   Amount of gain/loss
recognized in income
 

(Thousands of dollars)

      2017      2016  

Derivative designated as cash-flow hedge instruments:

        

Interest rate swap contracts

  

Interest expense

   $ —        $ (7

Derivatives not designated as cash-flow hedge instruments:

        

Natural gas commodity contracts

  

Unrealized (loss) gain on derivative instruments, net

     1,313        —    

Crude oil commodity contracts

  

Unrealized (loss) gain on derivative instruments, net

     1,491        —    

Natural gas commodity contracts

  

Realized gain (loss) on derivative instruments, net

     (149      —    

Crude oil commodity contracts

  

Realized gain (loss) on derivative instruments, net

     (78      —    
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      $ 2,577      $ (7
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(12) Earnings Per Share:

Basic earnings per share are computed by dividing earnings available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect per share amounts that would have resulted if dilutive potential common stock had been converted to common stock in gain periods. The following reconciles amounts reported in the financial statements:

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2017      2016  
     Net Income
(In 000’s)
     Weighted
Average
Number of
Shares
Outstanding
     Per Share
Amount
     Net Income
(In 000’s)
    Weighted
Average
Number of
Shares
Outstanding
     Per Share
Amount
 

Basic

   $ 22,297        2,283,011      $ 9.77      $ (1,860     2,295,177      $ (0.81

Effect of dilutive securities:

                

Options

     —          752,529           —         749,585     
  

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

    

Diluted (a)

   $ 22,297        3,035,540      $ 7.35      $ (1,860     3,044,762      $ (0.81
  

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

(a) The effect of the 767,500 outstanding stock options is antidilutive for the three months ended March 31, 2016 due to a net loss reported for the period.

 

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This Report may contain statements relating to the future results of the Company that are considered “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “PSLRA”). In addition, certain statements may be contained in the Company’s future filings with the SEC, in press releases, and in oral and written statements made by or with the approval of the Company that are not statements of historical fact and constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the PSLRA. Such forward-looking statements, in addition to historical information, which involve risk and uncertainties, are based on the beliefs, assumptions and expectations of management of the Company. Words such as “expects”, ‘believes”, “should”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “will”, “potential”, “could”, “intend”, “may”, “outlook”, “predict”, “project”, “would”, “estimates”, “assumes”, “likely” and variations of such similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties and are based on a number of assumptions that could ultimately prove inaccurate and, therefore, there can be no assurance that they will prove to be accurate. Actual results and outcomes may vary materially from what is expressed or forecast in such statements due to various risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the possibility of drilling cost overruns and technical difficulties, volatility of oil and gas prices, competition, risks inherent in the Company’s oil and gas operations, the inexact nature of interpretation of seismic and other geological and geophysical data, imprecision of reserve estimates, and the Company’s ability to replace and expand oil and gas reserves. Accordingly, stockholders and potential investors are cautioned that certain events or circumstances could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this Report and other than as required by the federal securities laws, the Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

 

Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion is intended to assist you in understanding our results of operations and our present financial condition. Our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Report contain additional information that should be referred to when reviewing this material.

OVERVIEW

We are an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in acquiring, developing and producing oil and natural gas. We presently own producing and non-producing properties located primarily in Texas, Oklahoma, West Virginia, New Mexico, Colorado and Louisiana. In addition, we own a substantial amount of well servicing equipment. All of our oil and gas properties and interests are located in the United States. Assets in our principal focus areas include mature properties with long-lived reserves and significant development opportunities as well as newer properties with development and exploration potential.

We are the operator of the majority of our developed and undeveloped acreage which is nearly all held by production. In the Permian Basin of West Texas and eastern New Mexico the Company maintains an acreage position of over 21,160 gross (13,020 net) acres, approximately 91% of which is in Reagan, Upton, Martin and Midland counties of Texas where our current horizontal drilling activity is focused. We believe this acreage has significant resource potential in the Spraberry and Wolfcamp intervals for additional horizontal drilling that could support the drilling of as many as 250 additional horizontal wells. In Oklahoma we maintain an acreage position of approximately 77,741 gross (14,512 net) acres. Our Oklahoma horizontal development is focused primarily in Canadian, Kingfisher, Grady and Garvin counties. We believe approximately 2300 net acres in these counties hold significant additional resource potential that could support the drilling of as many as 78 new horizontal wells based on an estimate of only two wells per section, with our share of such prospective future development being about $42 million based on an average 10.5% ownership level.

Our balanced portfolio of assets positions us well for both the current commodity price environment and future potential upside as we develop our attractive resource opportunities. Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flows generated from operations, through our producing oil and gas properties, our field services business, and from sales of non-core acreage.

The Company will continue to pursue the acquisition of leasehold acreage and producing properties in areas where we currently operate and believe there is additional exploration and development potential and will attempt to assume the position of operator in all such acquisitions. In order to diversify and broaden our asset base, we will consider acquiring the assets or stock in other entities and companies in the oil and gas business. Our main objective in making any such acquisitions will be to acquire income producing assets so as to build stockholder value through consistent growth in our oil and gas reserve base on a cost-efficient basis.

Our cash flows depend on many factors, including the price of oil and gas, the success of our acquisition and drilling activities and the operational performance of our producing properties. We may use derivative instruments to manage our commodity price risk. This practice may prevent us from receiving the full advantage of any increases in oil and gas prices above the maximum fixed amount specified in the derivative agreements and subjects us to the credit risk of the counterparties to such agreements.

RECENT ACTIVITIES

Our West Texas, horizontal drilling program, which began in 2015, includes eight wells drilled, completed and placed on production as of December 31, 2016. Drilling activity has continued in the first quarter of 2017 with the Company participating in an additional 19 horizontal wells, eight of which were placed on production by March 31, 2017, and eleven that are in various stages of being drilled, completed, or are waiting on hydraulic fracture stimulation. In addition, we anticipate the drilling of eight more horizontal wells in 2017. This additional activity brings the anticipated total to 27 horizontal wells that are expected to be drilled in 2017 in our West Texas horizontal drilling program. The Company is also participating for less than 1% interest in thirteen other horizontal wells.

In Upton County, Texas, we are developing a contiguous 3,900 acre block with our joint venture partner, Apache Corporation, where the Company holds approximately 48% interest in 2,606 gross acres. Through yearend 2016, six wells had been drilled and completed. In the first quarter of 2017, an additional eleven wells were spud and are in the process of being drilled or completed. Approximately $82 million will be invested in this group of wells, of which the Company’s share will be approximately $27.9 million. Apache drilling-plans indicate an additional six wells will be drilled later this year at a cost of $38.9 million, of which our share is approximately $12.4 million. Apache Corporation has indicated plans to Pad drill the acreage and projects future phases of development will result in approximately 60 horizontal wells being drilled at a cost of about $470 million. We own various interests ranging from 14% to 49% in the lands to be developed in this project and expect our share of these capital expenditures to be approximately $120 million. The total number of wells that will be drilled and the timing of the drilling may vary based on drilling

 

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schedule and commodity prices. Also in Upton County, the Company is participating for 4% interest with Apache in the development of a 640 acre block where six wells that had been drilled in 2016, were placed on production in the first quarter of 2017. In 2016, we commenced our Martin County, Texas horizontal drilling program with the drilling of two wells that began production in July, 2016. These wells were drilled on a 960 acre block that the Company is developing with RSP Permian. An additional two wells, spud in 2016, were placed on production in the first quarter of 2017. The Company owns 35% interest in these two wells. RSP Permian drilling-plans indicate an additional two wells will be drilled in 2017, however, definitive plans have not yet been received.

The Company maintains an acreage position of approximately 21,160 gross (13,020 net) acres in the Permian Basin in West Texas, primarily in Reagan, Upton, Midland and Martin counties. We believe this acreage has significant resource potential in multiple Spraberry and Wolfcamp intervals that support the potential drilling of as many as 250 additional wells.

Our Oklahoma horizontal development program, which began in 2012, has, through the first quarter of 2017 participated in 24 horizontal wells for approximately $23 million. Over this same time period the Company chose to retain an overriding royalty interest in 21 other horizontal wells. In the first quarter of 2017, we participated in two horizontal wells, one vertical well and retained an over-riding royalty interest in one other horizontal well. The Company participated with 17.6% interest in the drilling of a horizontal well in Canadian County operated by Devon Energy that was spud in November of 2016 and has been completed and was placed on production in early April 2017. The Company is currently participating with 11.8% interest in a horizontal well being drilled by Marathon Oil Company in Kingfisher County. This well was spud in February and is anticipated be completed and on production in the second quarter of 2017. Our share of this well will be approximately $1 Million. In addition, the Company is participating for 50% interest in a vertical well in Garvin County that has been drilled and is in the process of being tested. Our share of the cost of this will is expected to be approximately $1.3 Million. One interval in this well is currently being tested and further completion work is anticipated for the second quarter of 2017. Also in the first quarter of 2017, the Company chose to retain an ORRI in a horizontal well drilled in Garfield County that has been drilled and placed on production, and also chose to sell certain leasehold rights and instead retain an ORRI in a particular acreage block in Canadian County where eight horizontal wells are likely to be drilled in the future.

The horizontal activity on Company acreage in Oklahoma is primarily focused in Canadian, Grady, Kingfisher and Garvin counties where we hold approximately 2300 net acres that are prospective for horizontal development. We believe our acreage has significant additional resource potential that could support the drilling of 78 new horizontal wells.

In the first quarter of 2017, the Company sold or farmed-out leasehold rights through four separate transactions, receiving gross proceeds of approximately $46.4 million. In West Texas we sold approximately 2,031 net mineral acres for $38 million, primarily located in Martin County, and in Oklahoma we farmed-out approximately 1,525 net mineral acres in Canadian County for $8.4 million and will retain an over-riding royalty interest and potential reversionary interests. These sales were of non-cash flowing mineral interests.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

2017 and 2016 Compared

We report net income of $22.3 million, $9.77 per share for the three months ended March 2017 compared with a net loss of $1.86 million or $(0.81) per share for the same period of 2016. Current year net income reflects an increase in oil and gas production combined with increased commodity prices over the three months ended March 31, 2016 combined with gains related to the sale of acreage during the three months ended March 2017. The significant components of income and expense are discussed below.

Oil and gas sales increased $5.3 million, or 74% from $7.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 to $12.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017. Crude oil and natural gas sales vary due to changes in volumes of production sold and realized commodity prices. Our realized prices at the well head increased an average of $20.61 per barrel, or 71% on crude oil during the three months ended March 31, 2017 from the same period in 2016 and our average well head price for natural gas increased $1.18 per mcf, or 53% during the three months ended March 31, 2017 from the same period in 2016.

Our crude oil production increased by 13,000 barrels, or 8% from 162,000 barrels for the first quarter 2016 to 175,000 barrels for the first quarter 2017. Our natural gas production increased by 7,000 mcf, or 0.6% from 1,105,000 mcf for the first quarter 2016 to 1,112,000 mcf for the first quarter 2017. The net increase in crude oil and natural gas production volumes reflect the natural decline of properties drilled in early 2016 combined with the natural decline of the previously existing properties, offset by production from new wells added in late 2016 and early 2017.

 

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The following table summarizes the primary components of production volumes and average sales prices realized for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 (excluding realized gains and losses from derivatives).

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2017      2016      Increase /
(Decrease)
 

Barrels of Oil Produced

     175,000        162,000        13,000  

Average Price Received

   $ 49.52      $ 28.91      $ 20.61  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Oil Revenue (In 000’s)

   $ 8,674      $ 4,684      $ 3,990  

Mcf of Gas Produced

     1,112,000        1,105,000        7,000  

Average Price Received

   $ 3.39      $ 2.21      $ 1.18  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Gas Revenue (In 000’s)

   $ 3,764      $ 2,446      $ 1,318  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Oil & Gas Revenue (In 000’s)

   $ 12,438      $ 7,130      $ 5,308  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Realized net losses on derivative instruments include net losses of $0.15 million and $0.077 million on the settlements of natural gas and crude oil derivatives, respectively for the first quarter 2017. No such gains were recognized in 2016.

We do not apply hedge accounting to any of our commodity based derivatives, thus changes in the fair market value of commodity contracts held at the end of a reported period, referred to as mark-to-market adjustments, are recognized as unrealized gains and losses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. As oil and natural gas prices remain volatile, mark-to-market accounting treatment creates volatility in our revenues. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, we recognized net unrealized gains of $1.31 million associated with natural gas fixed swap contracts and $1.49 million in net unrealized gains associated with crude oil fixed swaps due to an increase in natural gas and crude oil futures market prices between December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017. No such gains were recognized in 2016.

There were no swaps in place related to the three months ended March 31, 2016. Oil and gas prices received for the three months ended March 31, 2017 including the impact of derivatives were:

 

Oil Price

   $ 49.12  

Gas Price

   $ 3.25  

Field service income decreased $0.46 million, or 11% from $4.22 million for the first quarter 2016 to $3.76 million for the first quarter 2017. This decrease is a combined result of reduced utilization and the market requiring us to charge lower rates to customers during the 2017 period. Workover rig services represent the bulk of our field service operations, and while we were able to keep our rigs utilized during 2017, working rates have all decreased between the periods in our most active districts.

Lease operating expense decreased $0.72 million, or 11% from $8.01 million for the first quarter 2016 to $7.14 million for the first quarter 2017. This decrease is primarily due to general rate reductions on vendor services off-set by increased production taxes related to increased oil and natural gas prices during the first three months of 2017 as compared to the same period of 2016.

Field service expense decreased $0.58 million, or 16% from $3.56 million for the first quarter 2016 to $2.98 million for the first quarter 2017. Field service expenses primarily consist of salaries and vehicle operating expenses which have decreased during the three months ended March 31, 2017 over the same period of 2016 as a direct result of decreased services and utilization of the equipment.

Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion on discounted liabilities increased $2.27 million, or 50% from $5.28 million for the first quarter 2016 to $7.94 million for the first quarter 2017 reflecting the increased production during the first three months of 2017 as compared to the same period of 2016 and the increase capital cost base of recently drilled and completed wells.

General and administrative expense decreased $0.70 million, or 29% from $2.43 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 to $1.74 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017. This decrease in 2017 reflects the cost cutting measures including reductions in workforce put in place throughout 2016.

Gain on sale and exchange of assets of $41.6 million and $4.92 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2016, respectively consists of sales of non-essential oil and gas interests and field service equipment.

Interest expense decreased $0.26 million, or 30% from $0.87 million for the first quarter 2016 to $0.61 million for the first quarter 2017. This decrease reflects the reduction in current borrowings under our revolving credit agreement.

 

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A tax provision of $13.7 million was recorded for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, versus a benefit of $890 thousand for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 directly related to the income and losses of the respective periods.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flows generated from operations, through our producing oil & gas properties and field services business, and from sales of non-core acreage.

Net cash provided by our operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2017 was $16.6 million compared to $1.16 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Excluding the effects of significant unforeseen expenses or other income, our cash flow from operations fluctuates primarily because of variations in oil and gas production and prices or changes in working capital accounts. Our oil and gas production will vary based on actual well performance but may be curtailed due to factors beyond our control.

Our realized oil and gas prices vary due to world political events, supply and demand of products, product storage levels, and weather patterns. We sell the vast majority of our production at spot market prices. Accordingly, product price volatility will affect our cash flow from operations. To mitigate price volatility we sometimes lock in prices for some portion of our production through the use of derivatives.

If our exploratory drilling results in significant new discoveries, we will have to expend additional capital in order to finance the completion, development, and potential additional opportunities generated by our success. We believe that, because of the additional reserves resulting from the successful wells, we will be able to access sufficient additional capital through bank financing.

We currently maintain a credit facility totaling $300 million, with a borrowing base of $75 million. As of March 31, 2017 the Company has $24.8 million in outstanding borrowings and $50.2 million in availability under this facility. The bank reviews the borrowing base semi-annually and, at their discretion, may decrease or propose an increase to the borrowing base relative to a redetermined estimate of proved oil and gas reserves. The next borrowing base review is scheduled for June 2017. Our oil and gas properties are pledged as collateral for the line of credit and we are subject to certain financial and operational covenants defined in the agreement. We are currently in compliance with these covenants and expect to be in compliance over the next twelve months. If we do not comply with these covenants on a continuing basis, the lenders have the right to refuse to advance additional funds under the facility and/or declare all principal and interest immediately due and payable. Our borrowing base may decrease as a result of lower natural gas or oil prices, operating difficulties, declines in reserves, lending requirements or regulations, the issuance of new indebtedness or for other reasons set forth in our revolving credit agreement. In the event of a decrease in our borrowing base due to declines in commodity prices or otherwise, our ability to borrow under our revolving credit facility may be limited and we could be required to repay any indebtedness in excess of the redetermined borrowing base.

Our credit agreement required us to hedge a portion of our production as forecasted for the PDP reserves included in our borrowing base review engineering reports. Accordingly the Company has in place the following swap agreements for oil and natural gas.

 

            Monthly Hedge Volumes      Price         
     Year      BBLs      MMBTU      BBLs      MMBTU  

April through December

     2017        14,300        235,000      $ 50.10      $ 3.11  

January through December

     2018        11,900        200,000      $ 52.02      $ 2.97  

January through March

     2019        12,500        130,000      $ 50.75      $ 3.12  

Maintaining a strong balance sheet and ample liquidity are key components of our business strategy. For 2017, we will continue our focus on preserving financial flexibility and ample liquidity as we manage the risks facing our industry. Our 2017 capital budget is reflective of decreased commodity prices and has been established based on an expectation of available cash flows, with any cash flow deficiencies expected to be funded by borrowings under our revolving credit facility. As we have done historically to preserve or enhance liquidity we may adjust our capital program throughout the year, divest non-strategic assets, or enter into strategic joint ventures. We are actively in discussions with financial partners for funding to develop our asset base and, if required, pay down our revolving credit facility should our borrowing base become limited due to the deterioration of commodity prices.

 

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We have in place both a stock repurchase program and a limited partnership interest repurchase program under which we expect to continue spending during 2017. For the three month period ended March 31, 2017, we have spent $85 thousand under these programs.

 

Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company is a smaller reporting company and no response is required pursuant to this Item.

 

Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

As of the end of the current reported period covered by this report, the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). Based upon that evaluation, the Chief

 

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Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective with respect to the recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, of information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act.

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the first three months of 2017 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

None.

 

Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

The Company is a smaller reporting company and no response is required pursuant to this Item.

 

Item 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

There were no sales of equity securities by the Company during the period covered by this report.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company purchased the following shares of common stock as treasury shares.

 

2017 Month

   Number of
Shares
     Average Price
Paid per share
     Maximum
Number of Shares
that May Yet Be
Purchased Under
The Program at
Month - End (1)
 

January

     101      $ 54.05        236,946  

February

     140      $ 57.25        236,806  

March

     251      $ 49.55        236,555  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total/Average

     492      $ 52.66     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

(1) In December 1993, we announced that the Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program whereby we may purchase outstanding shares of the common stock from time-to-time, in open market transactions or negotiated sales. On October 31, 2012, the Board of Directors of the Company approved an additional 500,000 shares of the Company’s stock to be included in the stock repurchase program. A total of 3,500,000 shares have been authorized to date under this program. Through March 31, 2017, a total of 3,263,445 shares have been repurchased under this program for $55,155,560 at an average price of $16.90 per share. Additional purchases of shares may occur as market conditions warrant. We expect future purchases will be funded with internally generated cash flow or from working capital.

 

Item 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None

 

Item 4. RESERVED

 

Item 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None

 

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Item 6. EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed as a part of this report:

 

Exhibit

No.

    

    3.1

   Restated Certificate of Incorporation of PrimeEnergy Corporation (effective July 1, 2009) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009).

    3.2

   Bylaws of PrimeEnergy Corporation as amended and restated as of May 20, 2015 (filed as Exhibit 3.2 of PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 8-K on May 21, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference).

  10.18

   Composite copy of Non-Statutory Option Agreements (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 of PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004).

  10.22.5.10

   Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 15, 2017 among PrimeEnergy Corporation, as Borrower, Compass Bank, as Administrative Agent and Lender, Wells Fargo, National Association, as Document Agent, the Lenders Party Hereto (Compass Bank, Wells Fargo, National Association, Citibank, N.A.) and BBVA Compass Bank, as Letter of Credit Issuer and Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22.5.10 to PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016).

  10.22.5.11

   Amended, Restated and Consolidated Guaranty dated as of February 15, 2017, among PrimeEnergy Management Corporation, Prime Operating Company, Eastern Oil Well Service Company, Southwest Oilfield Construction Company, EOWS Midland Company and Prime Offshore L.L.C. in favor of Compass Bank, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22.5.11 to PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016).

  10.22.5.12

   Amended, Restated and Consolidated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of February 15, 2017, among PrimeEnergy Corporation, PrimeEnergy Management Corporation, Prime Operating Company, Eastern Oil Well Service Company, Southwest Oilfield Construction Company, EOWS Midland Company and Prime Offshore L.L.C. and Compass Bank, as Administrative Agent for the Secured Parties (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22.5.12 to PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016).

  10.22.5.13

   Amended, Restated and Consolidated Deed of Trust, Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Production and Financing Statement Dated as of May 5, 2017 (filed herewith).

  10.22.5.14

   Deed of Trust, Mortgage, Security Agreement, Assignment of Production and Financing Statement Dated as of May 5, 2017 (filed herewith).

  10.22.5.15

   Amended, Restated and Consolidated Mortgage of Oil and Gas Property, Security Agreement, Assignment of Production and Financing Statement Dated as of May 5, 2017 (filed herewith).

  10.23.1

   Loan and Security Agreement dated July 31, 2013, by and between JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Eastern Oil Well Service Company, EOWS Midland Company and Southwest Oilfield Construction Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23.1 to PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013).

  10.23.2

   Business Purpose Promissory Note dated July 31, 2013, made by Eastern Oil Well Service Company, EOWS Midland Company and Southwest Oilfield Construction Company to JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23.2 to PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013).

  10.23.3

   Guaranty dated July 31, 2013, made by PrimeEnergy Corporation in favor of JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23.3 to PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013).

  10.23.4

   Agreement of Equipment Substitution dated January 15, 2014, by and between JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Eastern Oil Well Service Company, EOWS Midland Company and Southwest Oilfield Construction Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23.4 to PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2014).

 

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Exhibit

No.

    

  10.24.1

   Loan and Security Agreement dated July 29, 2014, by and between JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Eastern Oil Well Service Company, EOWS Midland Company and Southwest Oilfield Construction Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24.1 to PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2014).

  10.24.2

   Business Purpose Promissory Note dated July 29, 2014, made by Eastern Oil Well Service Company, EOWS Midland Company and Southwest Oilfield Construction Company to JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24.2 to PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2014).

  10.24.3

   Guaranty dated July 29, 2014, made by PrimeEnergy Corporation in favor of JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24.3 to PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2014).

  10.25

  

Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January 25, 2017, among PrimeEnergy Corporation,

PrimeEnergy Management Corporation, PrimeEnergy Operating Company, PrimeEnergy Asset and Income Fund, L.P. A-2, PrimeEnergy Asset and Income Fund, L.P. A-3, PrimeEnergy Asset and Income Fund, L.P. AA-2, and PrimeEnergy Asset and Income Fund, L.P. AA-4, as Sellers and Guidon Operating LLC, as Purchaser (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22.5.10 to PrimeEnergy Corporation Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016).

  31.1

   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13(a)-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (filed herewith).

  31.2

   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13(a)-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (filed herewith).

  32.1

   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).

  32.2

   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).

101.INS

   XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) Instance Document (filed herewith)

101.SCH

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document (filed herewith)

101.CAL

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document (filed herewith)

101.DEF

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document (filed herewith)

101.LAB

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document (filed herewith)

101.PRE

   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document (filed herewith)

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

    PrimeEnergy Corporation
    (Registrant)
May 15, 2017    

/s/ Charles E. Drimal, Jr.

(Date)     Charles E. Drimal, Jr.
    President
    Principal Executive Officer
May 15, 2017    

/s/ Beverly A. Cummings

(Date)     Beverly A. Cummings
    Executive Vice President
    Principal Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 10.22.5.13

 

Andrews County, Texas    Dimmit County, Texas    Grimes County, Texas    Polk County, Texas
Borden County, Texas    Duval County, Texas    Irion County, Texas    Reagan County, Texas
Colorado County, Texas    Fayette County, Texas    Martin County, Texas    Upton County, Texas
Crane County, Texas    Glasscock County, Texas    Midland County, Texas    Webb County, Texas
Crockett County, Texas    Goliad County, Texas    Newton County, Texas    Winkler County, Texas

AMENDED, RESTATED AND CONSOLIDATED

DEED OF TRUST, MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT,

ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION

AND FINANCING STATEMENT

Dated as of May 5, 2017

NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS: IF YOU ARE A NATURAL PERSON, YOU MAY REMOVE OR STRIKE ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM ANY INSTRUMENT THAT TRANSFERS AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY BEFORE IT IS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS: YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE NUMBER.

THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY PROVISIONS, SECURES PAYMENT OF FUTURE ADVANCES, AND COVERS PROCEEDS OF COLLATERAL.

THIS INSTRUMENT COVERS AS-EXTRACTED COLLATERAL; THE INTEREST OF GRANTOR IN MINERALS OR THE LIKE (INCLUDING OIL AND GAS) BEFORE EXTRACTION AND THE SECURITY INTEREST CREATED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ATTACHES TO SUCH MINERALS AS EXTRACTED AND TO THE ACCOUNTS RESULTING FROM THE SALE THEREOF AT THE WELLHEAD OR WELLHEADS OF THE WELL OR WELLS LOCATED ON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN.

THIS INSTRUMENT COVERS GOODS WHICH ARE OR ARE TO BECOME FIXTURES RELATED TO THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN.

THIS INSTRUMENT IS TO BE FILED FOR RECORD, AMONG OTHER PLACES, IN THE REAL ESTATE OR COMPARABLE RECORDS OF THE COUNTIES REFERENCED IN EXHIBIT A HERETO, AND SUCH FILING SHALL SERVE, AMONG OTHER PURPOSES, AS A UCC FIXTURE FILING AND AS A FINANCING STATEMENT FOR AS-EXTRACTED COLLATERAL.

GRANTOR HAS AN INTEREST OF RECORD IN THE REAL ESTATE AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTY CONCERNED, WHICH INTEREST IS DESCRIBED HEREIN.

For purposes of filing this Deed of Trust as a financing statement: Grantor is the debtor and Beneficiary is the secured party. Grantor is comprised of PrimeEnergy Corporation, a corporation organized under the Laws of the State of Delaware, and PrimeEnergy Management Corporation, a corporation organized under the Laws of the State of New York, and Grantor’s mailing address is 9821 Katy Freeway, Suite 1050, Houston, Texas 77024. Beneficiary’s mailing address is 2200 Post Oak Boulevard, 17 th Floor, Houston, Texas 77056.

Please return this document with filing information

to

Bee Archaphorn

Winstead PC

500 Winstead Building

2728 N. Harwood Street

Dallas, Texas 75201


AMENDED, RESTATED AND CONSOLIDATED DEED OF TRUST, MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION AND FINANCING STATEMENT

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

THIS AMENDED, RESTATED AND CONSOLIDATED DEED OF TRUST, MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION, AND FINANCING STATEMENT (as the same has been or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Deed of Trust ”) is made and entered into as of May 5, 2017, by PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (“ Prime ”) and PRIMEENERGY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION , a New York corporation (“ PEMC ”; and Prime and PEMC herein, individually and collectively, “ Grantor ”), to DOROTHY E. MARCHAND (“ Trustee ”) and COMPASS BANK , as Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “ Beneficiary ”). The addresses of Grantor and Beneficiary appear on the cover page and in Section 6.9 of this Deed of Trust. Capitalized terms not defined in the body of this Deed of Trust are defined in Section 6.12 hereof.

R E C I T A L S

A. Grantor has previously executed and delivered to Beneficiary, or its predecessors in interest, those certain deeds of trust, mortgages and related instruments described in Schedule   1 attached hereto (as amended or otherwise as described in Schedule   1 , the “ Existing Deeds of Trust ”), covering the real property described therein and securing the indebtedness as described therein.

B. Grantor and Beneficiary desire to amend, restate and consolidate the Existing Deeds of Trust pursuant to this instrument.

C. Lenders have extended a credit facility to Prime (“ Borrower ”) which is evidenced by Borrower’s promissory notes made payable to the order of Lenders in the aggregate principal sum of $300,000,000, as further described in Section 1.2 hereof.

D. One or more of the Loan Parties and one or more of the Secured Parties may from time to time enter into Secured Swap Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, and Grantor will directly or indirectly benefit therefrom.

