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Exhibit 10.1
FORM OF CONVEYANCE OF NET PROFITS INTEREST
This Conveyance of Net Profits Interest (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, this Conveyance) has been executed on [_________ __], 2011 (the
Execution Date), but is made effective as of the Effective Time (as defined below), from
_______________________ (Grantor), to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
with offices at 919 Congress Avenue, Suite 500, Austin, Texas 78701, Attention: Michael J. Ulrich,
as trustee (Trustee), acting not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee of the
Enduro Royalty Trust (the Trust), a statutory trust created under the Delaware Statutory
Trust Act as of May 3, 2011 (such Trustee acting as trustee of the Trust, Grantee).
Grantor and Grantee are sometimes referred to herein individually as a Party and
collectively as the Parties. Capitalized terms used in this Conveyance shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them in Article II.
ARTICLE I
GRANT OF NET PROFITS INTEREST
GRANT OF NET PROFITS INTEREST
For and in consideration of Ten and No/100 Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable
consideration to Grantor paid by Grantee, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged by Grantor, Grantor has bargained, sold, granted, conveyed, transferred, assigned, set
over, and delivered, and by this Conveyance does hereby bargain, sell, grant, convey, transfer,
assign, set over, and deliver unto Grantee, its successors and assigns, effective as of the
Effective Time, the Net Profits Interest, which shall be calculated in accordance with the
provisions of Article IV and payable solely out of the Net Profits derived from the gross proceeds
attributable to the sale of the Subject Hydrocarbons, all as more fully provided hereinbelow.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Net Profits Interest, together with all and singular the rights and
appurtenances thereto in anywise belonging, unto Grantee, its successors and assigns, subject,
however, to the following terms and provisions:
ARTICLE II
INTERPRETATION; DEFINITIONS
INTERPRETATION; DEFINITIONS
Section 2.1 Interpretation
(a) All references in this Conveyance to Exhibits, Articles, Sections, subsections, clauses
and other subdivisions refer to the corresponding Exhibits, Articles, Sections, subsections,
clauses and other subdivisions of or to this Conveyance unless expressly provided otherwise.
Titles or headings appearing at the beginning of any Exhibits, Articles, Sections, subsections,
clauses and other subdivisions of this Conveyance are for convenience only, do not constitute any
part of this Conveyance and shall be disregarded in construing the language hereof. The words
this Conveyance, herein, hereby, hereunder and hereof, and words of similar import, refer
to this Conveyance as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, subsection, clause or
other subdivision unless expressly so limited. The words this Article, this Section, this
subsection, this clause, and words of similar import, refer only to the Article, Section,
subsection and clause hereof in which such words occur. The word
including (in its various forms) means including without limitation. All references to $
or dollars shall be deemed references to United States dollars. Each accounting term not defined
herein will have the meaning given to it under GAAP as interpreted as of the date of this
Conveyance. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, the word or is not exclusive. Pronouns
in masculine, feminine or neuter genders shall be construed to state and include any other gender,
and words, terms and titles (including terms defined herein) in the singular form shall be
construed to include the plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires. Exhibits
referred to herein are attached to and by this reference incorporated herein for all purposes.
Reference herein to any federal, state, local or foreign Law shall be deemed to also refer to all
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise.
(b) As used in this Conveyance, in regard to Subject Interests located in Louisiana:
(i) Each reference to person will include juridical persons as such term is used in
the Louisiana Civil Code.
(ii) Each reference to lien will include a reference to privilege.
(iii) Each reference to sale or conveyance (and derivations thereof) will, if the
context requires, include a reference to assignment and transfer of ownership as such
terms are used in the Louisiana Civil Code.
(iv) The term fee interest will refer to the rights of a landowner or a mineral
servitude owner in minerals as used in the Louisiana Mineral Code. Each reference to
leaseholds or leasehold interests will include a reference to interests in a mineral
lease as contemplated by the Louisiana Mineral Code.
(v) Each reference to pooling or unitization agreement will include a reference to
unitization orders, and each reference to pooled unit will include a reference to units
created by order or by agreement or declared pursuant to contractual authority.
(vi) Each reference to property will include, as the context may require,
corporeals and incorporeals and movables and immovables as such terms are used in
the Louisiana Civil Code. Each reference to real property will include immovables,
whether corporeal immovables or incorporeal immovables as the context may require, as such
terms are used in the Louisiana Civil Code, and also minerals rights as such term is used
in the Louisiana Mineral Code. Each reference to the term personal property will include
movables, whether corporeal movables or incorporeal movables as the context may require,
as such terms are used in the Louisiana Civil Code. Each reference to fixtures will
include a reference to component parts as such term is used in the Louisiana Civil Code.
Each reference to easement or right-of-way will include a reference to servitude as
such term is used in the Louisiana Civil Code. Each reference to running with the Subject
Interests will include the phrase and a real right in the Subject Interests.
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Section 2.2 Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to them below:
Administrative
Hedge Costs shall mean those costs paid by Grantor after
June 30, 2011 to counter-parties
under the Existing Hedges or to Persons that provide credit to maintain any Existing Hedge (in each
case) after the Effective Time, but excluding any Hedge Settlement Costs.
Affiliate shall mean with respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly or
indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the specified Person. As
used in this definition, the term control (and the related terms controlling, controlled by,
and under common control) shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
BOE shall mean (a) for Oil included in the Subject Hydrocarbons, one barrel, (b) for
Gas Liquids included in the Subject Hydrocarbons, one (1) barrel, and (c) for Gas included in the
Subject Hydrocarbons, the amount of such hydrocarbons equal to one barrel, determined using the
ratio of six (6) Mcf of Gas to one barrel of Oil.
Business Day shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, a holiday determined
by the New York Stock Exchange as affecting ex dates or any other day on which national banking
institutions in New York, New York are closed as authorized or required by law.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Conveyance shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Preamble to this Conveyance.
Credits shall have the meaning given such term in Section 4.1(b).
Debit Balance shall have the meaning given such term in Section 4.2(b).
Debit Balance Amount shall have the meaning given such term in Section 4.2(b).
Debits shall have the meaning given such term in Section 4.1(b).
Effective Time shall mean 7:00 a.m., Central Standard Time, on May 1, 2011.
Eligible Materials shall mean Materials for which amounts in respect of the cost of
such Materials were properly debited to the Net Profits Account.
Environmental Laws shall mean, as the same have been amended to the date
hereof, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601
et_seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et_seq.; the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et_seq.; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et_seq.; the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1471 et_seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act,
15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 through 2629; the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et_seq.; the Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et_seq.; and the Safe Drinking Water
Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f through 300j; and all similar laws
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as of the date hereof of any governmental body having jurisdiction over the property in question
addressing pollution or protection of the environment and all regulations implementing the
foregoing that are applicable to the operation and maintenance of the Subject Interests.
Excluded Deductions shall mean deduction amounts related to any of the following
items: (a) any amount that has also been used to reduce or offset the amount of the Subject
Hydrocarbons (or proceeds of production thereof) or has otherwise not been included therein
(including proceeds attributable to royalties, overriding royalties, production payments and other
charges burdening the Subject Interests as of the Effective Time); (b) any overriding royalty,
production payment or other charge burdening the Subject Interests which was created by Grantor
after the Effective Time; (c) any general, administrative or overhead costs paid or incurred by
Grantor or its Affiliates, except for those expressly permitted hereunder; (d) any interest,
premiums, fees or similar charges arising out of borrowings or purchases of any goods, equipment or
other items on credit, whether or not used on or otherwise related to the Subject Interests; (e)
all Manufacturing Costs; (f) any amounts paid by Grantor (initial or a successor) to such Grantors
predecessor in interest with respect to part or all of the Subject Interests (including without
limitation any purchase price or other consideration paid by Grantor to such predecessor in
interest to acquire all or part of the Subject Interests); (g) any amount arising from any
condition, circumstance, activity, practice, incident, action, or plan that gives rise to any
material liability, or otherwise form the basis of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing or
investigation, based on or related to the processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport, or handling, or the emission, discharge, Release or threatened Release into
the environment, of any pollutant, contaminant, or hazardous substance or other toxic material or
waste from or attributable to the use or operation of any of the Subject Interests which either
occurred prior to, on or after the Effective Time and are attributable to Grantors gross
negligence or willful misconduct; and (h) costs and expenses (not to exceed, in the aggregate,
$9,098,000) arising out of operations covered by the AFEs for the wells set forth on Exhibit
B.
