Forbearances. During the period from February 15, 2021 to the Effective Time or earlier termination of this Agreement, except as expressly contemplated or expressly permitted by this Agreement (including as set forth in the Viking Disclosure Schedule or the Camber Disclosure Schedule) neither Viking nor Camber shall, and neither Viking nor Camber shall permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of the other party to this Agreement (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed): (a) incur, assume, guarantee or become liable for any indebtedness for borrowed money, other than (i) intercompany indebtedness, (ii) borrowings in the ordinary course under any revolving credit facility, settlement facility, commercial paper program, corporate credit facility or other line of credit, in each case existing on February 15, 2021 up to the amount committed thereunder on February 15, 2021 (or any amendment or replacement thereof, in each case, so long as the amount of borrowings under such amended or replaced facility or program is not greater than the committed amount of such facility or program on February 15, 2021 and the amendment or replacement contains customary commercial terms consistent in all material respects with the existing facility, and that such facility or program does not delay or impair the ability of the applicable party from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and is prepayable without additional interest or penalty), (iii) guarantees by Viking or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Viking Subsidiary of indebtedness of Viking or any other direct or indirect wholly-owned Viking Subsidiary, (iv) guarantees by Camber or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Camber Subsidiary of indebtedness of Camber or any other direct or indirect wholly-owned Camber Subsidiary, (v) any indebtedness incurred to refinance, roll-over, replace or renew any indebtedness existing on February 15, 2021, so long as, in each case, (1) the principal amount of such refinancing, roll-over, replacement or renewed indebtedness is not greater than the principal amount of the indebtedness being refinanced, rolled-over, replaced or renewed (plus accrued interest, and a reasonable amount of premium, fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing) and (2) such indebtedness is on customary commercial terms consistent in all material respects with the indebtedness being refinanced, rolled-over, replaced or renewed, including that such facility or program does not delay or impair the ability of the applicable party from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and is prepayable without additional interest or penalty, (vi) indebtedness incurred in respect of letters of credit, performance bonds, surety bonds, appeal bonds or other similar arrangements in the ordinary course, (vii) capital lease, purchase money or equipment financing arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (viii) indebtedness arising from customary cash management and treasury services and the honoring of checks, drafts or similar instruments against insufficient funds or from the endorsement of instruments for collection, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, (ix) interest, exchange rate and commodity swaps, options, futures, forward contracts and similar derivatives or other hedging contracts (1) not entered for speculative purposes and (2) entered into in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and in compliance with its risk management and hedging policies or practices in effect on February 15, 2021 and (x) other indebtedness incurred by mutual agreement of Viking and Camber in accordance with Section 6.17; February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger (b) (i) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock; (ii) make, declare, pay or set a record date for any dividend, or any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting securities or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting securities, including any Viking Securities or Viking Subsidiary Securities, in the case of Viking, or Camber Securities or Camber Subsidiary Securities, in the case of Camber, except, in each case, (A) subject to Section 6.10, quarterly cash dividends by Viking or Camber, (B) dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of each of Viking and Camber to Viking or Camber or any of their wholly-owned Subsidiaries, respectively, or dividends paid by any of their respective non-wholly owned Subsidiary joint ventures in the ordinary course of business as required by any joint venture agreements in effect as of February 15, 2021 and disclosed, in the case of joint ventures, in Section 5.2(b)(ii)(B) of the Viking Disclosure Schedule or the Camber Disclosure Schedule, as applicable, or (C) the acceptance of shares of Viking Common Stock, Viking Preferred Stock or Camber Common Stock, as the case may be, as payment for the exercise price of stock options or for withholding Taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of stock options or the vesting or settlement of equity compensation awards, or the payment of dividend equivalents thereon, in each case, in accordance with past practice and the terms of the applicable award agreements;
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Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Camber Energy, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Viking Energy Group, Inc.)