E. PEMC is a Subsidiary of Borrower and has guaranteed the indebtedness of Borrower to the Secured Parties. PEMC will directly or indirectly benefit from the use of the proceeds of the indebtedness and obligations described in Article 1 . Grantor is the owner of all of the properties described on Exhibit A to this Deed of Trust. Grantor desires to mortgage the property described on Exhibit A hereto in order to secure the Obligation (as hereinafter defined).

NOW, THEREFORE, Grantor and Beneficiary agree that the Existing Deeds of Trust are hereby amended, restated and consolidated in their entirety to read as follows:

CONVEYANCE AND GRANT OF LIEN

Grantor, to secure payment and performance of the Obligation, and for and in consideration of the sum of TEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($10.00) cash and other valuable consideration in hand paid to Grantor, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and for and in consideration of the debt and trusts hereinafter mentioned, has GRANTED, BARGAINED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, and CONVEYED , and by these presents does GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL, ASSIGN, TRANSFER, and CONVEY , unto Trustee, for the benefit of Beneficiary, and to Trustee’s successor or successors or substitutes in this trust, with power of sale, the real and personal properties, rights, titles, interests, and estates described or to which reference is made in Paragraphs I t hrough VI , inclusive, below, whether now owned by Grantor or hereafter acquired by Grantor (herein collectively called the “ Mortgaged Property ”), to-wit:

 

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Paragraph I. Oil and Gas Leases and Other Properties . All of Grantor’s undivided interest and title, now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (i) the oil, gas and mineral leases described and/or to which reference may be made on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes and incorporated herein by reference as fully as if copied verbatim, together with any other leases or agreements which cover or pertain to the lands described or referred to in Exhibit A , even if such leases or other agreements are not described or are incorrectly or insufficiently described on Exhibit A , together with any amendments, corrections, modifications, confirmations, renewals, substitutions, ratifications, supplements, replacements or extensions of any such leases (the “ Subject Leases ”); (ii) the oil, gas and other minerals in and under the lands described or referred to in Exhibit A (or described or referred to in any of the instruments described or referred in Exhibit A ), together with the oil, gas and other minerals in and under the lands covered by the Subject Leases and/or the lands spaced, pooled or unitized therewith (the “ Lands ”); (iii) the oil, gas and other mineral interests and estates in and under the Lands including, but not limited to, working interests, royalties, overriding royalties, net profits interests and production payments (the “ Subject Interests ”); (iv) any and all oil and gas units covering, in whole or in part, the Lands covered by, or derived or carved from, the Subject Leases and/or the Lands spaced, pooled or unitized therewith; (v) all pooling, communitization, unitization and similar orders of Governmental Authorities, bodies and commissions that cover all or any portion of the Lands; and (vi) the Lands and all lands pooled, unitized or communitized therewith. It is expressly understood and agreed that (1) Beneficiary shall not be liable in respect of the performance of any covenant or obligation of Grantor concerning such Subject Leases, and (2) any decimal fractional interests set out on Exhibit A pertaining to the Subject Leases have been appended for purposes of certain representations and warranties of Grantor with respect to title and for informational purposes only, and shall not limit in any way whatsoever the interest of Grantor in the Subject Leases;

Paragraph II. Hydrocarbons . All oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline and condensate, all other liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, and all other minerals, whether similar to the foregoing or not (herein collectively called “ Hydrocarbons ”), now or hereafter accruing to or produced from the Subject Interests and/or to which Grantor now or hereafter may be entitled as a result of or by virtue of its record and/or beneficial ownership of any one or more of the Subject Interests;

Paragraph III. Contracts . All present and future rights of Grantor (including all rights to receive payments, including lease bonuses, rents, tolls, incomes, and royalties) under or by virtue of all present and future operating agreements, contracts for the purchase, exchange, processing, transportation or sale of Hydrocarbons, and other contracts and agreements relating in any way to all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time (herein collectively called the “ Subject Contracts ”);

Paragraph IV. Other Property . All tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances, and properties in anywise appertaining, belonging, affixed, or incidental to the Subject Interests, in which Grantor now owns or hereafter acquires an interest, including any and all property, real or personal, in which Grantor now owns or hereafter acquires an interest which is situated upon and/or used or useful in connection with all or any part of the Subject Interests and including , but subject to the penultimate paragraph of this Conveyance and Grant of Lien section, all pipelines, gathering lines, trunk lines, lateral lines, pipeline easements and rights-of-way, compressor, dehydration units, separators, heater treaters, valves, flow lines, gauge meters, alarms, supplies, machinery, derricks, buildings, tanks, wells, well bores, casings, Christmas trees, tubing, rods, liquid extractors, engines, boilers, tools, appliances, cables, wires, surface leases, rights-of-way, easements, servitudes, and franchises, and all accessions, additions, substitutes and replacements to or for, and all accessories and attachments to any of the foregoing (all such surface leases, easements, licenses, rights-of-way, and franchises being herein called the “ Subject Easements ,” and all such tangible property described in this Paragraph IV being herein called the “ Personal Property ”);

Paragraph V. Other Rights to Hydrocarbons . Any and all other rights, titles, estates, royalties, and interests (whether or not presently included in the Subject Interests) now owned or hereafter acquired by Grantor in and to all reversions, remainders, tolls, rents, revenues, issues, proceeds, earnings, income, and profits from the Lands; and

 

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Paragraph VI.  Proceeds . Proceeds from the Mortgaged Property described in Paragraphs I through V above.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property, together with all and singular the rights, privileges, contracts, and appurtenances now or hereafter at any time before the foreclosure or release hereof in anywise appertaining or belonging thereto, unto Trustee and to Trustee’s successors or substitutes hereunder and to their successors and assigns, forever, and Grantor hereby binds and obligates Grantor and Grantor’s successors to warrant and forever defend, all and singular, the Mortgaged Property unto Trustee and to Trustee’s successors or substitutes hereunder and to their successors and assigns, against the lawful claims of any and all Persons whomsoever claiming or to claim the same, or any part thereof, subject to the Permitted Liens.

Notwithstanding any provision in this Deed of Trust to the contrary, in no event is any Excluded Property included in the definition of “Mortgaged Property,” or “Collateral” or “Property” and no Excluded Property is hereby encumbered by this Deed of Trust.

This conveyance is made in trust, however, upon the terms and provisions hereinafter set out to secure the full and final payment and performance of the Obligation.

SECURITY INTEREST

To further secure the Obligation, Grantor hereby grants to Beneficiary a security interest in the entire interest of Grantor (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) in and to:

(a) the Mortgaged Property;

(b) all as-extracted collateral and all oil, gas and other Hydrocarbons and minerals produced from or allocated to the Mortgaged Property, and any products processed or obtained therefrom (herein collectively called the “ Production ”), and all Liens in the Production securing payment of the proceeds of the Production, including those Liens provided under statutes enacted in the jurisdictions in which the Mortgaged Property is located;

(c) all equipment, inventory, improvements, fixtures, accessions, goods and other personal property of whatever nature now or hereafter located on or used or held for use in connection with the Mortgaged Property (or in connection with the operation thereof or the treating, handling, storing, transporting, processing or marketing of Production) and all renewals or replacements thereof or substitutions therefor;

(d) all contract rights, contractual rights and other general intangibles related to the Mortgaged Property, the operation thereof (whether Grantor is operator or non-operator), or the treating, handling, storing, transporting, processing or marketing of Production, or under which the proceeds of Production arise or are evidenced or governed;

(e) all geological, geophysical, engineering, and seismic data together with Grantor’s proprietary interpretations thereof and all accounting, title, legal and other technical or business data and records, and logs, lease files, well files and other books and records (including computerized records and data) concerning the Mortgaged Property or the Production that are in the possession of Grantor or are licensed to Grantor and/ or in which Grantor can otherwise grant a security interest, and all books, files, records, magnetic media, computer records and other forms of recording or obtaining access to such data;

(f) all money, documents, instruments, chattel paper, securities, accounts or general intangibles arising from or by virtue of any transaction related to the Mortgaged Property or the Production (all of the properties, rights and interests described in clauses (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) and (e) above and this clause (f) being herein sometimes collectively called the “ Collateral ”); and

 

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(g) all proceeds of the Collateral or payments in lieu of Production (such as “take or pay” payments), whether such proceeds or payments are goods, money, documents, instruments, chattel paper, securities, accounts, general intangibles, fixtures, real property or other assets (the Mortgaged Property, Collateral and the proceeds of the Collateral and payments in lieu of Production, collectively, the “ Property ”).

Upon the occurrence of any default, Beneficiary is and shall be entitled to all of the rights afforded a secured party by the applicable Code with reference to the Collateral, or Trustee or Beneficiary may proceed as to both the real and personal property covered hereby in accordance with the rights granted under this Deed of Trust with respect to the real property covered hereby. Such rights shall be cumulative and in addition to those granted to Trustee or Beneficiary under any other provision of this Deed of Trust or under any other instrument executed in connection with or as security for all or any part of the Obligation.

REFERENCE IS MADE TO SECTION 6.12 FOR THE DEFINITIONS OF SEVERAL OF THE TERMS USED HEREIN.

ARTICLE 1

SECURED OBLIGATION

This Deed of Trust is made to secure and enforce the following note or notes, guaranty, obligations, indebtedness, covenants, conditions, agreements, loans, advances, debts, and liabilities (herein collectively called the “ Obligation ”):

Section 1.1 Credit Agreement . All indebtedness and other obligations now or hereafter incurred or arising pursuant to the provisions of that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2017, by and among Borrower, the lenders party thereto (with their successors and assigns, being collectively called herein the “ Lenders ”), and Beneficiary as Administrative Agent, and all supplements thereto and amendments or modifications thereof, and all agreements given in substitution therefor or in restatement, renewal or extension thereof, in whole or in part (such Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as the same may from time to time be supplemented, amended or modified, and all other agreements given in substitution therefor or in restatement, renewal or extension thereof, in whole or in part, being herein called the “ Credit Agreement ”), including the “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement.

Section 1.2 Notes . Those certain promissory notes executed and delivered by Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, having principal sums aggregated in an amount up to but not exceeding Three Hundred Million and No/100 Dollars ($300,000,000.00) , bearing interest as specified therein (including interest occurring during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), being payable as provided therein, and, if not sooner matured (by acceleration or otherwise), finally maturing as provided in the Credit Agreement (as the same may be supplemented, amended, modified, extended, and renewed, being collectively referred to herein as the “ Notes ”).

Section 1.3 [ Intentionally Omitted] .

Section 1.4 Indebtedness Arising Under Security Instruments . All indebtedness, obligations, covenants, conditions, agreements, and liabilities arising pursuant to the provisions of this Deed of Trust and/or any other security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, collateral pledge agreement, contract, assignment, or loan agreement of any kind now or hereafter existing as security for, executed in connection with, or related to the Obligation and/or any part thereof (each such agreement being herein called “ other security instruments ”).

Section 1.5 Future Advances to Borrower . All other loans and future advances that any Secured Party may now or hereafter make to Borrower that Borrower and Secured Parties contemplate may be necessary

 

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from time to time. Such future advances, if any, shall be made on such conditions as Borrower and Secured Parties may negotiate, but it is specifically agreed that Secured Parties have not hereby agreed to advance any such additional sums.

Section 1.6 Secured Swap Agreements . Any and all obligations, contingent or otherwise, whether now existing or hereafter arising under any Secured Swap Agreement (which amounts shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Values under such Secured Swap Agreements as of the date the Obligation is being determined); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any Loan Document, the “Obligation” shall not include, with respect to any Loan Party, any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Party.

Section 1.7 Costs and Expenses . All sums advanced and costs and expenses incurred by Beneficiary and/or Secured Parties, including all accounting, engineering, management, consulting or like fees, and legal fees, made and incurred in connection with the foregoing Sections 1.1 , 1.2 , 1.3 , 1.4 , 1.5 and 1.6 , or any part thereof, or in connection with the acquisition, perfection, realization, maintenance, or preservation of the security therefor, or in connection with the following Section 1.8 , or any part thereof, whether such advances, costs, or expenses shall have been made and incurred at the request of Grantor or Borrower or Beneficiary and/or Secured Parties.

Section 1.8 Renewals, Extensions, and Rearrangements . Any and all renewals, extensions, increases, rearrangements and/or substitutions of all or any part of the Notes, indebtedness, obligations, debts, loans, advances, covenants, agreements, and liabilities described or to which reference is made in the foregoing Sections 1.1 , 1.2 , 1.3 , 1.4 , 1.5 , 1.6 and 1.7 .

ARTICLE 2

CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES,

AND COVENANTS OF GRANTOR

Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties . With knowledge that Beneficiary is relying on the representations and warranties made herein without independent investigation, Grantor hereby covenants, agrees, represents, and warrants to Beneficiary that:

(a) Valid and Subsisting Leases . The Subject Leases described on Exhibit A are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect.

(b) Authority . Grantor has authority to execute this Deed of Trust, to grant, bargain, sell, mortgage, assign, transfer, and convey the Mortgaged Property to Trustee pursuant to this Deed of Trust, and to make the covenants, representations, warranties, and assignments contained in this Deed of Trust.

(c) Title . Grantor (i) has good and defensible title to, (ii) is the lawful owner and holder of, and (iii) is possessed of the Mortgaged Property free and clear of any and all Liens except Permitted Liens.

(d) Interests . With respect to each Mortgaged Property, the ownership of Grantor in such Mortgaged Property does and will, (i) with respect to each well described in Exhibit A hereto in connection with such Mortgaged Property, (A) entitle Grantor to receive (subject to the terms and provisions of this Deed of Trust) a decimal share of the Production produced from, or allocated to, such well equal to not less than the decimal share set forth in Exhibit A in connection with such well opposite the words “Net Revenue Interest” (or words of similar import), (B) cause Grantor to be obligated to bear a decimal share of the cost of exploration, development and operation of such well not greater than the decimal share set forth in Exhibit A in connection with such well opposite the words “Working Interest” (or words of similar import) and (ii) if such Mortgaged Property is shown in Exhibit A to be subject to a unit or units, with respect to each such unit, (A) entitle Grantor to receive (subject to the terms and provisions of this Deed of Trust) a decimal share of Production produced from, or allocated to, such unit equal to not less than the decimal share set forth in Exhibit A in connection with such Mortgaged Property opposite the words “Unit Net Revenue Interest” or words of similar import (and if such Mortgaged

 

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Property is subject to more than one unit, words identifying such interest with such unit), and (B) obligate Grantor to bear a decimal share of the cost of exploration, development and operation of such unit not greater than the decimal share set forth in Exhibit A in connection with such Mortgaged Property opposite the words “Unit Working Interest” or words of similar import (and if such Mortgaged Property is subject to more than one unit, words identifying such interest with such unit); such shares of Production which Grantor is entitled to receive, and shares of expenses which Grantor is obligated to bear, are not and will not be subject to change (other than changes which arise pursuant to non-consent provisions of operating agreements described in Exhibit A in connection with such Mortgaged Property, respectively, in connection with operations hereafter proposed) except, and only to the extent that, such changes are reflected in Exhibit A .

(e) Rents, Royalties and Taxes . All rents and royalties due and payable under the Subject Leases have been paid or otherwise accounted for and all Hydrocarbon severance and production Taxes, windfall profit Taxes, and all property Taxes payable by Grantor with respect to the Mortgaged Property have been paid.

Section 2.2 Covenants of Grantor . Grantor, for Grantor and Grantor’s successors, covenants and agrees, unless otherwise specifically permitted or allowed in the Credit Agreement, to do the following:

(a) Cure of Defects . If (i) any legal proceedings are instituted challenging or attacking the validity or priority of this Deed of Trust or of any rights or Liens created or evidenced hereby with respect to the Mortgaged Property, or (ii) any adverse claim is made against upon the title to any of the Mortgaged Property other than Permitted Liens, Grantor will give Beneficiary written notice thereof within three (3) business days after Grantor has knowledge of such legal proceedings or adverse claim, and, at Grantor’s own cost and expense, Grantor will diligently endeavor to cure any defect that may be claimed, and Grantor will take all necessary and proper steps for the defense of such legal proceedings, including the employment of counsel reasonably acceptable to Beneficiary, the prosecution or defense of litigation and the release or discharge of all adverse claims. The Trustee and Beneficiary, or either of them (whether or not named as parties to legal proceedings with respect thereto), are hereby authorized and empowered to take such additional steps as in their reasonable judgment and discretion may be necessary or proper for the defense of any such legal proceedings, including the prosecution or defense of litigation, and the compromise or discharge of any adverse claims made with respect to the Mortgaged Property, and all out-of-pocket expenses so incurred shall be a demand obligation owing by Grantor to Beneficiary in accordance with Section 12.03(a) of the Credit Agreement.

(b) Maintenance of Subject Leases, Contracts, and Easements . Grantor will perform all of Grantor’s obligations under and maintain all Subject Leases, Subject Contracts, and Subject Easements in full force and effect, and Grantor will not permit to occur the surrender, abandonment, release, or termination of any Subject Lease, Subject Contracts, or Subject Easements, so long as the Subject Interests covered thereby or relating thereto are capable of producing Hydrocarbons in paying quantities.

(c) Maintenance of Mortgaged Property . Grantor will at all times maintain, preserve, and keep the Mortgaged Property in good repair and condition, and from time to time, make all necessary and proper repairs, replacements, and renewals, and Grantor will not commit or permit any waste on or of the Mortgaged Property, or do anything to the Mortgaged Property that may impair its value.

(d) Mortgage Taxes . At any time any Law shall be enacted imposing or authorizing the imposition of any tax upon this Deed of Trust, or upon any Lien created hereby, Grantor will immediately pay all such taxes; provided that, in the alternative, Grantor may, in the event of the enactment of such a Law, and must, if it is unlawful for Grantor to pay such taxes, prepay that portion of the Obligation which Beneficiary in good faith determines is secured by property covered by such Law within sixty (60) days after demand therefor by Beneficiary.

(e) Performance of Covenants . Grantor will punctually and properly perform all of Grantor’s covenants, duties, and liabilities under the Credit Agreement, this Deed of Trust and any other security instrument.

 

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(f) Operation of Mortgaged Property . Grantor will operate the Mortgaged Property, or cause it to be operated, in a careful and efficient manner in accordance with the practices of the industry and in compliance with all Subject Leases, Subject Contracts, Subject Easements, and Laws.

(g) Development Work . Grantor will do, or cause to be done, such development and other work as may be reasonably necessary to protect from diminution of production capacity of the Mortgaged Property and each producing well thereon.

(h) Properties Not Operated by Grantor . Anything in this Section 2.2 to the contrary notwithstanding, Grantor, with respect to those Subject Interests which are operated by operators other than Grantor, shall not be obligated itself to perform undertakings performable only by such operators and which are beyond the control of Grantor. In each such case, however, Grantor will use such commercially reasonable efforts to bring about the performance of any such undertakings required to be performed by such operators.

(i) Mortgage Registration Taxes and Recording Fees . Grantor will promptly pay any mortgage registration or similar Taxes, recording fees and filing fees which may be required to be paid with respect to or in connection with the filing and recordation of this Deed of Trust.

(j) Flood Insurance . If any portion of the Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has been made available under the applicable Flood Insurance Regulations, then Grantor will maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount sufficient to comply with all applicable Flood Insurance Regulations applicable to the Mortgaged Property, if any.

ARTICLE 3

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 3.1 Defaults . The term “ default ” as used herein shall mean an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement.

Section 3.2 Remedies . If a default shall occur and be continuing, Beneficiary may, at its option, do any one or more of the following to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

(a) Payment or Performance by Beneficiary . If Grantor has failed to keep or perform any covenant whatsoever contained in this Deed of Trust or any other security instrument, Beneficiary may, but shall not be obligated to any Person to do so, perform or attempt to perform such covenant, and any payment made or expense incurred in the performance or attempted performance of any such covenant shall be a part of the Obligation, and Grantor promises, upon demand, to pay to Beneficiary, at the place where the Notes are payable, or at such other place as Beneficiary may direct by written notice, all sums so advanced or paid by Beneficiary, with interest at the Highest Lawful Rate, from the date when paid or incurred by Beneficiary until paid by Grantor. No such payment by Beneficiary shall constitute a waiver of any default. In addition to the Liens hereof, Beneficiary shall be subrogated to all rights and Liens securing the payment of any debt, claim, tax, or assessment for the payment of which Beneficiary may make an advance, or which Beneficiary may pay.

(b) Acceleration . Beneficiary may, at its option, declare the aggregate unpaid principal amount of and interest on the Notes and all other parts of the Obligation (other than liabilities under any Secured Swap Agreements or any Secured Cash Management Agreement) to be, and the same shall thereupon become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest, notice of acceleration, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of protest or notice of dishonor, or any other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by Grantor.

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Beneficiary, and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, to sell all or any part of the Mortgaged Property at one or more sales, as an entirety or in parcels, at such place or places and otherwise in such manner and upon such notice as may be required by applicable Law, or in the absence of any such requirement, as Trustee and/or Beneficiary may deem appropriate, and to make conveyance to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. Any sale of any part of the Mortgaged Property shall be made to the highest bidder or bidders for cash, at the courthouse door of, or at such other place as may be required or permitted by applicable Law in, the county (or judicial district) wherein the Lands included within the Mortgaged Property to be sold are situated; provided that if the Lands are situated in more than one county (or judicial district), such sale of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, may be made in any county (or judicial district) wherein any part of the Lands included within the Mortgaged Property to be sold are situated. Any such sale shall be made at public outcry, on the day of any month, during the hours of such day and after written notices thereof have been publicly posted in such places and for such time periods and after all Persons entitled to notice thereof have been sent such notice, all as required by applicable Law in effect at the time of such sale. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require Beneficiary or Trustee to do, and Beneficiary and Trustee shall not be required to do, any act other than as required by applicable Law in effect at the time of such sale. Any such sale may be as a whole or in such parcels as Trustee may select. After such sale, Trustee shall make to the purchaser or purchasers thereunder good and sufficient deeds and assignments, in the name of Grantor, conveying the Mortgaged Property, or part thereof, so sold to the purchaser or purchasers with general warranty of title (subject to Permitted Liens) by Grantor. Sale of a part of the Mortgaged Property shall not exhaust the power of sale, but sales may be made from time to time until the Obligation is paid and performed in full. It shall not be necessary to have present or to exhibit at any such sale any of the Collateral. In addition to the rights and powers of sale granted under the preceding provisions of this Section 3.2(c) , if default is made in the payment of any installment of the Obligation, Beneficiary, at its option, at once or at any time thereafter while any matured installment remains unpaid, without declaring the entire Obligation to be due and payable may orally or in writing direct Trustee to enforce this trust and to sell the Mortgaged Property subject to such unmatured Obligation and the Liens securing its payment, in the same manner, on the same terms, at the same place and time, and after having given notice in the same manner, all as provided in the preceding provisions of this Section 3.2(c) . After such sale, Trustee shall make due conveyance to the purchaser or purchasers. Sales made without maturing the Obligation may be made hereunder whenever there is a default in the payment of any installment of the Obligation without exhausting the power of sale granted hereby, and without affecting in any way the power of sale granted under this Section 3.2(c) on the unmatured balance of the Obligation (except as to any proceeds of any sale which Beneficiary may apply as a prepayment on the Obligation) or the Liens securing payment of the Obligation. It is intended by each of the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.2(c) that Trustee may, after any request or direction by Beneficiary, sell, not only the Subject Interests included within, but also, all other items constituting a part of, the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, along with the Lands, or any part thereof, included within the Mortgaged Property all as a unit and as a part of a single sale, or may sell any part of the Mortgaged Property separately from the remainder of the Mortgaged Property. It is agreed that, in any deed or assignment given by Trustee, any and all statements of fact or other recitals therein made as to the identity of Beneficiary, or as to the occurrence or existence of any default, or as to the acceleration of the maturity of the Obligation, or as to the request to sell, notice of sale, time, place, terms and manner of sale, and the receipt, distribution and application of the money realized therefrom, or as to the due and proper appointment of a substitute trustee, and, without being limited by the foregoing, as to any other act or thing having been duly done by Beneficiary or by Trustee, shall be taken by all courts of Law and equity as prima facie evidence that the said statements or recitals state facts, and Grantor does hereby ratify and confirm any and all acts that Trustee may lawfully do in the premises by virtue hereof. In the event of the resignation (such resignation being hereby authorized for any reason) or death of Trustee or such Person’s failure, refusal or inability, for any reason, to make any such sale or to perform any of the trusts herein declared, or, at the option of Beneficiary, without cause, Beneficiary may appoint, in writing, a substitute trustee, who shall thereupon succeed to all the estates, titles, rights, powers and trusts herein granted to and vested in Trustee. Such appointment may be made on behalf of Beneficiary by any Person who is then the president, or any vice president, or a senior representative, or any other authorized officer or agent of Beneficiary. In the event of the resignation (such resignation being hereby authorized for any reason) or death of any such substitute trustee, or such Person’s failure, refusal or inability to make such sale or perform such trusts, or, at the option of Beneficiary, without cause, successive substitute trustees may thereafter, from time to time, be appointed by Beneficiary in the same manner. Trustee may appoint,

 

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in writing, any one or more Persons as Trustee’s agent and attorney-in-fact to act as Trustee under him and in Trustee’s name, place and stead, to perform any one or more acts necessary or incident to any sale under the power of sale granted under the preceding provisions of this Section 3.2(c) , including the posting and filing of any notices, the conduct of such sale and the execution and delivery of any instruments conveying the Mortgaged Property so sold, but in the name and on behalf of Trustee. All acts done or performed by any such agent and attorney-in-fact shall be valid, lawful and binding as if done or performed by Trustee.

(d) Suit . Beneficiary may proceed by suit or suits, at Law or in equity, to enforce the payment and performance of the Obligation in accordance with the terms hereof, of the Notes or the other security instruments, or other documents and/or writings securing and/or evidencing the Obligation, to foreclose the Liens of this Deed of Trust as against all or any part of the Mortgaged Property and to have all or any part of the Mortgaged Property sold under the judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(e) Appointment of Receiver . Beneficiary, as a matter of right and without regard to the sufficiency of the security, and without any showing of insolvency, fraud or mismanagement on the part of Grantor, and without the necessity of filing any judicial or other proceeding other than the proceeding for appointment of a receiver, shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver or receivers of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, and of the income, rents, issues and profits thereof.

(f) Possession of Mortgaged Property . Beneficiary may enter upon the Lands included within the Mortgaged Property, take possession of the Mortgaged Property, and remove the Personal Property included within the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, with or without any responsibility or liability on the part of Beneficiary, and may take possession of any property located on or in the Mortgaged Property which is not a part of the Mortgaged Property and hold or store such property at Grantor’s expense.

(g) Assemble Collateral . Beneficiary may require Grantor to assemble the Collateral included within the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, and make it available to Beneficiary at a place to be designated by Beneficiary which is reasonably convenient to Grantor and Beneficiary.

(h) Disposition of Collateral . After notification, if any, as hereafter provided in this Section   3.2(h) , Beneficiary may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, at the office of Beneficiary, or on the Lands, or elsewhere, as chosen by Beneficiary, all or any part of the personal property Collateral included within the Mortgaged Property, in its then condition, or following any commercially reasonable preparation or processing, and each sale (as used in this Section 3.2(h) , the term “ sale ” means any such sale, lease, or other disposition made pursuant to this Section 3.2(h) ) may be a unit or in parcels, by public or in private proceedings, and by way of one or more contracts, and, at any sale, it shall not be necessary to exhibit such Collateral, or part thereof, being sold, leased or otherwise disposed of. The sale of any part of the Collateral shall not exhaust Beneficiary’s power of sale, but sales may be made from time to time until the Obligation is paid and performed in full. Reasonable notification of the time and place of any public sale pursuant to this Section 3.2(h) , or reasonable notification of the time after which any private sale is to be made pursuant to this Section 3.2(h) , shall be sent to Grantor and to any other Person entitled under the applicable Code to notice. To the extent any sale is conducted pursuant to the Code, it is agreed that notice sent or given not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the taking of the action to which the notice relates is reasonable notification and notice for such purposes of this Section 3.2(h) .

(i) Surrender of Insurance Policies . Beneficiary may surrender the insurance policies maintained pursuant to the Credit Agreement, or any part thereof, and receive and apply the unearned premiums as a credit on the Obligation, and, in connection therewith, Grantor hereby appoints Beneficiary as the agent and attorney-in-fact for Grantor to collect such premiums (which appointment is coupled with an interest and irrevocable while this Deed of Trust is in effect).

Section 3.3 Purchase of Mortgaged Property by Beneficiary . If Beneficiary or any Secured Party is the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof (and it is specifically agreed that Beneficiary or any Secured Party may be the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, if permitted by applicable

 

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Law), at any sale thereof, whether such sale be under the power of sale hereinabove vested in Trustee, or upon any other foreclosure of the Liens hereof, or otherwise, Beneficiary or the relevant Secured Party, as the case may be, shall, upon any such purchase, acquire good title to the Mortgaged Property so purchased, free of the Liens of these presents.