Excluded Proceeds shall mean the following proceeds and amounts:
(a) any Offset Amounts, except that, for purposes of determining the proceeds and amounts that
constitute Excluded Proceeds for purposes hereof, (i) there shall not be any deductions to such
proceeds and amounts, in the cases of subsections (c), (h) and (j) of the definition for Offset
Amounts, for the actual costs of salvage or disposition or any Manufacturing Costs, as applicable,
(ii) cash payments received by Grantor as a result of any pooling or unitization of the Subject
Interests shall be considered Excluded Proceeds regardless of whether the costs giving rise to such
payments were charged to the Net Profits Interest and (iii) insurance proceeds received by Grantor
shall be considered Excluded Proceeds regardless of whether the cost of such insurance was charged
to the Net Profits Account;
(b) any proceeds that are withheld from Grantor for any reason (other than at the request of
Grantor), until such time that the proceeds are actually received by Grantor, provided that
proceeds that are received by Grantor and promptly deposited by it with an escrow agent in order to
resolve a dispute with respect thereto shall not be considered to be received by Grantor for
purposes of this definition until the time that such amounts are actually collected by Grantor;
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(c) if Grantor becomes an underproduced party under any Gas balancing or similar arrangement
affecting the Subject Interests, any amounts for any Gas attributable to the Subject Interests for
which Grantor is entitled to receive as make-up Gas that would otherwise be attributable to the
Subject Interests;
(d) if Grantor becomes an overproduced party under any Gas balancing or similar arrangement
affecting the Subject Interests, any amounts for any Gas taken by an underproduced party as
make-up Gas that would otherwise be attributable to the Subject Interests;
(e) any amount received by Grantor in respect of any production of Subject Hydrocarbons prior
to the Effective Time;
(f) any amount to which Grantor is entitled by virtue of a judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction resolving a dispute hereunder between Grantee and Grantor in favor of Grantor, or any
amount paid to Grantor in settlement of such dispute;
(g) except as set forth in Section 6.2, any amounts or compensation received by Grantor in
connection with any Prior Reversionary Interest; and
(h) any additional proceeds (i.e., proceeds attributable to the non-participating party) from
the sale of Hydrocarbons related to any Subject Well with respect to which Grantor elects to be a
participating party (whether such rights are available pursuant to an operating agreement or other
agreement or arrangement) with respect to any operation with respect to such Subject Well for which
another party or parties have elected not to participate in such operation (or have elected to
abandon such Subject Well) and Grantor elects to pay the costs of such nonparticipating or
abandoning party and as a result of which Grantor becomes entitled to receive, either temporarily
(i.e., through a period of recoupment) or permanently such additional proceeds from the sale of
Hydrocarbons related to such Subject Well.
Execution Date shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Preamble to this
Conveyance.
Existing Hedges shall mean the Hedges entered into by Grantor and described on
Exhibit C.
Fair Value shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the proceeds
which could reasonably be expected to be obtained from the sale of such portion of the Net Profits
Interest to a party which is not an Affiliate of either Grantor or the Trust on an arms-length
negotiated basis, taking into account relevant market conditions and factors existing at the time
of any such proposed sale or release, over (b) Grantees proportionate share of any sales costs,
commissions and brokerage fees related to such sales.
GAAP shall mean U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Gas shall mean natural gas and other gaseous hydrocarbons or minerals, including
helium, but excluding any Gas Liquids.
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Gas Liquids shall mean those natural gas liquids and other liquid hydrocarbons,
including ethane, propane, butane and natural gasoline, and mixtures thereof, that are removed from
a Gas stream by the liquids extraction process of any field facility or gas processing plant and
delivered by the facility or plant as natural gas liquids.
Grantee shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Preamble to this Conveyance.
Grantor shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Preamble to this Conveyance.
Gross Deductions shall mean the following costs and expenses (and, where applicable,
losses, liabilities and damages), to the extent that the same (x) are properly allocable to the
Subject Interests (and any related equipment or property used in connection therewith) and the
production and marketing of Subject Hydrocarbons therefrom and (y) have been incurred or accrued by
Grantor, from and after the Effective Time, but that are not attributable to a production month
that occurs prior to the Effective Time (excluding, in all instances, the Excluded Deductions):
(a) all costs paid by Grantor (i) for drilling, development, production and abandonment
operations (including activities necessary to gain access to and prepare well locations for
drilling; operations and activities related to drilling and equipping Subject Wells and service
wells; operations constituting or associated with workovers; the plugging and abandoning of any
well or facility on the Subject Interests; and secondary recovery, pressure maintenance,
repressuring, recycling and other operations conducted for the purpose of enhancing production from
the Subject Interests), (ii) for all direct labor (including employee and fringe benefits) and
other services necessary for drilling, operating, producing and maintaining the Subject Interests
and workovers of any Subject Well, (iii) for treatment, dehydration, compression, separation and
transportation of the Subject Hydrocarbons (including activities related to the acquisition,
construction and installation of production and injection facilities), (iv) for all Materials
purchased for use on, or in connection with, any of the Subject Interests and (v) for any other
operations with respect to the exploration, development or operation of Subject Hydrocarbons
(including costs for the maintenance of any Subject Well or facility on the Leases; replacement of
any facilities; the restoration or remediation of the surface or subsurface sites associated with
the Subject Interests or lands pooled or unitized therewith; and any marketing fees paid to
non-Affiliates of Grantor); provided, however, that (A) the costs charged to the Net Profits
Account for such items shall be made (1) on the same basis as such costs are charged under the
operating agreement associated with the applicable portion of the Subject Interests at the time the
transaction giving rise to such costs occurred, or (2) in the absence of such operating agreement,
on the same basis as Grantor is charged under existing third party arrangements; and (B) if Grantor
elects to pay the costs of a nonconsenting party or nonparticipating party with respect to which
the gross proceeds derived from such costs are not credited to the Net Profits Account, Grantor
shall be solely responsible for such costs;
(b) (i) all losses, costs, expenses, liabilities and damages (including outside legal,
accounting and engineering services) attributable to, or incident to the operation or maintenance
of, the Subject Interests associated with (A) defending, prosecuting, handling, investigating or
settling litigation, administrative proceedings, claims (including lien claims other than liens for
borrowed funds), damages, judgments, fines, penalties and other liabilities, (B) the
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payment of judgments, penalties and other liabilities (including interest thereon), paid by
Grantor and not reimbursed under insurance maintained by Grantor or others (including all losses,
costs, expenses, liabilities and damages arising from third-party claims, lawsuits or causes of
action for personal injury or death or damage to personal or real property (both surface and
subsurface), including those losses, costs, expenses, liabilities and damages arising under
Environmental Laws with respect to the Subject Interests or in any way from the environmental
condition of the Subject Interests), (C) the payment or restitution of any proceeds of Subject
Hydrocarbons, (D) complying with applicable local, state and federal statutes, ordinances, rules
and regulations, and (E) tax or royalty audits, and (ii) any other loss, cost, expense, liability
or damage (including settlement costs and reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by Grantor in
relation to the Subject Interests not paid or reimbursed under insurance; excluding, in each
instance, any expenses incurred by Grantor in litigation of any claim or dispute arising hereunder
between the Parties or amounts paid by Grantor to Grantee pursuant to a final order entered by a
court of competent jurisdiction resolving any such claim or dispute or amounts paid by Grantor to
Grantee in connection with the settlement of any such claim or dispute;
(c) all taxes, charges and assessments (excluding federal and state income, transfer,
mortgage, inheritance, estate, franchise and like taxes) incurred, accrued or paid by Grantor with
respect to the ownership of the Subject Interests or the extraction of the Subject Hydrocarbons,
including production, severance or excise and other similar taxes, charges and assessments assessed
against, or measured by, the production of (or the proceeds or value of production of) Subject
Hydrocarbons, occupation taxes, gathering, pipeline, excise, sales, use and other taxes, and ad
valorem and property taxes, charges and assessments assessed against or attributable to the Subject
Interests or any equipment used in connection with production from any of the Subject Interests and
any extraordinary or windfall profits taxes, charges and assessments that may be assessed in the
future based upon profits realized or prices received from the sale of Subject Hydrocarbons;
(d) all insurance premiums attributable to the ownership or operation of the Subject Interests
paid by Grantor for insurance actually carried for periods after the Effective Time with respect to
the Subject Interests, or any equipment located on any of the Subject Interests, or incident to the
operation or maintenance of the Subject Interests;
(e) all amounts and other consideration paid by Grantor for (i) rent and the use of or damage
to the surface, (ii) delay rentals, shut-in well payments, minimum royalties and similar payments,
and (iii) fees for renewal, extension, modification, amendment, replacement or supplementation of
the Leases included in the Subject Interests;
(f) all amounts charged by the relevant operator as overhead, administrative or indirect
charges specified in the applicable operating agreements or other arrangements now or hereafter
covering the Subject Interests or operations with respect thereto;
(g) to the extent Grantor is the operator of certain of the Subject Interests and there is no
operating agreement covering such portion of the Subject Interests, those overhead, all
administrative or indirect charges that are allocated by Grantor to such portion of the Subject
Interests, to the extent that such charges are allocated in the same manner that Grantor allocates
to other similarly owned and operated properties;
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(h) if, as a result of the occurrence of the bankruptcy or insolvency or similar occurrence of
the purchaser of Subject Hydrocarbons, any and all amounts previously credited to the Net Profits
Account are reclaimed from Grantor or its representative, then the amounts reclaimed as promptly as
practicable following Grantors payment thereof;
(i) all costs and expenses paid by Grantor for recording this Conveyance and, immediately
prior to the last Payment Period, costs estimated in good faith to record the termination or
release of this Conveyance;
(j) all Administrative Hedge Costs paid by Grantor;
(k) all
Hedge Settlement Costs paid by Grantor;
(l) all amounts previously included, or otherwise accounted for, in the calculation of Gross
Profits but subsequently paid by Grantor as a refund, interest or penalty; and
(m) at the option of Grantor, all amounts reserved for approved development expenditure
projects, including amounts for drilling, recompletion and workover costs, provided that, such
amounts, (i) to the extent not already spent or incurred by Grantor, will at no time exceed two
million dollars ($2,000,000) in the aggregate, and (ii) shall not be included as part of the Gross
Deductions in subsequent Payment Periods.