Forbearances. During the period from February 15, 2021 the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time or earlier termination of this Agreement, except as expressly contemplated or expressly permitted by this Agreement (including as set forth in the Viking Disclosure Schedule or the Camber Disclosure Schedule) neither Viking nor Camber shall, and neither Viking nor Camber shall permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of the other party to this Agreement (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):delayed):2
(a) incur, assume, guarantee or become liable for any indebtedness for borrowed money, other than (i) intercompany indebtedness, (ii) borrowings in the ordinary course under any 2 To discuss. revolving credit facility, settlement facility, commercial paper program, corporate credit facility or other line of credit, in each case existing on February 15, 2021 the date of this Agreement up to the amount committed thereunder on February 15, 2021 the date of this Agreement (or any amendment or replacement thereof, in each case, so long as the amount of borrowings under such amended or replaced facility or program is not greater than the committed amount of such facility or program on February 15, 2021 the date of this Agreement and the amendment or replacement contains customary commercial terms consistent in all material respects with the existing facility, and that such facility or program does not delay or impair the ability of the applicable party from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and is prepayable without additional interest or penalty), (iii) guarantees by Viking or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Viking Subsidiary of indebtedness of Viking or any other direct or indirect wholly-owned Viking Subsidiary, (iv) guarantees by Camber or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Camber Subsidiary of indebtedness of Camber or any other direct or indirect wholly-owned Camber Subsidiary, (v) any indebtedness incurred to refinance, roll-over, replace or renew any indebtedness existing on February 15, 2021the date of this Agreement, so long as, in each case, (1) the principal amount of such refinancing, roll-over, replacement or renewed indebtedness is not greater than the principal amount of the indebtedness being refinanced, rolled-over, replaced or renewed (plus accrued interest, and a reasonable amount of premium, fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing) and (2) such indebtedness is on customary commercial terms consistent in all material respects with the indebtedness being refinanced, rolled-over, replaced or renewed, including that such facility or program does not delay or impair the ability of the applicable party from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and is prepayable without additional interest or penalty, (vi) indebtedness incurred in respect of letters of credit, performance bonds, surety bonds, appeal bonds or other similar arrangements in the ordinary course, (vii) capital lease, purchase money or equipment financing arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (viii) indebtedness arising from customary cash management and treasury services and the honoring of checks, drafts or similar instruments against insufficient funds or from the endorsement of instruments for collection, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, (ix) interest, exchange rate and commodity swaps, options, futures, forward contracts and similar derivatives or other hedging contracts (1) not entered for speculative purposes and (2) entered into in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and in compliance with its risk management and hedging policies or practices in effect on February 15, 2021 the date of this Agreement and (x) other indebtedness incurred by mutual agreement of Viking and Camber in accordance with Section 6.17; February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger;
(b) (i) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock;
(ii) make, declare, pay or set a record date for any dividend, or any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting securities or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting securities, including any Viking Securities or Viking Subsidiary Securities, in the case of Viking, or Camber Securities or Camber Subsidiary Securities, in the case of Camber, except, in each case, (A) subject to Section 6.10, quarterly cash dividends by Viking or Camber, (B) dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of each of Viking and Camber to Viking or Camber or any of their wholly-owned Subsidiaries, respectively, or dividends paid by any of their respective non-wholly owned Subsidiary joint ventures in the ordinary course of business as required by any joint venture agreements in effect as of February 15, 2021 and disclosed, in the case of joint ventures, in Section 5.2(b)(ii)(B) of the Viking Disclosure Schedule or the Camber Disclosure Schedule, as applicable, or (C) the acceptance of shares of Viking Common Stock, Viking Preferred Stock or Camber Common Stock, as the case may be, as payment for the exercise price of stock options or for withholding Taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of stock options or the vesting or settlement of equity compensation awards, or the payment of dividend equivalents thereon, in each case, in accordance with past practice and the terms of the applicable award agreements;
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Camber Energy, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Camber Energy, Inc.)
