UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 29, 2014 (January 23, 2014)

 


 

RSP PERMIAN, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

333-192268

 

90-1022997

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

3141 Hood Street, Suite 701
Dallas, Texas 75219

(Address of Principal Executive
Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(214) 252-2700

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o             Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 1.01                    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On January 23, 2014, RSP Permian, Inc. (the “Company”) closed its initial public offering (the “Offering”) of 23 million shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), at a price to the public of $19.50 per share ($18.37875 net of underwriting discounts), including the three million additional shares purchased from certain selling stockholders pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ options to purchase additional shares of Common Stock, pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192268), as amended (the “Registration Statement”).  The material terms of the Offering are described in the prospectus, dated January 17, 2014 (the “Prospectus”), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the same date.

 

Stockholders’ Agreement

 

In connection with the Offering, on January 23, 2014, the Company entered into a stockholders’ agreement (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”) with the stockholders of the Company named therein. The terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement are substantially the same as the terms set forth in the form of such agreement previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement and as described therein.

 

Pursuant to the Stockholders’ Agreement, each of RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. (“Holdco”), Ted Collins, Jr. and Wallace Family Partnership, LP (“Wallace LP”) have the right to designate a certain number of nominees to the Company’s board of directors, subject to the limitations and conditions set forth therein, including the ownership of a specified percentage of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.  The Stockholders’ Agreement requires the stockholders party thereto to take all necessary actions, including voting their shares of Common Stock, to cause the election of the nominees designated by Holdco, Mr. Collins and Wallace LP. In addition, the Stockholders’ Agreement provides that for so long as Holdco has the right to designate two directors to the Company’s board of directors, the Company will cause any committee of the board to include in its membership at least one director designated by Holdco, except to the extent that such membership would violate applicable securities laws or stock exchange rules. Further, the Stockholders’ Agreement provides Holdco the right to designate a non-voting representative to attend meetings of the Company’s board and committees thereof in certain circumstances for so long as Holdco beneficially owns more than a certain percentage of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Stockholders’ Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated in this Item 1.01 by reference.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

In connection with the Offering, on January 23, 2014, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the stockholders of the Company named therein (and including their permitted transferees, the “Existing Investors”). The terms of the Registration Rights Agreement are substantially the same as the terms set forth in the form of such agreement previously filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement and as described therein.

 

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, at any time after 180 days after the closing of the Offering, subject to the limitations set forth therein, certain of the Existing Investors have the right to require the Company by written notice to prepare and file a registration statement registering the offer and sale of a number of their shares of Common Stock. Within five business days following the receipt of such request, the Company is required to provide notice of the request to all other Existing Investors, who may participate in the registration. The Company is required to use all commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of any such registration statement until all shares covered by such registration statement have been sold. Subject to certain exceptions, the Company is not obligated to effect such a registration within 90 days after the closing of any underwritten offering of shares of Common Stock. The Company is also not obligated to effect any registration in which the anticipated aggregate offering price included in such offering is less than $50 million.

 

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In addition, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, certain of the Existing Investors have the right to require the Company, subject to certain limitations set forth therein, to effect a distribution of any or all of their shares of Common Stock by means of an underwritten offering. Further, subject to certain exceptions, if at any time the Company proposes to register an offering of common stock or conduct an underwritten offering, whether or not for its account, then the Company must notify the Existing Investors of such proposal at least five business days before the anticipated filing date or commencement of the underwritten offering, as applicable, to allow them to include a specified number of their shares in that registration statement or underwritten offering, as applicable.

 

These registration rights are subject to certain conditions and limitations, including the right of the underwriters to limit the number of shares to be included in a registration or offering and the Company’s right to delay or withdraw a registration statement under certain circumstances. The Company will generally pay all registration expenses in connection with its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, regardless of whether a registration statement is filed or becomes effective.

 

The obligations to register shares under the Registration Rights Agreement will terminate when no Registrable Securities remain outstanding. Registrable Securities means all shares of Common Stock that were owned by the Existing Investors as of January 23, 2014 other than shares (i) sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (ii) sold in a transaction pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or (iii) that have ceased to be outstanding.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated in this Item 1.01 by reference.

 

Item 3.02                                            Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

On January 23, 2014, pursuant to the Master Contribution Agreement, dated January 7, 2014, the Company issued: (i) 1,793,123 shares of Common Stock to Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C. in exchange for its contribution to the Company of certain oil and natural gas assets, (ii) 9,902,876 shares of Common Stock to Mr. Collins in exchange for his contribution to the Company of certain oil and natural gas assets, (iii) 9,954,626 shares of Common Stock to Wallace LP in exchange for its contribution to the Company of certain oil and natural gas assets, (iv) 2,166,152 shares of Common Stock to Collins & Wallace Holdings, LLC in exchange for its contribution to the Company of certain oil and natural gas assets, (v) 105,170 shares of Common Stock to Pecos Energy Partners, L.P. in exchange for its contribution to the Company of certain oil and natural gas assets, and (vi) 28,536,427 shares of Common Stock to Holdco in exchange for its contribution to the Company of all of the outstanding membership interests of RSP Permian, L.L.C., which owns certain oil and natural gas assets.  Also on January 23, 2014, pursuant to the Letter Agreement, dated January 7, 2014, between RSP Permian, L.L.C., the Company, Holdco and ACTOIL, LLC, the Company issued 10,816,626 shares of Common Stock to ACTOIL, LLC in exchange for its contribution to the Company of its net profits interests in the oil and natural gas properties of RSP Permian, L.L.C. The foregoing transactions were undertaken in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act by Section 4(a)(2) thereof.

 

Item 3.03                                            Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The information provided in Item 1.01 hereto under the headings “Stockholders’ Agreement” and “Registration Rights Agreement” and in Item 5.03 hereto is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

 

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Item 5.02                                            Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On January 23, 2014, in connection with the Offering, certain members of the Company’s management team and certain of the Company’s employees received incentive units in Holdco.  The terms of the incentive units are provided in the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Holdco, dated January 23, 2014, which terms are substantially the same as those set forth in the form of such agreement previously filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Registration Statement and as described therein. A copy of the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Holdco is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 5.02 by reference.

 

On January 23, 2014, in connection with the closing of the Offering, the Company entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and officers (the “Indemnification Agreements”). These Indemnification Agreements require the Company to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law against liability that may arise by reason of their service to the Company, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Indemnification Agreement, which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated in this Item 1.01 by reference.

 

Item 5.03              Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or  Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year.

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

 

On January 23, 2014, prior to the closing of the Offering, the Company amended and restated its Certificate of Incorporation (as amended and restated, the “Certificate of Incorporation”), which was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 23, 2014.  A description of the Certificate of Incorporation is contained in the section of the Prospectus entitled “Description of Capital Stock” and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The foregoing description and the description contained in the Prospectus are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Incorporation, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 5.03 by reference.

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

On January  23, 2013, prior to the closing of the Offering, the Company amended and restated its Bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Bylaws”).  A description of the Bylaws is contained in the section of the Prospectus entitled “Description of Capital Stock” and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The foregoing description and the description contained in the Prospectus are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaws, which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 5.03 by reference.

 

Item 9.01                                            Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)   Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of RSP Permian, Inc.

 

 

 

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of RSP Permian, Inc.

 

 

 

4.1

 

Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2014, among RSP Permian, Inc., RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C., Ted Collins, Jr., Wallace Family Partnership, LP, Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C. and Pecos Energy Partners, L.P.

 

 

 

4.2

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2014, among RSP Permian, Inc., RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C., Ted Collins, Jr., Wallace Family Partnership, LP, ACTOIL, LLC, Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C. and Pecos Energy Partners, L.P.

 

 

 

10.1

 

Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C., dated January 23, 2014.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No. 2 to RSP Permian, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on January 2, 2014, File No. 333-192268).

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

RSP PERMIAN INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott McNeill

 

 

Scott McNeill

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Director

 

Dated:  January 29, 2014

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of RSP Permian, Inc.

 

 

 

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of RSP Permian, Inc.

 

 

 

4.1

 

Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2014, among RSP Permian, Inc., RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C., Ted Collins, Jr., Wallace Family Partnership, LP, Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C. and Pecos Energy Partners, L.P.

 

 

 

4.2

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2014, among RSP Permian, Inc., RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C., Ted Collins, Jr., Wallace Family Partnership, LP, ACTOIL, LLC, Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C. and Pecos Energy Partners, L.P.

 

 

 

10.1

 

Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C., dated January 23, 2014.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Indemnification Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No. 2 to RSP Permian, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on January 2, 2014, File No. 333-192268).

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

RSP PERMIAN, INC.

 

RSP Permian, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as set forth in Title 8 of the Delaware Code (the “ DGCL ”), hereby certifies as follows:

 

1.             The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “ Original Certificate of Incorporation ”) was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 30, 2013.

 

2.             This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “ Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ”), which restates and amends the Original Certificate of Incorporation, has been declared advisable by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”), duly adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation and duly executed and acknowledged by the officers of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 103, 228, 242 and 245 of the DGCL.

 

3.             The Original Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

FIRST:  The name of the Corporation is RSP Permian, Inc.

 

SECOND:  The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801 in New Castle County, Delaware.  The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD:  The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL as it currently exists or may hereafter be amended.

 

FOURTH:  The total number of shares of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 315,000,000 shares of stock, classified as (i) 15,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”), and (ii) 300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Common Stock ”).

 



 

The designations and the powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of Preferred Stock and Common Stock are as follows:

 

1.             Provisions Relating to Preferred Stock.

 

(a)           Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more classes or series, the shares of each series to have such designations and powers, preferences and rights, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, as are stated and expressed herein and in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board as hereafter prescribed (a “ Preferred Stock Designation ”).

 

(b)           Authority is hereby expressly granted to and vested in the Board to authorize the issuance of Preferred Stock from time to time in one or more classes or series, and with respect to each series of Preferred Stock, to fix and state by the resolution or resolutions from time to time adopted by the Board providing for the issuance thereof the designation and the powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions relating to each series of Preferred Stock, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

(i)            whether or not the series is to have voting rights, full, special or limited, or is to be without voting rights, and whether or not such series is to be entitled to vote as a separate class either alone or together with the holders of one or more other classes or series of stock;

 

(ii)           the number of shares to constitute the series and the designations thereof;

 

(iii)          the preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, with respect to any series;

 

(iv)          whether or not the shares of any series shall be redeemable at the option of the Corporation or the holders thereof or upon the happening of any specified event, and, if redeemable, the redemption price or prices (which may be payable in the form of cash, notes, securities or other property), and the time or times at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such shares shall be redeemable and the manner of redemption;

 

(v)           whether or not the shares of a series shall be subject to the operation of retirement or sinking funds to be applied to the purchase or redemption of such shares for retirement, and, if such retirement or sinking fund or funds are to be established, the annual amount thereof, and the terms and provisions relative to the operation thereof;

 

(vi)          the dividend rate, whether dividends are payable in cash, stock of the Corporation or other property, the conditions upon which and the times when such dividends are payable, the preference to or the relation to the payment of dividends payable on any other class or classes or series of stock, whether or not such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative, and if cumulative, the date or dates from which such dividends shall accumulate;

 

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(vii)         the preferences, if any, and the amounts thereof which the holders of any series thereof shall be entitled to receive upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation;

 

(viii)        whether or not the shares of any series, at the option of the Corporation or the holder thereof or upon the happening of any specified event, shall be convertible into or exchangeable for, the shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, securities or other property of the Corporation and the conversion price or prices or ratio or ratios or the rate or rates at which such exchange may be made, with such adjustments, if any, as shall be stated and expressed or provided for in such resolution or resolutions; and

 

(ix)          such other powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions with respect to any series as may to the Board seem advisable.