Gross Fair Value means an amount equal to the Fair Value divided by eighty percent
(80%).
Gross Profits shall mean, for each Payment Period following the Effective Time, an
amount equal to the sum of (excluding, in all instances, the Excluded Proceeds) the gross proceeds
received by Grantor during the applicable Payment Period (and that are not attributable to a
production month that occurs prior to the Effective Time) from the sale of all Subject
Hydrocarbons, including the following proceeds and amounts: (a) all proceeds and consideration
received, directly or indirectly, for advance payments and payments under take-or-pay and similar
provisions of Production Sales Contracts when credited against the price for delivery of
production; and (b) all proceeds and amounts received by Grantor (i) from any make up Gas taken
by Grantor as a result of its position as an underproduced party under any Gas balancing or similar
arrangement affecting the Subject Interests, (ii) received as a balancing of accounts under a Gas
balancing or other similar arrangement affecting the Subject Interests either as an interim
balancing or at the depletion of the reservoir, and (iii) for any Gas taken by Grantor attributable
to the Subject Interests in excess of its entitlement share of such Gas; provided, however, that
Gross Profits (A) shall not include any Manufacturing Proceeds and (B) in the event that Subject
Hydrocarbons are Processed prior to sale, shall only include the Payment Value of such Subject
Hydrocarbons before any such Processing.
Gross Reversionary Compensation means an amount equal to (a) that portion of the
Reversionary Compensation that is attributable to the Net Profits Interest released pursuant to
Section 6.2 divided by (b) eighty percent (80%).
Hedge shall mean any commodity hedging transaction pertaining to Hydrocarbons,
whether in the form of (a) forward sales and options to acquire or dispose of a futures contract
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solely on an organized commodities exchange, (b) derivative agreements for a swap, cap, collar
or floor of the commodity price, or (c) similar types of financial transactions classified as
notional principal contracts pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.988-1(a)(2)(iii)(B)(2).
Hedge Settlement Costs shall mean any and all payments required to be made by
Grantor after June 30, 2011 to the counterparties in connection with the settlement or mark-to-market of trades made
under any Existing Hedge and all payments made by Grantor for any early termination of any Existing
Hedge.
Hedge Settlement Revenues shall mean any and all payments received by Grantor after June 30, 2011 from
the counterparties in connection with the settlement or mark-to-market of trades made under any
Existing Hedge and all payments received by Grantor for any early termination of any Existing
Hedge.
Hydrocarbons shall mean Oil, Gas and Gas Liquids.
Lease shall mean, subject to the depth limitations and other restrictions that may
be set forth therein, (a) the oil and gas leases, oil, gas and mineral leases, subleases and other
leaseholds, contractual rights, and other rights to hydrocarbons set forth on Exhibit A as
to all lands and depths described in such lease (or the applicable part or portion thereof, if
limited in depth or areal extent in Exhibit A) and any interest therein and any leasehold
interest in any other lease of Hydrocarbons derived from the pooling or unitization of each such
lease (or portion thereof, if limited in depth or areal extent in Exhibit A) with other leases,
together with any interest acquired or maintained in any and all renewals and extensions of such
lease, (b) any replacement lease taken upon or in anticipation of termination of such lease (if
executed and delivered during the term of or within one year after the expiration of the
predecessor lease), as to all lands and depths described in the predecessor lease and in which
Grantor had an interest under the predecessor lease (unless the extended or predecessor lease is
specifically limited in depth or areal extent in Exhibit A, in which event only the
corresponding portion of such lease shall be considered a renewal or extension or a replacement
lease subject to this Conveyance), and (c) any other leasehold, royalty, overriding royalty or fee
interest described on Exhibit A.
Manufacturing Costs shall mean the costs of Processing that generate Manufacturing
Proceeds received by Grantor.
Manufacturing Proceeds shall mean the excess, if any, of (a) proceeds received by
Grantor from the sale of Subject Hydrocarbons that are the result of any Processing over (b) the
part of such proceeds that represents the Payment Value of such Subject Hydrocarbons before any
Processing.
Materials shall mean materials, supplies, equipment and other personal property or
fixtures located on or used in connection with the Subject Interests.
Mcf shall mean one thousand cubic feet.
Monthly Statement shall have the meaning given such term in Section 4.5.
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Net Deductions shall mean, for each Payment Period following the Effective Time, an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the Gross Deductions over (b) the sum of the
Offset Amounts.
Net Profits shall have the meaning given such term in Section 4.2(a)
Net Profits Account shall mean the account maintained in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.1.
Net Profits Interest shall mean an overriding royalty calculated as a variable
undivided percentage interest in and to the Subject Hydrocarbons entitling Grantee to receive a sum
equal to the Proceeds Percentage of the Net Profits for each Payment Period for the term of this
Conveyance.
NPI Calculation shall have the meaning given such term in Section 4.2(a).
NPI Payout shall have the meaning given such term in Section 4.2(a).
Offset Amounts shall mean the following amounts (net of any applicable taxes):
(a) any amounts received by Grantor as delay rentals, bonus, royalty or other similar
payments;
(b) any amounts received by Grantor in connection with, or for dry hole, bottom hole or other
similar contributions related to, the Subject Interests;
(c) upon salvage or other disposition, the applicable actual salvage value (determined in
accordance with the applicable operating agreement then in effect and binding upon Grantor or, in
the absence of such agreement, based on the fair market value of such items in the region in which
they are located) of any Eligible Materials, less, in each instance, the actual costs of salvage or
other disposition paid or incurred by Grantor in connection with such sale;
(d) any cash payments received by Grantor as a result of any pooling or unitization of the
Subject Interests if the costs giving rise to such payments were charged to the Net Profits
Account, directly or indirectly;
(e) any insurance proceeds received by Grantor as a result of any loss, liability or damage
relating to the Subject Interests, Eligible Materials or Subject Hydrocarbons if the cost of such
insurance was charged to the Net Profits Account;
(f) any amounts received by Grantor from third parties as rental or use fees for Eligible
Materials;
(g) the gross proceeds of any judgments or claims received by Grantor for damages occurring on
or after the Effective Time to (i) the Subject Interests, (ii) any Eligible Materials and (iii) any
Subject Hydrocarbons;
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(h) to the extent not covered under subsection (c) above, any proceeds received by Grantor
from the sale of Eligible Materials less the actual costs paid or incurred by Grantor in connection
with such sale;
(i) any payments made to Grantor in connection with the drilling or deferring of drilling of
any Subject Well;
(j) for any Subject Hydrocarbons that are Processed before sale, the excess, if any, of the
Manufacturing Proceeds arising therefrom (that are received by Grantor) over the Manufacturing
Costs of such Processing (that are paid or incurred by Grantor);
(k) any interest, penalty or other amount not derived from the sale of the Subject
Hydrocarbons that is paid to Grantor by the purchaser of production or escrow agent in connection
with proceeds withheld or deposited with an escrow agent;
(l) any
Hedge Settlement Revenues;
(m) in the event that any such Transfers occur, the Gross Fair Value of the Net Profits
Interest released during the relevant Payment Period in connection with the Transfers described in
Section 6.1(a)(ii); and
(n) any amounts of Gross Reversionary Compensation associated with a conveyance of all or any
portion of the Subject Interests, or cessation of production from any Subject Well, in connection
with a Prior Reversionary Interest pursuant to Section 6.2.
Oil shall mean crude oil, condensate and other liquid hydrocarbons recovered by
field equipment or facilities, excluding Gas Liquids.
Party or Parties shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Preamble to
this Conveyance.
Payment Period shall mean a calendar month, provided that for purposes of the Net
Profits Interest, (a) the first Payment Period shall mean the period from and after the Effective
Time until [_________ __], 2011, and (b) the last Payment Period shall mean any portion of the
calendar month during which the expiration of the term of this Agreement occurs from the beginning
of such calendar month until and including the date of such expiration.
Payment Value of any Subject Hydrocarbons shall mean:
(a) With respect to Oil and Gas Liquids, (i) the highest price available to Grantor for such
Oil and Gas Liquids at the Lease on the date of delivery pursuant to a bona fide offer, posted
price or other generally available marketing arrangement from or with a non-Affiliate purchaser, or
(ii) if no such offer, posted price or arrangement is available, the fair market value of such Oil
or Gas Liquids, on the date of delivery at the Lease, determined in accordance with generally
accepted and usual industry practices; and
(b) With respect to Gas, (i) the price specified in any Production Sales Contract for the sale
of such Gas, or (ii) if such Gas cannot be sold pursuant to a Production
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Sales Contract, (A) the average of the three highest prices (adjusted for all material
differences in quality) being paid at the time of production for Gas produced from the same field
in sales between non-affiliated Persons (or, if there are not three such prices within such field,
within a 50-mile radius of such field) but, for any Gas subject to price restrictions established,
prescribed or otherwise imposed by any governmental authority having jurisdiction over the sale of
such Gas, no more than the highest price permitted for such category or type of Gas after all
applicable adjustments (including tax reimbursement, dehydration, compression and gathering
allowances, inflation and other permitted escalations), or (B) if subsection (b)(ii)(A) above is
not applicable, the fair market value of such Gas, on the date of delivery, at the Lease,
determined in accordance with generally accepted and usual industry practices.