Section 3.4 Operation of Properties by Beneficiary . Should any part of the Mortgaged Property come into the possession of Beneficiary, whether before or after default, Beneficiary may use or operate (to the extent allowed under applicable operating arrangements) the Mortgaged Property for the purpose of preserving it or its value, pursuant to the order of a court of appropriate jurisdiction, or in accordance with any other rights held by Beneficiary in respect to the Mortgaged Property. Grantor covenants promptly to reimburse and pay to Beneficiary, at the place where Notes are payable, or at such other place as may be designated by Beneficiary in writing, the amount of all expenses (including the cost of any insurance, taxes, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other charges) incurred by Beneficiary in connection with its custody, preservation, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property, together with interest thereon from the date incurred by Beneficiary at the Highest Lawful Rate, and all such expenses, cost, taxes, interest and other charges shall be a part of the Obligation. It is agreed, however, that the risk of loss or damage to the Mortgaged Property is on Grantor, and Beneficiary shall have no liability whatever for decline or diminution in value of the Mortgaged Property, nor for failure to obtain or maintain insurance, nor for failure to determine whether any insurance ever in force is adequate as to amount or as to the risks insured, except to the extent such loss or damage results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Beneficiary, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment.

Section 3.5 Possession of Property After Foreclosure . In case the Liens hereof shall be foreclosed by Trustee’s sale, or by other judicial or non-judicial action, the purchaser at any such sale shall receive, as an incident to his ownership, immediate possession of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof so conveyed, and, subsequent to foreclosure, Grantor and Grantor’s successors shall be considered as tenants at sufferance of the purchaser at foreclosure sale, and anyone occupying the property after demand made for possession thereof shall be guilty of forcible detainer and shall be subject to eviction and removal, forcible, or otherwise, with or without process of Law, and all damages by reason thereof are hereby expressly waived.

Section 3.6 Application of Proceeds . The proceeds from any sale, lease or other disposition made pursuant to this Article 3 , any proceeds of Hydrocarbons collected by Beneficiary pursuant to Article 4 , and sums received pursuant to Section 6.5 shall be applied by Trustee, or by Beneficiary, as the case may be, first to the payment of any and all expenses incurred by Trustee or Beneficiary in foreclosing upon the Property and carrying out such sale (including any attorneys’ fees), second to the payment of any fees assessed by Trustee, and third to the payment or prepayment of the Obligation, whether or not matured, all in accordance with the Credit Agreement; provided , however, that notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, no such proceeds shall be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligations.

Section 3.7 Abandonment of Sale . In the event a foreclosure hereunder should be commenced by Trustee in accordance with Section 3.2(c) , Beneficiary may at any time before the sale direct Trustee to abandon the sale, and exercise any other remedies available to Beneficiary.

Section 3.8 Waiver of Appraisement and Redemption . To the full extent Grantor may lawfully do so, Grantor agrees that Grantor will not at any time insist upon, plead, claim or take the benefit or advantage of any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension or redemption Laws, now or hereafter in force, in order to prevent or hinder the enforcement of this Deed of Trust or the absolute sale of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, or the possession thereof by any purchaser at any such sale, and Grantor, insofar as Grantor now or hereafter may lawfully do so, hereby waives the benefit of all such Laws; provided , however, that the appraisement of any of the Mortgaged Property is hereby expressly waived or not waived at the option of Beneficiary, such option to be exercised prior to or at the time judgment is rendered in any foreclosure of this Deed of Trust. Grantor also expressly waives, to the extent Grantor may lawfully do so, all rights to have the Mortgaged Property marshaled upon any foreclosure of this Deed of Trust.

 

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ARTICLE 4

ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION

Section 4.1 Assignment and Additional Security . In addition to the conveyance to Trustee herein made and to additionally secure the Obligation, Grantor has, effective as of 7:00 o’clock a.m., local time, on the first day of the month in which this Deed of Trust is executed, at the site of each of the Subject Leases, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED AND CONVEYED, and does hereby ASSIGN, TRANSFER AND CONVEY, unto Beneficiary all of the following:

(a) All Hydrocarbons, and the proceeds therefrom and products obtained or processed therefrom (such proceeds and products being herein called “ Proceeds ”), produced and to be produced from the Mortgaged Property, and all rights of Grantor to Liens securing payment of Proceeds, including those Liens provided for in §9.343 of the Code. Grantor hereby authorizes and empowers Beneficiary, during the existence of a default, to demand, collect and receive such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds, to endorse and cash any checks and drafts payable to Grantor or Beneficiary for the account of Grantor received from or in connection with such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds, to execute any release, receipt, division order, transfer order, and relinquishment or other instrument that may be required or necessary to collect and receive such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds, and to exercise any rights as the holder of Liens securing payment of Proceeds. Grantor hereby authorizes and directs all pipeline companies, gathering companies, and others purchasing such Hydrocarbons or having in their possession any such Hydrocarbons or Proceeds, to pay and deliver to Beneficiary all such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds upon the written request of Beneficiary during the existence of a default; provided that Grantor does hereby specifically agree that all such pipeline companies, gathering companies and others purchasing or having in their possession such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, notice by Beneficiary that a default exists. Grantor agrees that all division orders, transfer orders, receipts and other instruments which Beneficiary may from time to time execute and deliver for the purpose of collecting or receipting for Hydrocarbons or Proceeds may be relied upon in all respects and that the same shall be binding upon Grantor and Grantor’s successors. Grantor agrees to execute and deliver all necessary, convenient and appropriate instruments, including transfer and division orders, which may be required by Beneficiary in connection with the receipt by Beneficiary of such Hydrocarbons or Proceeds and to indemnify and keep and hold Beneficiary free and harmless from all parties whomsoever having or claiming an adverse interest in such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds and in this respect agrees to pay all expenses, costs, charges and attorneys’ fees that may be incurred by Beneficiary as to any of such matters.

(b) All proceeds hereafter payable to or to become payable to Grantor or to which Grantor is entitled under all gas sales or exchange contracts, all oil, distillate, or condensate sales or exchange contracts, all gas transportation contracts, and all gas processing contracts now or hereafter to become a part of the Mortgaged Property.

(c) All amounts, sums, revenues, income and proceeds which become payable to Grantor from any of the Mortgaged Property (including any after-acquired properties) or under any contract, present or future, relating to, any gas pipeline system and processing plant or unit now or hereafter constituting a part of the Mortgaged Property.

(d) All lease bonus, delay rentals, royalties and shut-in gas royalties which become payable to Grantor from any of the Mortgaged Property.

Section 4.2 Transfer Orders . Grantor agrees to execute such transfer orders, payment orders, division orders and other instruments as may be needed by Beneficiary or requested by it incident to its having all assigned payments made direct to it. Grantor authorizes and directs all such pipeline companies, purchasers, transporters and other parties owing moneys to Grantor under contracts herein assigned to pay such amounts direct to Beneficiary upon the written request by Beneficiary during the existence of a default as follows:

 

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Compass Bank, as Administrative Agent

2200 Post Oak Boulevard, 17 th Floor

Houston, Texas 77056

and such authorization shall continue until this Deed of Trust is released. During the existence of a default, Beneficiary is authorized to collect, receive, and give receipt for all such amounts, and no party making payment shall have any responsibility to see to the application of any funds paid to Beneficiary but shall be fully protected in making such payment to Beneficiary under the assignments herein contained. Should Beneficiary bring suit against any third party for collection of any amounts or sums included within this assignment (and Beneficiary shall have the right to bring any such suit), it may sue either in its own name or in the name of Grantor.

Section 4.3 Payment of Proceeds . In the event that, for its convenience, Beneficiary should elect with respect to particular properties or contracts not to exercise immediately its right to receive Hydrocarbons or proceeds, then the purchasers or other Persons obligated to make such payment shall continue to make payment to Grantor until such time as written demand has been made upon them by Beneficiary or Trustee that payment be made directly to Beneficiary. Such failure to notify shall not in any way waive the right of Beneficiary to receive any payments not theretofore paid out to Grantor before the giving of written notice. In this regard, in the event payments are made directly to Beneficiary, and then, at the request of Beneficiary payments are, for a period of time, paid to Grantor, Beneficiary shall nevertheless have the right, effective upon written notice, to require that future payments be again made to Beneficiary.

Section 4.4 Proceeds Held in Trust by Grantor . If under any existing gas sales or exchange agreements or products sales or exchange contracts, other than division orders or transfer orders, or under any gas transportation contract, any proceeds are required to be paid by the purchaser or transporter direct to Grantor so that under such existing agreements payment cannot be made to Beneficiary in the absence of foreclosure, then Grantor’s interest in all proceeds under such sales agreement and in all other proceeds which for any reason may be paid to Grantor shall, when received by Grantor during the existence of a default, constitute trust funds in his hands and shall be immediately paid over to Beneficiary, if Beneficiary has requested that such payments be delivered to it under this assignment.

Section 4.5 Limitation of Liability of Beneficiary and Trustee . Beneficiary is hereby absolved from all liability for failure to enforce collection of the proceeds and amounts assigned under Section 4.1 above and from all other responsibility in connection therewith, except the responsibility to account to the Person legally entitled thereto (by application upon the Obligation or otherwise) for funds actually received. Grantor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Trustee and Beneficiary against any and all liabilities, actions, claims, judgments, costs, charges, and attorneys’ fees by reason of the assertion that they or either of them have received, either before or after payment and performance in full of the Obligation, funds from the production of Hydrocarbons claimed by third Persons, and Trustee and Beneficiary shall each have the right to compromise and adjust any such claims, actions, and judgments, and in addition to the rights to be indemnified as herein provided, all amounts paid by Trustee or by Beneficiary in compromise, satisfaction, or discharge of any such claim, action or judgment, and all court costs, attorneys’ fees, and other expenses of every character incurred by Trustee or by Beneficiary, pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be demand obligations owing by Grantor and shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate from date of expenditure until paid and shall be secured by the Liens created and granted by this Deed of Trust.

Section 4.6 Duty to Pay Obligation . Nothing contained herein shall limit Grantor’s absolute duty to make payment when due of the Obligation when the Proceeds received by Beneficiary pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof are insufficient to pay the same, and receipt of Proceeds under said Section 4.1 shall be in addition to all other security now or hereafter existing to secure payment of the Obligation.

Section 4.7 Power of Attorney to Beneficiary . Grantor does hereby designate Beneficiary as the agent of Grantor to act in the name, place and stead of Grantor for the purpose of taking any and all actions deemed by Beneficiary necessary for the realization by Beneficiary of the benefits of the assignment of Proceeds

 

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provided herein, recognizing such agency in favor of Beneficiary to be coupled with the interests of Grantor under this Deed of Trust and, thus, irrevocable as long as this Deed of Trust is in force and effect. All Persons dealing with Beneficiary, or any officer thereof, or any substitute, shall be fully protected in treating the powers and authorities conferred by this Section as continuing in full force and effect until advised by Beneficiary that the entire Obligation is fully and finally paid.

ARTICLE 5

FINANCING STATEMENT

Section 5.1 Effective as a Financing Statement . This Deed of Trust covers goods which are or are to become fixtures on the real property described herein. This Deed of Trust shall be effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing with respect to all fixtures included within the Property and is to be filed for record in the real property records of each county in which any part of the Mortgaged Property (including said fixtures) is situated. This Deed of Trust shall also be effective as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral, minerals or the like (including oil and gas) and accounts arising out of the sale at the wellhead or minehead of the wells or mines located on the Mortgaged Property of oil, gas, or other minerals in which Grantor has an interest before extraction, and is to be filed for record in the real property records of each county in which any part of the Mortgaged Property is situated. Grantor is the debtor and Beneficiary is the secured party. This Deed of Trust shall also be effective as a financing statement covering any other Property and may be filed in any other appropriate filing or recording office. Regarding Grantor as debtor, Grantor’s mailing address, and type and state of organization are set forth on the cover page of this Deed of Trust. Regarding Beneficiary as secured party, Beneficiary’s mailing address is set forth on the cover page of this Deed of Trust.

Section 5.2 Reproduction of Deed of Trust as Financing Statement . A photographic or other reproduction of this Deed of Trust or of any financing statement relating to this Deed of Trust shall be sufficient as a financing statement for any of the purposes referred to in Section 5.1 .

Section 5.3 Notice to Account Debtors . In addition to the rights granted in Article 4 hereof, Beneficiary may at any time during the existence of a default notify the account debtors or obligors of any accounts, chattel paper, negotiable instruments or other evidences of indebtedness included in the Collateral to pay Beneficiary directly.

Section 5.4 Filing of Financing Statement . Beneficiary shall have the right, without the consent or joinder of Grantor, to execute and file with any Governmental Authority such financing statements, financing statement amendments and continuation statements as may, in the sole discretion of Beneficiary, be necessary or advisable to maintain, perfect or otherwise evidence the Lien of Beneficiary in and to any of the Mortgaged Property. Grantor, as debtor, hereby expressly authorizes Beneficiary, as secured party, to file any such financing statement without the signature of Grantor to the extent permitted by applicable Law.

ARTICLE 6

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 6.1 Release . If the Obligation is paid and performed in full in accordance with the terms of this Deed of Trust and the Notes and other security instruments and documents and writings evidencing or securing all or any part of the Obligation, and if Grantor shall well and truly perform all of Grantor’s covenants contained herein, then this conveyance shall be released at Grantor’s request and expense; otherwise, it shall remain in full force and effect; provided , however, that Grantor’s warranties and indemnities contained in this Deed of Trust shall survive the payment and performance of the Obligation and the release of this Deed of Trust.

Section 6.2 Rights Cumulative . All rights and Liens herein expressly conferred are cumulative of all other rights and Liens herein, or by Law or in equity provided, or provided in any other security instruments, and shall not be deemed to deprive Beneficiary or Secured Parties or Trustee of any such other legal or equitable rights and Liens by judicial proceedings, or otherwise, appropriate to enforce the conditions, covenants and terms of this Deed of Trust and other security instruments, and the employment or enforcement of any rights hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent or subsequent employment or enforcement of any other rights.

 

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Section 6.3 Waivers . Any and all covenants in this Deed of Trust may from time to time, by instrument in writing signed by Beneficiary (with the requisite approval, if any, of all Lenders or the Majority Lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement) and delivered to Grantor, be waived to such extent and in such manner as Beneficiary and the applicable Lenders may desire, but no such waiver shall ever affect or impair Beneficiary’s rights and Liens hereunder, except to the extent specifically stated in such written instruments.

Section 6.4 Sale of Mortgaged Property . In the event Grantor or any of Grantor’s successors conveys any interest in the Mortgaged Property, or in any part thereof, to any other party, Beneficiary may, without notice to Grantor or Grantor’s successors, deal with any owner of any part of the Mortgaged Property with reference to this Deed of Trust and the Obligation, either by way of forbearance on the part of Beneficiary, or extension of time of payment of the Obligation, or release of all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, or any other property securing payment and performance of the Obligation, without in any way modifying or affecting Beneficiary’s rights and Liens hereunder or the liability of Grantor or any other party liable for payment and performance of the Obligation, in whole or in part; provided that no action taken or omitted to be taken by Beneficiary under this Section 6.4 shall be deemed a waiver of any default occurring by reason of any such conveyance.

Section 6.5 Condemnation Sale . Beneficiary shall be entitled to receive any and all sums which may be awarded or become payable to Grantor for the condemnation of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, for public or quasi-public use, or by virtue of private sale in lieu thereof, and any sums which may be awarded or become payable to Grantor for damages caused by public works or construction on or near the Mortgaged Property. All such sums are hereby assigned to Beneficiary, and Grantor shall, upon request of Beneficiary, make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all additional assignments and documents as may be necessary from time to time to enable Beneficiary to collect and receipt for any such sums. Beneficiary shall not be, under any circumstances, liable or responsible for failure to collect, or exercise diligence in the collection of, any of such sums.

Section 6.6 Renewals of Indebtedness . It is understood and agreed that the proceeds of the Notes or of any further loans or advances, to the extent the same are utilized to renew or extend any indebtedness or take up any outstanding Liens against the Mortgaged Property, or any portion thereof, have been advanced by Secured Parties at Grantor’s request and upon Grantor’s representation that such amounts are due and payable. Secured Parties shall be subrogated to any and all rights and Liens owned or claimed by any owner or holder of such outstanding rights and Liens, however remote, regardless of whether such rights and Liens are acquired by assignment or are released by the holder thereof upon payment.

Section 6.7 Waiver of Marshaling . Grantor hereby waives all rights of marshaling in the event of any foreclosure of the Liens hereby created.

Section 6.8 Headings . The captions, headings, and arrangements used in this Deed of Trust are for convenience only and do not in any way affect, limit, amplify, or modify the terms and provisions hereof.

Section 6.9 Notices . Whenever this Deed of Trust requires or permits any consent, approval, notice, request or demand from one party to another, the consent, approval, notice, request, or demand must be in writing to be effective and shall be deemed to have been given on the day personally delivered or, if mailed, on the day it is enclosed in an envelope, properly stamped, sealed and deposited in a post office or official depository maintained by the United States Postal Service, certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the party to be notified at the address stated below (or at such other address as may have been designated by written notice):

 

    If to Grantor:

  

PrimeEnergy Corporation

  

PrimeEnergy Management Corporation

  

9821 Katy Freeway, Suite 1050

  

Houston, Texas 77024

 

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    If to Beneficiary:

  

Compass Bank, as Administrative Agent

  

2200 Post Oak Boulevard, 17 th Floor

  

Houston, Texas 77056

Section 6.10 Governing Law . THIS DEED OF TRUST IS INTENDED TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF SUCH STATE AND OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SHALL GOVERN THE VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, ENFORCEMENT, AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS DEED OF TRUST.   HOWEVER, ANYTHING IN THIS DEED OF TRUST TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING, THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS RELATING TO THE VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE OBLIGATION AND TO USURY AND PERMISSIBLE INTEREST AND SIMILAR CHARGES AND AMOUNTS SHALL GOVERN ALL ASPECTS OF THIS DEED OF TRUST.

Section 6.11 Invalid Provisions . If any provision of this Deed of Trust is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction applicable to this Deed of Trust, then, to the extent permitted by Law, (a) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in favor of Beneficiary in order to carry out the intentions of the parties hereto as nearly may be possible; and (b) the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction. If the rights and Liens created by this Deed of Trust shall be invalid or unenforceable as to any part of the Obligation, the unsecured portion of the Obligation shall be completely paid prior to the payment of the remaining and secured portion of the Obligation, and all payments made on the Obligation shall be considered to have been paid on and applied first to the complete payment of the unsecured portion of the Obligation.

Section 6.12 Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein, as used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

Beneficiary ” has the meaning given such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

Borrower ” has the meaning given such term in Recital A hereof.

Code ” means the applicable Uniform Commercial Code, if any, of each state where any of the Mortgaged Property is situated.

Collateral ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph (f) under the heading of “Security Interest” in this Deed of Trust.

Credit Agreement ” has the meaning given such term in Section 1.1 hereof.

Deed of Trust ” has the meaning given such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

default ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.1 hereof.

Excluded Property ” means (a) any Building (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulations) or Manufactured (Mobile) Home (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulations), and (b) any rights or interest in any contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement covering any property of Grantor if under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement, or applicable law with respect thereto, the grant of a security interest or Lien therein (i) is prohibited as a matter of law or under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement, (ii) shall give any other party to such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement (other than a Loan Party) the right to terminate such

 

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contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement, or (iii) would constitute or result in a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, a default, a right of recoupment, or other remedy under any such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement, and, in the case of any of clauses (i) through (iii) above, such prohibition or restriction has not been waived or the consent of the applicable Governmental Authority or the other party to such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement has not been obtained; provided , that, the foregoing exclusions in this clause (b) shall in no way be construed (x) to apply to the extent that any described prohibition or restriction is unenforceable under Section 9.406, 9.407, 9.408, or 9.409 of the Code or other applicable law, (y) to apply to the extent that any consent or waiver has been obtained that would permit the security interest or Lien notwithstanding the prohibition or restriction or (z) to limit, impair or otherwise affect the Beneficiary’s and the other Secured Parties’ continuing security interests in and Liens upon any rights or interests of Grantor to monies due or to become due any such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement; provided further , the exclusions in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) shall in no way be construed to limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Secured Parties’ continuing security interests in and Liens upon any proceeds of Excluded Property, unless such proceeds would constitute Excluded Property.

Excluded Swap Obligation ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Flood Insurance Regulations ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Governmental Authority ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Grantor ” has the meaning given such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

Grantor’s successors ” means each and all of the immediate and remote successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators, and legal representatives of Grantor.

Hydrocarbons ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph II under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Lands ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph I under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Laws ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Lenders ” has the meaning given such term in Section 1.1 hereof.

Lien ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Loan Documents ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Mortgaged Property ” has the meaning given such term under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Note ” or “ Notes ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 1.2 hereof.

Obligation ” has the meaning given such term in Article 1 hereof.

other security instrument ” has the meaning given such term in Section 1.4 hereof.

Permitted Liens ” means Liens permitted by Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement.

Person ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

 

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Personal Property ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph IV under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Proceeds ” has the meaning given such term in Section 4.1(a) hereof.

Production ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph (b) under the heading of “Security Interest” in this Deed of Trust.

Property ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph (g) under the heading of “Security Interest” in this Deed of Trust.

sale ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(h) hereof.

Section ” means a section of this Deed of Trust, unless specifically indicated otherwise.

Secured Cash Management Agreement ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Secured Parties ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Secured Swap Agreement ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Subject Contracts ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph III under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Subject Easements ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph IV under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Subject Interests ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph I under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Subject Leases ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph I under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Trustee ” means the Person who is at the time the duly appointed trustee or successor or substitute trustee under this Deed of Trust at the time in question.

All other capitalized terms defined in the Credit Agreement which are used in this Deed of Trust and which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. Whenever herein the singular number is used, the same shall include the plural where appropriate, and vice versa, and words of any gender shall include each other gender where appropriate. Article, Paragraph, Section, Schedule, and Exhibit references are to Articles, Paragraphs, and Sections of and Schedules and Exhibits to this Deed of Trust, unless otherwise specified. All references to instruments, documents, contracts, and agreements are references to such instruments, documents, contracts, and agreements as the same may be amended, supplemented, and otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Deed of Trust shall refer to this Deed of Trust as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Deed of Trust. As used herein, the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”

Section 6.13 Form of Deed of Trust . This instrument may be construed and enforced from time to time whether within the State of Texas, and elsewhere outside the State of Texas, as a mortgage, deed of trust, chattel mortgage, conveyance, assignment, security agreement, pledge, financing statement, hypothecation or contract, or any one or more of them as may be appropriate under applicable Laws, in order fully to effectuate the Lien hereof and the purposes and agreements herein set forth. Insofar as this instrument is a security agreement,

 

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pledge, financing statement, hypothecation or contract, or any one or more of them as may be appropriate under applicable Laws, in order fully to effectuate the Lien hereof and the purposes and agreements herein set forth, Grantor is the debtor and Beneficiary is the secured party. The addresses shown in Section 6.9 are the addresses of the debtor and the secured party and information concerning the security interest granted hereby may be obtained from the secured party at such address. Without in any manner limiting the generality of any of the foregoing provisions hereof: (a) some portions of the goods described or to which reference is made herein are or are to become fixtures on the Lands described or to which reference is made herein; (b) the minerals and the like (including oil and gas) included in the Mortgaged Property and the accounts resulting from the sale thereof will be financed at the wellhead(s) or minehead(s) or the well(s) or mine(s) located on the Lands described or to which reference is made herein; and (c) this instrument is to be filed of record in the real estate records in the counties in which any portion of the Mortgaged Property is situated as a financing statement but the failure to do so will not otherwise affect the validity or enforceability of this instrument.

Section 6.14 Multiple Counterparts . This Deed of Trust has simultaneously been executed in a number of identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which are identical, except that in order to facilitate recordation, portions of Exhibit A hereto which describe Mortgaged Property situated in counties other than the particular county in which a counterpart hereof is being recorded may be omitted from such counterpart.

Section 6.15 Binding Effect . This Deed of Trust is binding upon Grantor and Grantor’s successors and shall inure to the benefit of Beneficiary and each of the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, and the provisions hereof shall likewise be covenants running with the Lands. The duties, covenants, conditions, obligations, and warranties of Grantor in this Deed of Trust shall be joint and several obligations of Grantor and Grantor’s successors. Each and every party who signs this Deed of Trust, other than Beneficiary, and each and every subsequent owner of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, jointly and severally covenants and agrees that he or it will perform, or cause to be performed, each and every condition, term, provision, and covenant of this Deed of Trust.

Section 6.16 Restatement of Existing Deeds of Trust . This Deed of Trust amends, restates, supplements and consolidates (but does not extinguish or novate) the Existing Deeds of Trust. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Deed of Trust shall not discharge or release any Lien or priority of any Existing Deed of Trust, or any other security instrument securing the Obligation. This Deed of Trust continues, renews and extends all liens, rights, powers, privileges, superior titles, estates and security interests existing by virtue of the Existing Deeds of Trust without interruption or lapse, but the terms, provisions and conditions of such liens, rights, powers, privileges, superior titles, estates and security interests shall hereafter be governed by this Deed of Trust and any amendments or supplements hereto.

Section 6.17 Credit Agreement Controls . In the event of a conflict between the terms and provisions of this Deed of Trust and the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement shall control; provided , however , a more expansive or explanatory term or provision shall not be deemed a conflict

Section 6.18 Joint and Several Liability . The obligations of Prime and PEMC as Grantor hereunder are joint and several in all respects.

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EXECUTED on the dates of the acknowledgments below to be effective as of the date first set forth above.

 

GRANTOR:
PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION
By:  

 

  Charles E. Drimal, Jr.
  Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

 

STATE OF TEXAS    §   
   §   
COUNTY OF HARRIS    §   

This instrument was acknowledged before me on the     day of May, 2017, by Charles E. Drimal, Jr., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of PrimeEnergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation, on behalf of said corporation.

 

 

Notary Public, State of Texas

My commission expires:

 

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GRANTOR (CONTINUED):
PRIMEENERGY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
By:  

 

  Charles E. Drimal, Jr.
  Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

 

STATE OF TEXAS

  §
  §

COUNTY OF HARRIS

  §

This instrument was acknowledged before me on the      day of May, 2017, by Charles E. Drimal, Jr., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of PrimeEnergy Management Corporation, a New York corporation, on behalf of said corporation.

 

 

Notary Public, State of Texas

My commission expires:

 

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BENEFICIARY:
COMPASS BANK,

as Administrative Agent

By:

 

 

 

Kathleen J. Bowen

 

Managing Director

 

STATE OF TEXAS

  §
  §

COUNTY OF HARRIS

  §

This instrument was acknowledged before me on the      day of May, 2017, by Kathleen J. Bowen, a Managing Director of Compass Bank, an Alabama state banking association, on behalf of said banking association.

 

 

Notary Public, State of Texas

 

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SCHEDULE 1

EXISTING DEEDS OF TRUST

 

1. Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production, dated effective December 19, 2002, from PrimeEnergy Corporation and PrimeEnergy Management Corporation to Guaranty Bank, FSB, filed and recorded as follows:

 

Colorado County    Filed January 27, 2003, as Instrument No. 346, Volume 424, Page 133
Crane County    Filed January 24, 2003, As Instrument No. 082478, Volume 443, Page 698
Crockett County    Filed January 24, 2003, as Document No. 137928, Book 619, Page 176
Dimmit County    Filed January 24, 2003 and recorded on January 28, 2003, as File No. 113, Volume 164, Page 118-180
Duval County    Filed January 28, 2003, as Instrument No. 080462, Volume 341, Page 380
Glasscock County        Filed January 24, 2003, as Instrument No. 5846, Volume 67, Page 494
Martin County    Filed January 24, 2003, as Instrument No. 91, Volume 133, Page 698
Polk County    Filed on January 23, 2003, as Instrument No. 0721, Volume 2003-1309, Page 780
Reagan County    Filed January 27, 2003, as Instrument No. 95341, Volume 48, Page 716
Upton County    File January 24, 2003, as Instrument No. 00131365, Volume 727, Page 238
Webb County    File January 29, 2003, as Instrument No. 786486, Volume 1336, Page 691

 

2. Ratification of and Amendment to Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Indenture, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production, dated effective September 22, 2003, by PrimeEnergy Corporation and PrimeEnergy Management Corporation (as Mortgagors), Prime Operating Company, Eastern Oil Well Service Company, Southwest Oilfield Construction Company and Guaranty Bank, as Agent, filed and recorded as follows:

 

Polk County        Filed October 6, 2003, under Clerk’s Entry No. 9700, in volume 2003-1351, Page 364 of the Official Public Records; re-filed (because of deficient notary) November 26, 2003, under Clerk’s Entry No. 11519, in Volume 2003-1360, Page 757

 

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3. Ratification of and Amendment to Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Indenture, Security Agreement, Financing Statement, and Assignment of Production, dated effective as of May 3, 2005 by PrimeEnergy Corporation and PrimeEnergy Management Corporation in favor of Guaranty Bank, FSB, filed and recorded as follows:

 

Polk County        Filed and Recorded on July 12, 2005, as Document No. 6513, in Vol. 2005-1458, Page 229 in Official Public Record.