 

(c)           The shares of each series of Preferred Stock may vary from the shares of any other series thereof in any or all of the foregoing respects.

 

2.             Provisions Relating to Common Stock.

 

(a)           Each share of Common Stock shall have identical rights and privileges in every respect.  Common Stock shall be subject to the express terms of Preferred Stock and any series thereof.  Except as may otherwise be provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in a Preferred Stock Designation or by applicable law, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such share upon all questions presented to the stockholders, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes, and the holders of Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote at or receive notice of any meeting of stockholders.  Each holder of Common Stock shall be entitled to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with the bylaws of the Corporation (as in effect at the time in question) and applicable law on all matters put to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by applicable law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designations relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.

 

(c)           Subject to the prior rights and preferences, if any, applicable to shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them such dividends and distributions (payable in cash, stock or otherwise), if any, as may be declared thereon by the Board at any time and from time to time out of any funds of the Corporation legally available therefor.

 

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(d)           In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after distribution in full of the preferential amounts, if any, to be distributed to the holders of shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them.  A liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, as such terms are used in this paragraph (d), shall not be deemed to be occasioned by or to include any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or corporations or other entity or a sale, lease, exchange or conveyance of all or a part of the assets of the Corporation.

 

(e)           The number of authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of either Common Stock or Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor.

 

FIFTH:  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. The directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock specified in the related Preferred Stock Designation, shall be divided, with respect to the time for which they severally hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as is reasonably possible, with the initial term of office of the first class to expire at the 2015 annual meeting (the “ Class I Directors ”), the initial term of office of the second class to expire at the 2016 annual meeting (the “ Class II Directors ”), and the initial term of office of the third class to expire at the 2017 annual meeting (the “ Class III Directors ”), with each director to hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.  At each annual meeting of stockholders, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms then expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders after their election, with each director to hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.  The Board is authorized to assign members of the Board already in office to Class I, Class II or Class III at the time such classification becomes effective. Subject to applicable law, the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock and the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, among the Corporation and certain of its stockholders, dated as of January 23, 2014 (the “ Stockholders’ Agreement ”), any newly created directorship that results from an increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board that results from the death, disability, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director or from any other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and shall not be filled by the stockholders.  Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office for the remaining term of his predecessor.  No decrease in the number of authorized directors constituting the Board shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

Until the first date on which RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C., NGP Energy Capital Management, L.L.C., Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C., Ted Collins, Jr., Wallace Family Partnership, LP, Collins & Wallace Holdings, LLC and ACTOIL, LLC and their

 

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respective Affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (each, a “ Sponsor ” and together, the “ Sponsor Group ”) no longer collectively beneficially own more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “ Trigger Date ”), subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation thereunder) and the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, any director may be removed at any time, either for or without cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, acting at a meeting of the stockholders or by written consent (if permitted) in accordance with the DGCL, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation. For purposes of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, beneficial ownership of shares shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. On and after the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation thereunder) and the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, any director may be removed only for cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2 / 3 % of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, acting at a meeting of the stockholders or by written consent (if permitted) in accordance with the DGCL, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation.

 

Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, if any, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board.  Unless and except to the extent that the bylaws of the Corporation so provide, the election of directors need not be by written ballot.

 

SIXTH:  Prior to the Trigger Date, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual meeting or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote of stockholders, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is or are signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.  On and after the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to such series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be taken at a duly held annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be taken by any consent in writing of such stockholders.

 

SEVENTH:  Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board or the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies; provided , however , that prior to the Trigger Date, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may also be called by the Secretary of the Corporation at the request of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.  On and after the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the

 

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stockholders of the Corporation do not have the power to call a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation.

 

EIGHTH:  In furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation without any action on the part of the stockholders of the Corporation; provided that any bylaw adopted or amended by the Board, and any powers thereby conferred, may be amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders of the Corporation.  The provisions of this Article Eighth notwithstanding, the bylaws of the Corporation shall not be adopted, altered, amended or repealed by the stockholders of the Corporation (i) prior to the Trigger Date, except by the vote of holders of not less than 50% in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, or (ii) on and after the Trigger Date, except by the vote of holders of not less than 66 2 / 3 % in voting power of the then-outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.  No bylaws hereafter made or adopted, nor any repeal of or amendment thereto, shall invalidate any prior act of the Board that was valid at the time it was taken.

 

NINTH:  No director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as it now exists.  In addition to the circumstances in which a director of the Corporation is not personally liable as set forth in the preceding sentence, a director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the fullest extent permitted by any amendment to the DGCL hereafter enacted that further limits the liability of a director.

 

Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article Ninth shall be prospective only and shall not affect any limitation on liability of a director for acts or omissions occurring prior to the date of such amendment, repeal or modification.

 

TENTH:  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunities that are from time to time presented to any of the Sponsors or any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective agents, shareholders, members, partners, directors, officers, employees, affiliates or subsidiaries (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries), including any director or officer of the Corporation who is also an agent, shareholder, member, partner, director, officer, employee, affiliate or subsidiary of any Sponsor, even if the business opportunity is one that the Corporation or its subsidiaries might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so, and no such person shall have any duty to communicate or offer any such business opportunity to the Corporation or be liable to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any stockholder, including for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director or officer or controlling stockholder or otherwise, and the Corporation shall indemnify each such person against any claim that such person is liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty, by reason of the fact that such person (i) participates in, pursues or acquires any such business opportunity, (ii) directs any such business opportunity to another person or (iii) fails to present any such business opportunity, or information regarding any such business opportunity, to the Corporation or its subsidiaries,

 

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unless, in the case of a person who is a director or officer of the Corporation, such business opportunity is expressly offered to such director or officer in writing solely in his capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation.

 

Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article Tenth, nor the adoption of any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, any modification of law, shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any right or protection of any person granted pursuant hereto existing at, or arising out of or related to any event, act or omission that occurred prior to, the time of such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification (regardless of when any proceeding (or part thereof) relating to such event, act or omission arises or is first threatened, commenced or completed).

 

If any provision or provisions of this Article Tenth shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever, (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article Tenth (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article Tenth containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article Tenth (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Article Tenth containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

 

This Article Tenth shall not limit any protections or defenses available to, or indemnification or advancement rights of, any director or officer of the Corporation under this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the bylaws of the Corporation or applicable law. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any securities of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article Tenth.

 

ELEVENTH:  The Corporation shall not be governed by or subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL as now in effect or hereafter amended, or any successor statute thereto.

 

TWELFTH:  The Corporation shall have the right, subject to any express provisions or restrictions contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws of the Corporation, from time to time, to amend this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or any provision hereof in any manner now or hereafter provided by applicable law, and all rights and powers of any kind conferred upon a director or stockholder of the Corporation by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or any amendment hereof are subject to such right of the Corporation.

 

THIRTEENTH:  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by applicable law, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

 

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or the bylaws of the Corporation), prior to the Trigger Date, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation (and in addition to any other vote that may be required by applicable law, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation), on and after the Trigger Date, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2 / 3 % in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter or repeal any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

FOURTEENTH:  Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Corporation’s bylaws, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case subject to said Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein.  Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article Fourteenth.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as of this 21 st  day of January, 2014.

 

 

RSP PERMIAN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steven D. Gray

 

Name:

Steven D. Gray

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ]

 


Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

OF

 

RSP PERMIAN, INC.

 

Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware

 

Date of Adoption: January 23, 2014

 


 

ARTICLE I
OFFICES AND RECORDS

 

SECTION 1.1.                                           Registered Office .  The registered office of RSP Permian, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”) in the State of Delaware shall be located at 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, and the name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.  The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation may be changed from time to time by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board ”) in the manner provided by applicable law.

 

SECTION 1.2.                                           Other Offices .  The Corporation may have such other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board may designate or as the business of the Corporation may from time to time require.

 

SECTION 1.3.                                           Books and Records .  The books and records of the Corporation may be kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may from time to time be designated by the Board.

 

ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS

 

SECTION 2.1.                                           Annual Meeting .  If required by applicable law, an annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such date, time and place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, and time as may be fixed by resolution of the Board.  Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual meeting.  The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board.

 

SECTION 2.2.                                           Special Meeting .  Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board or the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies; provided , however , that prior to the first date on which RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C., NGP Energy Capital Management, L.L.C., Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C., Ted Collins, Jr., Wallace Family Partnership, LP, Collins & Wallace Holdings, LLC and ACTOIL, LLC and their respective Affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”)) (each, a “ Sponsor ” and together, the “ Sponsor Group ”) no longer collectively

 



 

beneficially own more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “ Trigger Date ”), special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may also be called by the Secretary of the Corporation at the request of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.  For purposes of these Bylaws, beneficial ownership of shares shall be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.  On and after the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the stockholders of the Corporation do not have the power to call a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation.  The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any special meeting of the stockholders previously scheduled by the Board.

 

SECTION 2.3.                                           Record Date .

 

(A)                                                        In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by applicable law, not be more than 60 nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting.  If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination.  If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.  A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however , that the Board may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

 

(B)                                                        In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than 60 days prior to such action.  If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

(C)                                                        Unless otherwise restricted by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as it may be amended from time to time (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), in order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board.  If no record date for determining

 

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stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting is fixed by the Board, (i) when no prior action of the Board is required by applicable law, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in accordance with applicable law, and (ii) if prior action by the Board is required by applicable law, the record date for such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

 

SECTION 2.4.                                           Stockholder List .  The officer who has charge of the stock ledger shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders ( provided, however , if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the 10 th  day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of such stockholder.  Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either on a reasonably accessible electronic network (provided that the information required to gain access to the list is provided with the notice of the meeting) or during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation.  The stock list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.  If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.  Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled by this section to examine the list required by this section or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.

 

SECTION 2.5.                                           Place of Meeting .  The Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be, may designate the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting of the stockholders.  If no designation is so made, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive offices of the Corporation.  The Board, acting in its sole discretion, may establish guidelines and procedures in accordance with applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”) and any other applicable law for the participation by stockholders and proxyholders in a meeting of stockholders by means of remote communications, and may determine that any meeting of stockholders will not be held at any place but will be held solely by means of remote communication.  Stockholders and proxyholders complying with such procedures and guidelines and otherwise entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be deemed present in person and entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication.