Permitted Encumbrances shall mean the following insofar as they cover, describe or
relate to the Subject Interests or the lands described in any Lease:
(a) the terms, conditions, restrictions, exceptions, reservations, limitations and other
matters contained in the agreements, instruments and documents that create or reserve to Grantor
its interests in any of the Leases, including any Prior Reversionary Interest;
(b) any (i) undetermined or inchoate liens or charges constituting or securing the payment of
expenses that were incurred incidental to maintenance, development, production or operation of the
Leases or for the purpose of developing, producing or processing Hydrocarbons therefrom or therein,
and (ii) materialmans, mechanics, repairmans, employees, contractors, operators or other
similar liens or charges for liquidated amounts, in each case, arising in the ordinary course of
business that Grantor has agreed to pay or is contesting in good faith in the ordinary course of
business;
(c) any liens for taxes and assessments not yet delinquent or, if delinquent, that are being
contested in good faith by Grantor in the ordinary course of business;
(d) any liens or security interests created by law or reserved in any Lease for the payment of
royalty, bonus or rental, or created to secure compliance with the terms of the agreements,
instruments and documents that create or reserve to Grantor its interests in the Leases;
(e) any obligations or duties affecting the Leases to any municipality or public authority
with respect to any franchise, grant, license or permit, and all applicable laws, rules,
regulations and orders of any governmental authority;
(f) any (i) easements, rights-of-way, servitudes, permits, surface leases and other rights in
respect of surface operations, pipelines, grazing, hunting, lodging, canals, ditches, reservoirs or
the like, and (ii) easements for streets, alleys, highways, pipelines, telephone lines, power
lines, railways and other similar rights-of-way, on, over or in respect of the lands described in
the Leases;
(g) all lessors royalties, overriding royalties, net profits interests, carried interests,
production payments, reversionary interests and other burdens on the Subject Interests or
deductions from the proceeds of production attributable to the Subject Interests created or in
existence as of the Effective Time;
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(h) preferential rights to purchase or similar agreements and required third party consents to
assignments or similar agreements;
(i) all rights to consent by, required notices to, filings with, or other actions by any
Person in connection with the Transfer of the Leases or interests therein;
(j) production sales contracts; division orders; contracts for sale, purchase, exchange,
refining or processing of Hydrocarbons; unitization and pooling designations, declarations, orders
and agreements; operating agreements; agreements for development; area of mutual interest
agreements; gas balancing or deferred production agreements; processing agreements; plant
agreements; pipeline, gathering and transportation agreements; injection, repressuring and
recycling agreements; salt water or other disposal agreements; seismic or geophysical permits or
agreements; and any and all other agreements entered into by Grantor or its Affiliates in
connection with the exploration or development of the Leases or the extraction, processing or
marketing of production therefrom or to which any of the Leases were subject when acquired by
Grantor or its Affiliates; and
(k) conventional rights of reassignment that obligate Grantor to reassign all or part of a
property to a third party if Grantor intends to release or abandon such property, including any
Prior Reversionary Interest.
Person shall mean any individual, partnership, limited liability company,
corporation, trust, unincorporated association, governmental agency, subdivision, instrumentality,
or other entity or association.
Prime Rate means the rate of interest published from time to time as the Prime
Rate in the Money Rates section of The Wall Street Journal.
Prior Reversionary Interest shall mean any contract, agreement, lease, deed,
conveyance or operating agreement that exists as of the Effective Time or that burdened the Subject
Interests at the time the Subject Interests were acquired by Grantor, that by the terms thereof
requires a Person to convey a part of the Subject Interests (or the Net Profits Interest with
respect to any part of the Subject Interests) to another Person or to permanently cease production
of any Subject Well, including obligations arising pursuant to any operating agreements, Leases,
and other similar agreements or instruments affecting or burdening the Subject Interests.
Proceeds Percentage shall mean eighty percent (80%).
Processing or Processed shall mean to manufacture, fractionate or refine
Subject Hydrocarbons, but such terms do not mean or include activities involving the use of normal
lease or well equipment (such as dehydrators, gas treating facilities, mechanical separators,
heater-treaters, lease compression facilities, injection or recycling equipment, tank batteries,
field gathering systems, pipelines and equipment and similar items) to treat or condition
Hydrocarbons or other normal operations on any of the Subject Interests.
Production Sales Contracts shall mean all contracts, agreements and arrangements for
the sale or disposition of Hydrocarbons.
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Release shall mean any depositing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, placing,
emitting, discarding, abandoning, emptying, discharging, migrating, injecting, escaping, leaching,
dumping or disposing into the environment.
Reversionary Compensation shall have the meaning given such term in Section 6.2.
Subject Hydrocarbons shall mean all Hydrocarbons in and under and that may be
produced, saved, and sold from, and are attributable to, the Subject Interests from and after the
Effective Time, after deducting the appropriate share of all royalties and any overriding
royalties, production payments, net profits interests and other similar charges (except the Net
Profits Interest) burdening the Subject Interests at the Effective Time, provided that, (a) there
shall not be included in the Subject Hydrocarbons (i) any Hydrocarbons attributable to non-consent
operations conducted with respect to the Subject Interests (or any portion thereof) as to which
Grantor shall be a non-consenting party as of the Effective Time that are dedicated to the
recoupment or reimbursement of costs and expenses of the consenting party or parties by the terms
of the relevant operating agreement, unit agreement, contract for development, or other instrument
providing for such non-consent operations (including any interest, penalty or other amounts related
thereto), or (ii) any Hydrocarbons lost in production or marketing or used by Grantor for drilling,
production or plant operations (including fuel, secondary or tertiary recovery) conducted solely
for the purpose of producing Subject Hydrocarbons from the Subject Interests, and (b) there shall
be included in the Subject Hydrocarbons any Hydrocarbons attributable to non-consent operations
conducted with respect to the Subject Interests (or any portion thereof) as to which Grantor shall
be a non-consenting party as of the Effective Time that are produced, saved, and sold from, and are
attributable to the Subject Interests after the Effective Time from and after the recoupment or
reimbursement of costs and expenses (including any interest, penalty or other amounts related
thereto) of the consenting party or parties by the terms of the relevant operating agreement, unit
agreement, contract agreement, contract development, or other instruments providing for such
non-consent operations.
Subject Interests shall mean each kind and character of right, title, claim, or
interest (solely for purposes of this definition, collectively rights) that Grantor has or owns
in the Leases and the Subject Wells, whether such rights be under or by virtue of a lease, a
unitization or pooling order or agreement, an operating agreement, a division order, or a transfer
order or be under or by virtue of any other type of claim or title, legal or equitable, recorded or
unrecorded, even though Grantors interest be incorrectly or incompletely described in, or a
description thereof omitted from, Exhibit A, all as such rights shall be (a) enlarged or
diminished by virtue of the provisions of Section 5.2, and (b) enlarged by the discharge of any
obligations for payments out of production or by the removal of any charges or encumbrances to
which any of such rights are subject at the Effective Time (provided that such discharge or removal
is pursuant to the express terms of the instrument that created such charge, obligation or
encumbrance) and any and all renewals, extensions and replacements of the right occurring within
one year after the expiration of such rights.
Subject Well shall mean each well (whether now existing or hereinafter drilled) on
the Leases in respect of which Grantor owns any interest or is entitled to any of the Hydrocarbons
production or the proceeds therefrom (including directly or indirectly by virtue of the effect of
any farmout or farmin provisions or other provisions).
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Transfer shall mean any assignment, sale, transfer, conveyance, exchange, or
disposition of any property (and shall include any derivative variants of each such term);
provided, however, that, as used herein, the term Transfer shall not include the granting of a
security interest, pledge, or mortgage in or of Grantors interest in any property, including the
Subject Interests or the Subject Hydrocarbons.
Trust shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Preamble to this Conveyance.
Trust Units shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Trust Agreement.
Trust Agreement shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of
Enduro Royalty Trust dated [_________ __], 2011 by and among Enduro Resource Partners LLC,
Wilmington Trust Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A.
Transaction Documents shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Trust Agreement.
Trustee shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Preamble to this Conveyance.
ARTICLE III
SPECIAL WARRANTY OF TITLE
SPECIAL WARRANTY OF TITLE
Grantor warrants title to the Net Profits Interest, subject to the Permitted Encumbrances,
unto Grantee, its successors and assigns, against all persons whomsoever claiming or to claim the
same, or any part thereof, by, through or under Grantor, but not otherwise. Grantor transfers to
Grantee by way of substitution and subrogation (to the fullest extent that same may be
transferred), all rights or actions over and against all of Grantors predecessors, covenantors or
warrantors of title (other than Affiliates of Grantor). Grantors special warranty of title set
forth in this Article III is understood to include, in regard to Subject Interests located in
Louisiana, an express exclusion of the warranty against eviction as provided in Article 2503 of the
Louisiana Civil Code, including any obligation on the part of Grantor for return of the price or
other consideration given.
ARTICLE IV
ESTABLISHMENT OF NET PROFITS ACCOUNT
ESTABLISHMENT OF NET PROFITS ACCOUNT
Section 4.1 Net Profits Account.