 

4. Ratification of and Amendment to Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Indenture, Security Agreement, Financing Statement, and Assignment of Production, dated effective as of June 6, 2006 by PrimeEnergy Corporation, PrimeEnergy Management Corporation, Prime Operating Company, Eastern Oil Well Service Company, Southwest Oilfield Construction Company and EOWS Midland Company and Guaranty Bank, FSB, filed and recorded as follows:

 

Colorado County    Filed August 2, 2006 and Recorded August 3, 2006 as Document No. 3834, in Volume 532, Page 821
Crane County    Filed and Recorded June 16, 2006 as Instrument No. 87216, in Volume 477, Page 832 of the Official Public Records
Crockett County    Filed and Recorded June 16, 2006 as Document No. 145885, in Book 666, Page 776 of the Official Records
Dimmit County    Filed and Recorded June 20, 2006 as Document No. 6336, in Volume 325, Page 135 of the Official Records
Duval County    Filed June 16, 2006 and Recorded June 19, 2006 as Document No. 093147, in Volume 422, pages 704-716 of the Official Records
Glasscock County        Filed and Recorded June 16, 2006 as Instrument No. 9473, in Volume 93, Page 767 of the Official Public Records
Irion County    Filed and Recorded June 16, 2006 as Instrument No. 23832, in Volume 164, Page 261 of the Official Public Records
Martin County    Filed and Recorded June 16, 2006 as Document No. 1017, in Volume 179, Page 556 of the Official Public Records
Midland County    Filed and Recorded June 16, 2006 as Document No. 12972, in Volume 2697, Page 186 of the named Records
Polk County    Filed and Recorded June 15, 2006 as Document No. 6026, in Volume 1514, Page 170 of the Official Public Records
Reagan County    Filed and Recorded June 16, 2006 as Instrument No. 99683, in Volume 74, Page 165 of the Official Public Records

 

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Upton County        Filed and Recorded June 16, 2006 as Document No. 139023, in Volume 773, Page 534 of the Official Public Records
Webb County    Filed and Recorded June 16, 2006 as Document No. 925023, in Volume 2116, Page 413 of the Official Public Records

 

5. Ratification of and Amendment to Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production dated effective March 12, 2012, by and between PrimeEnergy Corporation, PrimeEnergy Management Corporation and Compass Bank (successor in interest to Guaranty Bank, FSB); filed and recorded as follows:

 

Reagan County    

   Filed and Recorded April 24, 2012 as Instrument No. 109916, in Volume 148, Page 797 of the Official Public Records

Upton County

   Filed and Recorded April 24, 2012 as Document No. 00153991, Volume 869, Page 338 of the Official Public Records

 

6. Ratification of and Amendment to Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production dated effective January 23, 2013, by PrimeEnergy Corporation and PrimeEnergy Management Corporation in favor of Compass Bank (successor in interest to Guaranty Bank, FSB); filed and recorded as follows:

 

Martin County        Filed and recorded February 7, 2013 as Document No. 335, Volume 364, Page 699 of the Official Public Records
Upton County    Filed and recorded February 8, 2013 as Document No. 156357, Volume 887, Page 272 of the Official Public Records

 

7. Amendment to and Ratification of Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production, dated effective as of February 20, 2014 by PrimeEnergy Corporation and PrimeEnergy Management Corporation in favor of and for the benefit of Compass Bank, an Alabama banking association and successor in interest to Guaranty Bank, FSB, filed and recorded as follows:

 

Colorado County    

   Filed March 3, 2014 and Recorded March 7, 2014 as Document No. 735, in Volume 748, Page 41-51 of the Official Public Records

Crane County

   Filed and Recorded March 3, 2014 as Instrument No. 99159, in Volume 562, Page 648 of the Official Public Records

Dimmit County

   Filed and Recorded March 12, 2014 as Instrument No. 32958, in Volume 508, Page 156-166 of the Official Records

Duval County

   Filed and Recorded March 3, 2014 as Document No. 2014-9071, in Volume 589, Pages 704-715 of the Official Records

 

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Glasscock County        Filed and Recorded March 3, 2014 as Instrument No. 140820, in Volume 244, Page 211 of the Official Public Records
Irion County    Filed March 3, 2014 and Recorded March 11, 2014 as Instrument No. 20140030931, in Volume 216, Page 443 of the Official Public Records
Midland County    Filed and Recorded March 3, 2014 as Document No. 2014-4274, of the named Records
Polk County    Filed and Recorded February 28, 2014 as Document No. 1617, in Volume 1935, Page 877 of the Official Public Records
Webb County    Filed and Recorded March 20, 2014 as Document No. 1196332, in Volume 3588, Page 707-718 of the Official Public Records
Winkler County    Filed and Recorded March 3, 2014 as Document No. C12903

 

8. Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production dated effective October 1, 2007, from PrimeEnergy Corporation and PrimeEnergy Management Corporation, to John A. Clark, Trustee for the benefit of Guaranty Bank, FSB, as Agent; filed and recorded as follows:

 

Irion County    Filed October 19, 2007 and Recorded October 22, 2007 under Document No. 024858, Volume 171, Page 1, Official Public Records
Reagan County        Filed October 19, 2007 under Document No. 101610, Volume 87, Page 17, Official Public Records

 

9. Ratification of and Amendment to Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production dated effective February 24, 2010, by and between PrimeEnergy Corporation, PrimeEnergy Management Corporation and Compass Bank (successor in interest to Guaranty Bank, FSB); filed and recorded as follows:

 

Reagan County    

   Filed March 1, 2010 under Document No. 105479, Volume 114, Page 697, Official Public Records

 

10. Ratification of and Amendment to Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production dated effective January 23, 2013, by and PrimeEnergy Corporation, PrimeEnergy Management Corporation in favor of Compass Bank (successor in interest to Guaranty Bank, FSB); filed and recorded as follows:

 

Reagan County        Filed and recorded February 7, 2013 as Instrument No. 111950, in Volume 166, Page 210 of the Official Public Records

 

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11. Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Financing Statement, and Assignment of Production, dated effective as of January 23, 2013 by PrimeEnergy Corporation, PrimeEnergy Management Corporation in favor Murray Brasseux, as Trustee, for the benefit of Compass Bank, successor in interest to Guaranty Bank, FSB, filed and recorded as follows:

 

Newton County        Filed and recorded February 7, 2013 as Document No. 153093, Volume 629, Page 0507 of the Official Public Records

 

12. Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production dated effective February 20, 2014, from PrimeEnergy Corporation and PrimeEnergy Management Corporation, to Murray Brasseux, Trustee for the benefit of Compass Bank, as Agent, filed and recorded as follows:

 

Grimes County    

   Filed and Recorded February 25, 2014, as Document No. 00262757, Volume 1494, Page 783-804

 

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PREFACE TO

EXHIBIT A TO

AMENDED, RESTATED AND CONSOLIDATED DEED OF TRUST, MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT,

SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FINANCING STATEMENT,

DATED AS OF MAY 5, 2017

FROM PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION AND PRIMEENERGY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

TO DOROTHY E. MARCHAND, TRUSTEE

FOR COMPASS BANK, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

This Exhibit A contains a description of those Subject Leases and Lands referred to in the foregoing Deed of Trust. The Subject Leases and Lands consist of producing and non-producing oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral interests, oil and gas royalty interests, and oil and gas overriding royalty interests affecting lands situated in the State of Texas in each of the counties listed on the cover page of this Deed of Trust, together with all of Grantor’s interest in all leases, lands and interests with which any of said interests may now or hereafter be pooled, unitized or communitized. This Exhibit   A shall include all of Grantor’s interest in the leases described or referred to in this Exhibit   A , whether beneficially owned or as now or hereafter reflected of record in the county records, and whether or not all lands covered by said leases are specifically described or referred to. The net revenue interests and/or interests in gross production set forth herein are the interests in production of oil and/or gas hereby represented and warranted to be owned by Grantor in the properties described, but this Exhibit A shall be deemed to cover any additional interests of Grantor that are in excess of the net revenue interests indicated herein and such designation shall not be deemed a limitation on the interests covered hereby. Reference is hereby made to each particular instrument described and referred to in this Exhibit A for further description and for all the terms and conditions thereof and the lands covered thereby.

Where references in this Exhibit A state that any described interest is subject to any referenced agreement, instrument, or outstanding interest, such reference is made only to the extent, if any, that such agreement, instrument or interest is valid and subsisting, and such references shall not create rights in or have any effect upon any Person not party to this Deed of Trust, to which the Exhibit A is attached. The Subject Leases and Lands are conveyed or mortgaged subject to valid and presently subsisting easements and rights-of-way, either of record or on the ground. All recording references in this Exhibit A are to the official records of the Clerk of the County in which the lands affected by the described instrument are situated.

This Deed of Trust may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which is an original and all of which are substantially identical and shall together constitute but one and the same Deed of Trust except that to facilitate recordation, there is attached to each counterpart which is to be recorded only that portion of this Exhibit   A which contains the description of the Lands located in the County where that particular counterpart will be recorded. The Exhibit A to be attached to the financing statement filed in the central filing jurisdiction of each state shall contain descriptions of all of the Subject Leases and Lands in that state that are affected by this Deed of Trust.

It is the intention of Grantor herein to convey or mortgage all of its interests in the Subject Leases and the Lands, even though any such oil and gas property may not be accurately described herein. Any acreage or depth limitation language in this Exhibit A is included for the sole purpose of specifying or limiting the warranties made by Grantor, but it is the intention of Grantor to subject Grantor’s entire interest in the leases and/or lands described or referred to in this Exhibit A without regard to acreage or depth limitations.

Working Interest ” or “ WI ” (expressed as a decimal) shall mean the interest of Grantor in a particular Subject Lease, well, or unit as the case may be, entitling Grantor to produce oil, gas and other Hydrocarbons produced therefrom and being equivalent to the proportionate part of the cost of exploration, development and production of oil, gas and other minerals borne by the owners thereof with respect to such Subject Lease or well.

 

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Net Revenue Interest ” or “ NRI ” (expressed as a decimal) means the warranted interest of Grantor representing the proportionate share of the production of oil, gas and other Hydrocarbons produced from the Subject Lease or well as the case may be, to which Grantor is entitled after deduction of all royalties, overriding royalty interests, production payments and other burdens on or payments out of production, except severance, production, and other similar taxes.

Overriding Royalty Interest ”, “ ORRI ” or “ ORI ” (expressed as a decimal) means an interest in production which is free of any obligation for the expense of exploration, development and production, bearing only its pro rata share of severance, production and other similar taxes and, in instances where the document creating the overriding royalty interest so provides, costs associated with compression, dehydration, other treating or processing or transportation of production of oil, gas or other minerals relating to the marketing of such production.

Royalty Interest ” or “ RI ” (expressed as a decimal) means an interest in production which results from an ownership in the mineral fee estate or royalty estate in the relevant lands and which is free of any obligation for the expense of exploration, development and production, bearing only its pro rata share of severance, production and other similar taxes and, in instances where the document creating the royalty interest so provides, costs associated with compression, dehydration, other treating or processing or transportation of production of oil, gas or other minerals relating to the marketing of such production.

Notwithstanding the percentage of Working Interest, Net Revenue Interest, Overriding Royalty Interest or Royalty Interest set forth with respect to a particular oil, gas and mineral lease or well, Grantor intends that this Deed of Trust shall convey or mortgage the entirety of Grantor’s interest in the Subject Leases and the Lands.

Any reference herein to wells or well names, prospects or prospect names, if any, shall be for information purposes and shall not limit the description of the interests made subject to this Deed of Trust. Each reference to a lease herein shall be deemed a reference to said lease as said lease may have been heretofore amended and/or ratified, whether or not such amendments and ratifications are referred to herein.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

EXHIBIT A

Exhibit 10.22.5.14

Chambers County, Texas

DEED OF TRUST, MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT,

ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION

AND FINANCING STATEMENT

Dated as of May 5, 2017

NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS: IF YOU ARE A NATURAL PERSON, YOU MAY REMOVE OR STRIKE ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM ANY INSTRUMENT THAT TRANSFERS AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY BEFORE IT IS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS: YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE NUMBER.

THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY PROVISIONS, SECURES PAYMENT OF FUTURE ADVANCES, AND COVERS PROCEEDS OF COLLATERAL.

THIS INSTRUMENT COVERS AS-EXTRACTED COLLATERAL; THE INTEREST OF GRANTOR IN MINERALS OR THE LIKE (INCLUDING OIL AND GAS) BEFORE EXTRACTION AND THE SECURITY INTEREST CREATED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ATTACHES TO SUCH MINERALS AS EXTRACTED AND TO THE ACCOUNTS RESULTING FROM THE SALE THEREOF AT THE WELLHEAD OR WELLHEADS OF THE WELL OR WELLS LOCATED ON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN.

THIS INSTRUMENT COVERS GOODS WHICH ARE OR ARE TO BECOME FIXTURES RELATED TO THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN.

THIS INSTRUMENT IS TO BE FILED FOR RECORD, AMONG OTHER PLACES, IN THE REAL ESTATE OR COMPARABLE RECORDS OF THE COUNTIES REFERENCED IN EXHIBIT A HERETO, AND SUCH FILING SHALL SERVE, AMONG OTHER PURPOSES, AS A UCC FIXTURE FILING AND AS A FINANCING STATEMENT FOR AS-EXTRACTED COLLATERAL.

GRANTOR HAS AN INTEREST OF RECORD IN THE REAL ESTATE AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTY CONCERNED, WHICH INTEREST IS DESCRIBED HEREIN.

For purposes of filing this Deed of Trust as a financing statement: Grantor is the debtor and Beneficiary is the secured party. Grantor is a corporation organized under the Laws of the State of Delaware, and its mailing address is 9821 Katy Freeway, Suite 1050, Houston, Texas 77024. Beneficiary’s mailing address is 2200 Post Oak Boulevard, 17 th Floor, Houston, Texas 77056.

Please return this document with filing information

to

Bee Archaphorn

Winstead PC

500 Winstead Building

2728 N. Harwood Street

Dallas, Texas 75201


DEED OF TRUST, MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION AND FINANCING STATEMENT

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

THIS DEED OF TRUST, MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION, AND FINANCING STATEMENT (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Deed of Trust ”) is made and entered into as of May 5, 2017, by PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (“ Grantor ”), to DOROTHY E. MARCHAND (“ Trustee ”) and COMPASS BANK , as Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “ Beneficiary ”). The addresses of Grantor and Beneficiary appear on the cover page and in Section  6.9 of this Deed of Trust. Capitalized terms not defined in the body of this Deed of Trust are defined in Section  6.12 hereof.

R E C I T A L S

A. Lenders have extended a credit facility to Grantor which is evidenced by Grantor’s promissory notes made payable to the order of Lenders in the aggregate principal sum of $300,000,000, as further described in Section  1.2 hereof.

B. One or more of the Loan Parties and one or more of the Secured Parties may from time to time enter into Secured Swap Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, and Grantor will directly or indirectly benefit therefrom.

C. Grantor is the owner of all of the properties described on Exhibit A to this Deed of Trust. Grantor desires to mortgage the property described on Exhibit A hereto in order to secure the Obligation (as hereinafter defined).

NOW, THEREFORE, Grantor and Beneficiary agree as follows:

CONVEYANCE AND GRANT OF LIEN

Grantor, to secure payment and performance of the Obligation, and for and in consideration of the sum of TEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($10.00) cash and other valuable consideration in hand paid to Grantor, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and for and in consideration of the debt and trusts hereinafter mentioned, has GRANTED, BARGAINED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, and CONVEYED , and by these presents does GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL, ASSIGN, TRANSFER, and CONVEY , unto Trustee, for the benefit of Beneficiary, and to Trustee’s successor or successors or substitutes in this trust, with power of sale, the real and personal properties, rights, titles, interests, and estates described or to which reference is made in Paragraphs I t hrough VI , inclusive, below, whether now owned by Grantor or hereafter acquired by Grantor (herein collectively called the “ Mortgaged Property ”), to-wit:

Paragraph I. Oil and Gas Leases and Other Properties . All of Grantor’s undivided interest and title, now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (i) the oil, gas and mineral leases described and/or to which reference may be made on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes and incorporated herein by reference as fully as if copied verbatim, together with any other leases or agreements which cover or pertain to the lands described or referred to in Exhibit A , even if such leases or other agreements are not described or are incorrectly or insufficiently described on Exhibit A , together with any amendments, corrections, modifications, confirmations, renewals, substitutions, ratifications, supplements, replacements or extensions of any such leases (the “ Subject Leases ”); (ii) the oil, gas and other minerals in and under the lands described or referred to in Exhibit A (or described or referred to in any of the instruments described or referred in Exhibit A ), together with the oil, gas and other minerals in and under the lands covered by the Subject Leases and/or the lands spaced, pooled or unitized therewith (the “ Lands ”); (iii) the oil, gas and other mineral interests and estates in and under the Lands including, but not limited to, working interests, royalties, overriding royalties, net profits interests and

 

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production payments (the “ Subject Interests ”); (iv) any and all oil and gas units covering, in whole or in part, the Lands covered by, or derived or carved from, the Subject Leases and/or the Lands spaced, pooled or unitized therewith; (v) all pooling, communitization, unitization and similar orders of Governmental Authorities, bodies and commissions that cover all or any portion of the Lands; and (vi) the Lands and all lands pooled, unitized or communitized therewith. It is expressly understood and agreed that (1) Beneficiary shall not be liable in respect of the performance of any covenant or obligation of Grantor concerning such Subject Leases, and (2) any decimal fractional interests set out on Exhibit A pertaining to the Subject Leases have been appended for purposes of certain representations and warranties of Grantor with respect to title and for informational purposes only, and shall not limit in any way whatsoever the interest of Grantor in the Subject Leases;

Paragraph II. Hydrocarbons . All oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline and condensate, all other liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, and all other minerals, whether similar to the foregoing or not (herein collectively called “ Hydrocarbons ”), now or hereafter accruing to or produced from the Subject Interests and/or to which Grantor now or hereafter may be entitled as a result of or by virtue of its record and/or beneficial ownership of any one or more of the Subject Interests;

Paragraph III. Contracts . All present and future rights of Grantor (including all rights to receive payments, including lease bonuses, rents, tolls, incomes, and royalties) under or by virtue of all present and future operating agreements, contracts for the purchase, exchange, processing, transportation or sale of Hydrocarbons, and other contracts and agreements relating in any way to all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time (herein collectively called the “ Subject Contracts ”);

Paragraph IV. Other Property . All tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances, and properties in anywise appertaining, belonging, affixed, or incidental to the Subject Interests, in which Grantor now owns or hereafter acquires an interest, including any and all property, real or personal, in which Grantor now owns or hereafter acquires an interest which is situated upon and/or used or useful in connection with all or any part of the Subject Interests and including , but subject to the penultimate paragraph of this Conveyance and Grant of Lien section, all pipelines, gathering lines, trunk lines, lateral lines, pipeline easements and rights-of-way, compressor, dehydration units, separators, heater treaters, valves, flow lines, gauge meters, alarms, supplies, machinery, derricks, buildings, tanks, wells, well bores, casings, Christmas trees, tubing, rods, liquid extractors, engines, boilers, tools, appliances, cables, wires, surface leases, rights-of-way, easements, servitudes, and franchises, and all accessions, additions, substitutes and replacements to or for, and all accessories and attachments to any of the foregoing (all such surface leases, easements, licenses, rights-of-way, and franchises being herein called the “ Subject Easements ,” and all such tangible property described in this Paragraph IV being herein called the “ Personal Property ”);

Paragraph V. Other Rights to Hydrocarbons . Any and all other rights, titles, estates, royalties, and interests (whether or not presently included in the Subject Interests) now owned or hereafter acquired by Grantor in and to all reversions, remainders, tolls, rents, revenues, issues, proceeds, earnings, income, and profits from the Lands; and

Paragraph VI. Proceeds . Proceeds from the Mortgaged Property described in Paragraphs I through V above.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property, together with all and singular the rights, privileges, contracts, and appurtenances now or hereafter at any time before the foreclosure or release hereof in anywise appertaining or belonging thereto, unto Trustee and to Trustee’s successors or substitutes hereunder and to their successors and assigns, forever, and Grantor hereby binds and obligates Grantor and Grantor’s successors to warrant and forever defend, all and singular, the Mortgaged Property unto Trustee and to Trustee’s successors or substitutes hereunder and to their successors and assigns, against the lawful claims of any and all Persons whomsoever claiming or to claim the same, or any part thereof, subject to the Permitted Liens.

 

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Notwithstanding any provision in this Deed of Trust to the contrary, in no event is any Excluded Property included in the definition of “Mortgaged Property,” or “Collateral” or “Property” and no Excluded Property is hereby encumbered by this Deed of Trust.

This conveyance is made in trust, however, upon the terms and provisions hereinafter set out to secure the full and final payment and performance of the Obligation.

SECURITY INTEREST

To further secure the Obligation, Grantor hereby grants to Beneficiary a security interest in the entire interest of Grantor (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) in and to:

(a) the Mortgaged Property;

(b) all as-extracted collateral and all oil, gas and other Hydrocarbons and minerals produced from or allocated to the Mortgaged Property, and any products processed or obtained therefrom (herein collectively called the “ Production ”), and all Liens in the Production securing payment of the proceeds of the Production, including those Liens provided under statutes enacted in the jurisdictions in which the Mortgaged Property is located;

(c) all equipment, inventory, improvements, fixtures, accessions, goods and other personal property of whatever nature now or hereafter located on or used or held for use in connection with the Mortgaged Property (or in connection with the operation thereof or the treating, handling, storing, transporting, processing or marketing of Production) and all renewals or replacements thereof or substitutions therefor;

(d) all contract rights, contractual rights and other general intangibles related to the Mortgaged Property, the operation thereof (whether Grantor is operator or non-operator), or the treating, handling, storing, transporting, processing or marketing of Production, or under which the proceeds of Production arise or are evidenced or governed;

(e) all geological, geophysical, engineering, and seismic data together with Grantor’s proprietary interpretations thereof and all accounting, title, legal and other technical or business data and records, and logs, lease files, well files and other books and records (including computerized records and data) concerning the Mortgaged Property or the Production that are in the possession of Grantor or are licensed to Grantor and/ or in which Grantor can otherwise grant a security interest, and all books, files, records, magnetic media, computer records and other forms of recording or obtaining access to such data;

(f) all money, documents, instruments, chattel paper, securities, accounts or general intangibles arising from or by virtue of any transaction related to the Mortgaged Property or the Production (all of the properties, rights and interests described in clauses (a) , (b) , (c) , (d) and (e)  above and this clause (f)  being herein sometimes collectively called the “ Collateral ”); and

(g) all proceeds of the Collateral or payments in lieu of Production (such as “take or pay” payments), whether such proceeds or payments are goods, money, documents, instruments, chattel paper, securities, accounts, general intangibles, fixtures, real property or other assets (the Mortgaged Property, Collateral and the proceeds of the Collateral and payments in lieu of Production, collectively, the “ Property ”).

Upon the occurrence of any default, Beneficiary is and shall be entitled to all of the rights afforded a secured party by the applicable Code with reference to the Collateral, or Trustee or Beneficiary may proceed as to both the real and personal property covered hereby in accordance with the rights granted under this Deed of Trust with respect to the real property covered hereby. Such rights shall be cumulative and in addition to those granted to Trustee or Beneficiary under any other provision of this Deed of Trust or under any other instrument executed in connection with or as security for all or any part of the Obligation.

 

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REFERENCE IS MADE TO SECTION 6.12 FOR THE DEFINITIONS OF SEVERAL OF THE TERMS USED HEREIN.

ARTICLE 1

SECURED OBLIGATION

This Deed of Trust is made to secure and enforce the following note or notes, guaranty, obligations, indebtedness, covenants, conditions, agreements, loans, advances, debts, and liabilities (herein collectively called the “ Obligation ”):

Section 1.1 Credit Agreement . All indebtedness and other obligations now or hereafter incurred or arising pursuant to the provisions of that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2017, by and among Grantor, as borrower, the lenders party thereto (with their successors and assigns, being collectively called herein the “ Lenders ”), and Beneficiary as Administrative Agent, and all supplements thereto and amendments or modifications thereof, and all agreements given in substitution therefor or in restatement, renewal or extension thereof, in whole or in part (such Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as the same may from time to time be supplemented, amended or modified, and all other agreements given in substitution therefor or in restatement, renewal or extension thereof, in whole or in part, being herein called the “ Credit Agreement ”), including the “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement.

Section 1.2 Notes . Those certain promissory notes executed and delivered by Grantor pursuant to the Credit Agreement, having principal sums aggregated in an amount up to but not exceeding Three Hundred Million and No/100 Dollars ($300,000,000.00) , bearing interest as specified therein (including interest occurring during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), being payable as provided therein, and, if not sooner matured (by acceleration or otherwise), finally maturing as provided in the Credit Agreement (as the same may be supplemented, amended, modified, extended, and renewed, being collectively referred to herein as the “ Notes ”).

Section 1.3 [Intentionally Omitted] .

Section 1.4 Indebtedness Arising Under Security Instruments . All indebtedness, obligations, covenants, conditions, agreements, and liabilities arising pursuant to the provisions of this Deed of Trust and/or any other security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, collateral pledge agreement, contract, assignment, or loan agreement of any kind now or hereafter existing as security for, executed in connection with, or related to the Obligation and/or any part thereof (each such agreement being herein called “ other security instruments ”).

Section 1.5 Future Advances to Grantor . All other loans and future advances that any Secured Party may now or hereafter make to Grantor that Grantor and Secured Parties contemplate may be necessary from time to time. Such future advances, if any, shall be made on such conditions as Grantor and Secured Parties may negotiate, but it is specifically agreed that Secured Parties have not hereby agreed to advance any such additional sums.

Section 1.6 Secured Swap Agreements . Any and all obligations, contingent or otherwise, whether now existing or hereafter arising under any Secured Swap Agreement (which amounts shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Values under such Secured Swap Agreements as of the date the Obligation is being determined); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any Loan Document, the “Obligation” shall not include, with respect to any Loan Party, any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Party.

Section 1.7 Costs and Expenses . All sums advanced and costs and expenses incurred by Beneficiary and/or Secured Parties, including all accounting, engineering, management, consulting or like fees, and legal fees, made and incurred in connection with the foregoing Sections 1.1 , 1.2 , 1.3 , 1.4 , 1.5 and 1.6 , or any part thereof, or in connection with the acquisition, perfection, realization, maintenance, or preservation of the security therefor, or in connection with the following Section  1.8 , or any part thereof, whether such advances, costs, or expenses shall have been made and incurred at the request of Grantor or Beneficiary and/or Secured Parties.

 

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Section 1.8 Renewals, Extensions, and Rearrangements . Any and all renewals, extensions, increases, rearrangements and/or substitutions of all or any part of the Notes, indebtedness, obligations, debts, loans, advances, covenants, agreements, and liabilities described or to which reference is made in the foregoing Sections 1.1 , 1.2 , 1.3 , 1.4 , 1.5 , 1.6 and 1.7 .

ARTICLE 2

CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES,

AND COVENANTS OF GRANTOR

Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties . With knowledge that Beneficiary is relying on the representations and warranties made herein without independent investigation, Grantor hereby covenants, agrees, represents, and warrants to Beneficiary that:

(a) Valid and Subsisting Leases . The Subject Leases described on Exhibit A are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect.

(b) Authority . Grantor has authority to execute this Deed of Trust, to grant, bargain, sell, mortgage, assign, transfer, and convey the Mortgaged Property to Trustee pursuant to this Deed of Trust, and to make the covenants, representations, warranties, and assignments contained in this Deed of Trust.

(c) Title . Grantor (i) has good and defensible title to, (ii) is the lawful owner and holder of, and (iii) is possessed of the Mortgaged Property free and clear of any and all Liens except Permitted Liens.