 

SECTION 2.6.                                           Notice of Meeting .  Written or printed notice, stating the place, if any, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten days nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, in a manner pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

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The notice shall specify (i) the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), (ii) the place, if any, date and time of such meeting, (iii) the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, (iv) in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called and (v) such other information as may be required by applicable law or as may be deemed appropriate by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation.  If the stockholder list referred to in Section 2.4 of these Bylaws is made accessible on an electronic network, the notice of meeting must indicate how the stockholder list can be accessed.  If the meeting of stockholders is to be held solely by means of electronic communications, the notice of meeting must provide the information required to access such stockholder list during the meeting.  If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation.  The Corporation may provide stockholders with notice of a meeting by electronic transmission provided such stockholders have consented to receiving electronic notice in accordance with the DGCL.  Such further notice shall be given as may be required by applicable law.  Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the notice of meeting.  Meetings may be held without notice if all stockholders entitled to vote are present, or if notice is waived by those not present in accordance with Section 7.4 of these Bylaws.

 

SECTION 2.7.                                           Quorum and Adjournment of Meetings .

 

(A)                                                        Except as otherwise provided by applicable law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting (the “ Voting Stock ”), represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders, except that when specified business is to be voted on by a class or series of stock voting as a class, the holders of a majority of the shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum of such class or series for the transaction of such business.  The chairman of the meeting or a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, whether or not there is such a quorum.  The stockholders present at a duly called meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

(B)                                                        Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may adjourn from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.  At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

SECTION 2.8.                                           Proxies .  At all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy executed in writing (or in such other manner prescribed by the DGCL) by the stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact.  Any copy, facsimile transmission or other reliable

 

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reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile transmission or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.  No proxy may be voted or acted upon after the expiration of three years from the date of such proxy, unless such proxy provides for a longer period.  Every proxy is revocable at the pleasure of the stockholder executing it unless the proxy states that it is irrevocable and applicable law makes it irrevocable.  A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or by filing another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 2.9.                                           Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations .

 

(A)                                Annual Meetings of Stockholders .

 

(1)                                  Nominations of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made only (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof or (c) subject to the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, among the Corporation and certain of its stockholders, dated as of January 23, 2014 (the “ Stockholders’ Agreement ”), by any stockholder of the Corporation who (i) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these Bylaws and at the time of the annual meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in these Bylaws as to such business or nomination; Section 2.9(A)(1)(c)  of these Bylaws shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of the stockholders.

 

(2)                                  For any nominations or any other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Section 2.9(A)(1)(c)  of these Bylaws, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action under the DGCL.  To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120 th  day and not later than the close of business on the 90 th  day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (which anniversary, in the case of the first annual meeting of stockholders following the close of the Corporation’s initial public offering, shall be deemed to be May 1, 2014; provided , however , that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120 th  day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90 th  day prior to such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the 10 th  day following the day on which public announcement of

 

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the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation.  In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.  To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice (whether given pursuant to this Section 2.9(A)(2)  or Section 2.9(B) ) to the Secretary of the Corporation must:

 

(a)                                  set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, if any, (ii) (A) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (B) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a “ Derivative Instrument ”), directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation, (C) a description of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (D) any short interest in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of these Bylaws a person shall be deemed to have a “short interest” in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (F) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (G) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such stockholder’s immediate family sharing the same household (which information shall be supplemented by such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, not later than ten days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date), (iii) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (iv) a representation that the stockholder is a

 

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holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such nomination or other business before the meeting, and (v) a representation as to whether such stockholder or any such beneficial owner intends or is part of a group that intends to (x) deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or to elect each such nominee or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination.  If requested by the Corporation, the information required under clauses (a)(i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence of this Section 2.9(A)(2)  shall be supplemented by such stockholder and any such beneficial owner not later than ten days after the record date for notice of the meeting to disclose such information as of such record date;

 

(b)                                  if the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or directors that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, set forth (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such business and (ii) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder;

 

(c)                                   set forth, as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board (i) all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and (ii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and

 

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agreement required by Section 2.9(A)(2)  of these Bylaws. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

 

(3)                                  Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of Section 2.9(A)(2)  of these Bylaws to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board at least 100 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by these Bylaws shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10 th  day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

(4)                                  The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 2.9(A)  shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder with respect to business or a nomination if such stockholder has notified the Corporation of his intention to present a proposal or make a nomination at an annual meeting in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder’s proposal or nomination has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting.

 

(B)                                Special Meetings of Stockholders .

 

Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting.  Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to a notice of meeting (a) by or at the direction of the Board or any committee thereof (or stockholders pursuant to Article Seventh of the Certificate of Incorporation and Section 2.2 of these Bylaws prior to the Trigger Date)  or (b)  provided , that the Board (or stockholders pursuant to Article Seventh of the Certificate of Incorporation and Section 2.2 of these Bylaws prior to the Trigger Date) has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who (i) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these Bylaws and at the time of the special meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in these Bylaws.  The proposal by stockholders of other business to be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders may be made only in accordance with Article Seventh of the Certificate of Incorporation prior to the Trigger Date.  In the event a special meeting of stockholders is called for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by Section 2.9(A)(2)  of these Bylaws with respect to any nomination (including the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 2.9(A)(2)

 

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of these Bylaws) shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120 th  day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90 th  day prior to such special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such special meeting, the 10 th  day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting.  In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

(C)                                General .

 

(1)                                  Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws shall be eligible to serve as directors, and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws.  Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded.

 

(2)                                  For purposes of these Bylaws, “ public announcement ” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by Dow Jones News Service, the Associated Press, or any other national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(3)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of these Bylaws, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in these Bylaws; provided , however , that any references in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to Section 2.9(A)(1)(c)  or Section 2.9(B)  of these Bylaws.  Nothing in these Bylaws shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation (“ Preferred Stock ”) if and to the extent provided for under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

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meeting of stockholders to present such nomination or proposal, the nomination shall be disregarded and the proposed business shall not be transacted, as the case may be, notwithstanding that proxies in favor thereof may have been received by the Corporation.  For purposes of this Section 2.9 , to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

 

SECTION 2.10.                                    Conduct of Business .  The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting.  The Board may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate.  Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting.  Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.  The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered.  Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

SECTION 2.11.                                    Required Vote .  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, at any meeting at which directors are to be elected, so long as a quorum is present, the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes validly cast in such election.  Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, cumulative voting for the election of directors shall be prohibited.  Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the rules and regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors and certain non-binding advisory votes described below, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter shall be the act of the stockholders.  In non-binding advisory

 

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matters with more than two possible vote choices, the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter shall be the recommendation of the stockholders.

 

SECTION 2.12.            Treasury Stock .  The Corporation shall not vote, directly or indirectly, shares of its own stock owned by it or any other corporation, if a majority of shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such corporation is held, directly or indirectly by the Corporation, and such shares will not be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation or such other corporation, to vote stock of the Corporation held in a fiduciary capacity.

 

SECTION 2.13.            Inspectors of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls .  At any meeting at which a vote is taken by ballots, the Board by resolution may, and when required by applicable law, shall, appoint one or more inspectors, which inspector or inspectors may include individuals who serve the Corporation in other capacities, including, without limitation, as officers, employees, agents or representatives, to act at the meetings of stockholders and make a written report thereof.  One or more persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act.  If no inspector or alternate has been appointed to act or is able to act at a meeting of stockholders and the appointment of an inspector is required by applicable law, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.  Each inspector, before discharging his duties, shall take and sign an oath to faithfully execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability.  The inspectors shall have the duties prescribed by applicable law.

 

SECTION 2.14.            Stockholder Action by Written Consent .  Prior to the Trigger Date, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual meeting or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote of stockholders, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is or are signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.  On and after the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock with respect to such series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be taken at a duly held annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be taken by any consent in writing of such stockholders.

 

ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

SECTION 3.1.              General Powers .  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board elected in accordance with these Bylaws.  In addition to the powers and authorities by these Bylaws expressly conferred upon them, the Board may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.  The directors shall act only as a Board, and the individual directors shall have no power as such.

 

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SECTION 3.2.              Number, Tenure and Qualifications .  Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board. The election and term of director shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

SECTION 3.3.              Regular Meetings .  Subject to Section 3.5 , regular meetings of the Board shall be held on such dates, and at such times and places, as are determined from time to time by resolution of the Board.

 

SECTION 3.4.              Special Meetings .  Special meetings of the Board shall be called at the request of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or a majority of the Board then in office.  The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board may fix the place, if any, and time of the meetings.  Any business may be conducted at a special meeting of the Board.

 

SECTION 3.5.              Notice .  Notice of any meeting of directors shall be given to each director at his business or residence in writing by hand delivery, first-class or overnight mail, courier service or facsimile or electronic transmission or orally by telephone.  If mailed by first-class mail, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when deposited in the United States mails so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid, at least five days before such meeting.  If by overnight mail or courier service, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the notice is delivered to the overnight mail or courier service company at least 24 hours before such meeting.  If by facsimile or electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when the notice is transmitted at least 24 hours before such meeting.  If by telephone or by hand delivery, the notice shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the time set for the meeting and shall be confirmed by facsimile or electronic transmission that is sent promptly thereafter.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board need be specified in the notice of such meeting, except for amendments to these Bylaws, as provided under Section 8.1 .  A meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are present or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in accordance with Section 7.4 of these Bylaws.

 

SECTION 3.6.              Action by Consent of Board .  Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, including by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.  Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting, and may be stated as such in any document or instrument filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

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meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

SECTION 3.8.              Quorum .  Subject to Section 3.9 , a whole number of directors equal to at least a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if at any meeting of the Board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice unless (i) the date, time and place, if any, of the adjourned meeting are not announced at the time of adjournment, in which case notice conforming to the requirements of Section 3.5 of these Bylaws shall be given to each director, or (ii) the meeting is adjourned for more than 24 hours, in which case the notice referred to in clause (i) shall be given to those directors not present at the announcement of the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting.  The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board.  The directors present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough directors to leave less than a quorum.

 

SECTION 3.9.              Vacancies .  Subject to applicable law, the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock and the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, any newly created directorship that results from an increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board that results from the death, disability, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director or from any other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and shall not be filled by the stockholders.  Any director elected to fill a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall hold office for the remaining term of his predecessor.  No decrease in the number of authorized directors constituting the Board shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

SECTION 3.10.            Removal .  Until the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation thereunder) and the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, any director may be removed at any time, either for or without cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, acting at a meeting of the stockholders or by written consent (if permitted) in accordance with the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws.  On and after the Trigger Date, subject to the rights of the holders of shares of any series of Preferred Stock, if any, to elect additional directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation thereunder) and the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement, any director may be removed only for cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2 / 3 % of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally for the election of directors, acting at a meeting of the stockholders or by written consent (if permitted) in accordance with the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws.

 

SECTION 3.11.            Records .  The Board shall cause to be kept a record containing the minutes of the proceedings of the meetings of the Board and of the stockholders, appropriate stock books and registers and such books of records and accounts as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the Corporation.

 

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SECTION 3.12.            Compensation .  Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board shall have authority to fix the compensation of directors, including fees and reimbursement of expenses.  The Corporation will cause each non-employee director serving on the Board to be reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by him in connection with such service.