Forbearances. During the period from February 153, 2021 2020 to the Effective Time or earlier termination of this Agreement, except as expressly contemplated or expressly permitted by this Agreement (including as set forth in the Viking Disclosure Schedule or the Camber Disclosure Schedule) neither Viking nor Camber shall, and neither Viking nor Camber shall permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of the other party to this Agreement (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):
(a) incur, assume, guarantee or become liable for any indebtedness for borrowed money, other than (i) intercompany indebtedness, (ii) borrowings in the ordinary course under any revolving credit facility, settlement facility, commercial paper program, corporate credit facility or other line of credit, in each case existing on February 153, 2021 2020 up to the amount committed thereunder on February 153, 2021 2020 (or any amendment or replacement thereof, in each case, so long as the amount of borrowings under such amended or replaced facility or program is not greater than the committed amount of such facility or program on February 153, 2021 2020 and the amendment or replacement contains customary commercial terms consistent in all material respects with the existing facility, and that such facility or program does not delay or impair the ability of the applicable party from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and is prepayable without additional interest or penalty), (iii) guarantees by Viking or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Viking Subsidiary of indebtedness of Viking or any other direct or indirect wholly-owned Viking Subsidiary, (iv) guarantees by Camber or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Camber Subsidiary of indebtedness of Camber or any other direct or indirect wholly-owned Camber Subsidiary, (v) any indebtedness incurred to refinance, roll-over, replace or renew any indebtedness existing on February 153, 20212020, so long as, in each case, (1) the principal amount of such refinancing, roll-over, replacement or renewed indebtedness is not greater than the principal amount of the indebtedness being refinanced, rolled-over, replaced or renewed (plus accrued interest, and a reasonable amount of premium, fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing) and (2) such indebtedness is on customary commercial terms consistent in all material respects with the indebtedness being refinanced, rolled-over, replaced or renewed, including that such facility or program does not delay or impair the ability of the applicable party from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and is prepayable without additional interest or penalty, (vi) indebtedness incurred in respect of letters of credit, performance bonds, surety bonds, appeal bonds or other similar arrangements in the ordinary course, (vii) capital lease, purchase money or equipment financing arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (viii) indebtedness arising from customary cash management and treasury services and the honoring of checks, drafts or similar instruments against insufficient funds or from the endorsement of instruments for collection, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, (ix) interest, exchange rate and commodity swaps, options, futures, forward contracts and similar derivatives or other hedging contracts (1) not entered for speculative purposes and (2) entered into in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and in compliance with its risk management and hedging policies or practices in effect on February 153, 2021 2020 and (x) other indebtedness incurred by mutual agreement of Viking and Camber in accordance with Section 6.17; February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger;
(b) (i) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock;
(ii) make, declare, pay or set a record date for any dividend, or any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting securities or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting securities, including any Viking Securities or Viking Subsidiary Securities, in the case of Viking, or Camber Securities or Camber Subsidiary Securities, in the case of Camber, except, in each case, (A) subject to Section 6.10, quarterly cash dividends by Viking or Camber, (B) dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of each of Viking and Camber to Viking or Camber or any of their wholly-owned Subsidiaries, respectively, or dividends paid by any of their respective non-wholly owned Subsidiary joint ventures in the ordinary course of business as required by any joint venture agreements in effect as of February 153, 2021 2020 and disclosed, in the case of joint ventures, in Section 5.2(b)(ii)(B) of the Viking Disclosure Schedule or the Camber Disclosure Schedule, as applicable, or (C) the acceptance of shares of Viking Common Stock, Viking Preferred Stock or Camber Common Stock, as the case may be, as payment for the exercise price of stock options or for withholding Taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of stock options or the vesting or settlement of equity compensation awards, or the payment of dividend equivalents thereon, in each case, in accordance with past practice and the terms of the applicable award agreements;
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Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Viking Energy Group, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Camber Energy, Inc.)
