Existence; Franchises. Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and its material rights, franchises, licenses, permits, copyrights, trademarks and patents; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 8.04 shall prevent # sales of assets and other transactions by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 9.02 or # the withdrawal by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of its qualification as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in any jurisdiction if such withdrawal could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section # Corporate Franchises. The Borrower will do, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiaries) to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights and authority; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prohibit any transaction permitted by Section 7.02.

Section # Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and its respective rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business; provided that nothing in this Section shall prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 7.3.

SECTION # Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries (other than Immaterial Subsidiaries) to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution not prohibited under [Section 6.03].

SECTION # Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Significant Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution or asset disposition permitted under Section 6.04; provided further that neither the Borrower nor any of the Significant Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve any rights, licenses, permits, privileges or franchises or any Significant Subsidiary’s existence if the Borrower or such Subsidiary determines that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and that the loss thereof would not materially adversely affect the Borrower, such Subsidiary or the Lenders with respect to any Commitments or Borrowing hereunder.

SECTION # Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under [Section 6.03].

Section # Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiaries) to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that # the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under [Section 6.03], and # none of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiaries) shall be required to preserve, renew or keep in full force and effect its rights, licenses, permits, privileges or franchises where failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION # Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, # except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, # do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, qualifications, licenses, permits, franchises, governmental authorizations, intellectual property rights, licenses and permits material to the conduct of its business, and # maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under [Section 6.03] and # carry on and conduct its business # except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, in substantially the same manner and # in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently conducted.

SECTION # Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect # its legal existence and # the rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, authorizations and United States registered patents, copyrights and trademarks necessary or desirable in the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not # apply (other than in the case of clause (a) with respect to the Borrower) to the extent the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, # prohibit any transaction permitted under [Section 6.03] or # prohibit the liquidation or dissolution of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary are transferred to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary or are disposed of in a transaction permitted by this Agreement.

Section # Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to do or cause to be done all things necessary to # preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect # its legal existence and # except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, its respective rights, licenses, permits (including Environmental Permits), privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business and # maintain, if necessary, its qualification to do business in each other jurisdiction in which its Oil and Gas Properties are located or the ownership of its Properties requires such qualification; provided that nothing in this Section shall prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under [Section 7.3].