 

SECTION 3.13.            Regulations .  To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws, the Board may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of the Board and for the management of the affairs and business of the Corporation as the Board may deem appropriate.

 

ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES

 

SECTION 4.1.              Designation; Powers .  The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation.  Any such committee, to the extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.

 

SECTION 4.2.              Procedure; Meetings; Quorum .  Any committee designated pursuant to Section 4.1 shall choose its own chairman by a majority vote of the members then in attendance in the event the chairman has not been selected by the Board, shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when requested, and shall meet at such times and at such place or places as may be provided by the charter of such committee or by resolution of such committee or resolution of the Board.  At every meeting of any such committee, the presence of a majority of all the members thereof shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall be necessary for the adoption by it of any resolution.  The Board shall adopt a charter for each committee for which a charter is required by applicable laws, regulations or stock exchange rules, may adopt a charter for any other committee, and may adopt other rules and regulations for the governance of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws or any such charter, and each committee may adopt its own rules and regulations of governance, to the extent not inconsistent with these Bylaws or any charter or other rules and regulations adopted by the Board.

 

SECTION 4.3.              Substitution of Members .  The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee.  In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified member.

 

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ARTICLE V
OFFICERS

 

SECTION 5.1.              Officers .  The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers as the Board from time to time may deem proper.  The Chairman of the Board shall be chosen from among the directors.  All officers elected by the Board shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the specific provisions of this Article V .  Such officers shall also have such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board or by any committee thereof.  The Board or any committee thereof may from time to time elect, or the Chairman of the Board or Chief Executive Officer may appoint, such other officers (including one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers) and such agents, as may be necessary or desirable for the conduct of the business of the Corporation.  Such other officers and agents shall have such duties and shall hold their offices for such terms as shall be provided in these Bylaws or as may be prescribed by the Board or such committee thereof or by the Chairman of the Board or Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 5.2.              Election and Term of Office .  The officers of the Corporation shall be elected or appointed from time to time by the Board.  Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected or appointed and shall have qualified or until his death or until he shall resign, but any officer may be removed from office at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board or, except in the case of an officer or agent elected by the Board, by the Chairman of the Board or Chief Executive Officer.  Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights, if any, of the person so removed.  No elected officer shall have any contractual rights against the Corporation for compensation by virtue of such election beyond the date of the election of his successor, his death, his resignation or his removal, whichever event shall first occur, except as otherwise provided in an employment contract or under an employee deferred compensation plan.

 

SECTION 5.3.              Chairman of the Board .  The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board.  The Chairman of the Board shall be responsible for the general management of the affairs of the Corporation and shall perform all duties incidental to his office that may be required by law and all such other duties as are properly required of him by the Board.  He shall make reports to the Board and the stockholders, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board and of any committee thereof are carried into effect.  The Chairman of the Board may also serve as Chief Executive Officer, if so elected by the Board.

 

SECTION 5.4.              Chief Executive Officer .  The Chief Executive Officer shall act in a general executive capacity and shall assist the Chairman of the Board in the administration and operation of the Corporation’s business and general supervision of its policies and affairs.  The Chief Executive Officer shall, in the absence of or because of the inability to act of the Chairman of the Board, perform all duties of the Chairman of the Board and preside at all meetings of stockholders and of the Board.  The Chief Executive Officer shall have the authority to sign, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, checks, orders, contracts, leases, notes, drafts and all other documents and instruments in connection with the business of the Corporation.

 

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SECTION 5.5.              President .  The President, if any, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the Board.

 

SECTION 5.6.              Senior Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents .  Each Senior Vice President and Vice President, if any, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the Board.

 

SECTION 5.7.              Treasurer .  The Treasurer shall exercise general supervision over the receipt, custody and disbursement of corporate funds.  The Treasurer shall cause the funds of the Corporation to be deposited in such banks as may be authorized by the Board, or in such banks as may be designated as depositaries in the manner provided by resolution of the Board.  He shall have such further powers and duties and shall be subject to such directions as may be granted or imposed upon him from time to time by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

 

SECTION 5.8.              Secretary .  The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept in one or more books provided for that purpose, the minutes of all meetings of the Board, the committees of the Board and the stockholders; he shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws and as required by applicable law; he shall be custodian of the records and the seal of the Corporation and affix and attest the seal to all stock certificates of the Corporation (unless the seal of the Corporation on such certificates shall be a facsimile, as hereinafter provided) and affix and attest the seal to all other documents to be executed on behalf of the Corporation under its seal; and he shall see that the books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept and filed are properly kept and filed; and in general, he shall perform all the duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

 

SECTION 5.9.              Vacancies .  A newly created elected office and a vacancy in any elected office because of death, resignation, or removal may be filled by the Board for the unexpired portion of the term at any meeting of the Board.  Any vacancy in an office appointed by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer because of death, resignation, or removal may be filled by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

 

SECTION 5.10.            Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations .  Unless otherwise directed by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of security holders of or with respect to any action of security holders of any other corporation in which the Corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers that the Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other corporation.

 

ARTICLE VI
STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS

 

SECTION 6.1.              Stock Certificates and Transfers .  The interest of each stockholder of the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates for shares of stock in such form as the appropriate officers of the Corporation may from time to time prescribe, provided that the Board

 

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may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock may be uncertificated or electronic shares.  The shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued and shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares.  Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the shares of the stock of the Corporation shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation, which may be maintained by a third-party registrar or transfer agent, by the holder thereof in person or by his attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for at least the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably require or upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of uncertificated shares and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form, at which time the Corporation shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto (if the stock is then represented by certificates), cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

 

Each certificated share of stock shall be signed, countersigned and registered in such manner as the Board may by resolution prescribe, which resolution may permit all or any of the signatures on such certificates to be in facsimile.  In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

SECTION 6.2.              Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates .  No certificate for shares or uncertificated shares of stock in the Corporation shall be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been lost, destroyed or stolen, except on production of such evidence of such loss, destruction or theft and on delivery to the Corporation of a bond of indemnity in such amount, upon such terms and secured by such surety, as the Board or any financial officer may in its or his discretion require.

 

SECTION 6.3.              Ownership of Shares .  The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock of the Corporation as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

SECTION 6.4.              Regulations Regarding Certificates .  The Board shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration or the replacement of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation.  The Corporation may enter into additional agreements with stockholders to restrict the transfer of stock of the Corporation in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.

 

ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

SECTION 7.1.              Fiscal Year .  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January and end on the thirty-first day of December of each year.

 

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SECTION 7.2.              Dividends .  Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares of stock, which dividends may be paid in either cash, property or shares of stock of the Corporation.  A member of the Board, or a member of any committee designated by the Board, shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board, or by any other person as to matters the director reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation, as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities or net profits of the Corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

 

SECTION 7.3.              Seal .  The corporate seal shall have enscribed thereon the words “Corporate Seal,” the year of incorporation and around the margin thereof the words “RSP Permian, Inc. — Delaware.”

 

SECTION 7.4.              Waiver of Notice .  Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder or director of the Corporation under the provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, including by electronic transmission, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual or special meeting of the stockholders or the Board or committee thereof need be specified in any waiver of notice of such meeting.  Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

SECTION 7.5.              Resignations .  Any director or any officer, whether elected or appointed, may resign at any time by giving written notice, including by electronic transmission, of such resignation to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary, and such resignation shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the date said notice is received by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary, or at such later time as is specified therein.  No formal action shall be required of the Board or the stockholders to make any such resignation effective.

 

SECTION 7.6.              Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses .

 

(A)          The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ proceeding ”) by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit

 

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plan (a “ Covered Person ”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all expenses, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Covered Person in connection with such proceeding.

 

(B)          The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 7.6 or otherwise.

 

(C)          The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses under this Section 7.6 shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to a Covered Person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.6 , except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to a Covered Person in connection with a  proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Covered Person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

 

(D)          If a claim for indemnification under this Section 7.6 (following the final disposition of such proceeding) is not paid in full within sixty days after the Corporation has received a claim therefor by the Covered Person, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this Section 7.6 is not paid in full within thirty days after the Corporation has received a statement or statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the Covered Person shall thereupon (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim.  If successful in whole or in part, the Covered Person shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.  In any such action, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

 

(E)           The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Section 7.6 shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, any agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

(F)           This Section 7.6 shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

 

(G)          Any Covered Person entitled to indemnification and/or advancement of expenses, in each case pursuant to this Section 7.6 , may have certain rights to indemnification,

 

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advancement and/or insurance provided by one or more persons with whom or which such Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor).  The Corporation hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Corporation shall be the indemnitor of first resort with respect to any proceeding, expense, liability or matter that is the subject of this Section 7.6 , (ii) the Corporation shall be primarily liable for all such obligations and any indemnification afforded to a Covered Person in respect of a proceeding, expense, liability or matter that is the subject of this Section 7.6 , whether created by law, organizational or constituent documents, contract or otherwise, (iii) any obligation of any persons with whom or which a Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor) to  indemnify such Covered Person and/or advance expenses or liabilities to such Covered Person in respect of any proceeding shall be secondary to the obligations of the Corporation hereunder, (iv) the Corporation shall be required to indemnify each Covered Person and advance expenses to each Covered Person hereunder to the fullest extent provided herein without regard to any rights such Covered Person may have against any other person with whom or which such Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor) or insurer of any such person, and (v) the Corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases any other person with whom or which a Covered Person may be associated (including, without limitation, any Sponsor) from any claim of contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect of amounts paid by the Corporation hereunder.

 

SECTION 7.7.              Notices .  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein or required by applicable law, all notices required to be given to any stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent shall be in writing and may in every instance be effectively given by hand delivery to the recipient thereof, by depositing such notice in the mails, postage paid, or by sending such notice by commercial courier service, or by facsimile or other electronic transmission, provided that notice to stockholders by electronic transmission shall be given in the manner provided in Section 232 of the DGCL.  Any such notice shall be addressed to such stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent at his last known address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation.  Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively, notice to any stockholder shall be deemed given: (1) if by facsimile, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (3) if by posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; (4) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder; and (5) if by mail, when deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 7.8.              Facsimile Signatures .  In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile signatures of any officer or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board or a committee thereof.

 

SECTION 7.9.              Time Periods .  In applying any provision of these Bylaws that require that an act be done or not done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included.