(d) Interests . With respect to each Mortgaged Property, the ownership of Grantor in such Mortgaged Property does and will, (i) with respect to each well described in Exhibit A hereto in connection with such Mortgaged Property, (A) entitle Grantor to receive (subject to the terms and provisions of this Deed of Trust) a decimal share of the Production produced from, or allocated to, such well equal to not less than the decimal share set forth in Exhibit A in connection with such well opposite the words “Net Revenue Interest” (or words of similar import), (B) cause Grantor to be obligated to bear a decimal share of the cost of exploration, development and operation of such well not greater than the decimal share set forth in Exhibit A in connection with such well opposite the words “Working Interest” (or words of similar import) and (ii) if such Mortgaged Property is shown in Exhibit A to be subject to a unit or units, with respect to each such unit, (A) entitle Grantor to receive (subject to the terms and provisions of this Deed of Trust) a decimal share of Production produced from, or allocated to, such unit equal to not less than the decimal share set forth in Exhibit A in connection with such Mortgaged Property opposite the words “Unit Net Revenue Interest” or words of similar import (and if such Mortgaged Property is subject to more than one unit, words identifying such interest with such unit), and (B) obligate Grantor to bear a decimal share of the cost of exploration, development and operation of such unit not greater than the decimal share set forth in Exhibit A in connection with such Mortgaged Property opposite the words “Unit Working Interest” or words of similar import (and if such Mortgaged Property is subject to more than one unit, words identifying such interest with such unit); such shares of Production which Grantor is entitled to receive, and shares of expenses which Grantor is obligated to bear, are not and will not be subject to change (other than changes which arise pursuant to non-consent provisions of operating agreements described in Exhibit A in connection with such Mortgaged Property, respectively, in connection with operations hereafter proposed) except, and only to the extent that, such changes are reflected in Exhibit A .

(e) Rents, Royalties and Taxes . All rents and royalties due and payable under the Subject Leases have been paid or otherwise accounted for and all Hydrocarbon severance and production Taxes, windfall profit Taxes, and all property Taxes payable by Grantor with respect to the Mortgaged Property have been paid.

Section 2.2 Covenants of Grantor . Grantor, for Grantor and Grantor’s successors, covenants and agrees, unless otherwise specifically permitted or allowed in the Credit Agreement, to do the following:

 

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(a) Cure of Defects . If (i) any legal proceedings are instituted challenging or attacking the validity or priority of this Deed of Trust or of any rights or Liens created or evidenced hereby with respect to the Mortgaged Property, or (ii) any adverse claim is made against upon the title to any of the Mortgaged Property other than Permitted Liens, Grantor will give Beneficiary written notice thereof within three (3) business days after Grantor has knowledge of such legal proceedings or adverse claim, and, at Grantor’s own cost and expense, Grantor will diligently endeavor to cure any defect that may be claimed, and Grantor will take all necessary and proper steps for the defense of such legal proceedings, including the employment of counsel reasonably acceptable to Beneficiary, the prosecution or defense of litigation and the release or discharge of all adverse claims. The Trustee and Beneficiary, or either of them (whether or not named as parties to legal proceedings with respect thereto), are hereby authorized and empowered to take such additional steps as in their reasonable judgment and discretion may be necessary or proper for the defense of any such legal proceedings, including the prosecution or defense of litigation, and the compromise or discharge of any adverse claims made with respect to the Mortgaged Property, and all out-of-pocket expenses so incurred shall be a demand obligation owing by Grantor to Beneficiary in accordance with Section 12.03(a) of the Credit Agreement.

(b) Maintenance of Subject Leases, Contracts, and Easements . Grantor will perform all of Grantor’s obligations under and maintain all Subject Leases, Subject Contracts, and Subject Easements in full force and effect, and Grantor will not permit to occur the surrender, abandonment, release, or termination of any Subject Lease, Subject Contracts, or Subject Easements, so long as the Subject Interests covered thereby or relating thereto are capable of producing Hydrocarbons in paying quantities.

(c) Maintenance of Mortgaged Property . Grantor will at all times maintain, preserve, and keep the Mortgaged Property in good repair and condition, and from time to time, make all necessary and proper repairs, replacements, and renewals, and Grantor will not commit or permit any waste on or of the Mortgaged Property, or do anything to the Mortgaged Property that may impair its value.

(d) Mortgage Taxes . At any time any Law shall be enacted imposing or authorizing the imposition of any tax upon this Deed of Trust, or upon any Lien created hereby, Grantor will immediately pay all such taxes; provided that, in the alternative, Grantor may, in the event of the enactment of such a Law, and must, if it is unlawful for Grantor to pay such taxes, prepay that portion of the Obligation which Beneficiary in good faith determines is secured by property covered by such Law within sixty (60) days after demand therefor by Beneficiary.

(e) Performance of Covenants . Grantor will punctually and properly perform all of Grantor’s covenants, duties, and liabilities under the Credit Agreement, this Deed of Trust and any other security instrument.

(f) Operation of Mortgaged Property . Grantor will operate the Mortgaged Property, or cause it to be operated, in a careful and efficient manner in accordance with the practices of the industry and in compliance with all Subject Leases, Subject Contracts, Subject Easements, and Laws.

(g) Development Work . Grantor will do, or cause to be done, such development and other work as may be reasonably necessary to protect from diminution of production capacity of the Mortgaged Property and each producing well thereon.

(h) Properties Not Operated by Grantor . Anything in this Section  2.2 to the contrary notwithstanding, Grantor, with respect to those Subject Interests which are operated by operators other than Grantor, shall not be obligated itself to perform undertakings performable only by such operators and which are beyond the control of Grantor. In each such case, however, Grantor will use such commercially reasonable efforts to bring about the performance of any such undertakings required to be performed by such operators.

(i) Mortgage Registration Taxes and Recording Fees . Grantor will promptly pay any mortgage registration or similar Taxes, recording fees and filing fees which may be required to be paid with respect to or in connection with the filing and recordation of this Deed of Trust.

 

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(j) Flood Insurance . If any portion of the Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has been made available under the applicable Flood Insurance Regulations, then Grantor will maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount sufficient to comply with all applicable Flood Insurance Regulations applicable to the Mortgaged Property, if any.

ARTICLE 3

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 3.1 Defaults . The term “ default ” as used herein shall mean an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement.

Section 3.2 Remedies . If a default shall occur and be continuing, Beneficiary may, at its option, do any one or more of the following to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

(a) Payment or Performance by Beneficiary . If Grantor has failed to keep or perform any covenant whatsoever contained in this Deed of Trust or any other security instrument, Beneficiary may, but shall not be obligated to any Person to do so, perform or attempt to perform such covenant, and any payment made or expense incurred in the performance or attempted performance of any such covenant shall be a part of the Obligation, and Grantor promises, upon demand, to pay to Beneficiary, at the place where the Notes are payable, or at such other place as Beneficiary may direct by written notice, all sums so advanced or paid by Beneficiary, with interest at the Highest Lawful Rate, from the date when paid or incurred by Beneficiary until paid by Grantor. No such payment by Beneficiary shall constitute a waiver of any default. In addition to the Liens hereof, Beneficiary shall be subrogated to all rights and Liens securing the payment of any debt, claim, tax, or assessment for the payment of which Beneficiary may make an advance, or which Beneficiary may pay.

(b) Acceleration . Beneficiary may, at its option, declare the aggregate unpaid principal amount of and interest on the Notes and all other parts of the Obligation (other than liabilities under any Secured Swap Agreements or any Secured Cash Management Agreement) to be, and the same shall thereupon become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest, notice of acceleration, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of protest or notice of dishonor, or any other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by Grantor.

(c) Foreclosure . Beneficiary may request Trustee to proceed with foreclosure, and in such event Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered, and it shall be such Person’s duty, upon such request of Beneficiary, and to the extent permitted by applicable Law, to sell all or any part of the Mortgaged Property at one or more sales, as an entirety or in parcels, at such place or places and otherwise in such manner and upon such notice as may be required by applicable Law, or in the absence of any such requirement, as Trustee and/or Beneficiary may deem appropriate, and to make conveyance to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. Any sale of any part of the Mortgaged Property shall be made to the highest bidder or bidders for cash, at the courthouse door of, or at such other place as may be required or permitted by applicable Law in, the county (or judicial district) wherein the Lands included within the Mortgaged Property to be sold are situated; provided that if the Lands are situated in more than one county (or judicial district), such sale of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, may be made in any county (or judicial district) wherein any part of the Lands included within the Mortgaged Property to be sold are situated. Any such sale shall be made at public outcry, on the day of any month, during the hours of such day and after written notices thereof have been publicly posted in such places and for such time periods and after all Persons entitled to notice thereof have been sent such notice, all as required by applicable Law in effect at the time of such sale. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require Beneficiary or Trustee to do, and Beneficiary and Trustee shall not be required to do, any act other than as required by applicable Law in effect at the time of such sale. Any such sale may be as a whole or in such parcels as Trustee may select. After such sale, Trustee shall make to the purchaser or purchasers thereunder good and sufficient deeds and assignments, in the name of Grantor, conveying the Mortgaged Property, or part thereof, so sold to the purchaser or purchasers with general warranty of title (subject to Permitted Liens) by Grantor. Sale of a part of the Mortgaged Property shall not exhaust the power of sale, but sales may be made from time to time until the Obligation is paid and performed

 

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in full. It shall not be necessary to have present or to exhibit at any such sale any of the Collateral. In addition to the rights and powers of sale granted under the preceding provisions of this Section 3.2(c) , if default is made in the payment of any installment of the Obligation, Beneficiary, at its option, at once or at any time thereafter while any matured installment remains unpaid, without declaring the entire Obligation to be due and payable may orally or in writing direct Trustee to enforce this trust and to sell the Mortgaged Property subject to such unmatured Obligation and the Liens securing its payment, in the same manner, on the same terms, at the same place and time, and after having given notice in the same manner, all as provided in the preceding provisions of this Section 3.2(c) . After such sale, Trustee shall make due conveyance to the purchaser or purchasers. Sales made without maturing the Obligation may be made hereunder whenever there is a default in the payment of any installment of the Obligation without exhausting the power of sale granted hereby, and without affecting in any way the power of sale granted under this Section 3.2(c) on the unmatured balance of the Obligation (except as to any proceeds of any sale which Beneficiary may apply as a prepayment on the Obligation) or the Liens securing payment of the Obligation. It is intended by each of the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.2(c) that Trustee may, after any request or direction by Beneficiary, sell, not only the Subject Interests included within, but also, all other items constituting a part of, the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, along with the Lands, or any part thereof, included within the Mortgaged Property all as a unit and as a part of a single sale, or may sell any part of the Mortgaged Property separately from the remainder of the Mortgaged Property. It is agreed that, in any deed or assignment given by Trustee, any and all statements of fact or other recitals therein made as to the identity of Beneficiary, or as to the occurrence or existence of any default, or as to the acceleration of the maturity of the Obligation, or as to the request to sell, notice of sale, time, place, terms and manner of sale, and the receipt, distribution and application of the money realized therefrom, or as to the due and proper appointment of a substitute trustee, and, without being limited by the foregoing, as to any other act or thing having been duly done by Beneficiary or by Trustee, shall be taken by all courts of Law and equity as prima facie evidence that the said statements or recitals state facts, and Grantor does hereby ratify and confirm any and all acts that Trustee may lawfully do in the premises by virtue hereof. In the event of the resignation (such resignation being hereby authorized for any reason) or death of Trustee or such Person’s failure, refusal or inability, for any reason, to make any such sale or to perform any of the trusts herein declared, or, at the option of Beneficiary, without cause, Beneficiary may appoint, in writing, a substitute trustee, who shall thereupon succeed to all the estates, titles, rights, powers and trusts herein granted to and vested in Trustee. Such appointment may be made on behalf of Beneficiary by any Person who is then the president, or any vice president, or a senior representative, or any other authorized officer or agent of Beneficiary. In the event of the resignation (such resignation being hereby authorized for any reason) or death of any such substitute trustee, or such Person’s failure, refusal or inability to make such sale or perform such trusts, or, at the option of Beneficiary, without cause, successive substitute trustees may thereafter, from time to time, be appointed by Beneficiary in the same manner. Trustee may appoint, in writing, any one or more Persons as Trustee’s agent and attorney-in-fact to act as Trustee under him and in Trustee’s name, place and stead, to perform any one or more acts necessary or incident to any sale under the power of sale granted under the preceding provisions of this Section 3.2(c) , including the posting and filing of any notices, the conduct of such sale and the execution and delivery of any instruments conveying the Mortgaged Property so sold, but in the name and on behalf of Trustee. All acts done or performed by any such agent and attorney-in-fact shall be valid, lawful and binding as if done or performed by Trustee.

(d) Suit . Beneficiary may proceed by suit or suits, at Law or in equity, to enforce the payment and performance of the Obligation in accordance with the terms hereof, of the Notes or the other security instruments, or other documents and/or writings securing and/or evidencing the Obligation, to foreclose the Liens of this Deed of Trust as against all or any part of the Mortgaged Property and to have all or any part of the Mortgaged Property sold under the judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(e) Appointment of Receiver . Beneficiary, as a matter of right and without regard to the sufficiency of the security, and without any showing of insolvency, fraud or mismanagement on the part of Grantor, and without the necessity of filing any judicial or other proceeding other than the proceeding for appointment of a receiver, shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver or receivers of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, and of the income, rents, issues and profits thereof.

 

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(f) Possession of Mortgaged Property . Beneficiary may enter upon the Lands included within the Mortgaged Property, take possession of the Mortgaged Property, and remove the Personal Property included within the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, with or without any responsibility or liability on the part of Beneficiary, and may take possession of any property located on or in the Mortgaged Property which is not a part of the Mortgaged Property and hold or store such property at Grantor’s expense.

(g) Assemble Collateral . Beneficiary may require Grantor to assemble the Collateral included within the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, and make it available to Beneficiary at a place to be designated by Beneficiary which is reasonably convenient to Grantor and Beneficiary.

(h) Disposition of Collateral . After notification, if any, as hereafter provided in this Section  3.2(h) , Beneficiary may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, at the office of Beneficiary, or on the Lands, or elsewhere, as chosen by Beneficiary, all or any part of the personal property Collateral included within the Mortgaged Property, in its then condition, or following any commercially reasonable preparation or processing, and each sale (as used in this Section 3.2(h) , the term “ sale ” means any such sale, lease, or other disposition made pursuant to this Section 3.2(h) ) may be a unit or in parcels, by public or in private proceedings, and by way of one or more contracts, and, at any sale, it shall not be necessary to exhibit such Collateral, or part thereof, being sold, leased or otherwise disposed of. The sale of any part of the Collateral shall not exhaust Beneficiary’s power of sale, but sales may be made from time to time until the Obligation is paid and performed in full. Reasonable notification of the time and place of any public sale pursuant to this Section 3.2(h) , or reasonable notification of the time after which any private sale is to be made pursuant to this Section 3.2(h) , shall be sent to Grantor and to any other Person entitled under the applicable Code to notice. To the extent any sale is conducted pursuant to the Code, it is agreed that notice sent or given not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the taking of the action to which the notice relates is reasonable notification and notice for such purposes of this Section 3.2(h) .

(i) Surrender of Insurance Policies . Beneficiary may surrender the insurance policies maintained pursuant to the Credit Agreement, or any part thereof, and receive and apply the unearned premiums as a credit on the Obligation, and, in connection therewith, Grantor hereby appoints Beneficiary as the agent and attorney-in-fact for Grantor to collect such premiums (which appointment is coupled with an interest and irrevocable while this Deed of Trust is in effect).

Section 3.3 Purchase of Mortgaged Property by Beneficiary . If Beneficiary or any Secured Party is the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof (and it is specifically agreed that Beneficiary or any Secured Party may be the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, if permitted by applicable Law), at any sale thereof, whether such sale be under the power of sale hereinabove vested in Trustee, or upon any other foreclosure of the Liens hereof, or otherwise, Beneficiary or the relevant Secured Party, as the case may be, shall, upon any such purchase, acquire good title to the Mortgaged Property so purchased, free of the Liens of these presents.

Section 3.4 Operation of Properties by Beneficiary . Should any part of the Mortgaged Property come into the possession of Beneficiary, whether before or after default, Beneficiary may use or operate (to the extent allowed under applicable operating arrangements) the Mortgaged Property for the purpose of preserving it or its value, pursuant to the order of a court of appropriate jurisdiction, or in accordance with any other rights held by Beneficiary in respect to the Mortgaged Property. Grantor covenants promptly to reimburse and pay to Beneficiary, at the place where Notes are payable, or at such other place as may be designated by Beneficiary in writing, the amount of all expenses (including the cost of any insurance, taxes, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other charges) incurred by Beneficiary in connection with its custody, preservation, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property, together with interest thereon from the date incurred by Beneficiary at the Highest Lawful Rate, and all such expenses, cost, taxes, interest and other charges shall be a part of the Obligation. It is agreed, however, that the risk of loss or damage to the Mortgaged Property is on Grantor, and Beneficiary shall have no liability whatever for decline or diminution in value of the Mortgaged Property, nor for failure to obtain or maintain insurance, nor for failure to determine whether any insurance ever in force is adequate as to amount or as to the risks insured, except to the extent such loss or damage results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Beneficiary, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment.

 

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Section 3.5 Possession of Property After Foreclosure . In case the Liens hereof shall be foreclosed by Trustee’s sale, or by other judicial or non-judicial action, the purchaser at any such sale shall receive, as an incident to his ownership, immediate possession of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof so conveyed, and, subsequent to foreclosure, Grantor and Grantor’s successors shall be considered as tenants at sufferance of the purchaser at foreclosure sale, and anyone occupying the property after demand made for possession thereof shall be guilty of forcible detainer and shall be subject to eviction and removal, forcible, or otherwise, with or without process of Law, and all damages by reason thereof are hereby expressly waived.

Section 3.6 Application of Proceeds . The proceeds from any sale, lease or other disposition made pursuant to this Article 3 , any proceeds of Hydrocarbons collected by Beneficiary pursuant to Article 4 , and sums received pursuant to Section  6.5 shall be applied by Trustee, or by Beneficiary, as the case may be, first to the payment of any and all expenses incurred by Trustee or Beneficiary in foreclosing upon the Property and carrying out such sale (including any attorneys’ fees), second to the payment of any fees assessed by Trustee, and third to the payment or prepayment of the Obligation, whether or not matured, all in accordance with the Credit Agreement; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, no such proceeds shall be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligations.

Section 3.7 Abandonment of Sale . In the event a foreclosure hereunder should be commenced by Trustee in accordance with Section 3.2(c) , Beneficiary may at any time before the sale direct Trustee to abandon the sale, and exercise any other remedies available to Beneficiary.

Section 3.8 Waiver of Appraisement and Redemption . To the full extent Grantor may lawfully do so, Grantor agrees that Grantor will not at any time insist upon, plead, claim or take the benefit or advantage of any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension or redemption Laws, now or hereafter in force, in order to prevent or hinder the enforcement of this Deed of Trust or the absolute sale of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, or the possession thereof by any purchaser at any such sale, and Grantor, insofar as Grantor now or hereafter may lawfully do so, hereby waives the benefit of all such Laws; provided , however, that the appraisement of any of the Mortgaged Property is hereby expressly waived or not waived at the option of Beneficiary, such option to be exercised prior to or at the time judgment is rendered in any foreclosure of this Deed of Trust. Grantor also expressly waives, to the extent Grantor may lawfully do so, all rights to have the Mortgaged Property marshaled upon any foreclosure of this Deed of Trust.

ARTICLE 4

ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION

Section 4.1 Assignment and Additional Security . In addition to the conveyance to Trustee herein made and to additionally secure the Obligation, Grantor has, effective as of 7:00 o’clock a.m., local time, on the first day of the month in which this Deed of Trust is executed, at the site of each of the Subject Leases, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED AND CONVEYED, and does hereby ASSIGN, TRANSFER AND CONVEY, unto Beneficiary all of the following:

(a) All Hydrocarbons, and the proceeds therefrom and products obtained or processed therefrom (such proceeds and products being herein called “ Proceeds ”), produced and to be produced from the Mortgaged Property, and all rights of Grantor to Liens securing payment of Proceeds, including those Liens provided for in §9.343 of the Code. Grantor hereby authorizes and empowers Beneficiary, during the existence of a default, to demand, collect and receive such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds, to endorse and cash any checks and drafts payable to Grantor or Beneficiary for the account of Grantor received from or in connection with such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds, to execute any release, receipt, division order, transfer order, and relinquishment or other instrument that may be required or necessary to collect and receive such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds, and to exercise any rights as the holder of Liens securing payment of Proceeds. Grantor hereby authorizes and directs all pipeline companies, gathering companies, and others purchasing such Hydrocarbons or having in their possession any

 

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such Hydrocarbons or Proceeds, to pay and deliver to Beneficiary all such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds upon the written request of Beneficiary during the existence of a default; provided that Grantor does hereby specifically agree that all such pipeline companies, gathering companies and others purchasing or having in their possession such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, notice by Beneficiary that a default exists. Grantor agrees that all division orders, transfer orders, receipts and other instruments which Beneficiary may from time to time execute and deliver for the purpose of collecting or receipting for Hydrocarbons or Proceeds may be relied upon in all respects and that the same shall be binding upon Grantor and Grantor’s successors. Grantor agrees to execute and deliver all necessary, convenient and appropriate instruments, including transfer and division orders, which may be required by Beneficiary in connection with the receipt by Beneficiary of such Hydrocarbons or Proceeds and to indemnify and keep and hold Beneficiary free and harmless from all parties whomsoever having or claiming an adverse interest in such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds and in this respect agrees to pay all expenses, costs, charges and attorneys’ fees that may be incurred by Beneficiary as to any of such matters.

(b) All proceeds hereafter payable to or to become payable to Grantor or to which Grantor is entitled under all gas sales or exchange contracts, all oil, distillate, or condensate sales or exchange contracts, all gas transportation contracts, and all gas processing contracts now or hereafter to become a part of the Mortgaged Property.

(c) All amounts, sums, revenues, income and proceeds which become payable to Grantor from any of the Mortgaged Property (including any after-acquired properties) or under any contract, present or future, relating to, any gas pipeline system and processing plant or unit now or hereafter constituting a part of the Mortgaged Property.

(d) All lease bonus, delay rentals, royalties and shut-in gas royalties which become payable to Grantor from any of the Mortgaged Property.

Section 4.2 Transfer Orders . Grantor agrees to execute such transfer orders, payment orders, division orders and other instruments as may be needed by Beneficiary or requested by it incident to its having all assigned payments made direct to it. Grantor authorizes and directs all such pipeline companies, purchasers, transporters and other parties owing moneys to Grantor under contracts herein assigned to pay such amounts direct to Beneficiary upon the written request by Beneficiary during the existence of a default as follows:

Compass Bank, as Administrative Agent

2200 Post Oak Boulevard, 17 th Floor

Houston, Texas 77056

and such authorization shall continue until this Deed of Trust is released. During the existence of a default, Beneficiary is authorized to collect, receive, and give receipt for all such amounts, and no party making payment shall have any responsibility to see to the application of any funds paid to Beneficiary but shall be fully protected in making such payment to Beneficiary under the assignments herein contained. Should Beneficiary bring suit against any third party for collection of any amounts or sums included within this assignment (and Beneficiary shall have the right to bring any such suit), it may sue either in its own name or in the name of Grantor.

Section 4.3 Payment of Proceeds . In the event that, for its convenience, Beneficiary should elect with respect to particular properties or contracts not to exercise immediately its right to receive Hydrocarbons or proceeds, then the purchasers or other Persons obligated to make such payment shall continue to make payment to Grantor until such time as written demand has been made upon them by Beneficiary or Trustee that payment be made directly to Beneficiary. Such failure to notify shall not in any way waive the right of Beneficiary to receive any payments not theretofore paid out to Grantor before the giving of written notice. In this regard, in the event payments are made directly to Beneficiary, and then, at the request of Beneficiary payments are, for a period of time, paid to Grantor, Beneficiary shall nevertheless have the right, effective upon written notice, to require that future payments be again made to Beneficiary.

 

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Section 4.4 Proceeds Held in Trust by Grantor . If under any existing gas sales or exchange agreements or products sales or exchange contracts, other than division orders or transfer orders, or under any gas transportation contract, any proceeds are required to be paid by the purchaser or transporter direct to Grantor so that under such existing agreements payment cannot be made to Beneficiary in the absence of foreclosure, then Grantor’s interest in all proceeds under such sales agreement and in all other proceeds which for any reason may be paid to Grantor shall, when received by Grantor during the existence of a default, constitute trust funds in his hands and shall be immediately paid over to Beneficiary, if Beneficiary has requested that such payments be delivered to it under this assignment.

Section 4.5 Limitation of Liability of Beneficiary and Trustee . Beneficiary is hereby absolved from all liability for failure to enforce collection of the proceeds and amounts assigned under Section  4.1 above and from all other responsibility in connection therewith, except the responsibility to account to the Person legally entitled thereto (by application upon the Obligation or otherwise) for funds actually received. Grantor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Trustee and Beneficiary against any and all liabilities, actions, claims, judgments, costs, charges, and attorneys’ fees by reason of the assertion that they or either of them have received, either before or after payment and performance in full of the Obligation, funds from the production of Hydrocarbons claimed by third Persons, and Trustee and Beneficiary shall each have the right to compromise and adjust any such claims, actions, and judgments, and in addition to the rights to be indemnified as herein provided, all amounts paid by Trustee or by Beneficiary in compromise, satisfaction, or discharge of any such claim, action or judgment, and all court costs, attorneys’ fees, and other expenses of every character incurred by Trustee or by Beneficiary, pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be demand obligations owing by Grantor and shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate from date of expenditure until paid and shall be secured by the Liens created and granted by this Deed of Trust.

Section 4.6 Duty to Pay Obligation . Nothing contained herein shall limit Grantor’s absolute duty to make payment when due of the Obligation when the Proceeds received by Beneficiary pursuant to Section  4.1 hereof are insufficient to pay the same, and receipt of Proceeds under said Section  4.1 shall be in addition to all other security now or hereafter existing to secure payment of the Obligation.

Section 4.7 Power of Attorney to Beneficiary . Grantor does hereby designate Beneficiary as the agent of Grantor to act in the name, place and stead of Grantor for the purpose of taking any and all actions deemed by Beneficiary necessary for the realization by Beneficiary of the benefits of the assignment of Proceeds provided herein, recognizing such agency in favor of Beneficiary to be coupled with the interests of Grantor under this Deed of Trust and, thus, irrevocable as long as this Deed of Trust is in force and effect. All Persons dealing with Beneficiary, or any officer thereof, or any substitute, shall be fully protected in treating the powers and authorities conferred by this Section as continuing in full force and effect until advised by Beneficiary that the entire Obligation is fully and finally paid.

ARTICLE 5

FINANCING STATEMENT

Section 5.1 Effective as a Financing Statement . This Deed of Trust covers goods which are or are to become fixtures on the real property described herein. This Deed of Trust shall be effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing with respect to all fixtures included within the Property and is to be filed for record in the real property records of each county in which any part of the Mortgaged Property (including said fixtures) is situated. This Deed of Trust shall also be effective as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral, minerals or the like (including oil and gas) and accounts arising out of the sale at the wellhead or minehead of the wells or mines located on the Mortgaged Property of oil, gas, or other minerals in which Grantor has an interest before extraction, and is to be filed for record in the real property records of each county in which any part of the Mortgaged Property is situated. Grantor is the debtor and Beneficiary is the secured party. This Deed of Trust shall also be effective as a financing statement covering any other Property and may be filed in any other appropriate filing or recording office. Regarding Grantor as debtor, Grantor’s mailing address, and type and state of organization are set forth on the cover page of this Deed of Trust. Regarding Beneficiary as secured party, Beneficiary’s mailing address is set forth on the cover page of this Deed of Trust.

 

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Section 5.2 Reproduction of Deed of Trust as Financing Statement . A photographic or other reproduction of this Deed of Trust or of any financing statement relating to this Deed of Trust shall be sufficient as a financing statement for any of the purposes referred to in Section  5.1 .

Section 5.3 Notice to Account Debtors . In addition to the rights granted in Article 4 hereof, Beneficiary may at any time during the existence of a default notify the account debtors or obligors of any accounts, chattel paper, negotiable instruments or other evidences of indebtedness included in the Collateral to pay Beneficiary directly.

Section 5.4 Filing of Financing Statement . Beneficiary shall have the right, without the consent or joinder of Grantor, to execute and file with any Governmental Authority such financing statements, financing statement amendments and continuation statements as may, in the sole discretion of Beneficiary, be necessary or advisable to maintain, perfect or otherwise evidence the Lien of Beneficiary in and to any of the Mortgaged Property. Grantor, as debtor, hereby expressly authorizes Beneficiary, as secured party, to file any such financing statement without the signature of Grantor to the extent permitted by applicable Law.