(a) In order to account for, track and make the payments associated with the Net Profits
Interest, Grantor shall establish and maintain true and correct books and records in order to
determine the credits and debits to a Net Profits Account to be maintained by Grantor at all times
during the term hereof. The Net Profits Account will be maintained in accordance with the terms of
this Conveyance and prudent and accepted accounting principles.
(b) From and after the Execution Date with respect to each Payment Period, (i) the Net Profits
Account shall be credited with an amount equal to the sum of the Gross Profits (subject to the
deduction described in Section 4.4(a)) received by Grantor from the sale of all Subject
Hydrocarbons during the applicable Payment Period (the Credits), and (ii) the Net Profits
Account shall be debited with an amount equal to the sum of the Net Deductions during
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the applicable Payment Period (subject to the following sentence) (the Debits). If,
in calculating the amount of Net Deductions for any Payment Period, the Offset Amounts exceed the
Gross Deductions, then the Net Deductions for that Payment Period shall be zero, and such excess,
plus interest on such excess amount at the Prime Rate for the period between the last day of the
preceding Payment Period and the date the excess amount has been used to reduce the Net Deductions
in succeeding Payment Periods, shall be applied to reduce the Net Deductions in each succeeding
Payment Period until exhausted. Under no circumstances shall the amount paid in respect of any
Payment Period exceed eighty percent (80)% of Gross Profits for such Payment Period.
(c) The Credits and Debits to the Net Profits Account shall not be interpreted or applied in
any manner that (i) results in any duplication of all or any part of any such Credit or Debit (or
reduction thereto) under this Conveyance, or (ii) ever results in the inclusion of any charge to
the Net Profits Account that is reimbursed to Grantor by any Person.
(d) GRANTEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE PROVISIONS ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING THE NET
PROFITS ACCOUNT AND THE DEBITING OF ITEMS THERETO SHALL BE APPLICABLE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE
LOSSES, COSTS, EXPENSES, LIABILITIES AND DAMAGES THAT MAY BE DEBITED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
CONVEYANCE AROSE SOLELY OR IN PART FROM THE ACTIVE, PASSIVE OR CONCURRENT NEGLIGENCE, STRICT
LIABILITY OR OTHER FAULT OF GRANTOR OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, OTHER THAN LOSSES, COSTS, EXPENSES,
LIABILITIES AND DAMAGES THAT AROSE FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF GRANTOR OR
ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, WHICH SHALL NOT BE DEBITED TO THE NET PROFITS ACCOUNT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE
FOREGOING, NOTHING IN THIS CONVEYANCE SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS A WAIVER OR RELEASE OF GRANTOR FROM ANY
CLAIM, ACTION OR LIABILITY ARISING UNDER SECTION 5.1(a).
Section 4.2 Accounting and Payment.
(a) Following the conclusion of each Payment Period, a calculation (the NPI
Calculation) shall be made by Grantor by deducting (i) (A) the total Debits for such Payment
Period and (B) the absolute value of the Debit Balance Amount, if any, carried forward in the Net
Profits Account at the beginning of such Payment Period from (ii) the total Credits for such
Payment Period. If the NPI Calculation results in a positive amount with respect to the Payment
Period (the Net Profits), then (i) that positive amount shall be subtracted from the
balance of the Net Profits Account to cause the Net Profits Account to have a zero balance
immediately following the end of such Payment Period, (ii) that positive amount shall be multiplied
by the Proceeds Percentage, and (iii) the resulting product thereof (the NPI Payout)
shall be payable to Grantee as specified in Section 4.3.
(b) If the NPI Calculation results in a negative amount with respect to a Payment Period, the
negative sum shall be deemed the Debit Balance for purposes hereof; and no payments
shall be made to Grantee in respect of the Net Profits Interest nor shall Grantee ever be liable to
make any payment to Grantor in respect of the Debit Balance. Any Debit Balance, plus interest on
such amount at the Prime Rate for the period between the last day of the Payment
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Period that resulted in such Debit Balance and the last day of the next Payment Period, (the
Debit Balance Amount) shall be carried forward in the Net Profits Account for the
following Payment Period.
(c) All amounts received by Grantor from the sale of the Subject Hydrocarbons for any Payment
Period shall be held by Grantor in one of its general bank accounts and Grantor shall not be
required to maintain a segregated account for such funds.
Section 4.3 Payment of NPI Payout. For each Payment Period, Grantor shall transfer or cause to
be transferred to Grantee an amount equal to the NPI Payout, if any, with respect to the Payment
Period on or before the last day of the month that follows such period. All funds payable to
Grantee on account of the Net Profits Interest shall be calculated and paid entirely and
exclusively out of the Net Profits.
Section 4.4 Overpayment; Past Due Payments.
(a) If Grantor ever pays Grantee more than the amount of money then due and payable to Grantee
under this Conveyance, Grantee shall not be obligated to return the overpayment, but Grantor may at
any time thereafter reduce the NPI Payout by, and retain for its own account, an amount equal to
the overpayment, plus interest at the Prime Rate on such amount for the period between the
fifteenth (15th) day from the date of the overpayment and the date such amount is recovered by
Grantor. In order to exercise its rights under this Section 4.4(a), Grantor must give Grantee
written notice with respect to any such overpayment, together with supporting information and data.
(b) Any amount not paid by Grantor to Grantee with respect to the Net Profits Interest when
due shall bear, and Grantor hereby agrees to pay, interest at the Prime Rate from the due date
until such amount has been paid. Grantor shall give Grantee written notice with respect to any
such past due payment, together with supporting information and data.
Section 4.5 Statements. For each Payment Period, Grantor shall deliver to Grantee a
statement (Monthly Statement) showing the NPI Calculation with respect to the Payment
Period on or before the last day of the month that follows such period. Additionally, the Monthly
Statement delivered in July shall also show the computation of the NPI Calculation for the
preceding calendar year. If Grantee takes exception to any item or items included in any Monthly
Statement, Grantee must notify Grantor in writing within one hundred and twenty (120) days after
the end of the calendar year with respect to which such Monthly Statement relates. Such notice
must set forth in reasonable detail the specific Debits or Credits to which exception is taken.
Adjustments shall be made for all exceptions that are agreed to by the Parties. If the Parties do
not reach an agreement as to any such exceptions, such disputed matters shall be subject to the
arbitration provisions set forth in Article XI of the Trust Agreement. All matters contained in
Monthly Statements that are not objected to by Grantee in the manner provided by this Section 4.5
shall be conclusively deemed correct.
Section 4.6 Information; Access. Grantor shall maintain true and correct books, records and
accounts of (a) all transactions required or permitted by this Conveyance (including all financial
information necessary to reflect such transactions), and (b) the financial information
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necessary to make the NPI Calculation with respect to any Payment Period. Grantee or its
representative, at the Trusts expense and upon reasonable prior written notice, may inspect and
copy such books, records, and accounts, and such other documents, contracts and information as may
be reasonably requested by the Trustee, in Grantors office during normal business hours. At
Grantees request, subject to applicable restrictions on disclosure and transfer of information,
Grantor shall give Grantee and its designated representatives (on behalf of the Trust) reasonable
access in Grantors office during normal business hours to (i) all production data in Grantors
possession or Grantors Affiliates possession, relating to operations on the Subject Interests,
and (ii) all reserve reports and reserve studies in the possession of Grantor or of Grantors
Affiliates, relating to the Subject Interests, whether prepared by Grantor, by Grantors
Affiliates, or by consulting engineers. GRANTOR MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE
ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY SUCH DATA, REPORTS, OR STUDIES REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION 4.6 AND
SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY TO GRANTEE, THE TRUST OR ANY OTHER PERSON RESULTING FROM SUCH DATA,
STUDIES, OR REPORTS OR THE USE THEREOF.
ARTICLE V
OPERATION OF THE SUBJECT INTERESTS
OPERATION OF THE SUBJECT INTERESTS
Section 5.1 Operations.
(a) To the extent that it has the right to do so under the terms of any lease, operating
agreement or similar instrument affecting or pertaining to the Subject Interests, Grantor shall
conduct and carry on, or use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the operator thereof to
conduct and carry on, the operation and maintenance of the Subject Interests in the same manner as
a reasonably prudent operator in the State in which the applicable portion of the Subject Interests
is located would under the same or similar circumstances acting with respect to its own properties
(without regard to the existence of the Net Profits Interest).
(b) As to any third Person, the acts of Grantor shall be binding on Grantee, and it shall not
be necessary for Grantee to join with the Grantor in the execution or ratification of any operating
agreement, unit operating agreement, contract for development, or similar instrument affecting or
pertaining to any of the Subject Interests.
(c) Grantee acknowledges that Grantor is not the only undivided interest owner in the
properties underlying the Subject Interests. As such, Grantee agrees that the acts or omissions of
Grantors co-owners shall not be deemed to constitute a violation of the provisions of Section
5.1(a), nor shall any action required by a vote of co-owners be deemed to constitute such a
violation so long as Grantor has voted its interest in a manner designed to comply with Section
5.1(a).