 

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SECTION 7.10.            Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records .  Each director, each member of any committee designated by the Board, and each officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees designated by the Board, or by any other person as to the matters the member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS

 

SECTION 8.1.              Amendments .  Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed (a) by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors present at any special or regular meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, (b) until the Trigger Date, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, or (c) on and after the Trigger Date, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders upon the affirmative vote of at least 66 2 / 3 % of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. So long as the Stockholders’ Agreement remains in effect, the Board shall not approve any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of these Bylaws, or the adoption of any new Bylaw, that would be contrary to or inconsistent with the then-applicable terms of the Stockholders’ Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sections 3.9 and 3.10 and this paragraph of Section 8.1 may only be amended, altered or repealed (a) until the Trigger Date, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, or (b) on and after the Trigger Date, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders upon the affirmative vote of at least 66 2 / 3 % of the shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) no amendment to the Stockholders’ Agreement (whether or not such amendment modifies any provision to the Stockholders’ Agreement to which these Bylaws are subject) shall be deemed an amendment of these Bylaws for purposes of this Section 8.1 , and (y) no amendment, alteration or repeal of Section 7.6 shall adversely affect any right or protection existing under these Bylaws immediately prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal, including any right or protection of a present or former director, officer or employee thereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT

 

This STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of January 23, 2014, is entered into by and among RSP Permian, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each of the other parties identified on the signature pages hereto (collectively, but subject to Section 3.2 hereof, the “ Principal Stockholders ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company is currently contemplating an underwritten public offering (the “ IPO ”) of shares of Common Stock (as defined below); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with, and effective upon, completion of the IPO, the Company and the Principal Stockholders wish to set forth certain understandings among such parties, including with respect to certain corporate governance matters.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1                                     Certain Definitions .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate ” of a specified Person is a Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, the Person specified.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Beneficial Owner ” of a security is a Person who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise has or shares (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security and/or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, such security.  The terms “ Beneficially Own ” and “ Beneficial Ownership ” shall have correlative meanings.

 

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Board Observer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)  of this Agreement.

 

Collins Directors ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a)(ii)  of this Agreement.

 

Collins Entities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a)(ii)  of this Agreement.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

 

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 



 

Control ” (including the terms “ Controlling ,” “ Controlled by ” and “ under common Control with ”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to (a) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise or (b) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person.

 

Equity Securities ” means any equity securities of the Company or any options, warrants or other securities that are directly or indirectly convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any equity securities of the Company.

 

IPO ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

 

Necessary Action ” shall mean, with respect to a specified result, all actions (to the extent such actions are permitted by applicable law and, in the case of any action by the Company that requires a vote or other action on the part of the Board, to the extent such action is consistent with the fiduciary duties that the Company’s directors may have in such capacity) necessary to cause such result, including (i) voting or providing a written consent or proxy with respect to shares of Common Stock, (ii) causing the adoption of stockholders’ resolutions and amendments to the organizational documents of the Company, (iii) executing agreements and instruments and (iv) making or causing to be made, with governmental, administrative or regulatory authorities, all filings, registrations or similar actions that are required to achieve such result.

 

NGP Representative ” shall mean any manager, employee, director or officer of Production Opportunities II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Natural Gas Partners IX, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any Affiliate thereof.  For purposes of this definition, RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. shall not be considered an “Affiliate” of Production Opportunities II, L.P. or Natural Gas Partners IX, L.P.

 

Person ” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, any court, administrative agency, regulatory body, commission or other governmental authority, board, bureau or instrumentality, domestic or foreign and any subdivision thereof or other entity, and also includes any managed investment account.

 

Principal Stockholders ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Proceeding ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7 of this Agreement.

 

RSP Permian Holdco Directors ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a)(i)  of this Agreement.

 

RSP Permian Holdco Entities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a)(i)  of this Agreement.

 

Selected Courts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7 of this Agreement.

 

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Sponsor ” means the RSP Permian Holdco Entities, the Collins Entities or the Wallace Entities, and “ Sponsors ” means the RSP Permian Holdco Entities, the Collins Entities and the Wallace Entities collectively.

 

Wallace Director ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a)(iii)  of this Agreement.

 

Wallace Entities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a)(iii)  of this Agreement.

 

Section 1.2                                     Rules of Construction .  Unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)                                  References in the singular or to “him,” “her,” “it,” “itself” or other like references, and references in the plural or the feminine or masculine reference, as the case may be, shall also, when the context so requires, be deemed to include the plural or singular, or the masculine or feminine reference, as the case may be;

 

(b)                                  References to Articles and Sections shall refer to articles and sections of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified;

 

(c)                                   The headings in this Agreement are for convenience and identification only and are not intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision thereof;

 

(d)                                  This Agreement shall be construed without regard to any presumption or other rule requiring construction against the party that drafted and caused this Agreement to be drafted; and

 

(e)                                   References to “including” in this Agreement shall mean “including, without limitation,” whether or not so specified.

 

ARTICLE II
GOVERNANCE MATTERS

 

Section 2.1                                     Designees .

 

(a)                                  The Company and the Principal Stockholders shall take all Necessary Action to cause the Board to consist of members designated as follows:

 

(i)                                      Two nominees shall be designated by RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. (the “ RSP Permian Holdco Directors ”); provided , that (A) the number of nominees designated by RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. shall be reduced to one director at such time as RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. and its Affiliates (the “ RSP Permian Holdco Entities ”) collectively Beneficially Own less than 15% and greater than or equal to 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, at which point one RSP Permian Holdco Director shall tender his resignation to the Board, and (B) RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. shall no longer be entitled to designate a nominee at such time as the RSP Permian Holdco Entities collectively Beneficially Own less than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, at which point the RSP Permian Holdco Directors shall tender their resignation to the Board.  At any given time, and provided that the directors are

 

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allocated among separate classes, the RSP Permian Holdco Directors shall be in different classes of directors;

 

(ii)                                   One nominee shall be designated by Ted Collins, Jr. (the “ Collins Director ”); provided , that Ted Collins, Jr. shall no longer be entitled to designate a nominee at such time as Ted Collins, Jr. and his Affiliates (the “ Collins Entities ”) collectively Beneficially Own less than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, at which point the Collins Director shall tender his resignation to the Board; provided , further , however , that with respect to shares held directly by Collins & Wallace Holdings, LLC, the Collins Entities shall be deemed to Beneficially Own only the number of shares that is proportional to the Collins Entities’ ownership of Collins & Wallace Holdings, LLC; and

 

(iii)                                One nominee shall be designated by Wallace Family Partnership, LP (the “ Wallace Director ”); provided , that Wallace Family Partnership, LP shall no longer be entitled to designate a nominee at such time as Wallace Family Partnership, LP and its Affiliates (the “ Wallace Entities ”) collectively Beneficially Own less than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, at which point the Wallace Director shall tender his resignation to the Board; provided , further , however , that with respect to shares held directly by Collins & Wallace Holdings, LLC, the Wallace Entities shall be deemed to Beneficially Own only the number of shares that is proportional to the Wallace Entities’ ownership of Collins & Wallace Holdings, LLC.

 

(b)                                  So long as RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. is entitled to designate a nominee pursuant to (a)(i) , in the event that any RSP Permian Holdco Director is not a NGP Representative, then RSP Permian Holdco,L.L.C. shall have the right to appoint one individual to attend all meetings of the Board in a non-voting, observer capacity (the “ Board Observer ”).  The Board Observer shall be entitled to (i)  be given notice by the Company of any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof at the same time as the directors of the Company, (ii)  be present at all meetings of the Board or any committee thereof, (iii)  receive copies of all minutes of Board meetings and Board committee meetings and (iv) receive copies of any reports, minutes or other documents distributed to the Board or any committee thereof at the time such materials are given to the directors of the Company. Prior to such appointment, the Board Observer shall cooperate in good faith with the Company to enter into a reasonable and customary confidentiality agreement with respect to confidential materials received by the Board Observer in his capacity as such. The Company shall reimburse the Board Observer for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including travel and lodging) incurred in connection with his attendance at meetings of the Board.

 

(c)                                   So long as the RSP Permian Holdco Entities collectively Beneficially Own 15% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Board shall include at least one RSP Permian Holdco Director on each committee of the Board as designated by RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. (subject to any independence requirement imposed by law or by the rules of any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock may be listed or traded).

 

(d)                                  So long as a Sponsor is entitled to designate a nominee pursuant to Section 2.1(a) , the Sponsor shall have the right to remove its nominee(s) (with or without cause), from time to time and at any time, from the Board, exercisable upon written notice to the Company.

 

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Should a director designated by a Sponsor be removed for any reason, whether by such Sponsor  or otherwise in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as either may be amended or restated from time to time, the Sponsor shall be entitled to designate an individual to fill the vacancy created by such removal so long as the Sponsor is entitled to designate a nominee pursuant to Section 2.1(a)  on the date of such replacement designation.

 

(e)                                   Each Principal Stockholder hereby agrees to vote, in respect of the Board, such Principal Stockholder’s shares of Common Stock and Equity Securities for any nominee designated by a Sponsor so long as the Sponsor is entitled to designate such nominee pursuant to Section 2.1(a) .  In the event that a Sponsor wishes to remove its designee to the Board in accordance with Section 2.1(d) , each Principal Stockholder hereby agrees to vote, in respect of the Board, its shares of Common Stock or Equity Securities for the removal of such designee from the Board.

 

Section 2.2                                     Restrictions on Other Agreements .  No Principal Stockholder shall grant any proxy or enter into or agree to be bound by any voting trust, agreement or arrangement of any kind with respect to its shares of Common Stock or Equity Securities if and to the extent the terms thereof conflict with the provisions of this Agreement (whether or not such proxy, voting trust, agreement or arrangements are with other Principal Stockholders, holders of shares of Common Stock or Equity Securities that are not parties to this Agreement or otherwise).

 

ARTICLE III
 EFFECTIVENESS AND
TERMINATION

 

Section 3.1                                     Effectiveness .  Upon the closing of the IPO, this Agreement shall thereupon be deemed to be effective.  However, to the extent the closing of the IPO does not occur, the provisions of this Agreement shall be without any force or effect.

 

Section 3.2                                     T ermination .  This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of (a) such time as none of the Principal Stockholders Beneficially Own any shares of Common Stock and (b) the delivery of written notice to the Company by all of the Principal Stockholders, requesting the termination of this Agreement.  Further, at such time as a particular Principal Stockholder no longer Beneficially Owns any shares of Common Stock, all rights and obligations of such Principal Stockholder under this Agreement shall terminate.

 

ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 4.1                                     Notices .  All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder to any party shall be in writing and shall be personally delivered, sent by nationally recognized overnight courier or mailed by registered or certified mail to such party at the address set forth below (or such other address as shall be specified by like notice).  Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder when personally delivered, one calendar day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier and five calendar days after deposit in U.S. mail.

 

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(a)                                  if to the Company, to:

 

RSP Permian, Inc.
3141 Hood Street, Suite 701
Dallas, Texas 75219
Attention: Scott McNeill

 

(b)                                  if to RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C., to:

 

RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C.
3141 Hood Street, Suite 701

Dallas, Texas 75219

Attention: Scott McNeill

 

with a copy to:

 

Natural Gas Partners

5221 N. O’Connor Blvd., Suite 1100

Irving, Texas 75039

Attention: Jesse Bomer

 

(c)                                   if to Ted Collins, Jr., to:

 

Ted Collins, Jr.
508 West Wall Street, Suite 1200
Midland, TX 79701

 

(d)                                  if to Wallace Family Partnership, LP, to:

 

Wallace Family Partnership, LP
508 West Wall Street, Suite 1200
Midland, TX 79701

 

(e)                                   if to Rising Star Energy Development Co., LLC, to:

 

Rising Star Energy Development Co., LLC
3141 Hood Street, Suite 701

Dallas, Texas 75219

Attention: Tamara Pollard

 

with a copy to:

 

Natural Gas Partners

5221 N. O’Connor Blvd., Suite 1100

Irving, Texas 75039

Attention: Jesse Bomer

 

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(f)                                    if to Pecos Energy Partners, L.P., to:

 

Pecos Energy Partners, L.P.
125 W. Missouri Ave, Suite 450

Midland, Texas 79701

Attention: Steve Gray

 

Section 4.2                                     Severability .  The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.  If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person or any circumstance, is found to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 4.3                                     Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall be considered one and the same agreement.