ARTICLE 6

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 6.1 Release . If the Obligation is paid and performed in full in accordance with the terms of this Deed of Trust and the Notes and other security instruments and documents and writings evidencing or securing all or any part of the Obligation, and if Grantor shall well and truly perform all of Grantor’s covenants contained herein, then this conveyance shall be released at Grantor’s request and expense; otherwise, it shall remain in full force and effect; provided , however, that Grantor’s warranties and indemnities contained in this Deed of Trust shall survive the payment and performance of the Obligation and the release of this Deed of Trust.

Section 6.2 Rights Cumulative . All rights and Liens herein expressly conferred are cumulative of all other rights and Liens herein, or by Law or in equity provided, or provided in any other security instruments, and shall not be deemed to deprive Beneficiary or Secured Parties or Trustee of any such other legal or equitable rights and Liens by judicial proceedings, or otherwise, appropriate to enforce the conditions, covenants and terms of this Deed of Trust and other security instruments, and the employment or enforcement of any rights hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent or subsequent employment or enforcement of any other rights.

Section 6.3 Waivers . Any and all covenants in this Deed of Trust may from time to time, by instrument in writing signed by Beneficiary (with the requisite approval, if any, of all Lenders or the Majority Lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement) and delivered to Grantor, be waived to such extent and in such manner as Beneficiary and the applicable Lenders may desire, but no such waiver shall ever affect or impair Beneficiary’s rights and Liens hereunder, except to the extent specifically stated in such written instruments.

Section 6.4 Sale of Mortgaged Property . In the event Grantor or any of Grantor’s successors conveys any interest in the Mortgaged Property, or in any part thereof, to any other party, Beneficiary may, without notice to Grantor or Grantor’s successors, deal with any owner of any part of the Mortgaged Property with reference to this Deed of Trust and the Obligation, either by way of forbearance on the part of Beneficiary, or extension of time of payment of the Obligation, or release of all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, or any other property securing payment and performance of the Obligation, without in any way modifying or affecting Beneficiary’s rights and Liens hereunder or the liability of Grantor or any other party liable for payment and performance of the Obligation, in whole or in part; provided that no action taken or omitted to be taken by Beneficiary under this Section  6.4 shall be deemed a waiver of any default occurring by reason of any such conveyance.

Section 6.5 Condemnation Sale . Beneficiary shall be entitled to receive any and all sums which may be awarded or become payable to Grantor for the condemnation of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, for public or quasi-public use, or by virtue of private sale in lieu thereof, and any sums which may be awarded or become payable to Grantor for damages caused by public works or construction on or near the

 

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Mortgaged Property. All such sums are hereby assigned to Beneficiary, and Grantor shall, upon request of Beneficiary, make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all additional assignments and documents as may be necessary from time to time to enable Beneficiary to collect and receipt for any such sums. Beneficiary shall not be, under any circumstances, liable or responsible for failure to collect, or exercise diligence in the collection of, any of such sums.

Section 6.6 Renewals of Indebtedness . It is understood and agreed that the proceeds of the Notes or of any further loans or advances, to the extent the same are utilized to renew or extend any indebtedness or take up any outstanding Liens against the Mortgaged Property, or any portion thereof, have been advanced by Secured Parties at Grantor’s request and upon Grantor’s representation that such amounts are due and payable. Secured Parties shall be subrogated to any and all rights and Liens owned or claimed by any owner or holder of such outstanding rights and Liens, however remote, regardless of whether such rights and Liens are acquired by assignment or are released by the holder thereof upon payment.

Section 6.7 Waiver of Marshaling . Grantor hereby waives all rights of marshaling in the event of any foreclosure of the Liens hereby created.

Section 6.8 Headings . The captions, headings, and arrangements used in this Deed of Trust are for convenience only and do not in any way affect, limit, amplify, or modify the terms and provisions hereof.

Section 6.9 Notices . Whenever this Deed of Trust requires or permits any consent, approval, notice, request or demand from one party to another, the consent, approval, notice, request, or demand must be in writing to be effective and shall be deemed to have been given on the day personally delivered or, if mailed, on the day it is enclosed in an envelope, properly stamped, sealed and deposited in a post office or official depository maintained by the United States Postal Service, certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the party to be notified at the address stated below (or at such other address as may have been designated by written notice):

 

    If to Grantor:   PrimeEnergy Corporation
  9821 Katy Freeway, Suite 1050
  Houston, Texas 77024
    If to Beneficiary:   Compass Bank, as Administrative Agent
  2200 Post Oak Boulevard, 17 th Floor
  Houston, Texas 77056

Section 6.10 Governing Law . THIS DEED OF TRUST IS INTENDED TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF SUCH STATE AND OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SHALL GOVERN THE VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION, ENFORCEMENT, AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS DEED OF TRUST. HOWEVER, ANYTHING IN THIS DEED OF TRUST TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING, THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS RELATING TO THE VALIDITY, CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE OBLIGATION AND TO USURY AND PERMISSIBLE INTEREST AND SIMILAR CHARGES AND AMOUNTS SHALL GOVERN ALL ASPECTS OF THIS DEED OF TRUST.

Section 6.11 Invalid Provisions . If any provision of this Deed of Trust is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction applicable to this Deed of Trust, then, to the extent permitted by Law, (a) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in favor of Beneficiary in order to carry out the intentions of the parties hereto as nearly may be possible; and (b) the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction. If the rights and Liens created by this Deed of Trust shall be invalid or unenforceable as to any part of the Obligation, the unsecured portion of the Obligation shall be completely paid prior to the payment of the remaining and secured portion of the Obligation, and all payments made on the Obligation shall be considered to have been paid on and applied first to the complete payment of the unsecured portion of the Obligation.

 

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Section 6.12 Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein, as used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

Beneficiary ” has the meaning given such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

Code ” means the applicable Uniform Commercial Code, if any, of each state where any of the Mortgaged Property is situated.

Collateral ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph (f)  under the heading of “Security Interest” in this Deed of Trust.

Credit Agreement ” has the meaning given such term in Section  1.1 hereof.

Deed of Trust ” has the meaning given such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

default ” has the meaning given such term in Section  3.1 hereof.

Excluded Property ” means (a) any Building (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulations) or Manufactured (Mobile) Home (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulations), and (b) any rights or interest in any contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement covering any property of Grantor if under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement, or applicable law with respect thereto, the grant of a security interest or Lien therein (i) is prohibited as a matter of law or under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement, (ii) shall give any other party to such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement (other than a Loan Party) the right to terminate such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement, or (iii) would constitute or result in a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, a default, a right of recoupment, or other remedy under any such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement, and, in the case of any of clauses (i)  through (iii) above, such prohibition or restriction has not been waived or the consent of the applicable Governmental Authority or the other party to such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement has not been obtained; provided , that, the foregoing exclusions in this clause (b)  shall in no way be construed (x) to apply to the extent that any described prohibition or restriction is unenforceable under Section 9.406, 9.407, 9.408, or 9.409 of the Code or other applicable law, (y) to apply to the extent that any consent or waiver has been obtained that would permit the security interest or Lien notwithstanding the prohibition or restriction or (z) to limit, impair or otherwise affect the Beneficiary’s and the other Secured Parties’ continuing security interests in and Liens upon any rights or interests of Grantor to monies due or to become due any such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement; provided further , the exclusions in the foregoing clauses (a)  and (b) shall in no way be construed to limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Secured Parties’ continuing security interests in and Liens upon any proceeds of Excluded Property, unless such proceeds would constitute Excluded Property.

Excluded Swap Obligation ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Flood Insurance Regulations ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Governmental Authority ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Grantor ” has the meaning given such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

Grantor’s successors ” means each and all of the immediate and remote successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators, and legal representatives of Grantor.

Hydrocarbons ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph II under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

 

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Lands ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph I under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Laws ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Lenders ” has the meaning given such term in Section  1.1 hereof.

Lien ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Loan Documents ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Mortgaged Property ” has the meaning given such term under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Note ” or “ Notes ” has the meaning given to such term in Section  1.2 hereof.

Obligation ” has the meaning given such term in Article 1 hereof.

other security instrument ” has the meaning given such term in Section  1.4 hereof.

Permitted Liens ” means Liens permitted by Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement.

Person ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Personal Property ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph IV under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Proceeds ” has the meaning given such term in Section 4.1(a) hereof.

Production ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph (b)  under the heading of “Security Interest” in this Deed of Trust.

Property ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph (g)  under the heading of “Security Interest” in this Deed of Trust.

sale ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(h) hereof.

Section ” means a section of this Deed of Trust, unless specifically indicated otherwise.

Secured Cash Management Agreement ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Secured Parties ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Secured Swap Agreement ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Subject Contracts ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph III under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Subject Easements ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph IV under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Subject Interests ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph I under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

 

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Subject Leases ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph I under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Deed of Trust.

Trustee ” means the Person who is at the time the duly appointed trustee or successor or substitute trustee under this Deed of Trust at the time in question.

All other capitalized terms defined in the Credit Agreement which are used in this Deed of Trust and which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. Whenever herein the singular number is used, the same shall include the plural where appropriate, and vice versa, and words of any gender shall include each other gender where appropriate. Article, Paragraph, Section, Schedule, and Exhibit references are to Articles, Paragraphs, and Sections of and Schedules and Exhibits to this Deed of Trust, unless otherwise specified. All references to instruments, documents, contracts, and agreements are references to such instruments, documents, contracts, and agreements as the same may be amended, supplemented, and otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Deed of Trust shall refer to this Deed of Trust as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Deed of Trust. As used herein, the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”

Section 6.13 Form of Deed of Trust . This instrument may be construed and enforced from time to time whether within the State of Texas, and elsewhere outside the State of Texas, as a mortgage, deed of trust, chattel mortgage, conveyance, assignment, security agreement, pledge, financing statement, hypothecation or contract, or any one or more of them as may be appropriate under applicable Laws, in order fully to effectuate the Lien hereof and the purposes and agreements herein set forth. Insofar as this instrument is a security agreement, pledge, financing statement, hypothecation or contract, or any one or more of them as may be appropriate under applicable Laws, in order fully to effectuate the Lien hereof and the purposes and agreements herein set forth, Grantor is the debtor and Beneficiary is the secured party. The addresses shown in Section  6.9 are the addresses of the debtor and the secured party and information concerning the security interest granted hereby may be obtained from the secured party at such address. Without in any manner limiting the generality of any of the foregoing provisions hereof: (a) some portions of the goods described or to which reference is made herein are or are to become fixtures on the Lands described or to which reference is made herein; (b) the minerals and the like (including oil and gas) included in the Mortgaged Property and the accounts resulting from the sale thereof will be financed at the wellhead(s) or minehead(s) or the well(s) or mine(s) located on the Lands described or to which reference is made herein; and (c) this instrument is to be filed of record in the real estate records in the counties in which any portion of the Mortgaged Property is situated as a financing statement but the failure to do so will not otherwise affect the validity or enforceability of this instrument.

Section 6.14 Multiple Counterparts . This Deed of Trust has simultaneously been executed in a number of identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which are identical, except that in order to facilitate recordation, portions of Exhibit A hereto which describe Mortgaged Property situated in counties other than the particular county in which a counterpart hereof is being recorded may be omitted from such counterpart.

Section 6.15 Binding Effect . This Deed of Trust is binding upon Grantor and Grantor’s successors and shall inure to the benefit of Beneficiary and each of the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, and the provisions hereof shall likewise be covenants running with the Lands. The duties, covenants, conditions, obligations, and warranties of Grantor in this Deed of Trust shall be joint and several obligations of Grantor and Grantor’s successors. Each and every party who signs this Deed of Trust, other than Beneficiary, and each and every subsequent owner of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, jointly and severally covenants and agrees that he or it will perform, or cause to be performed, each and every condition, term, provision, and covenant of this Deed of Trust.

Section 6.16 Credit Agreement Controls . In the event of a conflict between the terms and provisions of this Deed of Trust and the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement shall control; provided , however , a more expansive or explanatory term or provision shall not be deemed a conflict

 

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EXECUTED on the date of the acknowledgment below to be effective as of the date first set forth above.

 

GRANTOR:

PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION

By:  

 

 

Charles E. Drimal, Jr.

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

 

STATE OF TEXAS    §
   §
COUNTY OF HARRIS                    §

This instrument was acknowledged before me on the      day of May, 2017, by Charles E. Drimal, Jr., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of PrimeEnergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation, on behalf of said corporation.

 

 

Notary Public, State of Texas
My commission expires:

 

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PREFACE TO

EXHIBIT A TO

DEED OF TRUST, MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT, SECURITY AGREEMENT

AND FINANCING STATEMENT,

DATED AS OF MAY 5, 2017

FROM PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION

TO DOROTHY E. MARCHAND, TRUSTEE

FOR COMPASS BANK, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

This Exhibit A contains a description of those Subject Leases and Lands referred to in the foregoing Deed of Trust. The Subject Leases and Lands consist of producing and non-producing oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral interests, oil and gas royalty interests, and oil and gas overriding royalty interests affecting lands situated in the State of Texas in each of the counties listed on the cover page of this Deed of Trust, together with all of Grantor’s interest in all leases, lands and interests with which any of said interests may now or hereafter be pooled, unitized or communitized. This Exhibit  A shall include all of Grantor’s interest in the leases described or referred to in this Exhibit  A , whether beneficially owned or as now or hereafter reflected of record in the county records, and whether or not all lands covered by said leases are specifically described or referred to. The net revenue interests and/or interests in gross production set forth herein are the interests in production of oil and/or gas hereby represented and warranted to be owned by Grantor in the properties described, but this Exhibit A shall be deemed to cover any additional interests of Grantor that are in excess of the net revenue interests indicated herein and such designation shall not be deemed a limitation on the interests covered hereby. Reference is hereby made to each particular instrument described and referred to in this Exhibit A for further description and for all the terms and conditions thereof and the lands covered thereby.

Where references in this Exhibit A state that any described interest is subject to any referenced agreement, instrument, or outstanding interest, such reference is made only to the extent, if any, that such agreement, instrument or interest is valid and subsisting, and such references shall not create rights in or have any effect upon any Person not party to this Deed of Trust, to which the Exhibit A is attached. The Subject Leases and Lands are conveyed or mortgaged subject to valid and presently subsisting easements and rights-of-way, either of record or on the ground. All recording references in this Exhibit A are to the official records of the Clerk of the County in which the lands affected by the described instrument are situated.

This Deed of Trust may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which is an original and all of which are substantially identical and shall together constitute but one and the same Deed of Trust except that to facilitate recordation, there is attached to each counterpart which is to be recorded only that portion of this Exhibit  A which contains the description of the Lands located in the County where that particular counterpart will be recorded. The Exhibit A to be attached to the financing statement filed in the central filing jurisdiction of each state shall contain descriptions of all of the Subject Leases and Lands in that state that are affected by this Deed of Trust.

It is the intention of Grantor herein to convey or mortgage all of its interests in the Subject Leases and the Lands, even though any such oil and gas property may not be accurately described herein. Any acreage or depth limitation language in this Exhibit A is included for the sole purpose of specifying or limiting the warranties made by Grantor, but it is the intention of Grantor to subject Grantor’s entire interest in the leases and/or lands described or referred to in this Exhibit A without regard to acreage or depth limitations.

Working Interest ” or “ WI ” (expressed as a decimal) shall mean the interest of Grantor in a particular Subject Lease, well, or unit as the case may be, entitling Grantor to produce oil, gas and other Hydrocarbons produced therefrom and being equivalent to the proportionate part of the cost of exploration, development and production of oil, gas and other minerals borne by the owners thereof with respect to such Subject Lease or well.

 

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Net Revenue Interest ” or “ NRI ” (expressed as a decimal) means the warranted interest of Grantor representing the proportionate share of the production of oil, gas and other Hydrocarbons produced from the Subject Lease or well as the case may be, to which Grantor is entitled after deduction of all royalties, overriding royalty interests, production payments and other burdens on or payments out of production, except severance, production, and other similar taxes.

Overriding Royalty Interest ”, “ ORRI ” or “ ORI ” (expressed as a decimal) means an interest in production which is free of any obligation for the expense of exploration, development and production, bearing only its pro rata share of severance, production and other similar taxes and, in instances where the document creating the overriding royalty interest so provides, costs associated with compression, dehydration, other treating or processing or transportation of production of oil, gas or other minerals relating to the marketing of such production.

Royalty Interest ” or “ RI ” (expressed as a decimal) means an interest in production which results from an ownership in the mineral fee estate or royalty estate in the relevant lands and which is free of any obligation for the expense of exploration, development and production, bearing only its pro rata share of severance, production and other similar taxes and, in instances where the document creating the royalty interest so provides, costs associated with compression, dehydration, other treating or processing or transportation of production of oil, gas or other minerals relating to the marketing of such production.

Notwithstanding the percentage of Working Interest, Net Revenue Interest, Overriding Royalty Interest or Royalty Interest set forth with respect to a particular oil, gas and mineral lease or well, Grantor intends that this Deed of Trust shall convey or mortgage the entirety of Grantor’s interest in the Subject Leases and the Lands.

Any reference herein to wells or well names, prospects or prospect names, if any, shall be for information purposes and shall not limit the description of the interests made subject to this Deed of Trust. Each reference to a lease herein shall be deemed a reference to said lease as said lease may have been heretofore amended and/or ratified, whether or not such amendments and ratifications are referred to herein.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

EXHIBIT A

Exhibit 10.22.5.15

 

Caddo County, Oklahoma    Grady County, Oklahoma    Major County, Oklahoma
Canadian County, Oklahoma    Grant County, Oklahoma    Noble County, Oklahoma
Comanche County, Oklahoma    Harper County, Oklahoma    Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
Dewey County, Oklahoma    Kingfisher County, Oklahoma    Woodward County, Oklahoma
Garfield County, Oklahoma    Lincoln County, Oklahoma   
Garvin County, Oklahoma    Logan County, Oklahoma   

AMENDED, RESTATED AND CONSOLIDATED

MORTGAGE OF OIL AND GAS PROPERTY, SECURITY AGREEMENT,

ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION

AND

FINANCING STATEMENT

Dated as of May 5, 2017

A POWER OF SALE HAS BEEN GRANTED IN THIS MORTGAGE. A POWER OF SALE MAY ALLOW MORTGAGEE TO TAKE THE MORTGAGED PROPERTIES AND SELL THEM WITHOUT GOING TO COURT IN A FORECLOSURE ACTION UPON DEFAULT BY MORTGAGOR UNDER THIS MORTGAGE.

THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY PROVISIONS, SECURES PAYMENT OF FUTURE ADVANCES, AND COVERS PROCEEDS OF COLLATERAL.

THIS INSTRUMENT COVERS AS-EXTRACTED COLLATERAL; THE INTEREST OF MORTGAGOR IN MINERALS OR THE LIKE (INCLUDING OIL AND GAS) BEFORE EXTRACTION AND THE SECURITY INTEREST CREATED BY THIS INSTRUMENT ATTACHES TO SUCH MINERALS AS EXTRACTED AND TO THE ACCOUNTS RESULTING FROM THE SALE THEREOF AT THE WELLHEAD OR WELLHEADS OF THE WELL OR WELLS LOCATED ON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN.

THIS INSTRUMENT COVERS GOODS WHICH ARE OR ARE TO BECOME FIXTURES RELATED TO THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN.

THIS INSTRUMENT IS TO BE FILED FOR RECORD, AMONG OTHER PLACES, IN THE REAL ESTATE OR COMPARABLE RECORDS OF THE COUNTIES REFERENCED IN EXHIBIT A HERETO, AND SUCH FILING SHALL SERVE, AMONG OTHER PURPOSES, AS A UCC FIXTURE FILING AND AS A FINANCING STATEMENT FOR AS-EXTRACTED COLLATERAL.

MORTGAGOR HAS AN INTEREST OF RECORD IN THE REAL ESTATE AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTY CONCERNED, WHICH INTEREST IS DESCRIBED HEREIN.

For purposes of filing this Mortgage as a financing statement: Mortgagor is the debtor and Mortgagee is the secured party. Mortgagor is comprised of PrimeEnergy Corporation, a corporation organized under the Laws of the State of Delaware, and PrimeEnergy Management Corporation, a corporation organized under the Laws of the State of New York, and Mortgagor’s mailing address is 9821 Katy Freeway, Suite 1050, Houston, Texas 77024. Mortgagee’s mailing address is 2200 Post Oak Boulevard, 17 th Floor, Houston, Texas 77056.

Please return this document with filing information to:

Bee Archaphorn

Winstead PC

500 Winstead Building

2728 N. Harwood Street

Dallas, Texas 75201


AMENDED, RESTATED AND CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE OF OIL AND GAS PROPERTY, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION AND FINANCING STATEMENT

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

THIS AMENDED, RESTATED AND CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE OF OIL AND GAS PROPERTY, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION, AND FINANCING STATEMENT (as the same has been or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Mortgage ”) is made and entered into as of May 5, 2017, by PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (“ Prime ”) and PRIMEENERGY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION , a New York corporation (“ PEMC ”; and Prime and PEMC herein, individually and collectively, “ Mortgagor ”), to COMPASS BANK , as Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “ Mortgagee ”). The addresses of Mortgagor and Mortgagee appear on the cover page and in Section 6.9 of this Mortgage. Capitalized terms not defined in the body of this Mortgage are defined in Section 6.12 hereof.

R E C I T A L S

A. Mortgagor has previously executed and delivered to Mortgagee or its predecessors in interest, those certain deeds of trust, mortgages and related instruments described in Schedule 1 attached hereto (as amended or otherwise as described in Schedule 1 , the “ Existing Mortgages ”), covering the real property described therein and securing the indebtedness as described therein.

B. Mortgagor and Mortgagee desire to amend, restate and consolidate the Existing Mortgages pursuant to this instrument.

C. Lenders have extended a credit facility to Prime (“ Borrower ”) which is evidenced by Borrower’s promissory notes made payable to the order of Lenders in the aggregate principal sum of $300,000,000, as further described in Section 1.2 hereof.

D. One or more of the Loan Parties and one or more of the Secured Parties may from time to time enter into Secured Swap Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements, and Mortgagor will directly or indirectly benefit therefrom.

E. PEMC is a Subsidiary of Borrower and has guaranteed the indebtedness of Borrower to the Secured Parties. PEMC will directly or indirectly benefit from the use of the proceeds of the indebtedness and obligations described in Article 1 . Mortgagor is the owner of all of the properties described on Exhibit A to this Mortgage. Mortgagor desires to mortgage the property described on Exhibit A hereto in order to secure the Obligation (as hereinafter defined).

NOW, THEREFORE, Mortgagor and Mortgagee agree that the Existing Mortgages are hereby amended, restated and consolidated in their entirety to read as follows:

CONVEYANCE AND GRANT OF LIEN

Mortgagor, to secure payment and performance of the Obligation, and for and in consideration of the sum of TEN AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($10.00) cash and other valuable consideration in hand paid to Mortgagor, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and for and in consideration of the debt hereinafter mentioned, has MORTGAGED, GRANTED, BARGAINED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, and CONVEYED, and by these presents does MORTGAGE, GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL, ASSIGN, TRANSFER, and CONVEY, unto Mortgagee, its successors and assigns, and specifically grant to and confirm upon Mortgagee, its successors and assigns, a Lien upon and a security interest in, and the power to sell in the manner provided in the Oklahoma Power of Sale Mortgage Foreclosure Act, 46 Okla. Stat. §40 et seq., as amended from time to time, the real and personal properties, rights, titles, interests, and estates described or to which reference is made in Paragraphs I through VI , inclusive, below, whether now owned by Mortgagor or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor (herein collectively called the “ Mortgaged Property ”), to-wit:

 

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Paragraph I. Oil and Gas Leases and Other Properties . All of Mortgagor’s undivided interest and title, now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to (i) the oil, gas and mineral leases described and/or to which reference may be made on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes and incorporated herein by reference as fully as if copied verbatim, together with any other leases or agreements which cover or pertain to the lands described or referred to in Exhibit A , even if such leases or other agreements are not described or are incorrectly or insufficiently described on Exhibit A , together with any amendments, corrections, modifications, confirmations, renewals, substitutions, ratifications, supplements, replacements or extensions of any such leases (the “ Subject Leases ”); (ii) the oil, gas and other minerals in and under the lands described or referred to in Exhibit A (or described or referred to in any of the instruments described or referred in Exhibit A ), together with the oil, gas and other minerals in and under the lands covered by the Subject Leases and/or the lands spaced, pooled or unitized therewith (the “ Lands ”); (iii) the oil, gas and other mineral interests and estates in and under the Lands including, but not limited to, working interests, royalties, overriding royalties, net profits interests and production payments (the “ Subject Interests ”); (iv) any and all oil and gas units covering, in whole or in part, the Lands covered by, or derived or carved from, the Subject Leases and/or the Lands spaced, pooled or unitized therewith; (v) all pooling, communitization, unitization and similar orders of Governmental Authorities, bodies and commissions that cover all or any portion of the Lands; and (vi) the Lands and all lands pooled, unitized or communitized therewith. It is expressly understood and agreed that (1) Mortgagee shall not be liable in respect of the performance of any covenant or obligation of Mortgagor concerning such Subject Leases, and (2) any decimal fractional interests set out on Exhibit A pertaining to the Subject Leases have been appended for purposes of certain representations and warranties of Mortgagor with respect to title and for informational purposes only, and shall not limit in any way whatsoever the interest of Mortgagor in the Subject Leases;

Paragraph II. Hydrocarbons . All oil, gas, casinghead gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline and condensate, all other liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, and all other minerals, whether similar to the foregoing or not (herein collectively called “ Hydrocarbons ”), now or hereafter accruing to or produced from the Subject Interests and/or to which Mortgagor now or hereafter may be entitled as a result of or by virtue of its record and/or beneficial ownership of any one or more of the Subject Interests;

Paragraph III. Contracts . All present and future rights of Mortgagor (including all rights to receive payments, including lease bonuses, rents, tolls, incomes, and royalties) under or by virtue of all present and future operating agreements, contracts for the purchase, exchange, processing, transportation or sale of Hydrocarbons, and other contracts and agreements relating in any way to all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time (herein collectively called the “ Subject Contracts ”);

Paragraph IV. Other Property . All tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances, and properties in anywise appertaining, belonging, affixed, or incidental to the Subject Interests, in which Mortgagor now owns or hereafter acquires an interest, including any and all property, real or personal, in which Mortgagor now owns or hereafter acquires an interest which is situated upon and/or used or useful in connection with all or any part of the Subject Interests and including, but subject to the penultimate paragraph of this Conveyance and Grant of Lien section, all pipelines, gathering lines, trunk lines, lateral lines, pipeline easements and rights-of-way, compressor, dehydration units, separators, heater treaters, valves, flow lines, gauge meters, alarms, supplies, machinery, derricks, buildings, tanks, wells, well bores, casings, Christmas trees, tubing, rods, liquid extractors, engines, boilers, tools, appliances, cables, wires, surface leases, rights-of-way, easements, servitudes, and franchises, and all accessions, additions, substitutes and replacements to or for, and all accessories and attachments to any of the foregoing (all such surface leases, easements, licenses, rights-of-way, and franchises being herein called the “ Subject Easements ,” and all such tangible property described in this Paragraph IV being herein called the “ Personal Property ”);

Paragraph V. Other Rights to Hydrocarbons . Any and all other rights, titles, estates, royalties, and interests (whether or not presently included in the Subject Interests) now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor in and to all reversions, remainders, tolls, rents, revenues, issues, proceeds, earnings, income, and profits from the Lands; and

 

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Paragraph VI. Proceeds . Proceeds from the Mortgaged Property described in Paragraphs I through V above.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property, together with all and singular the rights, privileges, contracts, and appurtenances now or hereafter at any time before the foreclosure or release hereof in anywise appertaining or belonging thereto, unto Mortgagee and to its successors and assigns, forever, and Mortgagor hereby binds and obligates Mortgagor and Mortgagor’s successors to warrant and forever defend, all and singular, the Mortgaged Property unto Mortgagee and to its successors and assigns, against the lawful claims of any and all Persons whomsoever claiming or to claim the same, or any part thereof, subject to the Permitted Liens.

Notwithstanding any provision in this Mortgage to the contrary, in no event is any Excluded Property included in the definition of “Mortgaged Property,” or “Collateral” or “Property” and no Excluded Property is hereby encumbered by this Mortgage.

This conveyance is made upon the terms and provisions hereinafter set out to secure the full and final payment and performance of the Obligation.