(d) WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, (i) THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT GRANTEE HAS NO RIGHT
OR POWER TO PROPOSE THE DRILLING OF A WELL OR ANY OTHER OPERATIONS, TO DETERMINE THE TIMING OR
SEQUENCE OF ANY OPERATIONS, TO COMMENCE OR SHUT DOWN PRODUCTION, TO TAKE OVER OPERATIONS, OR TO
SHARE IN ANY OPERATING DECISION WHATSOEVER OR IN ANY DECISION PERTAINING TO THE MARKETING
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AND SALE OF PRODUCTION WHATSOEVER AND, (ii) THE PARTIES HEREBY EXPRESSLY NEGATE ANY INTENT TO
CREATE (AND THIS CONVEYANCE SHALL NEVER BE CONSTRUED AS CREATING) A MINING OR OTHER PARTNERSHIP OR
JOINT VENTURE OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP SUBJECTING GRANTOR AND GRANTEE TO JOINT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER
DUTIES BETWEEN GRANTOR AND GRANTEE (EXCEPT THOSE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN).
Section 5.2 Pooling and Unitization
(a) Certain of the Subject Interests may have been heretofore pooled or unitized for the
production of Hydrocarbons. Such Subject Interests are and shall be subject to the terms and
provisions of such pooling or unitization agreements, and this Conveyance shall apply to and affect
only the production of Hydrocarbons from such units which accrues to such Subject Interests under
and by virtue of the applicable pooling and unitization agreements.
(b) Grantor shall have the right to pool or unitize all or any of the Subject Interests (and
the Net Profits Interest) and to alter, change, amend or terminate any pooling or unitization
agreements heretofore or hereafter entered into, as to all or any part of the lands covered by the
Leases, as to one or more of the formations or horizons thereunder, when, in the sole discretion of
Grantor, it is necessary or advisable to do so in order to facilitate the orderly development of
the Subject Interests or to comply with the requirements of any law or governmental order or
regulation relating to the spacing of wells or proration of the production therefrom. For purposes
of computing Net Profits, there shall be allocated to the Subject Interests included in such unit a
pro rata portion of the Hydrocarbons produced from the pooled unit on the same basis that
production from the pool or unit is allocated to other working interests in such pool or unit by
virtue of the applicable pooling or unitization agreement. The interest in any such unit allocable
to the Subject Interests included therein shall become a part of the Subject Interests and shall be
subject to the Net Profits Interest.
Section 5.3 Non-Consent. Grantor shall have the right to elect not to participate in any
operations that are to be conducted under the terms of any operating agreement, unit operating
agreement, contract for development, or similar instrument affecting or pertaining to any of the
Subject Interests. If Grantor elects to be a non-participating party under any such arrangement
with respect to any operation on any portion of the Subject Interests or elects to be an abandoning
party with respect to a Subject Well, the consequence of which election is that Grantors interest
in such Subject Well is temporarily (i.e., during a recoupment period) or permanently relinquished
to the parties participating in such operations, or electing not to abandon such Subject Well, then
the costs and proceeds attributable to such relinquished interest shall not, for the period of such
relinquishment (which may be a continuous and permanent period), be debited or credited to the Net
Profits Account and such relinquished interest shall not, for the period of such relinquishment, be
considered to be subject to the Net Profits Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Grantor shall
not elect, as to any portion of the Subject Interests, to be a non-participating party with respect
to any operation contemplated in this Section 5.3 in the event any Affiliate of Grantor will also
be a participating party in such operation.
Section 5.4 Marketing. Grantor shall have exclusive charge and control of the marketing of all
Subject Hydrocarbons. Grantor shall use reasonable efforts to market or cause
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to be marketed all commercial quantities of the Subject Hydrocarbons, and shall not be entitled to
deduct from the calculation of the Net Profits any fee for marketing the Subject Hydrocarbons
allocable to the Net Profits Interest other than fees for marketing paid to non-Affiliates.
Grantor shall not enter into any Hedges (other than the Existing Hedges) with respect to the
Subject Hydrocarbons from and after the Effective Time or modify or terminate the Existing Hedges.
Grantee shall have no right to take in kind any Subject Hydrocarbons.
Section 5.5 Leases. Grantor shall have the right to renew, extend, modify, amend or supplement
the Leases with respect to any of the lands covered thereby without the consent of Grantee. The
Net Profits Interest shall apply to all such renewals, extensions, modifications, amendments and
supplements of the Leases (as to all lands and depths described in the predecessor lease and in
which Grantor had an interest under the predecessor lease), and no renewal, extension,
modification, amendment, or supplement shall adversely affect any of Grantees rights hereunder.
Any fees payable with respect to such renewal, extension, modification, amendment or supplement
shall be considered Gross Deductions for purposes hereof. Grantor shall promptly furnish Grantee
with written notice of any renewal, extension, modification, amendment, or supplementation that
materially affects the Net Profits Interest identifying the location and the acreage covered
thereby.
Section 5.6 Abandonment. Grantor shall have the right to release, surrender or abandon its
interest in any portion of the Subject Interests that Grantor reasonably believes will no longer
produce (or be capable of producing) Subject Hydrocarbons in paying quantities. The effect of such
release, surrender or abandonment will be to release, surrender or abandon the Net Profits Interest
insofar as the Net Profits Interest covers the applicable portion of the Subject Interests so
released, surrendered or abandoned by Grantor. Following any such release, surrender or
abandonment (which would materially reduce the NPI Payout), Grantor will promptly notify Grantee in
writing of the portion of the Subject Interests that has been released, surrendered or abandoned,
and the date on which such release, surrender or abandonment has occurred. Further, Grantor shall
have the right to abandon any portion of the Subject Interests if (a) such abandonment is necessary
for health, safety or environmental reasons, or (b) the Subject Hydrocarbons that would have been
produced from the abandoned portion of the Subject Interests would reasonably be expected to be
produced from Subject Wells located on the remaining portion of the Subject Interests.
Section 5.7 Contracts with Affiliates. Grantor and its Affiliates may perform services and
furnish supplies or equipment with respect to the Subject Interests that are required to operate
the Subject Interests and treat the costs of such services or furnishing of such supplies or
equipment as Gross Deductions for purposes hereof. The terms of the provision of such services or
furnishing of supplies or equipment shall be substantially similar to those terms available from
non-Affiliates in the same area as the applicable portion of the Subject Interests that are engaged
in the business of rendering comparable services or furnishing comparable equipment and supplies,
taking into consideration all such terms, including the price, term, condition of supplies or
equipment, and availability of supplies or equipment.
Section 5.8 No Personal Liability. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED IN THIS CONVEYANCE, GRANTEE SHALL NEVER
BE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY PART OF THE LOSSES,
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COSTS, EXPENSES, LIABILITIES OR DAMAGES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXPLORING, DEVELOPING,
OPERATING AND MAINTAINING OF THE SUBJECT INTERESTS, AND, SUBJECT TO SECTION 4.1(d), ALL SUCH
LOSSES, COSTS, EXPENSES, LIABILITIES OR DAMAGES SHALL, TO THE EXTENT THE SAME RELATE TO ACTS,
OMISSIONS, EVENTS, CONDITIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES OCCURRING FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE TIME, BE
TREATED AS GROSS DEDUCTIONS FOR PURPOSES HEREOF.
Section 5.9 Real Property Interest. IT IS THE EXPRESS INTENT OF THE PARTIES THAT, AS TO
SUBJECT INTERESTS LOCATED IN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO, THE NET PROFITS INTEREST SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES
CONSTITUTE (AND THIS CONVEYANCE SHALL CONCLUSIVELY BE CONSTRUED FOR ALL PURPOSES AS CREATING) A
SINGLE AND SEPARATE NON-POSSESSORY, NON-OPERATING, ROYALTY INTEREST IN AND TO THE SUBJECT INTERESTS
AND A FULLY VESTED AND FULLY CONVEYED INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY RUNNING WITH THE SUBJECT INTERESTS.
Section 5.10 Incorporeal Immovable and Real Right. IT IS THE EXPRESS INTENT OF THE PARTIES
THAT, AS TO SUBJECT INTERESTS LOCATED IN LOUISIANA, THE NET PROFITS INTEREST SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES
CONSTITUTE (AND THIS CONVEYANCE SHALL CONCLUSIVELY BE CONSTRUED FOR ALL PURPOSES AS CREATING) A
SINGLE AND SEPARATE NON-POSSESSORY, NON-OPERATING, ROYALTY INTEREST IN AND TO THE SUBJECT INTERESTS
AND A FULLY VESTED AND FULLY CONVEYED INCORPOREAL IMMOVABLE AND A REAL RIGHT IN THE SUBJECT
INTERESTS.
ARTICLE VI
TRANSFERS AND CHARGES
TRANSFERS AND CHARGES
Section 6.1 Assignment by Grantor Subject to Net Profits Interest.
(a) Right to Sell.
(i) Grantor may from time to time Transfer its interest in the Subject Interests, or
any part thereof or undivided interest therein, subject to the Net Profits Interest and this
Conveyance. Grantor shall cause the assignee, purchaser, transferee or grantee of any such
transaction to take the affected Subject Interests subject to the Net Profits Interest and
this Conveyance and, from and after the actual date of any such Transfer, to assume
Grantors obligations under this Conveyance with respect to such Subject Interests.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Grantor may from time to time Transfer to
non-Affiliates of Grantor, free and clear of the Net Profits Interest and this Conveyance,
any of the Subject Interests that accounts for less than or equal to 0.25% of the total
production of Subject Hydrocarbons from the Subject Interests in the preceding twelve
(12) month period. The aggregate Fair Value of all portions of the Net Profits Interest
released in connection with such Transfers shall not exceed an aggregate Fair
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Value of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) during any consecutive twelve (12) month
period. In the event of any such Transfer, (A) the Gross Fair Value of the released portion
of the Net Profits Interest shall be considered an Offset Amount for purposes hereof during
the Payment Period in which the Transfer occurs, and (B) Grantee shall, upon receiving a
written request from Grantor, immediately prior to any such Transfer, execute, acknowledge,
and deliver to Grantor a recordable instrument (reasonably acceptable to Grantor) that
terminates and releases the Net Profits Interest with respect to the Subject Interests being
Transferred.