 

Section 4.4                                     Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries .  This Agreement (a) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior agreements, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and (b) is not intended to confer upon any Person, other than the parties hereto, any rights or remedies hereunder.

 

Section 4.5                                     Further Assurances .  Each party shall execute, deliver, acknowledge and file such other documents and take such further actions as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the other parties hereto to give effect to and carry out the transactions contemplated herein.

 

Section 4.6                                     Governing Law; Equitable Remedies .  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF).  The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or was otherwise breached.  It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions and other equitable remedies to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any of the Selected Courts (as defined below), this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.  Any requirements for the securing or posting of any bond with respect to such remedy are hereby waived by each of the parties hereto.  Each party further agrees that, in the event of any action for an injunction or other equitable remedy in respect of such breach or enforcement of specific performance, it will not assert the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

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Section 4.7                                     Consent To Jurisdiction .  With respect to any suit, action or proceeding (“ Proceeding ”) arising out of or relating to this Agreement, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably (a) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and the appellate courts therefrom (the “ Selected Courts ”) and waives any objection to venue being laid in the Selected Courts whether based on the grounds of forum non conveniens or otherwise and hereby agrees not to commence any such Proceeding other than before one of the Selected Courts; provided , however , that a party may commence any Proceeding in a court other than a Selected Court solely for the purpose of enforcing an order or judgment issued by one of the Selected Courts; (b) consents to service of process in any Proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by recognized international express carrier or delivery service, to the Company or the Principal Stockholders at their respective addresses referred to in Section 4.1 hereof; provided , however , that nothing herein shall affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by law; and (c) TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED, WAIVES, AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, AND AGREES THAT ANY OF THEM MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, VOLUNTARY AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND TO HAVE ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.

 

Section 4.8                                     Amendments; Waivers .

 

(a)                                  No provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived unless such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by each of the parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver, by each of the parties against whom the waiver is to be effective.

 

(b)                                  No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

Section 4.9                                     Assignment .  Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties; provided , however , that a Sponsor may assign any of its respective rights hereunder to any of its Affiliates.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered, all as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

RSP PERMIAN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Steven Gray

 

Name: Steven Gray

 

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

RSP PERMIAN HOLDCO, L.L.C.

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Steven Gray

 

Name: Steven Gray

 

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

TED COLLINS, JR.

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Ted Collins, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

WALLACE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP, LP

 

By:

Michael Wallace Management, LLC, its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael W. Wallace

 

Name: Michael W. Wallace

 

Title:   Manager

 

 

 

 

 

RISING STAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CO., L.L.C.

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael K. Grimm

 

Name:   Michael K. Grimm

 

Title:     President

 

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PECOS ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.

 

By:

Pecos Operating Company, LLC, its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Steven Gray

 

Name:   Steven Gray

 

Title:     Manager

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of January 23, 2014, by and among RSP Permian, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and each of the other parties listed on the signature pages hereto  (the “ Initial Holders ” and, together with the Company, the “ Parties ”).

 

WHEREAS, in connection with, and in consideration of, the transactions contemplated by the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-192268), the Initial Holders have requested, and the Company has agreed to provide, registration rights with respect to the Registrable Securities (as hereinafter defined) as set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by each party hereto, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.              Definitions As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

 

Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person.  For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Automatic Shelf Registration Statement ” means an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405.

 

Blackout Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(o) .

 

Board ” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, any federal holiday or any other day on which banking institutions in the State of Texas or the State of New York are authorized or required to be closed by law or governmental action.

 

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency then administering the Securities Act or Exchange Act.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

 

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Company Securities ” means any equity interest of any class or series in the

 

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Company.

 

Demand Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(i) .

 

Demand Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(i) .

 

Effective Date ” means the time and date that a Registration Statement is first declared effective by the Commission or otherwise becomes effective.

 

Effectiveness Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) .

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

Holder ” means (i) RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. unless and until RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. ceases to hold any Registrable Securities; (ii) Ted Collins, Jr. unless and until Ted Collins, Jr. ceases to hold any Registrable Securities; (iii) Wallace Family Partnership, LP unless and until Wallace Family Partnership, LP ceases to hold any Registrable Securities; (iv) ACTOIL, LLC unless and until ACTOIL, LLC ceases to hold any Registrable Securities; (v) Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C. unless and until Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C. ceases to hold any Registrable Securities; (vi) Pecos Energy Partners, L.P. unless and until Pecos Energy Partners, L.P. ceases to hold any Registrable Securities; and (vii) any holder of Registrable Securities to whom registration rights conferred by this Agreement have been transferred in compliance with Section 8(e)  hereof; provided that any Person referenced in clause (vii) shall be a Holder only if such Person agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms set forth in this Agreement.

 

Holder Indemnified Persons ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a) .

 

Initial Holders ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Initiating Holder ” means the Sponsoring Holder delivering the Demand Notice or the Underwritten Offering Notice, as applicable.

 

Lock-Up Period ” has the meaning set forth in the underwriting agreement entered into by the Company in connection with the initial underwritten public offering of shares of Common Stock.

 

Losses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a) .

 

Material Adverse Change ” means (i) any general suspension of trading in, or limitation on prices for, securities on any national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market in the United States; (ii) the declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States; (iii) a material outbreak or escalation of armed hostilities or other international or national calamity involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or a change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions; or (iv) any event, change, circumstance or effect that is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business, properties, assets,

 

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liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

Minimum Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(i) .

 

Parties ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

 

Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, estate, trust, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Piggyback Registration ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(i) .

 

Piggyback Registration Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(i) .

 

Piggyback Registration Request ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(i) .

 

Proceeding ” means any action, claim, suit, proceeding or investigation (including a preliminary investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition) pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, to be threatened.

 

Prospectus ” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

Registrable Securities ” means the Shares; provided , however , that Registrable Securities shall not include:  (i) any Shares that have been registered under the Securities Act and disposed of pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or otherwise transferred to a Person who is not entitled to the registration and other rights hereunder; (ii) any Shares that have been sold or transferred by the Holder thereof pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act) and the transferee thereof does not receive “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144; and (iii) any Shares that cease to be outstanding (whether as a result of repurchase and cancellation, conversion or otherwise).

 

Registration Expenses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4 .

 

Registration Statement ” means a registration statement of the Company in the form required to register under the Securities Act and other applicable law the resale of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution of each Holder of Registrable Securities included therein, and including any Prospectus, amendments and supplements to each such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

 

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Requested Underwritten Offering ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) .

 

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act.

 

Rule 405 ” means Rule 405 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act.

 

Rule 415 ” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act.

 

Rule 424 ” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Selling Expenses ” means all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities and fees and disbursements of counsel for any Holder (except as set forth in Section 5 ).

 

Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock held by the Holders as of the date hereof and any other equity interests of the Company or equity interests in any successor of the Company issued in respect of such shares by reason of or in connection with any stock dividend, stock split, combination, reorganization, recapitalization, conversion to another type of entity or similar event involving a change in the capital structure of the Company.

 

Shelf Registration Statement ” means a Registration Statement of the Company filed with the Commission on Form S-3 (or any successor form or other appropriate form under the Securities Act) for an offering to be made on a continuous or delayed basis pursuant to Rule 415 (or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission) covering the Registrable Securities, as applicable.

 

Sponsoring Holders ” means (i) RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. unless and until RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. ceases to hold any Registrable Securities; (ii) Ted Collins, Jr. unless and until Ted Collins, Jr. ceases to hold any Registrable Securities; (iii) Wallace Family Partnership, LP unless and until Wallace Family Partnership, LP ceases to hold any Registrable Securities; (iv) ACTOIL, LLC unless and until ACTOIL, LLC ceases to hold any Registrable Securities; and (v) any holder of Registrable Securities to whom rights of a “Sponsoring Holder” conferred by this Agreement have been transferred in compliance with Section 8(e)  hereof; provided that any Person referenced in clause (v) shall be a Sponsoring Holder only if such Person agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms set forth in this Agreement.

 

Suspension Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(b) .

 

Trading Market ” means the principal national securities exchange on which Registrable Securities are listed.

 

Underwritten Offering ” means an underwritten offering of Common Stock for

 

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cash (whether a Requested Underwritten Offering or in connection with a public offering of Common Stock by the Company, stockholders or both), excluding an offering relating solely to an employee benefit plan, an offering relating to a transaction on Form S-4 or S-8 or an offering on any registration statement form that does not permit secondary sales.

 

Underwritten Offering Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) .

 

Underwritten Offering Piggyback Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(ii) .

 

Underwritten Offering Piggyback Request ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(ii) .

 

Underwritten Piggyback Offering ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(ii) .

 

VWAP ”  means, as of a specified date and in respect of Registrable Securities, the volume weighted average price for such security on the Trading Market for the five trading days immediately preceding, but excluding, such date.

 

WKSI ” means a “well known seasoned issuer” as defined under Rule 405.

 

Unless the context requires otherwise: (a) any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms; (b) references to Sections refer to Sections of this Agreement; (c) the terms “include,” “includes,” “including” and words of like import shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (d) the terms “hereof,” “hereto,” “herein” or “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (e) unless the context otherwise requires, the term “or” is not exclusive and shall have the inclusive meaning of “and/or”; (f) defined terms herein will apply equally to both the singular and plural forms and derivative forms of defined terms will have correlative meanings; (g) references to any law or statute shall include all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and references to any law or statute shall be construed as including any legal and statutory provisions consolidating, amending, succeeding or replacing the applicable law or statute; (h) references to any Person include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns; and (i) references to “days” are to calendar days unless otherwise indicated.

 

2.              Registration .

 

(a)           Demand Registration .

 

(i)            At any time after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, any Sponsoring Holder shall have the option and right, exercisable by delivering a written notice to the Company (a “ Demand Notice ”), to require the Company to, pursuant to the terms of and subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement, prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement registering the offering and sale of the number and type of Registrable Securities on the terms and conditions specified in the Demand Notice, which may include sales on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement (a “ Demand Registration ”).  The Demand Notice must set forth the number of Registrable Securities that the Initiating Holder

 

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intends to include in such Demand Registration and the intended methods of disposition thereof.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall the Company be required to effectuate a Demand Registration unless the Registrable Securities of the Holders to be included therein after compliance with Section 2(a)(ii)  have an aggregate VWAP of at least $50 million (the “ Minimum Amount ”) as of the date of the Demand Notice.

