amount of Securities set forth inSchedule I hereto, the remaining Initial Purchasers shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Initial Purchasers do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Initial Purchaser or the Company. In the event of a default by any Initial Purchaser as set forth in this Section 10(e), the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven business days, as the Representative shall determine in order that the required changes in the Final Offering Memorandum or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser of its liability, if any, to the Company or any nondefaulting Initial Purchaser for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.
11. Notice. All communications with respect to or under this Agreement, except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, shall be in writing and, if sent to the Initial Purchasers, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed in writing to c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020, Attention: High Yield Legal Department, with a copy for information purposes only to Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500, Houston, TX 77002 (fax:713-758-2346), Attention: David Stone, Thomas Zentner, and if sent to the Issuers, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed in writing to Basic Energy Services, Inc., 801 Cherry Street, Suite 2100, Fort Worth, TX 76102 (telephone:817-334-4100, fax:817-334-4101; email: david.schorlemer@basicenergyservices.com), Attention: David Schorlemer, with a copy for information purposes only to Thompson & Knight LLP, 1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500, Dallas, TX 75201, Attention: Wesley Williams (email: wesley.williams@tklaw.com).
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged by telecopier machine, if telecopied; and one business day after being timely delivered to anext-day air courier.
12. Authority of the Representative. Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers.
13. Parties. This Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the Initial Purchasers, the Issuers and the other indemnified parties referred to in Sections 6 and 7, and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall have or be construed to have any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of or by virtue of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser, in its capacity as such, of Notes from the Initial Purchasers.
14. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
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