(b) Effect of Sale. From and after the actual date of any of the Transfers described
in Section 6.1(a) by Grantor, Grantor (and in the case of Section 6.1(a)(ii) only, any grantee,
purchaser, transferee or grantee of the Subject Interests) shall be relieved of all obligations,
requirements, and responsibilities arising under this Conveyance with respect to the Subject
Interests Transferred, except for those that accrued prior to such date.
(c) Allocation of Consideration. Grantee is not entitled to receive any share of the
sales proceeds received by Grantor in any transaction permitted by this Section 6.1.
(d) Separate Interest. Effective on the effective date of any Transfer of any Subject
Interest pursuant to this Section 6.1, Gross Profits, Excluded Proceeds, Net Deductions, Gross
Deductions, Offset Amounts and Net Profits shall thereafter be calculated and determined separately
(by the assignee, purchaser, transferee or grantee) with respect to such Subject Interests; and
Debits and Credits during each Payment Period in respect of the Subject Interests Transferred shall
reflect items received or incurred by the assignee, purchaser, transferee or grantee, and shall be
calculated in accordance with Article IV hereof.
Section 6.2 Release of Other Properties. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in
the event that any Person notifies Grantor that, pursuant to a Prior Reversionary Interest, Grantor
is required to convey all or any portion of the Subject Interests (or the Net Profits Interest
with respect to all or any portion of the Subject Interests) to such Person or cease production
from any Subject Well, Grantor shall have the right to provide such conveyance with respect to such
portion of the Subject Interests (or the Net Profits Interest with respect to such portion of the
Subject Interests) or permanently cease production from any such Subject Well. If in connection
with any such conveyance or permanent cessation of production pursuant to any Prior Reversionary
Interest, Grantor receives compensation attributable to all or any portion of the Net Profits
Interest (Reversionary Compensation), an amount equal to the Gross Reversionary
Compensation shall be considered an Offset Amount for purposes hereof during the Payment Period in
which Grantor receives the Reversionary Compensation. In connection with any such conveyance or
permanent cessation of production, Grantee shall, on request, immediately prior to such event,
execute, acknowledge, and deliver to Grantor a recordable instrument (reasonably acceptable to
Grantor) that terminates and releases the Net Profits Interest with respect to any such portion of
the Subject Interests or Subject Well, as applicable, to Grantor. From and after the actual date
of any such conveyance or permanent cessation of production, Grantor and any grantee, purchaser,
transferee or grantee of such Subject Interest (or the Net Profits Interest with respect to such
Subject Interest) shall be relieved of all obligations, requirements, and responsibilities arising
under the Net Profits Interest or this Conveyance with respect to such portion of the Subject
Interests, except for those that accrued prior to such date.
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Section 6.3 Mortgages and Security Interests. Nothing herein shall prevent Grantor from
granting a lien, mortgage, security interest or other charge in Grantors interest in any property,
including the Subject Interests and the Subject Hydrocarbons. Grantor agrees that it shall cause
each agreement, indenture, bond, deed of trust, filing, application or other instrument that
creates or purports to create a lien, mortgage, security interest or other charge secured by the
Subject Interests, the Subject Hydrocarbons or the proceeds from the sale of the Subject
Hydrocarbons to include an express agreement and acknowledgement by the parties thereto that the
Net Profits Interest is senior in right of payment and collection to any and all obligations
created thereby in respect of the Subject Interests, the Subject Hydrocarbons or the proceeds from
the sale of the Subject Hydrocarbons. The preceding sentence shall not apply to any agreement,
indenture, bond, deed of trust, filing, application or other instrument that creates a lien,
mortgage, security interest or other charge secured by not more than Grantors residual interest in
the Subject Interests, the Subject Hydrocarbons or the proceeds from the sale of the Subject
Hydrocarbons.
Section 6.4 Rights of Mortgagee, Pledgee or Trustee. If Grantee shall at any time execute a
mortgage, pledge or deed of trust covering all or part of the Net Profits Interest, the
mortgagee(s), pledge(s) or trustee(s) therein named or the holder of any obligation secured thereby
shall be entitled, to the extent such mortgage, pledge or deed of trust so provides, to exercise
all the rights, remedies, powers, and privileges conferred upon Grantee by the terms of this
Conveyance and to give or withhold all consents required to be obtained hereunder by Grantee, but
the provisions of this Section 6.4 shall in no way be deemed or construed to impose upon Grantor
any obligation or liability undertaken by Grantee under such mortgage, pledge or deed of trust or
under any obligation secured thereby.
Section 6.5 Assignment or Mortgage by Grantee. Grantee shall provide Grantor with written
notice of any Transfer, mortgage or pledge of all or any portion of the Net Profits Interest. No
such Transfer, mortgage or pledge will affect the method of computing Gross Profits, Excluded
Proceeds, Net Deductions, Gross Deductions, Offset Amounts or Net Profits, or impose any additional
obligation or liability on Grantor. Grantor shall never be obligated to pay the NPI Payout (or
portions thereof) to more than one Person. If more than one Person is ever entitled to receive
payment of any part of the NPI Payout, Grantor may suspend payments of the NPI Payout until the
concurrent owners or claimants of the Net Profits Interest or the right to receive payment of the
NPI Payout appoint one Person in writing to receive all payments of the Net Profits on their
behalf. Grantor may thereafter conclusively rely upon the authority of that Person to receive
payments of the NPI Payout and shall be under no further duty to inquire into the authority or
performance of such Person
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1 Notices. All notices and other communications which are required or may be given
pursuant to this Conveyance must be given in writing, in English and delivered personally, by
courier, by telecopy or by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, as follows:
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If to Grantor:
[Name]
777 Main Street, Suite 800
Forth Worth, Texas 76102
Attention: Jon S. Brumley
Facsimile No.: [________________]
777 Main Street, Suite 800
Forth Worth, Texas 76102
Attention: Jon S. Brumley
Facsimile No.: [________________]
If to Grantee:
Enduro Royalty Trust
c/o The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
Institutional Trust Services
919 Congress Avenue, Suite 500
Austin, Texas 78701
Attention: Michael J. Ulrich
Facsimile No.: (512) 479-2253
c/o The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
Institutional Trust Services
919 Congress Avenue, Suite 500
Austin, Texas 78701
Attention: Michael J. Ulrich
Facsimile No.: (512) 479-2253
Either Party may change its address for notice by notice to the other Party in the manner set forth
above. All notices shall be deemed to have been duly given at the time of receipt by the Party to
which such notice is addressed.
Section 7.2 Ownership of Certain Property. The Net Profits Interest does not include any
right, title, or interest in and to any personal property, fixtures, or equipment and is
exclusively an interest in and to the Subject Interests and the Subject Hydrocarbons.
Section 7.3 Non-Recourse. Grantee shall look solely to the Net Profits for the
satisfaction and discharge of the Net Profits Interest and, except in the event of Grantors
failure to pay as required by Section 4.3, Grantor shall not be liable for such satisfaction or
discharge. Grantor shall not have any liability (and Grantee shall have no recourse or remedy
against Grantor) in the event that the Subject Interests terminate without having generated the
Subject Hydrocarbons, Net Profits or NPI Payouts that are expected to be generated during the term
of the Net Profits Interest.
Section 7.4 Payments. Grantor shall transfer or cause to be transferred all monies to
which Grantee is entitled hereunder by Federal funds wire transfer not later than the date when
due, to Grantee at the bank account specified by Grantee in writing to Grantor.
Section 7.5 Amendments. This Conveyance may not be amended, altered or modified except
pursuant to a written instrument executed by the Parties.
Section 7.6 Further Assurances. The Parties shall from time to time do and perform such
further acts and execute and deliver such further instruments, conveyances, and documents as may be
required or reasonably requested by the other Party to establish, maintain, or protect the
respective rights and remedies of the Parties and to carry out and effectuate the intentions and
purposes of this Conveyance.
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Section 7.7 Waivers. Any failure by either Party to comply with any of its obligations,
agreements or conditions herein contained may be waived by the Party to whom such compliance is
owed by an instrument signed by such Party and expressly identified as a waiver, but not in any
other manner. No waiver of, or consent to a change in, any of the provisions of this Conveyance
shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of, or consent to a change in, other provisions hereof
(whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise
expressly provided.
Section 7.8 Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this
Conveyance in any situation or jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the
other terms or provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or
provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction and the remaining terms and
provisions shall remain in full force and effect, unless doing so would result in an interpretation
of this Conveyance which is manifestly unjust.
Section 7.9 No Partition. The Parties acknowledge that Grantee has no right or interest that
would permit Grantee to partition any portion of the Subject Interests, and Grantee hereby waives
any such right.