 

(ii)           Within five Business Days after the receipt of the Demand Notice, the Company shall give written notice of such Demand Notice to all Holders and, within thirty days thereof (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, within ninety days thereof), shall, subject to the limitations of this Section 2(a) , file a Registration Statement in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Demand Notice, which Registration Statement shall cover all of the Registrable Securities that the Holders shall in writing request to be included in the Demand Registration (such request to be given to the Company within ten days after receipt of notice of the Demand Notice given by the Company pursuant to this Section 2(a)(ii) ).  The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold (the “ Effectiveness Period ”).

 

(iii)          Subject to the other limitations contained in this Agreement, the Company is not obligated hereunder to effect (A) a Demand Registration within 90 days after the closing of any Underwritten Offering, (B) (i) through December 31, 2016, more than a total of three Demand Registrations for which RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. (or any transferee thereof in accordance with Section 8(e) ) is the Initiating Holder and (ii) on or after January 1, 2017, more than one Demand Registration per calendar year for which RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C. (or any transferee thereof in accordance with Section 8(e) ) is the Initiating Holder, (C) more than a total of two Demand Registrations for which Ted Collins, Jr. (or any transferee thereof in accordance with Section 8(e) ) is the Initiating Holder, (D) more than a total of two Demand Registrations for which Wallace Family Partnership, LP (or any transferee thereof in accordance with Section 8(e) ) is the Initiating Holder, (E) more than a total of two Demand Registrations for which ACTOIL, LLC (or any transferee thereof in accordance with Section 8(e) ) is the Initiating Holder, and (F) a subsequent Demand Registration pursuant to a Demand Notice if a Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities held by the Initiating Holder shall have become and remains effective under the Securities Act and is sufficient to permit offers and sales of the number and type of Registrable Securities on the terms and conditions specified in the Demand Notice in accordance with the intended timing and method or methods of distribution thereof specified in the Demand Notice.  No Demand Registration shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Section 2(a)(iii)  if the Registration Statement relating thereto does not become effective or is not maintained effective for its entire Effectiveness Period, in which case the Initiating Holder shall be entitled to an additional Demand Registration in lieu thereof.  Further, a Demand Registration shall not constitute a Demand Registration of the Initiating Holder for purposes of this Section 2(a)(iii)  if, as a result of Section 2(a)(vi) , there is included in the Demand Registration less than the lesser of (i) Registrable Securities of the Initiating

 

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Holder having a VWAP measured on the effective date of the related Registration Statement of $30 million and (ii) two-thirds of the number of Registrable Securities the Initiating Holder set forth in the applicable  Demand Notice.

 

(iv)          A Holder may withdraw all or any portion of its Registrable Securities included in a Demand Registration from such Demand Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement.  Upon receipt of a notice from the Initiating Holder that the Initiating Holder is withdrawing all of its Registrable Securities from the Demand Registration or a notice from a Holder to the effect that the Holder is withdrawing an amount of its Registrable Shares such that the remaining amount of Registrable Shares to be included in the Demand Registration is below the Minimum Amount, the Company shall cease all efforts to secure effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement.  Such registration nonetheless shall be deemed a Demand Registration with respect to the Initiating Holder for purposes of Section 2(a)(iii)  unless (A) the Initiating Holder shall have paid or reimbursed the Company for its pro rata share of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the withdrawn registration of such Registrable Securities (based on the number of securities the Initiating Holder sought to register, as compared to the total number of securities included in such Demand Registration) or (B) the withdrawal is made following the occurrence of a Material Adverse Change or pursuant to the Company’s request for suspension pursuant to Section 3(o) .

 

(v)           The Company may include in any such Demand Registration other Company Securities for sale for its own account or for the account of any other Person, subject to Section 2(a)(vi)  and Section 3(c)(iii) .

 

(vi)          In the case of a Demand Registration not being underwritten, if the Initiating Holder advises the Company that in its reasonable opinion the aggregate number of securities requested to be included exceeds the number that can be included without being likely to have a significant adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, the Company shall include in such Demand Registration only that number of securities that in the reasonable opinion of the Initiating Holder will not have such adverse effect, with such number to be allocated as follows: (A) first, pro-rata among all Holders (including the Initiating Holder) that have requested to participate in such Demand Registration based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder, (B) second, if there remains availability for additional securities to be included in such Demand Registration, the Company, and (C) third, if there remains availability for additional securities to be included in such Demand Registration, any other holders entitled to participate in such Demand Registration, if applicable, based on the relative number of securities such holder is entitled to include in such Demand Registration.

 

(vii)         Subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement, the Company shall effect any Demand Registration on such appropriate registration form of the Commission (A) as shall be selected by the Company and (B) as shall permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition specified in the Demand Notice; provided that if the Company

 

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becomes, and is at the time of its receipt of a Demand Notice, a WKSI, the Demand Registration for any offering and selling of Registrable Securities shall be effected pursuant to an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, which shall be on Form S-3 or any equivalent or successor form under the Securities Act (if available to the Company).  If at any time a Registration Statement on Form S-3 is effective and a Holder provides written notice to the Company that it intends to effect an offering of all or part of the Registrable Securities included on such Registration Statement, the Company will amend or supplement such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to enable such offering to take place.

 

(viii)        Without limiting Section 3 , in connection with any Demand Registration pursuant to and in accordance with this Section 2(a) , the Company shall (A) promptly prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed (1) such additional forms, amendments, supplements, prospectuses, certificates, letters, opinions and other documents, as may be necessary or advisable to register or qualify the securities subject to such Demand Registration, including under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Holders shall reasonably request; provided , however , that no such qualification shall be required in any jurisdiction where, as a result thereof, the Company would become subject to general service of process or to taxation or qualification to do business in such jurisdiction solely as a result of registration and (2) such forms, amendments, supplements, prospectuses, certificates, letters, opinions and other documents as may be necessary to apply for listing or to list the Registrable Securities subject to such Demand Registration on the Trading Market and (B) do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or appropriate or reasonably requested by the Holders to enable the Holders to consummate a public sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended timing and method or methods of distribution thereof.

 

(ix)          In the event a Holder transfers Registrable Securities included on a Registration Statement and such Registrable Securities remain Registrable Securities following such transfer, at the request of such Holder, the Company shall amend or supplement such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to enable such transferee to offer and sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement; provided that in no event shall the Company be required to file a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement unless (A) such Registration Statement includes only Registrable Securities held by the Holder, Affiliates of the Holder or transferees of the Holder or (B) the Company has received written consent therefor from a Person for whom Registrable Securities have been registered on (but not yet sold under) such Registration Statement, other than the Holder, Affiliates of the Holder or transferees of the Holder.

 

(b)           Requested Underwritten Offering .

 

Any Sponsoring Holder then able to effectuate a Demand Registration pursuant to the terms of Section 2(a)  (or who has previously effectuated a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2(a)  but has not engaged in an Underwritten Offering in respect of such Demand Registration) shall have the option and right, exercisable by delivering written notice to the Company of its intention to distribute Registrable Securities by

 

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means of an Underwritten Offering (an “ Underwritten Offering Notice ”), to require the Company, pursuant to the terms of and subject to the limitations of this Agreement, to effectuate a distribution of any or all of its Registrable Securities by means of an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a new Demand Registration or pursuant to an effective Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities (a “ Requested Underwritten Offering ”); provided , that if the Requested Underwritten Offering is pursuant to a new Demand Registration, then the Registrable Securities of such Initiating Holder requested to be included in such Requested Underwritten Offering have an aggregate value of at least equal to the Minimum Amount as of the date of such Underwritten Offering Notice, and if the Requested Underwritten Offering is pursuant to an effective Demand Registration, then the Registrable Securities of such Initiating Holder requested to be included in such Requested Underwritten Offering have an aggregate value of at least equal to 50 percent of the Minimum Amount as of the date of such Underwritten Offering Notice.  The Underwritten Offering Notice must set forth the number of Registrable Securities that the Initiating Holder intends to include in such Requested Underwritten Offering.  The managing underwriter or managing underwriters of a Requested Underwritten Offering shall be designated by the Company; provided , however , that such designated managing underwriter or managing underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Initiating Holder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company is not obligated to effect a Requested Underwritten Offering within 90 days after the closing of an Underwritten Offering. Any Requested Underwritten Offering (other than the first Requested Underwritten Offering made in respect of a prior Demand Registration) shall constitute a Demand Registration of the Initiating Holder for purposes of Section 2(a)(iii)  (it being understood that if requested concurrently with a  Demand Registration then, together, such Demand Registration and Requested Underwritten Offering shall count as one Demand Registration); provided , however , that a Requested Underwritten Offering shall not constitute a Demand Registration of the Initiating Holder for purposes of Section 2(a)(iii)  if, as a result of Section 2(c)(iii)(A) , the Requested Underwritten Offering includes less than the lesser of (i) Registrable Securities of the Initiating Holder having a VWAP measured on the effective date of the related Registration Statement of $30 million and (ii) two-thirds of the number of Registrable Securities the Initiating Holder set forth in the applicable  Underwritten Offering Notice.

 

(c)           Piggyback Registration and Piggyback Underwritten Offering .

 

(i)            If the Company shall at any time propose to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of Common Stock (other than a registration statement on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms thereto or filed solely in connection with an exchange offer or any employee benefit or dividend reinvestment plan), whether or not for its own account, then the Company shall promptly notify all Holders of such proposal reasonably in advance of (and in any event at least five Business Days before) the anticipated filing date (the “ Piggyback Registration Notice ”).  The Piggyback Registration Notice shall offer Holders the opportunity to include for registration in such registration statement the number of Registrable Securities as they may request in writing (a “ Piggyback Registration ”).  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to include in each such Piggyback Registration such Registrable Securities for which the Company has received written requests for

 

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inclusion therein (“ Piggyback Registration Request ”) within three Business Days after sending the Piggyback Registration Notice.  Each Holder shall be permitted to withdraw all or part of such Holder’s Registrable Securities from a Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to the Company of its request to withdraw; provided that (A) such request must be made in writing prior to the effectiveness of such registration statement and (B) such withdrawal shall be irrevocable and, after making such withdrawal, a Holder shall no longer have any right to include Registrable Securities in the Piggyback Registration as to which such withdrawal was made.  Any withdrawing Holder shall continue to have the right to include any Registrable Securities in any subsequent registration statement or registration statements as may be filed by the Company with respect to offerings of Common Stock, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