SECURITY INTEREST

To further secure the Obligation, Mortgagor hereby grants to Mortgagee a security interest in the entire interest of Mortgagor (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) in and to:

(a) the Mortgaged Property;

(b) all as-extracted collateral and all oil, gas and other Hydrocarbons and minerals produced from or allocated to the Mortgaged Property, and any products processed or obtained therefrom (herein collectively called the “ Production ”), and all Liens in the Production securing payment of the proceeds of the Production, including those Liens provided under statutes enacted in the jurisdictions in which the Mortgaged Property is located;

(c) all equipment, inventory, improvements, fixtures, accessions, goods and other personal property of whatever nature now or hereafter located on or used or held for use in connection with the Mortgaged Property (or in connection with the operation thereof or the treating, handling, storing, transporting, processing or marketing of Production) and all renewals or replacements thereof or substitutions therefor;

(d) all contract rights, contractual rights and other general intangibles related to the Mortgaged Property, the operation thereof (whether Mortgagor is operator or non-operator), or the treating, handling, storing, transporting, processing or marketing of Production, or under which the proceeds of Production arise or are evidenced or governed;

(e) all geological, geophysical, engineering, and seismic data together with Mortgagor’s proprietary interpretations thereof and all accounting, title, legal and other technical or business data and records, and logs, lease files, well files and other books and records (including computerized records and data) concerning the Mortgaged Property or the Production that are in the possession of Mortgagor or are licensed to Mortgagor and/or in which Mortgagor can otherwise grant a security interest, and all books, files, records, magnetic media, computer records and other forms of recording or obtaining access to such data;

(f) all money, documents, instruments, chattel paper, securities, accounts or general intangibles arising from or by virtue of any transaction related to the Mortgaged Property or the Production (all of the properties, rights and interests described in clauses (a) , (b) , (c) , (d)  and (e)  above and this clause (f)  being herein sometimes collectively called the “ Collateral ”); and

 

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(g) all proceeds of the Collateral or payments in lieu of Production (such as “take or pay” payments), whether such proceeds or payments are goods, money, documents, instruments, chattel paper, securities, accounts, general intangibles, fixtures, real property or other assets (the Mortgaged Property, Collateral and the proceeds of the Collateral and payments in lieu of Production, collectively, the “ Property ”).

Upon the occurrence of any default, Mortgagee is and shall be entitled to all of the rights afforded a secured party by the applicable Code with reference to the Collateral, or Mortgagee may proceed as to both the real and personal property covered hereby in accordance with the rights granted under this Mortgage with respect to the real property covered hereby. Such rights shall be cumulative and in addition to those granted to Mortgagee under any other provision of this Mortgage or under any other instrument executed in connection with or as security for all or any part of the Obligation.

REFERENCE IS MADE TO SECTION 6.12 FOR THE DEFINITIONS OF SEVERAL OF THE TERMS USED HEREIN.

ARTICLE 1

SECURED OBLIGATION

This Mortgage is made to secure and enforce the following note or notes, guaranty, obligations, indebtedness, covenants, conditions, agreements, loans, advances, debts, and liabilities (herein collectively called the “ Obligation ”):

Section 1.1 Credit Agreement . All indebtedness and other obligations now or hereafter incurred or arising pursuant to the provisions of that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 15, 2017, by and among Borrower, the lenders party thereto (with their successors and assigns, being collectively called herein the “ Lenders ”), and Mortgagee as Administrative Agent, and all supplements thereto and amendments or modifications thereof, and all agreements given in substitution therefor or in restatement, renewal or extension thereof, in whole or in part (such Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as the same may from time to time be supplemented, amended or modified, and all other agreements given in substitution therefor or in restatement, renewal or extension thereof, in whole or in part, being herein called the “ Credit Agreement ”), including the “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement.

Section 1.2 Notes . Those certain promissory notes executed and delivered by Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, having principal sums aggregated in an amount up to but not exceeding Three Hundred Million and No/100 Dollars ($300,000,000.00) , bearing interest as specified therein (including interest occurring during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), being payable as provided therein and, if not sooner matured (by acceleration or otherwise), finally maturing as provided in the Credit Agreement (as the same may be supplemented, amended, modified, extended, and renewed, being collectively referred to herein as the “ Notes ”).

Section 1.3 [Intentionally Omitted] .

Section 1.4 Indebtedness Arising Under Security Instruments . All indebtedness, obligations, covenants, conditions, agreements, and liabilities arising pursuant to the provisions of this Mortgage and/or any other security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, collateral pledge agreement, contract, assignment, or loan agreement of any kind now or hereafter existing as security for, executed in connection with, or related to the Obligation and/or any part thereof (each such agreement being herein called “ other security instruments ”).

Section 1.5 Future Advances to Borrower . All other loans and future advances that any Secured Party may now or hereafter make to Borrower that Borrower and the Secured Parties contemplate may be necessary from time to time. Such future advances, if any, shall be made on such conditions as Borrower and the Secured Parties may negotiate, but it is specifically agreed that the Secured Parties have not hereby agreed to advance any such additional sums.

 

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Section 1.6 Secured Swap Agreements . Any and all obligations, contingent or otherwise, whether now existing or hereafter arising under any Secured Swap Agreement (which amounts shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Values under such Secured Swap Agreements as of the date the Obligation is being determined); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any Loan Document, the “Obligation” shall not include, with respect to any Loan Party, any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Party.

Section 1.7 Costs and Expenses . All sums advanced and costs and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee and/or Secured Parties, including all accounting, engineering, management, consulting or like fees and legal fees, made and incurred in connection with the foregoing Sections 1.1 , 1.2 , 1.3 , 1.4 , 1.5 and 1.6 , or any part thereof, or in connection with the acquisition, perfection, realization, maintenance, or preservation of the security therefor, or in connection with the following Section 1.8 , or any part thereof, whether such advances, costs, or expenses shall have been made and incurred at the request of Mortgagor or Borrower or Mortgagee and/or the Secured Parties.

Section 1.8 Renewals, Extensions, and Rearrangements . Any and all renewals, extensions, increases, rearrangements and/or substitutions of all or any part of the Notes, indebtedness, obligations, debts, loans, advances, covenants, agreements, and liabilities described or to which reference is made in the foregoing Sections 1.1 , 1.2 , 1.3 , 1.4 , 1.5 , 1.6 and 1.7 .

ARTICLE 2

CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES,

AND COVENANTS OF MORTGAGOR

Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties . With knowledge that Mortgagee is relying on the representations and warranties made herein without independent investigation, Mortgagor hereby covenants, agrees, represents, and warrants to Mortgagee that:

(a) Valid and Subsisting Leases . The Subject Leases described on Exhibit A are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect.

(b) Authority . Mortgagor has authority to execute this Mortgage, to grant, bargain, sell, mortgage, assign, transfer, and convey the Mortgaged Property to Mortgagee pursuant to this Mortgage, and to make the covenants, representations, warranties, and assignments contained in this Mortgage.

(c) Title . Mortgagor (i) has good and defensible title to, (ii) is the lawful owner and holder of, and (iii) is possessed of the Mortgaged Property free and clear of any and all Liens except Permitted Liens.

(d) Interests . With respect to each Mortgaged Property, the ownership of Mortgagor in such Mortgaged Property does and will, (i) with respect to each well described in Exhibit A hereto in connection with such Mortgaged Property, (A) entitle Mortgagor to receive (subject to the terms and provisions of this Mortgage) a decimal share of the Production produced from, or allocated to, such well equal to not less than the decimal share set forth in Exhibit A in connection with such well opposite the words “Net Revenue Interest” (or words of similar import), (B) cause Mortgagor to be obligated to bear a decimal share of the cost of exploration, development and operation of such well not greater than the decimal share set forth in Exhibit A in connection with such well opposite the words “Working Interest” (or words of similar import) and (ii) if such Mortgaged Property is shown in Exhibit A to be subject to a unit or units, with respect to each such unit, (A) entitle Mortgagor to receive (subject to the terms and provisions of this Mortgage) a decimal share of Production produced from, or allocated to, such unit equal to not less than the decimal share set forth in Exhibit A in connection with such Mortgaged Property opposite the words “Unit Net Revenue Interest” or words of similar import (and if such Mortgaged Property is subject to more than one unit, words identifying such interest with such unit), and (B) obligate Mortgagor to bear a decimal share of the cost of exploration, development and operation of such unit not greater than the decimal share set forth in Exhibit A in connection with such Mortgaged Property opposite the words “Unit Working Interest” or words of similar import (and if such Mortgaged Property is subject

 

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to more than one unit, words identifying such interest with such unit); such shares of Production which Mortgagor is entitled to receive, and shares of expenses which Mortgagor is obligated to bear, are not and will not be subject to change (other than changes which arise pursuant to non-consent provisions of operating agreements described in Exhibit A in connection with such Mortgaged Property, respectively, in connection with operations hereafter proposed) except, and only to the extent that, such changes are reflected in Exhibit A .

(e) Rents, Royalties and Taxes . All rents and royalties due and payable under the Subject Leases have been paid or otherwise accounted for and all Hydrocarbon severance and production Taxes, windfall profit Taxes, and all property Taxes payable by Mortgagor with respect to the Mortgaged Property have been paid.

Section 2.2 Covenants of Mortgagor . Mortgagor, for Mortgagor and Mortgagor’s successors, covenants and agrees, unless otherwise specifically permitted or allowed in the Credit Agreement, to do the following:

(a) Cure of Defects . If (i) any legal proceedings are instituted challenging or attacking the validity or priority of this Mortgage or of any rights or Liens created or evidenced hereby with respect to the Mortgaged Property, or (ii) any adverse claim is made against upon the title to any of the Mortgaged Property other than Permitted Liens, Mortgagor will give Mortgagee written notice thereof within three (3) business days after Mortgagor has knowledge of such legal proceedings or adverse claim, and, at Mortgagor’s own cost and expense, Mortgagor will diligently endeavor to cure any defect that may be claimed, and Mortgagor will take all necessary and proper steps for the defense of such legal proceedings, including the employment of counsel reasonably acceptable to Mortgagee, the prosecution or defense of litigation and the release or discharge of all adverse claims, and Mortgagee (whether or not named as a party to legal proceedings with respect thereto), is hereby authorized and empowered to take such additional steps as in its reasonable judgment and discretion may be necessary or proper for the defense of any such legal proceedings, including the prosecution or defense of litigation, and the compromise or discharge of any adverse claims made with respect to the Mortgaged Property, and all out-of-pocket expenses so incurred shall be a demand obligation owing by Mortgagor to Mortgagee in accordance with Section 12.03(a) of the Credit Agreement.

(b) Maintenance of Subject Leases, Contracts, and Easements . Mortgagor will perform all of Mortgagor’s obligations under and maintain all Subject Leases, Subject Contracts, and Subject Easements in full force and effect, and Mortgagor will not permit to occur the surrender, abandonment, release, or termination of any Subject Lease, Subject Contracts, or Subject Easements, so long as the Subject Interests covered thereby or relating thereto are capable of producing Hydrocarbons in paying quantities.

(c) Maintenance of Mortgaged Property . Mortgagor will at all times maintain, preserve, and keep the Mortgaged Property in good repair and condition, and from time to time, make all necessary and proper repairs, replacements, and renewals, and Mortgagor will not commit or permit any waste on or of the Mortgaged Property, or do anything to the Mortgaged Property that may impair its value.

(d) Mortgage Taxes . At any time any Law shall be enacted imposing or authorizing the imposition of any tax upon this Mortgage, or upon any Lien created hereby, Mortgagor will immediately pay all such taxes; provided that, in the alternative, Mortgagor may, in the event of the enactment of such a Law, and must, if it is unlawful for Mortgagor to pay such taxes, prepay that portion of the Obligation which Mortgagee in good faith determines is secured by property covered by such Law within sixty (60) days after demand therefor by Mortgagee.

(e) Performance of Covenants . Mortgagor will punctually and properly perform all of Mortgagor’s covenants, duties, and liabilities under the Credit Agreement, this Mortgage and any other security instrument.

(f) Operation of Mortgaged Property . Mortgagor will operate the Mortgaged Property, or cause it to be operated, in a careful and efficient manner in accordance with the practices of the industry and in compliance with all Subject Leases, Subject Contracts, Subject Easements, and Laws.

 

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(g) Development Work . Mortgagor will do, or cause to be done, such development and other work as may be reasonably necessary to protect from diminution of production capacity of the Mortgaged Property and each producing well thereon.

(h) Properties Not Operated by Mortgagor . Anything in this Section 2.2 to the contrary notwithstanding, Mortgagor, with respect to those Subject Interests which are operated by operators other than Mortgagor, shall not be obligated itself to perform undertakings performable only by such operators and which are beyond the control of Mortgagor. In each such case, however, Mortgagor will use such commercially reasonable efforts to bring about the performance of any such undertakings required to be performed by such operators.

(i) Mortgage Registration Taxes and Recording Fees . Mortgagor will promptly pay any mortgage registration or similar Taxes, recording fees and filing fees which may be required to be paid with respect to or in connection with the filing and recordation of this Mortgage.

(j) Flood Insurance . If any portion of the Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has been made available under the applicable Flood Insurance Regulations, then Mortgagor will maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount sufficient to comply with all applicable Flood Insurance Regulations applicable to the Mortgaged Property, if any.

ARTICLE 3

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 3.1 Defaults . The term “ default ” as used herein shall mean an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement.

Section 3.2 Remedies . If a default shall occur and be continuing, Mortgagee may, at its option, do any one or more of the following to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

(a) Payment or Performance by Mortgagee . If Mortgagor has failed to keep or perform any covenant whatsoever contained in this Mortgage or any other security instrument, Mortgagee may, but shall not be obligated to any Person to do so, perform or attempt to perform such covenant, and any payment made or expense incurred in the performance or attempted performance of any such covenant shall be a part of the Obligation, and Mortgagor promises, upon demand, to pay to Mortgagee, at the place where the Notes are payable, or at such other place as Mortgagee may direct by written notice, all sums so advanced or paid by Mortgagee, with interest at the Highest Lawful Rate, from the date when paid or incurred by Mortgagee until paid by Mortgagor. No such payment by Mortgagee shall constitute a waiver of any default. In addition to the Liens hereof, Mortgagee shall be subrogated to all rights and Liens securing the payment of any debt, claim, tax, or assessment for the payment of which Mortgagee may make an advance, or which Mortgagee may pay.

(b) Acceleration . Mortgagee may, at its option, declare the aggregate unpaid principal amount of and interest on the Notes and all other parts of the Obligation (other than liabilities under any Secured Swap Agreements or any Secured Cash Management Agreements) to be, and the same shall thereupon become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest, notice of acceleration, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of protest or notice of dishonor, or any other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by Mortgagor.

(c) Power of Sale . Mortgagor hereby confers on Mortgagee the power to sell the Mortgaged Property and the interests of Persons therein in the manner provided for in the “Oklahoma Power of Sale Mortgage Foreclosure Act” (46 Okla. Stat. §§40 et seq.), as the same may be amended from time to time (the “ Act ”), or other applicable statutory authority. Such power of sale shall be exercised by giving Mortgagor a written notice by certified mail of intent to foreclose by power of sale and setting forth, among other things, the nature of the breach(es) or default(s) and the action required to effect a cure thereof and the time period within

 

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which such cure may be effected all in compliance with and as may be required by the Act or other applicable statutory authority. If no cure is effected within the applicable statutory time limits, Mortgagee may accelerate the Obligation without further notice (the aforementioned statutory cure period shall run concurrently with any contractual provision for notice and cure period before acceleration of the Obligation, but in no event shall the statutory cure period run more than 60 days from the date of the occurrence or event resulting in the default unless a longer period is provided by applicable statute) and may then proceed in the manner and subject to and as required by the conditions of the Act or other applicable statutory authority to serve upon Mortgagor and other necessary parties and publish a notice of sale and to then sell and convey all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property all in accordance with the Act or other applicable statutory authority. The sale shall be made as an entirety or in lots, parcels, or divisions, upon such notice, at such time and place, in such manner and under such conditions all as provided for in said Act or other applicable statutory authority. The proceeds of the sale shall be applied in the manner provided for in the Act or other applicable statutory authority. No action of Mortgagee based upon the provisions contained herein or contained in the Act, including, without limitation, the giving of the notice of intent to foreclose by power of sale or service of the notice of sale, shall constitute an election of remedies which would preclude from pursuing judicial foreclosure before or at any time after commencement of the power of sale foreclosure procedure.

(d) Suit . Mortgagee may proceed by suit or suits, at Law or in equity, to enforce the payment and performance of the Obligation in accordance with the terms hereof, of the Notes or the other security instruments, or other documents and/or writings securing and/or evidencing the Obligation, to foreclose the Liens of this Mortgage as against all or any part of the Mortgaged Property and to have all or any part of the Mortgaged Property sold under the judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(e) Appointment of Receiver . Mortgagee, as a matter of right and without regard to the sufficiency of the security, and without any showing of insolvency, fraud or mismanagement on the part of Mortgagor, and without the necessity of filing any judicial or other proceeding other than the proceeding for appointment of a receiver, shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver or receivers of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, and of the income, rents, issues and profits thereof.

(f) Possession of Mortgaged Property . Mortgagee may enter upon the Lands included within the Mortgaged Property, take possession of the Mortgaged Property, and remove the Personal Property included within the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, with or without any responsibility or liability on the part of Mortgagee, take possession of any property located on or in the Mortgaged Property which is not a part of the Mortgaged Property and hold or store such property at Mortgagor’s expense.

(g) Assemble Collateral . Mortgagee may require Mortgagor to assemble the Collateral included within the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, and make it available to Mortgagee at a place to be designated by Mortgagee which is reasonably convenient to Mortgagor and Mortgagee.

(h) Disposition of Collateral . After notification, if any, as hereafter provided in this Section 3.2(h) , Mortgagee may sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, at the office of Mortgagee, or on the Lands, or elsewhere, as chosen by Mortgagee, all or any part of the personal property Collateral included within the Mortgaged Property, in its then condition, or following any commercially reasonable preparation or processing, and each sale (as used in this Section 3.2(h) , the term “ sale ” means any such sale, lease, or other disposition made pursuant to this Section 3.2(h) ) may be a unit or in parcels, by public or in private proceedings, and by way of one or more contracts, and, at any sale, it shall not be necessary to exhibit such Collateral, or part thereof, being sold, leased or otherwise disposed of. The sale of any part of the Collateral shall not exhaust Mortgagee’s power of sale, but sales may be made from time to time until the Obligation is paid and performed in full. Reasonable notification of the time and place of any public sale pursuant to this Section 3.2(h) , or reasonable notification of the time after which any private sale is to be made pursuant to this Section 3.2(h) , shall be sent to Mortgagor and to any other Person entitled under the applicable Code to notice. To the extent any sale is conducted pursuant to the Code, it is agreed that notice sent or given not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the taking of the action to which the notice relates, is reasonable notification and notice for such purposes of this Section 3.2(h) .

 

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(i) Surrender of Insurance Policies . Mortgagee may surrender the insurance policies maintained pursuant to the Credit Agreement, or any part thereof, and receive and apply the unearned premiums as a credit on the Obligation, and, in connection therewith, Mortgagor hereby appoints Mortgagee as the agent and attorney-in-fact for Mortgagor to collect such premiums (which appointment is coupled with an interest and irrevocable while this Mortgage is in effect).

Section 3.3 Purchase of Mortgaged Property by Mortgagee . If Mortgagee or any Secured Party is the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof (and it is specifically agreed that Mortgagee or any Secured Party may be the purchaser of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, if permitted by applicable Law), at any sale thereof, whether such sale be under the power of sale hereinabove vested in Mortgagee, or upon any other foreclosure of the Liens hereof, or otherwise, Mortgagee or the relevant Secured Party, as the case may be, shall, upon any such purchase, acquire good title to the Mortgaged Property so purchased, free of the Liens of these presents.

Section 3.4 Operation of Properties by Mortgagee . Should any part of the Mortgaged Property come into the possession of Mortgagee, whether before or after default, Mortgagee may use or operate (to the extent allowed under applicable operating arrangements) the Mortgaged Property for the purpose of preserving it or its value, pursuant to the order of a court of appropriate jurisdiction, or in accordance with any other rights held by Mortgagee in respect to the Mortgaged Property. Mortgagor covenants promptly to reimburse and pay to Mortgagee, at the place where Notes are payable, or at such other place as may be designated by Mortgagee in writing, the amount of all expenses (including the cost of any insurance, taxes, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other charges) incurred by Mortgagee in connection with its custody, preservation, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property, together with interest thereon from the date incurred by Mortgagee at the Highest Lawful Rate, and all such expenses, cost, taxes, interest and other charges shall be a part of the Obligation. It is agreed, however, that the risk of loss or damage to the Mortgaged Property is on Mortgagor, and Mortgagee shall have no liability whatever for decline or diminution in value of the Mortgaged Property, nor for failure to obtain or maintain insurance, nor for failure to determine whether any insurance ever in force is adequate as to amount or as to the risks insured, except to the extent such loss or damage results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Mortgagee, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment.

Section 3.5 Possession of Property After Foreclosure . In case the Liens hereof shall be foreclosed by power of sale, or by other judicial or non-judicial action, the purchaser at any such sale shall receive, as an incident to his ownership, immediate possession of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof so conveyed, and, subsequent to foreclosure, Mortgagor and Mortgagor’s successors shall be considered as tenants at sufferance of the purchaser at foreclosure sale, and anyone occupying the property after demand made for possession thereof shall be guilty of forcible detainer and shall be subject to eviction and removal, forcible, or otherwise, with or without process of Law, and all damages by reason thereof are hereby expressly waived.

Section 3.6 Application of Proceeds . The proceeds from any sale, lease or other disposition made pursuant to this Article 3 , any proceeds of Hydrocarbons collected by Mortgagee pursuant to Article 4 , and sums received pursuant to Section 6.5 shall be applied by Mortgagee first to the payment of any and all expenses incurred by Mortgagee in foreclosing upon the Property and carrying out such sale (including any attorneys’ fees); and second to the payment or prepayment of the Obligation, whether or not matured, all in accordance with the Credit Agreement; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, no such proceeds shall be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligations.

Section 3.7 Abandonment of Sale . In the event a foreclosure hereunder should be commenced in accordance with Section 3.2(c) , Mortgagee may at any time before the sale abandon the sale and exercise any other remedies available to Mortgagee.

Section 3.8 Waiver of Appraisement and Redemption . To the full extent Mortgagor may lawfully do so, Mortgagor agrees that Mortgagor will not at any time insist upon, plead, claim or take the benefit or advantage of any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension or redemption Laws, now or hereafter in force, in order

 

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to prevent or hinder the enforcement of this Mortgage or the absolute sale of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, or the possession thereof by any purchaser at any such sale, and Mortgagor, insofar as Mortgagor now or hereafter may lawfully do so, hereby waives the benefit of all such Laws; provided, however, that the appraisement of any of the Mortgaged Property is hereby expressly waived or not waived at the option of Mortgagee, such option to be exercised prior to or at the time judgment is rendered in any foreclosure of this Mortgage. Mortgagor also expressly waives, to the extent Mortgagor may lawfully do so, all rights to have the Mortgaged Property marshaled upon any foreclosure of this Mortgage.

ARTICLE 4

ASSIGNMENT OF PRODUCTION

Section 4.1 Assignment and Additional Security . In addition to the conveyance to Mortgagee herein made and to additionally secure the Obligation, Mortgagor has, effective as of 7:00 o’clock a.m., local time, on the first day of the month in which this Mortgage is executed, at the site of each of the Subject Leases, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED AND CONVEYED, and does hereby ASSIGN, TRANSFER AND CONVEY, unto Mortgagee all of the following:

(a) All Hydrocarbons, and the proceeds therefrom and products obtained or processed therefrom (such proceeds and products being herein called “ Proceeds ”), produced and to be produced from the Mortgaged Property, and all rights of Mortgagor to Liens securing payment of Proceeds, including those Liens provided for in the Oil and Gas Owners’ Lien Act of 2010 (52 Okla. Stat. 549, 1-549.12). Mortgagor hereby authorizes and empowers Mortgagee, during the existence of a default, to demand, collect and receive such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds, to endorse and cash any checks and drafts payable to Mortgagor or Mortgagee for the account of Mortgagor received from or in connection with such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds, to execute any release, receipt, division order, transfer order, and relinquishment or other instrument that may be required or necessary to collect and receive such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds, and to exercise any rights as the holder of Liens securing payment of Proceeds. Mortgagor hereby authorizes and directs all pipeline companies, gathering companies, and others purchasing such Hydrocarbons or having in their possession any such Hydrocarbons or Proceeds, to pay and deliver to Mortgagee all such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds upon the written request of Mortgagee during the existence of a default; provided that Mortgagor does hereby specifically agree that all such pipeline companies, gathering companies and others purchasing or having in their possession such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, notice by Mortgagee that a default exists. Mortgagor agrees that all division orders, transfer orders, receipts and other instruments which Mortgagee may from time to time execute and deliver for the purpose of collecting or receipting for Hydrocarbons or Proceeds may be relied upon in all respects and that the same shall be binding upon Mortgagor and Mortgagor’s successors. Mortgagor agrees to execute and deliver all necessary, convenient and appropriate instruments, including transfer and division orders, which may be required by Mortgagee in connection with the receipt by Mortgagee of such Hydrocarbons or Proceeds and to indemnify and keep and hold Mortgagee free and harmless from all parties whomsoever having or claiming an adverse interest in such Hydrocarbons and Proceeds and in this respect agrees to pay all expenses, costs, charges and attorneys’ fees that may be incurred by Mortgagee as to any of such matters.

(b) All proceeds hereafter payable to or to become payable to Mortgagor or to which Mortgagor is entitled under all gas sales or exchange contracts, all oil, distillate, or condensate sales or exchange contracts, all gas transportation contracts, and all gas processing contracts now or hereafter to become a part of the Mortgaged Property.

(c) All amounts, sums, revenues, income and proceeds which become payable to Mortgagor from any of the Mortgaged Property (including any after-acquired properties) or under any contract, present or future, relating to, any gas pipeline system and processing plant or unit now or hereafter constituting a part of the Mortgaged Property.

(d) All lease bonus, delay rentals, royalties and shut-in gas royalties which become payable to Mortgagor from any of the Mortgaged Property.

 

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Section 4.2 Transfer Orders . Mortgagor agrees to execute such transfer orders, payment orders, division orders and other instruments as may be needed by Mortgagee or requested by it incident to its having all assigned payments made direct to it. Mortgagor authorizes and directs all such pipeline companies, purchasers, transporters and other parties owing moneys to Mortgagor under contracts herein assigned, to pay such amounts direct to Mortgagee upon the written request by Mortgagee during the existence of a default as follows:

Compass Bank, as Administrative Agent

2200 Post Oak Boulevard, 17 th Floor

Houston, Texas 77056

and such authorization shall continue until this Mortgage is released. During the existence of a default, Mortgagee is authorized to collect, receive, and give receipt for all such amounts, and no party making payment shall have any responsibility to see to the application of any funds paid to Mortgagee but shall be fully protected in making such payment to Mortgagee under the assignments herein contained. Should Mortgagee bring suit against any third party for collection of any amounts or sums included within this assignment (and Mortgagee shall have the right to bring any such suit), it may sue either in its own name or in the name of Mortgagor.

Section 4.3 Payment of Proceeds . In the event that, for its convenience, Mortgagee should elect with respect to particular properties or contracts not to exercise immediately its right to receive Hydrocarbons or proceeds, then the purchasers or other Persons obligated to make such payment shall continue to make payment to Mortgagor until such time as written demand has been made upon them by Mortgagee that payment be made directly to Mortgagee. Such failure to notify shall not in any way waive the right of Mortgagee to receive any payments not theretofore paid out to Mortgagor before the giving of written notice. In this regard, in the event payments are made directly to Mortgagee, and then, at the request of Mortgagee payments are, for a period of time, paid to Mortgagor, Mortgagee shall nevertheless have the right, effective upon written notice, to require that future payments be again made to Mortgagee.

Section 4.4 Proceeds Held in Trust by Mortgagor . If under any existing gas sales or exchange agreements or products sales or exchange contracts, other than division orders or transfer orders, or under any gas transportation contract, any proceeds are required to be paid by the purchaser or transporter direct to Mortgagor so that under such existing agreements payment cannot be made to Mortgagee in the absence of foreclosure, then Mortgagor’s interest in all proceeds under such sales agreement and in all other proceeds which for any reason may be paid to Mortgagor shall, when received by Mortgagor during the existence of a default, constitute trust funds in his hands and shall be immediately paid over to Mortgagee, if Mortgagee has requested that such payments be delivered to it under this assignment.

Section 4.5 Limitation of Liability of Mortgagee . Mortgagee is hereby absolved from all liability for failure to enforce collection of the proceeds and amounts assigned under Section 4.1 above and from all other responsibility in connection therewith, except the responsibility to account to the Persons legally entitled thereto (by application upon the Obligation or otherwise) for funds actually received. Mortgagor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Mortgagee against any and all liabilities, actions, claims, judgments, costs, charges, and attorneys’ fees by reason of the assertion that Mortgagee has received, either before or after payment and performance in full of the Obligation, funds from the production of Hydrocarbons claimed by third Persons, and Mortgagee shall have the right to compromise and adjust any such claims, actions, and judgments, and in addition to the rights to be indemnified as herein provided, all amounts paid by Mortgagee in compromise, satisfaction, or discharge of any such claim, action or judgment, and all court costs, attorneys’ fees, and other expenses of every character incurred by Mortgagee, pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be demand obligations owing by Mortgagor and shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate from date of expenditure until paid and shall be secured by the Liens created and granted by this Mortgage.