Forbearances. During Except with respect to those pending transactions previously announced in the Camber SEC Reports, during the period from February 15, 2021 the date hereof to the Effective Time or earlier termination of this Agreement, except as expressly contemplated or expressly permitted by this Agreement (including as set forth in the Viking Disclosure Schedule or the Camber Disclosure Schedule) neither Viking nor Camber shall, and neither Viking nor Camber shall permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of the other party to this Agreement (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):): February 2021 - April 2023 β First Amendment to
(a) incur, assume, guarantee or become liable for any indebtedness for borrowed money, other than (i) intercompany indebtedness, (ii) borrowings in the ordinary course under any revolving credit facility, settlement facility, commercial paper program, corporate credit facility or other line of credit, in each case existing on February 15, 2021 the date hereof up to the amount committed thereunder on February 15, 2021 the date hereof (or any amendment or replacement thereof, in each case, so long as the amount of borrowings under such amended or replaced facility or program is not greater than the committed amount of such facility or program on February 15, 2021 the date hereof and the amendment or replacement contains customary commercial terms consistent in all material respects with the existing facility, and that such facility or program does not delay or impair the ability of the applicable party from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and is prepayable without additional interest or penalty), (iii) guarantees by Viking or any direct or indirect wholly-wholly- owned Viking Subsidiary of indebtedness of Viking or any other direct or indirect wholly-wholly- owned Viking Subsidiary, (iv) guarantees by Camber or any direct or indirect wholly-wholly- owned Camber Subsidiary of indebtedness of Camber or any other direct or indirect wholly-wholly- owned Camber Subsidiary, (v) any indebtedness incurred to refinance, roll-over, replace or renew any indebtedness existing on February 15, 20212021 the date hereof, so long as, in each case, (1) the principal amount of such refinancing, roll-over, replacement or renewed indebtedness is not greater than the principal amount of the indebtedness being refinanced, rolled-over, replaced or renewed (plus accrued interest, and a reasonable amount of premium, fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing) and (2) such indebtedness is on customary commercial terms consistent in all material respects with the indebtedness being refinanced, rolled-over, replaced or renewed, including that such facility or program does not delay or impair the ability of the applicable party from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and is prepayable without additional interest or penalty, (vi) indebtedness incurred in respect of letters of credit, performance bonds, surety bonds, appeal bonds or other similar arrangements in the ordinary course, (vii) capital lease, purchase money or equipment financing arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (viii) indebtedness arising from customary cash management and treasury services and the honoring of checks, drafts or similar instruments against insufficient funds or from the endorsement of instruments for collection, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, (ix) interest, exchange rate and commodity swaps, options, futures, forward contracts and similar derivatives or other hedging contracts (1) not entered for speculative purposes and (2) entered into in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and in compliance with its risk management and hedging policies or practices in effect on February 15, 2021 and (x) other indebtedness incurred by mutual agreement of Viking and Camber in accordance with Section 6.17; February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger
(b) (i) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock;
(ii) make, declare, pay or set a record the date for any dividend, or any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting securities or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting securities, including any Viking Securities or Viking Subsidiary Securities, in the case of Viking, or Camber Securities or Camber Subsidiary Securities, in the case of Camber, except, in each case, (A) subject to Section 6.10, quarterly cash dividends by Viking or Camber, (B) dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of each of Viking and Camber to Viking or Camber or any of their wholly-owned Subsidiaries, respectively, or dividends paid by any of their respective non-wholly owned Subsidiary joint ventures in the ordinary course of business as required by any joint venture agreements in effect as of February 15, 2021 and disclosed, in the case of joint ventures, in Section 5.2(b)(ii)(B) of the Viking Disclosure Schedule or the Camber Disclosure Schedule, as applicable, or (C) the acceptance of shares of Viking Common Stock, Viking Preferred Stock or Camber Common Stock, as the case may be, as payment for the exercise price of stock options or for withholding Taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of stock options or the vesting or settlement of equity compensation awards, or the payment of dividend equivalents thereon, in each case, in accordance with past practice and the terms of the applicable award agreements;hereof and
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Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Viking Energy Group, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Camber Energy, Inc.)