Section 7.10 Governing Law; Dispute Resolution. EXCEPT WHERE PROHIBITED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE RELEVANT SUBJECT INTERESTS
ARE LOCATED, THIS CONVEYANCE AND THE LEGAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO CONFLICTS OF LAW
RULES OR PRINCIPLES THAT MAY REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ALL
DISPUTES ARISING UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CONVEYANCE SHALL BE HANDLED AND RESOLVED PURSUANT
TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARBITRATION PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE XI OF THE TRUST
AGREEMENT.
Section 7.11 Rule Against Perpetuities. It is not the intent of the Parties that any
provision herein violate any applicable law regarding the rule against perpetuities or other rules
regarding the vesting or duration of estates, and this Conveyance shall be construed as not
violating any such rule to the extent the same can be so construed consistent with the expressed
intent of the Parties as set forth herein. In the event, however, that any provision hereof is
determined to violate any such rule, then such provision shall nevertheless be effective for the
maximum period (but not longer than the maximum period) permitted by such rule that will result in
no violation. To extent that the maximum period is permitted to be determined by reference to
lives in being, the Parties agree that lives in being shall refer to the lifetime of the last
survivor of the descendents of the late Joseph P. Kennedy (the father of the late John F. Kennedy,
the 35th President of the United States of America) living as of the Effective Time.
Section 7.12 Tax Matters. Without limiting the disclaimer in Section 5.1(d)(ii), nothing
herein contained shall be construed to constitute a partnership or to cause either Party (under
state law or for tax purposes) to be treated as being the agent of, or in partnership with, the
other party. Grantor may cause to be withheld from any payment hereunder any tax withholding
required by law or regulations, including, in the case of any withholding obligation arising
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income that does not give rise to any cash or property from which any applicable withholding tax
could be satisfied, by way of set off against any subsequent payment of cash or property hereunder.
Section 7.13 Counterparts. This Conveyance may be executed in counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one
instrument. No Party shall be bound until such time as all of the Parties have executed
counterparts of this Conveyance. To facilitate recordation, there may be omitted from the Exhibits
to this Conveyance in certain counterparts descriptions of property located in recording
jurisdictions other than the jurisdiction in which the particular counterpart is to be filed or
recorded.
Section 7.14 Conspicuous. GRANTOR AND GRANTEE AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE
LAW TO BE EFFECTIVE OR ENFORCEABLE, THE PROVISIONS IN THIS CONVEYANCE IN ALL CAPS FONT ARE
CONSPICUOUS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW.
Section 7.15 Binding Effect. All the covenants, restrictions and agreements of Grantor herein
contained shall be deemed to be covenants running with the Subject Interests and the lands affected
thereby. All of the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of Grantee and its successors and
assigns and shall be binding upon Grantor and its successors and assigns and all other owners of
the Subject Interests or any part thereof or any interest therein.
Section 7.16 Limitation on Damages. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, NONE OF
GRANTOR, GRANTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL,
INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CONVEYANCE, AND EACH PARTY, FOR
ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF ITS AFFILIATES, HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO CONSEQUENTIAL,
SPECIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CONVEYANCE AND THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 7.17 Term. The Net Profits Interest shall remain in full force and effect as long as
any portion of the Subject Interests is in full force and effect. At any time after the
termination of the Net Profits Interest, Grantee shall, upon the request of Grantor, execute and
deliver such instruments as may be necessary to evidence the termination of the Net Profits
Interest.
Section 7.18 Trust Agreement. This Conveyance is delivered pursuant to, and hereby made
subject to, the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement. In the event that any provision of
this Conveyance is construed to conflict with any provision of the Trust Agreement, the provisions
of this Conveyance shall be deemed controlling to the extent of such conflict.
Section 7.19 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Conveyance shall entitle any Person
other than the Parties to any claims, cause of action, remedy or right of any kind.
Section 7.20 Construction. The Parties acknowledge that (a) Grantor and Grantee have had the
opportunity to exercise business discretion in relation to the negotiation of the details of
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the transaction contemplated hereby, (b) this Conveyance is the result of arms-length negotiations
from equal bargaining positions, and (c) Grantor and Grantee and their respective counsel
participated in the preparation and negotiation of this Conveyance. Any rule of construction that
a document be construed against the drafter shall not apply to the interpretation or construction
of this Conveyance.
Section 7.21 Merger Clause. This Conveyance and the Transaction Documents constitute the
entire agreement between the Parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all
prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the
Parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof.
Section 7.22 Reliance by Third Parties. No third party (including operators, production
purchasers and disbursing parties) is responsible for calculating or separately reporting and
paying to Grantee any sums that are potentially attributable to the Net Profits Interest; and such
third parties may include the interest of Grantee within the interest credited to Grantor for all
purposes. Grantor shall attend to the actual distribution of the NPI Payout to Grantee as
provided in this Conveyance. To the extent that any provision of a state oil and gas proceeds
payment statute requires an operator, production purchaser or disbursing party to account for and
separately pay proceeds of production attributable to the Net Profits Interest, Grantor and Grantee
specifically (a) authorize such third parties to include the Net Profits Interest within the
interest credited to Grantor, and (b) waive the application of such statute, to the extent
possible, and such payment shall be made to Grantor directly. No third party shall be under any
obligation to inquire as to, or to see to, the application by Grantor of the proceeds received by
it from any sale of production attributable to the Net Profits Interest.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Conveyance has been signed by each of the Parties on the Execution
Date and duly acknowledged before the undersigned competent witnesses and Notary Public.
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[Signature Page Conveyance]
STATE OF ___________
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COUNTY OF ___________
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BE IT KNOWN, that on this ___ day of ______, 2011, before me, the undersigned authority,
personally came and appeared ___________________ appearing herein in ___ capacity as
___________________ of ____________________________, to me personally known to be the identical
person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument as the said officer of said company,
and declared and acknowledged to me, Notary, that ___________________ executed the same on behalf
of said company with full authority of its ___________________, and that the said instrument is the
free act and deed of the said company and was executed for the uses, purposes and benefits therein
expressed.
Printed Name:
Notary Public for the State of ___________
County of ___________
County of ___________
My commission expires:
STATE OF ___________
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COUNTY OF ___________
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BE IT KNOWN, that on this ___ day of ______, 2011, before me, the undersigned authority,
personally came and appeared ___________________ appearing herein in ___ capacity as
___________________ of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., to me personally known to
be the identical person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument as the said officer of
said national banking association, and declared and acknowledged to me, Notary, that
___________________ executed the same on behalf of said national banking association with full
authority of its ___________________, and that the said instrument is the free act and deed of the
said national banking association and was executed for the uses, purposes and benefits therein
expressed.
Printed Name:
Notary Public for the State of ___________
County of ___________
County of ___________
My commission expires:
[Acknowledgement Page Conveyance]
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EXHIBIT A
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT
CERTAIN CONVEYANCE OF NET PROFITS INTEREST
DATED AS OF [_________ __], 2011
CERTAIN CONVEYANCE OF NET PROFITS INTEREST
DATED AS OF [_________ __], 2011
LEASES
[To be provided]
Exhibit A
EXHIBIT B
ATTACHED TO AND MADE A PART OF THAT
CERTAIN CONVEYANCE OF NET PROFITS INTEREST
DATED AS OF [_________ __], 2011
CERTAIN CONVEYANCE OF NET PROFITS INTEREST
DATED AS OF [_________ __], 2011
WELLS
Operator | Operator AFE # | Enduro AFE # | API | Enduro Well ID | Field | County/Parish | State | |||||||
QEP | 9*35868 | N11LA-0001 | 1701524682 | 70038.012.00 | ELM GROVE | BOSSIER | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*20574 | N10LA-0077 | 1703125129 | 70178.001.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*22699 | N10LA-0088 | 1703125507 | 70087.014.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*22697 | N10LA-0087 | 1703125249 | 70087.013.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*22777 | N11LA-0010 | 1703125508 | 70087.017.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*22781 | N11LA-0009 | 1703125604 | 70087.016.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*22718 | N11LA-0008 | 1703125527 | 70087.018.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*22911 | N11LA-0015 | 1703125588 | 70079.017.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*22721 | N11LA-0007 | 1703125525 | 70079.015.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*22672 | N11LA-0011 | 1703125597 | 70079.014.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*22906 | N11LA-0016 | 1703125644 | 70079.018.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*22857 | N11LA-0017 | 1703125556 | 70079.020.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*22912 | N11LA-0018 | 1703125526 | 70079.019.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*21163 | N11LA-0032 | 1703125645 | 70079.021.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*23388 | N11LA-0036 | 1703125672 | 70168.003.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*23306 | N11LA-0029 | 1703125652 | 70082.006.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*23549 | N11LA-0034 | 1703125677 | 70082.009.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*23387 | N11LA-0035 | 1703125679 | 70082.010.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 810*23677 | N11LA-0049 | 1703125653 | 70082.007.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
XCO | 310-23673 | N11LA-0051 | 1703125673 | 70168.002.00 | KINGSTON | DESOTO | LA | |||||||
OXY | N/A | N11NM-0052 | 3001538254 | 84064.020.00 | LOST TANK | EDDY | NM |
Exhibit B
EXHIBIT C
EXISTING HEDGES
EXISTING HEDGES
Exhibit C