Section 4.6 Duty to Pay Obligation . Nothing contained herein shall limit Mortgagor’s absolute duty to make payment when due of the Obligation when the Proceeds received by Mortgagee pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof are insufficient to pay the same, and receipt of Proceeds under said Section 4.1 shall be in addition to all other security now or hereafter existing to secure payment of the Obligation.

 

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Section 4.7 Power of Attorney to Mortgagee . Mortgagor does hereby designate Mortgagee as the agent of Mortgagor to act in the name, place and stead of Mortgagor for the purpose of taking any and all actions deemed by Mortgagee necessary for the realization by Mortgagee of the benefits of the assignment of Proceeds provided herein, recognizing such agency in favor of Mortgagee to be coupled with the interests of Mortgagor under this Mortgage and, thus, irrevocable as long as this Mortgage is in force and effect. All Persons dealing with Mortgagee, or any officer thereof, or any substitute, shall be fully protected in treating the powers and authorities conferred by this Section as continuing in full force and effect until advised by Mortgagee that the entire Obligation is fully and finally paid.

ARTICLE 5

FINANCING STATEMENT

Section 5.1 Effective as a Financing Statement . This Mortgage covers goods which are or are to become fixtures on the real property described herein. This Mortgage shall be effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing with respect to all fixtures included within the Property and is to be filed for record in the real property records of each county in which any part of the Mortgaged Property (including said fixtures) is situated. This Mortgage shall also be effective as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral, minerals or the like (including oil and gas) and accounts arising out of the sale at the wellhead or minehead of the wells or mines located on the Mortgaged Property of oil, gas, or other minerals in which Mortgagor has an interest before extraction, and is to be filed for record in the real property records of each county in which any part of the Mortgaged Property is situated. Mortgagor is the debtor and Mortgagee is the secured party. This Mortgage shall also be effective as a financing statement covering any other Property and may be filed in any other appropriate filing or recording office. Regarding Mortgagor as debtor, Mortgagor’s mailing address, and type and state of organization are set forth on the cover page of this Mortgage. Regarding Mortgagee as secured party, Mortgagee’s mailing address is set forth on the cover page of this Mortgage.

Section 5.2 Reproduction of Mortgage as Financing Statement . A photographic or other reproduction of this Mortgage or of any financing statement relating to this Mortgage shall be sufficient as a financing statement for any of the purposes referred to in Section 5.1 .

Section 5.3 Notice to Account Debtors . In addition to the rights granted in Article 4 hereof, Mortgagee may at any time during the existence of a default notify the account debtors or obligors of any accounts, chattel paper, negotiable instruments or other evidences of indebtedness included in the Collateral to pay Mortgagee directly.

Section 5.4 Filing of Financing Statement . Mortgagee shall have the right, without the consent or joinder of Mortgagor, to execute and file with any Governmental Authority such financing statements, financing statement amendments and continuation statements as may, in the sole discretion of Mortgagee, be necessary or advisable to maintain, perfect or otherwise evidence the Lien of Mortgagee in and to any of the Mortgaged Property. Mortgagor, as debtor, hereby expressly authorizes Mortgagee, as secured party, to file any such financing statement without the signature of Mortgagor to the extent permitted by applicable Law.

ARTICLE 6

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 6.1 Release . If the Obligation is paid and performed in full in accordance with the terms of this Mortgage and the Notes and other security instruments and documents and writings evidencing or securing all or any part of the Obligation, and if Mortgagor shall well and truly perform all of Mortgagor’s covenants contained herein, then this conveyance shall be released at Mortgagor’s request and expense; otherwise, it shall remain in full force and effect; provided , however, that Mortgagor’s warranties and indemnities contained in this Mortgage shall survive the payment and performance of the Obligation and the release of this Mortgage.

Section 6.2 Rights Cumulative . All rights and Liens herein expressly conferred are cumulative of all other rights and Liens herein, or by Law or in equity provided, or provided in any other security instruments,

 

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a nd shall not be deemed to deprive Mortgagee or the Secured Parties of any such other legal or equitable rights and Liens by judicial proceedings, or otherwise, appropriate to enforce the conditions, covenants and terms of this Mortgage and other security instruments, and the employment or enforcement of any rights hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent or subsequent employment or enforcement of any other rights.

Section 6.3 Waivers . Any and all covenants in this Mortgage may from time to time, by instrument in writing signed by Mortgagee (with the requisite approval, if any, of all Lenders or the Majority Lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement) and delivered to Mortgagor, be waived to such extent and in such manner as Mortgagee and the applicable Lenders may desire, but no such waiver shall ever affect or impair Mortgagee’s rights and Liens hereunder, except to the extent specifically stated in such written instruments.

Section 6.4 Sale of Mortgaged Property . In the event Mortgagor or any of Mortgagor’s successors conveys any interest in the Mortgaged Property, or in any part thereof, to any other party, Mortgagee may, without notice to Mortgagor or Mortgagor’s successors, deal with any owner of any part of the Mortgaged Property with reference to this Mortgage and the Obligation, either by way of forbearance on the part of Mortgagee, or extension of time of payment of the Obligation, or release of all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, or any other property securing payment and performance of the Obligation, without in any way modifying or affecting Mortgagee’s rights and Liens hereunder or the liability of Mortgagor or any other party liable for payment and performance of the Obligation, in whole or in part; provided that no action taken or omitted to be taken by Mortgagee under this Section 6.4 shall be deemed a waiver of any default occurring by reason of any such conveyance.

Section 6.5 Condemnation Sale . Mortgagee shall be entitled to receive any and all sums which may be awarded or become payable to Mortgagor for the condemnation of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, for public or quasi-public use, or by virtue of private sale in lieu thereof, and any sums which may be awarded or become payable to Mortgagor for damages caused by public works or construction on or near the Mortgaged Property. All such sums are hereby assigned to Mortgagee, and Mortgagor shall, upon request of Mortgagee, make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all additional assignments and documents as may be necessary from time to time to enable Mortgagee to collect and receipt for any such sums. Mortgagee shall not be, under any circumstances, liable or responsible for failure to collect, or exercise diligence in the collection of, any of such sums.

Section 6.6 Renewals of Indebtedness . It is understood and agreed that the proceeds of the Notes or of any further loans or advances, to the extent the same are utilized to renew or extend any indebtedness or take up any outstanding Liens against the Mortgaged Property, or any portion thereof, have been advanced by the Secured Parties at Mortgagor’s request and upon Mortgagor’s representation that such amounts are due and payable. The Secured Parties shall be subrogated to any and all rights and Liens owned or claimed by any owner or holder of such outstanding rights and Liens, however remote, regardless of whether such rights and Liens are acquired by assignment or are released by the holder thereof upon payment.

Section 6.7 Waiver of Marshaling . Mortgagor hereby waives all rights of marshaling in the event of any foreclosure of the Liens hereby created.

Section 6.8 Headings . The captions, headings, and arrangements used in this Mortgage are for convenience only and do not in any way affect, limit, amplify, or modify the terms and provisions hereof.

Section 6.9 Notices . Whenever this Mortgage requires or permits any consent, approval, notice, request or demand from one party to another, the consent, approval, notice, request, or demand must be in writing to be effective and shall be deemed to have been given on the day personally delivered or, if mailed, on the day it is enclosed in an envelope, properly stamped, sealed and deposited in a post office or official depository maintained by the United States Postal Service, certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the party to be notified at the address stated below (or at such other address as may have been designated by written notice):

 

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    If to Mortgagor:    PrimeEnergy Corporation   
   PrimeEnergy Management Corporation   
   9821 Katy Freeway, Suite 1050   
   Houston, Texas 77024   
    If to Mortgagee:                Compass Bank, as Administrative Agent   
   2200 Post Oak Boulevard, 17th Floor   
   Houston, Texas 77056   

Section 6.10 Governing Law . WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW, THIS MORTGAGE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EXCEPT THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LAW OF THE STATE IN WHICH A PORTION OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY IS LOCATED (OR WHICH IS OTHERWISE APPLICABLE TO A PORTION OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY) NECESSARILY OR, IN THE SOLE DISCRETION OF MORTGAGEE, APPROPRIATELY GOVERNS WITH RESPECT TO PROCEDURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE MATTERS RELATING TO THE CREATION, PERFECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE LIENS AND OTHER RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF MORTGAGEE GRANTED HEREIN, THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE SHALL APPLY AS TO THAT PORTION OF THE MORTGAGED PROPERTY LOCATED IN (OR OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF) SUCH STATE.

Section 6.11 Invalid Provisions . If any provision of this Mortgage is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction applicable to this Mortgage, then, to the extent permitted by Law, (a) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in favor of Mortgagee in order to carry out the intentions of the parties hereto as nearly may be possible; and (b) the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction. If the rights and Liens created by this Mortgage shall be invalid or unenforceable as to any part of the Obligation, the unsecured portion of the Obligation shall be completely paid prior to the payment of the remaining and secured portion of the Obligation, and all payments made on the Obligation shall be considered to have been paid on and applied first to the complete payment of the unsecured portion of the Obligation.

Section 6.12 Definitions . In addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein, as used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

Borrower ” has the meaning given such term in Recital A hereof.

Code ” means the applicable Uniform Commercial Code, if any, of each state where any of the Mortgaged Property is situated.

Collateral ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph (f)  under the heading of “Security Interest” in this Mortgage.

Credit Agreement ” has the meaning given such term in Section 1.1 hereof.

default ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.1 hereof.

Excluded Property ” means (a) any Building (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulations) or Manufactured (Mobile) Home (as defined in the applicable Flood Insurance Regulations), and (b) any rights or interest in any contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement covering any property of Mortgagor if under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement, or applicable law with respect thereto, the grant of a security interest or Lien therein (i) is prohibited as a matter of law or under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement, (ii) shall give any other party to such

 

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contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement (other than a Loan Party) the right to terminate such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement, or (iii) would constitute or result in a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, a default, a right of recoupment, or other remedy under any such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement, and, in the case of any of clauses (i)  through (iii)  above, such prohibition or restriction has not been waived or the consent of the applicable Governmental Authority or the other party to such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement has not been obtained; provided , that, the foregoing exclusions in this clause (b)  shall in no way be construed (x) to apply to the extent that any described prohibition or restriction is unenforceable under Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, or 9-409 of the Code or other applicable law, (y) to apply to the extent that any consent or waiver has been obtained that would permit the security interest or Lien notwithstanding the prohibition or restriction or (z) to limit, impair or otherwise affect the Mortgagee’s and the other Secured Parties’ continuing security interests in and Liens upon any rights or interests of Mortgagor to monies due or to become due any such contract, lease, permit, license, charter or license agreement; provided further , the exclusions in the foregoing clauses (a)  and (b)  shall in no way be construed to limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Secured Parties’ continuing security interests in and Liens upon any proceeds of Excluded Property, unless such proceeds would constitute Excluded Property.

Excluded Swap Obligation ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Flood Insurance Regulations ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Governmental Authority ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Hydrocarbons ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph II under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Mortgage.

Lands ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph I under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Mortgage.

Laws ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Lenders ” has the meaning given such term in Section 1.1 hereof.

Lien ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Loan Documents ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Mortgage ” has the meaning given such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

Mortgaged Property ” has the meaning given such term under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Mortgage.

Mortgagee ” has the meaning given such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

Mortgagor ” has the meaning given such term in the introductory paragraph hereof.

Mortgagor’s successors ” means each and all of the immediate and remote successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators, and legal representatives of Mortgagor.

Note ” or “ Notes ” has the meaning given to such term in Section 1.2 hereof.

Obligation ” has the meaning given such term in Article 1 hereof.

other security instrument ” has the meaning given such term in Section 1.4 hereof.

 

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Permitted Liens ” means Liens permitted by Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement.

Person ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Personal Property ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph IV under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Mortgage.

Proceeds ” has the meaning given such term in Section 4.1(a) hereof.

Production ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph (b)  under the heading of “Security Interest” in this Mortgage.

Property ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph (g)  under the heading of “Security Interest” in this Mortgage.

sale ” has the meaning given such term in Section 3.2(h) hereof.

Section ” means a section of this Mortgage, unless specifically indicated otherwise.

Secured Cash Management Agreement ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Secured Parties ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Secured Swap Agreement ” has the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement.

Subject Contracts ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph III under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Mortgage.

Subject Easements ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph IV under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Mortgage.

Subject Interests ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph I under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Mortgage.

Subject Leases ” has the meaning given such term in Paragraph I under the heading of “Conveyance and Grant of Lien” in this Mortgage.

All other capitalized terms defined in the Credit Agreement which are used in this Mortgage and which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. Whenever herein the singular number is used, the same shall include the plural where appropriate, and vice versa, and words of any gender shall include each other gender where appropriate. Article, Paragraph, Section, Schedule, and Exhibit references are to Articles, Paragraphs, and Sections of and Schedules and Exhibits to this Mortgage, unless otherwise specified. All references to instruments, documents, contracts, and agreements are references to such instruments, documents, contracts, and agreements as the same may be amended, supplemented, and otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Mortgage shall refer to this Mortgage as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Mortgage. As used herein, the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”

Section 6.13 Form of Mortgage . This instrument may be construed and enforced from time to time whether within the State of Oklahoma, and elsewhere outside the State of Oklahoma, as a mortgage, deed of trust, chattel mortgage, conveyance, assignment, security agreement, pledge, financing statement, hypothecation or contract, or any one or more of them as may be appropriate under applicable Laws, in order fully to effectuate the Lien hereof and the purposes and agreements herein set forth. Insofar as this instrument is a security agreement,

 

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p ledge, financing statement, hypothecation or contract, or any one or more of them as may be appropriate under applicable Laws, in order fully to effectuate the Lien hereof and the purposes and agreements herein set forth, Mortgagor is the debtor and Mortgagee is the secured party. The addresses shown in Section 6.9 are the addresses of the debtor and the secured party and information concerning the security interest granted hereby may be obtained from the secured party at such address. Without in any manner limiting the generality of any of the foregoing provisions hereof: (a) some portions of the goods described or to which reference is made herein are or are to become fixtures on the Lands described or to which reference is made herein; (b) the minerals and the like (including oil and gas) included in the Mortgaged Property and the accounts resulting from the sale thereof will be financed at the wellhead(s) or minehead(s) or the well(s) or mine(s) located on the Lands described or to which reference is made herein; and (c) this instrument is to be filed of record in the real estate records in the counties in which any portion of the Mortgaged Property is situated as a financing statement but the failure to do so will not otherwise affect the validity or enforceability of this instrument.

Section 6.14 Multiple Counterparts . This Mortgage has simultaneously been executed in a number of identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which are identical, except that in order to facilitate recordation, portions of Exhibit A hereto which describe Mortgaged Property situated in counties other than the particular county in which a counterpart hereof is being recorded may be omitted from such counterpart.

Section 6.15 Binding Effect . This Mortgage is binding upon Mortgagor and Mortgagor’s successors and shall inure to the benefit of Mortgagee and each of the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, and the provisions hereof shall likewise be covenants running with the Lands. The duties, covenants, conditions, obligations, and warranties of Mortgagor in this Mortgage shall be joint and several obligations of Mortgagor and Mortgagor’s successors. Each and every party who signs this Mortgage, other than Mortgagee, and each and every subsequent owner of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, jointly and severally covenants and agrees that he or it will perform, or cause to be performed, each and every condition, term, provision, and covenant of this Mortgage.

Section 6.16 Restatement of Existing Mortgages . This Mortgage amends, restates, supplements and consolidates (but does not extinguish or novate) the Existing Mortgages. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Mortgage shall not discharge or release any Lien or priority of any Existing Mortgage, or any other security instrument securing the Obligation. This Mortgage continues, renews and extends all liens, rights, powers, privileges, superior titles, estates and security interests existing by virtue of the Existing Mortgages without interruption or lapse, but the terms, provisions and conditions of such liens, rights, powers, privileges, superior titles, estates and security interests shall hereafter be governed by this Mortgage and any amendments or supplements hereto.

Section 6.17 Credit Agreement Controls . In the event of a conflict between the terms and provisions of this Mortgage and the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement shall control; provided , however , a more expansive or explanatory term or provision shall not be deemed a conflict.

Section 6.18 Joint and Several Liability . The obligations of Prime and PEMC as Mortgagor hereunder are joint and several in all respects.

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EXECUTED on the dates of the acknowledgments below, to be effective as of the date first set forth above.

 

MORTGAGOR:
PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION

By:

 

 

  Charles E. Drimal, Jr.
  Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

 

STATE OF TEXAS   §   
  §   
COUNTY OF HARRIS   §   

This instrument was acknowledged before me on the      day of May, 2017, by Charles E. Drimal, Jr., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of PrimeEnergy Corporation, a Delaware corporation, on behalf of said corporation.

 

 

Notary Public, State of Texas
My commission expires:

 

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MORTGAGOR (CONTINUED):
PRIMEENERGY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
By:  

 

  Charles E. Drimal, Jr.
  Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

 

STATE OF TEXAS   §   
  §   
COUNTY OF HARRIS   §   

This instrument was acknowledged before me on the             day of May, 2017, by Charles E. Drimal, Jr., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of PrimeEnergy Management Corporation, a New York corporation, on behalf of said corporation.

 

 

Notary Public, State of Texas
My commission expires:

 

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MORTGAGEE:
COMPASS BANK,
as Administrative Agent
By:  

 

  Kathleen J. Bowen
  Managing Director

 

STATE OF TEXAS    §   
   §   
COUNTY OF HARRIS    §   

This instrument was acknowledged before me on the             day of May, 2017, by Kathleen J. Bowen, a Managing Director of Compass Bank, an Alabama state banking association, on behalf of said banking association.

 

 

Notary Public, State of Texas

 

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SCHEDULE 1

EXISTING MORTGAGES

 

1. Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production, dated effective December 19, 2002, from PrimeEnergy Corporation and PrimeEnergy Management Corporation to Guaranty Bank, FSB, filed and recorded as follows:

 

Caddo County   Filed January 30, 2003, as Document No. 2003 785, Book 2429, Page 556
Canadian County   Filed March 10, 2003, as Document No. 2003006801, Book 2696, Page 452
Comanche County   Filed February 3, 2003, as Document No. 2003002181, Book 3984, Page 104
Dewey County   Filed February 18, 2003, as Instrument No. 000497, Book 1186, Page 280
Garfield County   Filed March 17, 2003, as Instrument No. 2912, Book 1636, Page 215
Garvin County   Filed March 7, 2003, as Instrument No.01668, Book 1655, Page 479
Grady County   Filed January 30, 2003, as Instrument No. 1493, Book 3455, Page 137
Grant County   Filed January 30, 2003, as SS No. 187, Book 547, Page 837
Harper County   Filed March 7, 2003, as Book 0581, Page 653
Kingfisher County   Filed January 30, 2003, as Instrument No. 0449, Book 1858, Page 116
Lincoln County   Filed February 19, 2003, as Instrument No. 1278, Book 1546, Page 297
Logan County   Filed February 18, 2003, as Instrument No.1762, Book 1702, Page 301
Major County   Filed on February 3, 2003, as Instrument No. 70914, Book 1577, Page 104
Noble County   Filed March 10, 2003, as Instrument No. 2003-686, Book 577, Page 614
Roger Mills County   Filed January 30, 2003, as Instrument No. I-2003-000391, Book 1699, Page 420
Woodward County   Filed on January 30, 2003, as Instrument No. 3928, Book 1846, Page 44

 

2. Ratification of and Amendment to Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Indenture, Security Agreement, Financing Statement, and Assignment of Production, dated effective as of May 3, 2005 by PrimeEnergy Corporation and PrimeEnergy Management Corporation in favor of Guaranty Bank, FSB, filed and recorded as follows:

 

Garvin County           Filed and Recorded on July 13, 2005, as Document No. 2005-005568, in Book 1740, Page 153.
Grant County   Filed and Recorded on July 15, 2005, in Book 564, Page 69.

 

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3. Ratification of and Amendment to Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Indenture, Security Agreement, Financing Statement, and Assignment of Production, dated effective as of June 6, 2006 by PrimeEnergy Corporation, PrimeEnergy Management Corporation, Prime Operating Company, Eastern Oil Well Service Company, Southwest Oilfield Construction Company and EOWS Midland Company and Guaranty Bank, FSB, filed and recorded as follows:

 

Caddo County   Filed and Recorded June 16, 2006 as Instrument No. 200600005799, in Volume 2578, Pages 186-197
Canadian County   Filed and Recorded June 16, 2006 as Document No. 200614391, in Book 3206, Pages 959-970
Comanche County   Filed and Recorded August 30, 2006 as Document No. 2006019700, in Book 5116, Pages 302-318
Dewey County   Filed and Recorded August 30, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-002306, in Book 1206, Pages 0550-0564
Garfield County   Filed September 1, 2006 under Document No. 11012, Book 1822, Pages 334-372
Garvin County   Filed and Recorded August 30, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-006387, in Book 1783, Pages 0151-0205
Grady County   Filed and Recorded August 30, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-013052, in Book 3879, Pages 0557-0586
Grant County   Filed and Recorded June 19, 2006 as Document No. 1159, in Book 573, page 455
Harper County   Filed and Recorded June 16, 2006 as Document No. 1B-2598, in Book 614, Page 39
Kingfisher County   Filed and Recorded August 30, 2006 as Document No. 3777, in Book 2101, Page 066
Lincoln County   Filed and Recorded August 30, 2006 as Document No. 08955, in Book 1711, Page 341
Logan County   Filed and Recorded August 30, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-008748, in Book 1948, Page 400
Major County   Filed and Recorded August 30, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-003042, in Book 1666, Pages 0310-0330
Noble County   Filed and Recorded June 19, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006001779, in Book 624, Pages 159-170
Roger Mills County   Filed and Recorded June 16, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006004431, in Book 1841, Page 188
Woodward County   Filed and Recorded August 31, 2006 as Instrument No. 2006-001748, in Book 1970, Page 441

 

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4. Ratification of and Amendment to Mortgage, Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Financing Statement and Assignment of Production dated effective January 23, 2013, by PrimeEnergy Corporation and PrimeEnergy Management Corporation in favor of Compass Bank (successor in interest to Guaranty Bank, FSB); filed and recorded as follows:

 

Grant County   Filed and recorded February 7, 2013 as Document 2013-000531, Book 0671, Page 446 of the Official Public Records

 

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PREFACE TO EXHIBIT A TO

AMENDED, RESTATED AND CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE OF OIL AND GAS PROPERTY, ASSIGNMENT,

SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FINANCING STATEMENT,

DATED AS OF MAY 5, 2017

FROM PRIMEENERGY CORPORATION AND PRIMEENERGY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

TO COMPASS BANK, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

This Exhibit A contains a description of those Subject Leases and Lands referred to in the foregoing Mortgage. The Subject Leases and Lands consist of producing and non-producing oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral interests, oil and gas royalty interests, and oil and gas overriding royalty interests affecting lands situated in the State of Oklahoma in each of the counties listed on the cover page of this Mortgage, together with all of Mortgagor’s interest in all leases, lands and interests with which any of said interests may now or hereafter be pooled, unitized or communitized. This Exhibit A shall include all of Mortgagor’s interest in the leases described or referred to in this Exhibit A , whether beneficially owned or as now or hereafter reflected of record in the county records, and whether or not all lands covered by said leases are specifically described or referred to. The net revenue interests and/or interests in gross production set forth herein are the interests in production of oil and/or gas hereby represented and warranted to be owned by Mortgagor in the properties described, but this Exhibit A shall be deemed to cover any additional interests of Mortgagor that are in excess of the net revenue interests indicated herein and such designation shall not be deemed a limitation on the interests covered hereby. Reference is hereby made to each particular instrument described and referred to in this Exhibit A for further description and for all the terms and conditions thereof and the lands covered thereby.

Where references in this Exhibit A state that any described interest is subject to any referenced agreement, instrument, or outstanding interest, such reference is made only to the extent, if any, that such agreement, instrument or interest is valid and subsisting, and such references shall not create rights in or have any effect upon any Person not party to this Mortgage, to which the Exhibit A is attached. The Subject Leases and Lands are conveyed or mortgaged subject to valid and presently subsisting easements and rights-of-way, either of record or on the ground. All recording references in this Exhibit A are to the official records of the Clerk of the County in which the lands affected by the described instrument are situated.

This Mortgage may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which is an original and all of which are substantially identical and shall together constitute but one and the same Mortgage except that to facilitate recordation, there is attached to each counterpart which is to be recorded only that portion of this Exhibit A which contains the description of the Lands located in the County where that particular counterpart will be recorded. The Exhibit A to be attached to the financing statement filed in the central filing jurisdiction of each state shall contain descriptions of all of the Subject Leases and Lands in that state that are affected by this Mortgage.

It is the intention of Mortgagor herein to convey or mortgage all of its interests in the Subject Leases and the Lands, even though any such oil and gas property may not be accurately described herein. Any acreage or depth limitation language in this Exhibit A is included for the sole purpose of specifying or limiting the warranties made by Mortgagor, but it is the intention of Mortgagor to subject Mortgagor’s entire interest in the leases and/or lands described or referred to in this Exhibit A without regard to acreage or depth limitations.

Working Interest ” or “ WI ” (expressed as a decimal) shall mean the interest of Mortgagor in a particular Subject Lease, well, or unit as the case may be, entitling Mortgagor to produce oil, gas and other Hydrocarbons produced therefrom and being equivalent to the proportionate part of the cost of exploration, development and production of oil, gas and other minerals borne by the owners thereof with respect to such Subject Lease or well.

Net Revenue Interest ” or “ NRI ” (expressed as a decimal) means the warranted interest of Mortgagor representing the proportionate share of the production of oil, gas and other Hydrocarbons produced from the Subject Lease or well as the case may be, to which Mortgagor is entitled after deduction of all royalties, overriding royalty interests, production payments and other burdens on or payments out of production, except severance, production, and other similar taxes.

 

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Overriding Royalty Interest ”, “ ORRI ” or “ ORI ” (expressed as a decimal) means an interest in production which is free of any obligation for the expense of exploration, development and production, bearing only its pro rata share of severance, production and other similar taxes and, in instances where the document creating the overriding royalty interest so provides, costs associated with compression, dehydration, other treating or processing or transportation of production of oil, gas or other minerals relating to the marketing of such production.

Royalty Interest ” or “ RI ” (expressed as a decimal) means an interest in production which results from an ownership in the mineral fee estate or royalty estate in the relevant lands and which is free of any obligation for the expense of exploration, development and production, bearing only its pro rata share of severance, production and other similar taxes and, in instances where the document creating the royalty interest so provides, costs associated with compression, dehydration, other treating or processing or transportation of production of oil, gas or other minerals relating to the marketing of such production.

Notwithstanding the percentage of Working Interest, Net Revenue Interest, Overriding Royalty Interest or Royalty Interest set forth with respect to a particular oil, gas and mineral lease or well, Mortgagor intends that this Mortgage shall convey or mortgage the entirety of Mortgagor’s interest in the Subject Leases and the Lands.

Any reference herein to wells or well names, prospects or prospect names, if any, shall be for information purposes and shall not limit the description of the interests made subject to this Mortgage. Each reference to a lease herein shall be deemed a reference to said lease as said lease may have been heretofore amended and/or ratified, whether or not such amendments and ratifications are referred to herein.

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

EXHIBIT A

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Charles E. Drimal, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of PrimeEnergy Corporation, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 of PrimeEnergy Corporation;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

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

 

  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

May 15, 2017

 

/s/ Charles E. Drimal, Jr.

Charles E. Drimal, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
PrimeEnergy Corporation

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Beverly A. Cummings, Chief Financial Officer of PrimeEnergy Corporation, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 of PrimeEnergy Corporation;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

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

 

  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

May 15, 2017

 

/s/ Beverly A. Cummings

Beverly A. Cummings
Chief Financial Officer
PrimeEnergy Corporation

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of PrimeEnergy Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Charles E. Drimal Jr., Chief Executive Officer of PrimeEnergy Corporation, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ Charles E. Drimal, Jr.

Charles E. Drimal, Jr.

Chief Executive Officer

May 15, 2017

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of PrimeEnergy Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Beverly A. Cummings, Chief Financial Officer of PrimeEnergy Corporation, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ Beverly A. Cummings

Beverly A. Cummings

Chief Financial Officer

May 15, 2017