Forbearances. During the period from February 15, 2021 the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time or earlier termination of this Agreement, except as expressly contemplated or expressly permitted by this Agreement (including as set forth in the Viking Disclosure Schedule or the Camber Disclosure Schedule) neither Viking nor Camber shall, and neither Viking nor Camber shall permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of the other party to this Agreement (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):delayed):2 ____________________ 2To discuss.
(a) incur, assume, guarantee or become liable for any indebtedness for borrowed money, other than (i) intercompany indebtedness, (ii) borrowings in the ordinary course under any revolving credit facility, settlement facility, commercial paper program, corporate credit facility or other line of credit, in each case existing on February 15, 2021 the date of this Agreement up to the amount committed thereunder on February 15, 2021 the date of this Agreement (or any amendment or replacement thereof, in each case, so long as the amount of borrowings under such amended or replaced facility or program is not greater than the committed amount of such facility or program on February 15, 2021 the date of this Agreement and the amendment or replacement contains customary commercial terms consistent in all material respects with the existing facility, and that such facility or program does not delay or impair the ability of the applicable party from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and is prepayable without additional interest or penalty), (iii) guarantees by Viking or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Viking Subsidiary of indebtedness of Viking or any other direct or indirect wholly-owned Viking Subsidiary, (iv) guarantees by Camber or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Camber Subsidiary of indebtedness of Camber or any other direct or indirect wholly-owned Camber Subsidiary, (v) any indebtedness incurred to refinance, roll-over, replace or renew any indebtedness existing on February 15, 2021the date of this Agreement, so long as, in each case, (1) the principal amount of such refinancing, roll-over, replacement or renewed indebtedness is not greater than the principal amount of the indebtedness being refinanced, rolled-over, replaced or renewed (plus accrued interest, and a reasonable amount of premium, fees and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing) and (2) such indebtedness is on customary commercial terms consistent in all material respects with the indebtedness being refinanced, rolled-over, replaced or renewed, including that such facility or program does not delay or impair the ability of the applicable party from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and is prepayable without additional interest or penalty, (vi) indebtedness incurred in respect of letters of credit, performance bonds, surety bonds, appeal bonds or other similar arrangements in the ordinary course, (vii) capital lease, purchase money or equipment financing arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (viii) indebtedness arising from customary cash management and treasury services and the honoring of checks, drafts or similar instruments against insufficient funds or from the endorsement of instruments for collection, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, (ix) interest, exchange rate and commodity swaps, options, futures, forward contracts and similar derivatives or other hedging contracts (1) not entered for speculative purposes and (2) entered into in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and in compliance with its risk management and hedging policies or practices in effect on February 15, 2021 the date of this Agreement and (x) other indebtedness incurred by mutual agreement of Viking and Camber in accordance with Section 6.17; February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger;
(b) (i) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock;
(ii) make, declare, pay or set a record date for any dividend, or any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting securities or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) or exchangeable into or exercisable for any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting securities, including any Viking Securities or Viking Subsidiary Securities, in the case of Viking, or Camber Securities or Camber Subsidiary Securities, in the case of Camber, except, in each case, (A) subject to Section 6.10, quarterly cash dividends by Viking or Camber, (B) dividends paid by any of the Subsidiaries of each of Viking and Camber to Viking or Camber or any of their wholly-owned Subsidiaries, respectively, or dividends paid by any of their respective non-wholly owned Subsidiary joint ventures in the ordinary course of business as required by any joint venture agreements in effect as of February 15, 2021 the date of this Agreement and disclosed, in the case of joint ventures, in Section 5.2(b)(ii)(B) of the Viking Disclosure Schedule or the Camber Disclosure Schedule, as applicable, or (C) the acceptance of shares of Viking Common Stock, Viking Preferred Stock or Camber Common Stock, as the case may be, as payment for the exercise price of stock options or for withholding Taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of stock options or the vesting or settlement of equity compensation awards, or the payment of dividend equivalents thereon, in each case, in accordance with past practice and the terms of the applicable award agreements;; Agreement and Plan of Merger
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