(ii)           If the Company shall at any time propose to conduct an Underwritten Offering, whether or not for its own account, then the Company shall promptly notify all Holders of such proposal reasonably in advance of (and in any event at least five Business Days before) the commencement of the offering, which notice shall set forth the principal terms and conditions of the issuance, including the proposed offering price (or range of offering prices), the anticipated filing date of the related registration statement (if applicable) and the number of shares of Common Stock that are proposed to be registered (the “ Underwritten Offering Piggyback Notice ”).  The Underwritten Offering Piggyback Notice shall offer Holders the opportunity to include in such Underwritten Offering (and any related registration, if applicable) the number of Registrable Securities as they may request in writing (an “ Underwritten Piggyback Offering ”); provided , however , that in the event that the Company proposes to effectuate the subject Underwritten Offering pursuant to an effective Shelf Registration Statement of the Company other than an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, only Registrable Securities of Holders which are subject to an effective Shelf Registration Statement may be included in such Underwritten Piggyback Offering.  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to include in each such Underwritten Piggyback Offering such Registrable Securities for which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein (“ Underwritten Offering Piggyback Request ”) within three Business Days after sending the Underwritten Offering Piggyback Notice.  Each Holder shall be permitted to withdraw all or part of such Holder’s Registrable Securities from an Underwritten Piggyback Offering at any time prior to the effectiveness of the applicable registration statement, and such Holder shall continue to have the right to include any Registrable Securities in any subsequent Underwritten Offerings, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

(iii)          If the managing underwriter or managing underwriters of an Underwritten Offering advise the Company and the Holders that in their reasonable opinion that the inclusion of all of the Holders’ Registrable Securities requested for inclusion in the subject Underwritten Offering (and any related registration, if applicable) (and any other Common Stock proposed to be included in such offering) exceeds the number that can be included without being likely to have a significant adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering (and any related registration, if applicable) only that number of shares of Common Stock proposed to be

 

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included in such Underwritten Offering (and any related registration, if applicable) that, in the reasonable opinion of the managing underwriter or managing underwriters, will not have such adverse effect, with such number to be allocated as follows:  (A) in the case of a Requested Underwritten Offering, (1) first, pro-rata among all Holders (including the Initiating Holder) that have requested to include Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder, (2) second, if there remains availability for additional shares of Common Stock to be included in such Underwritten Offering, the Company, and (3) third, if there remains availability for additional shares of Common Stock to be included in such Underwritten Offering, any other holders entitled to participate in such Underwritten Offering, if applicable, based on the relative number of shares of Common Stock then held by each such holder; and (B) in the case of any other Underwritten Offerings, (x) first, to the Company, (y) second, if there remains availability for additional shares of Common Stock to be included in such Underwritten Offering, pro-rata among all Holders desiring to include Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder, and (z) third, if there remains availability for additional shares of Common Stock to be included in such registration, pro-rata among any other holders entitled to participate in such Underwritten Offering, if applicable, based on the relative number of Common Stock then held by each such holder.  If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such Underwritten Offering, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter(s) delivered on or prior to the time of the commencement of such offering.  Any Registrable Securities withdrawn from such underwriting shall be excluded and withdrawn from the registration.

 

(iv)                               The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 2(c)  at any time in its sole discretion whether or not any Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement.  The registration expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 4 hereof.

 

3.                                       Registration and Underwritten Offering Procedures .

 

The procedures to be followed by the Company and each Holder electing to sell Registrable Securities in a Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement, and the respective rights and obligations of the Company and such Holders, with respect to the preparation, filing and effectiveness of such Registration Statement and the effectuation of any Underwritten Offering, are as follows:

 

(a)                                  In connection with a Demand Registration, the Company will, at least three Business Days prior to the anticipated filing of the Registration Statement and any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (other than, after effectiveness of the Registration Statement, any filing made under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement), (i) furnish to such Holders copies of all such documents prior to filing and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to address in each such document when so filed with the Commission such comments as such Holders reasonably shall propose prior to the filing thereof.

 

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(b)                                  In connection with a Piggyback Registration, Underwritten Piggyback Offering or a Requested Underwritten Offering, the Company will, at least three Business Days prior to the anticipated filing of any initial Registration Statement that identifies the Holders and any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (other than amendments and supplements that do not materially alter the previous disclosure or do nothing more than name Holders and provide information with respect thereto), as applicable, (i) furnish to such Holders copies of any such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto that identify the Holders and any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (other than amendments and supplements that do not materially alter the previous disclosure or do nothing more than name Holders and provide information with respect thereto) prior to filing and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to address in each such document when so filed with the Commission such comments as such Holders reasonably shall propose prior to the filing thereof.

 

(c)                                   The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as reasonably practicable (i) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary under applicable law to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered thereby for its Effectiveness Period and, subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement, prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities held by the Holders; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; and (iii) respond to any comments received from the Commission with respect to each Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably practicable provide such Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to such Registration Statement that pertains to such Holders as selling stockholders but not any comments that would result in the disclosure to such Holders of material and non-public information concerning the Company.

 

(d)                                  The Company will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the Registration Statements and the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement.

 

(e)                                   The Company will notify such Holders who are included in a Registration Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable: (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement in which such Holder is included has been filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of the applicable Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement (in which case the Company shall provide true and complete copies thereof and all written responses thereto to each of such Holders that pertain to such Holders as selling stockholders); and (C) with respect to each applicable Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has been declared effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information that pertains to such Holders as sellers of Registrable Securities; (iii) of the issuance

 

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by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of such Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading ( provided , however , that no notice by the Company shall be required pursuant to this clause (v) in the event that the Company either promptly files a prospectus supplement to update the Prospectus or a Form 8-K or other appropriate Exchange Act report that is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, which in either case, contains the requisite information that results in such Registration Statement no longer containing any untrue statement of material fact or omitting to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading).

 

(f)                                    The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, as promptly as reasonably practicable, or if any such order or suspension is made effective during any Blackout Period or Suspension Period, as promptly as reasonably practicable after such Blackout Period or Suspension Period is over.

 

(g)                                   During the Effectiveness Period, the Company will furnish to each such Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Holder (including those incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided , that the Company will not have any obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commission’s EDGAR system.

 

(h)                                  The Company will promptly deliver to each Holder, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) authorized by the Company for use and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request during the Effectiveness Period.  Subject to the terms of this Agreement, including Section 8(b) , the Company consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

 

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transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free of all restrictive legends indicating that the Registrable Securities are unregistered or unqualified for resale under the Securities Act, Exchange Act or other applicable securities laws, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request in writing.  In connection therewith, if required by the Company’s transfer agent, the Company will promptly, after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, cause an opinion of counsel as to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement to be delivered to and maintained with its transfer agent, together with any other authorizations, certificates and directions required by the transfer agent which authorize and direct the transfer agent to issue such Registrable Securities without any such legend upon sale by the Holder of such Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement.

 

(j)                                     Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(e)(v) , as promptly as reasonably practicable, the Company will prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, if required by applicable law, to the affected Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, no Registration Statement nor any Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(k)                                  With respect to Underwritten Offerings, (i) the right of any Holder to include such Holder’s Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting to the extent provided herein, (ii) each Holder participating in such Underwritten Offering agrees to enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form and sell such Holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled to select the managing underwriter or managing underwriters hereunder and (iii) each Holder participating in such Underwritten Offering agrees to complete and execute all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents customarily and reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.  The Company hereby agrees with each Holder that, in connection with any Underwritten Offering in accordance with the terms hereof, it will negotiate in good faith and execute all indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements, including using all commercially reasonable efforts to procure customary legal opinions, auditor “comfort” letters and reports of the independent petroleum engineers of the Company relating to the oil and gas reserves of the Company included in the Registration Statement if the Company has had its reserves prepared, audited or reviewed by an independent petroleum engineer.

 

(l)                                      For a reasonable period prior to the filing of any Registration Statement and throughout the Effectiveness Period, t he Company will make available, upon reasonable notice at the Company’s principal place of business or such other reasonable place, for inspection during normal business hours by a representative or representatives of the selling Holders, the managing underwriter or managing underwriters and any attorneys or accountants retained by such selling Holders or underwriters, all such financial and other information and

 

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books and records of the Company, and cause the officers, employees, counsel and independent certified public accountants of the Company to respond to such inquiries, as shall be reasonably necessary (and in the case of counsel, not violate an attorney-client privilege in such counsel’s reasonable belief) to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided , however , that any information that is not generally publicly available at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by such Persons unless disclosure of such information is required by court or administrative order or, in the opinion of counsel to such Person, law, in which case, such Person shall be required to give the Company written notice of the proposed disclosure prior to such disclosure and, if requested by the Company, assist the Company in seeking to prevent or limit the proposed disclosure.

 

(m)                              In connection with any Requested Underwritten Offering, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause appropriate officers and employees to be available, on a customary basis and upon reasonable notice, to meet with prospective investors in presentations, meetings and road shows.

 

(n)                                  Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company any other information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such securities as the Company reasonably determines is required to be included in any Registration Statement or any Prospectus or prospectus supplement relating to an Underwritten Offering.

 

(o)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not be required to file a Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or effect a Requested Underwritten Offering (or, if the Company has filed a Shelf Registration Statement and has included Registrable Securities therein, the Company shall be entitled to suspend the offer and sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement) for a period of up to 60 days if (i) the Board determines that a postponement is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders generally due to a pending transaction involving the Company (including a pending securities offering by the Company), (ii) the Board determines such registration would render the Company unable to comply with applicable securities laws or (iii) the Board determines such registration would require disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential (any such period, a “ Blackout Period ”); provided , however , that in no event shall any Blackout Period together with any Suspension Period exceed an aggregate of 120 days in any 12-month period.

 

(p)                                  In connection with an Underwritten Offering, the Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to provide to each Holder named as a selling securityholder in any Registration Statement a copy of any auditor “comfort” letters, customary legal opinions or reports of the independent petroleum engineers of the Company relating to the oil and gas reserves of the Company, in each case that have been provided to the managing underwriter or managing underwriters in connection with the Underwritten Offering, not later than the Business Day prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement.

 

4.                                       No Inconsistent Agreements; Additional Rights The Company shall not hereafter enter into, and is not currently a party to, any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent in any material respect with the rights granted to the Holders by this Agreement.

 

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5.                                       Registration Expenses All Registration Expenses incident to the Parties’ performance of or compliance with their respective obligations under this Agreement or otherwise in connection with any Demand Registration, Requested Underwritten Offering, Piggyback Registration or Underwritten Piggyback Offering (in each case, excluding any Selling Expenses) shall be borne by the Company, whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement.  “ Registration Expenses ” shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with the Trading Market and (B) in compliance with applicable state securities or “Blue Sky” laws), (ii) printing expenses (including expenses of printing certificates for Company Securities and of printing Prospectuses if the printing of Prospectuses is reasonably requested by a Holder of Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel, auditors, accountants and independent petroleum engineers for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (vii) the reasonable fees and expenses of one law firm of national standing selected by the Holders owning the majority of the Registrable Securities to be included in any such registration or offering and (viii) all expenses relating to marketing the sale of the Registrable Securities, including expenses related to conducting a “road show.”  In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including expenses payable to third parties and including all salaries and expenses of their officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on the Trading Market.

 

6.                                       Indemnification .

 

(a)                                  The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its Affiliates and each of their respective officers and directors and any agent thereof (collectively, “ Holder Indemnified Persons ”), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, costs (including reasonable costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses, judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which any Holder Indemnified Person may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, under the Securities Act or otherwise (collectively, “ Losses ”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which any Registrable Securities were registered, in any preliminary prospectus (if the Company authorized the use of such preliminary prospectus prior to the Effective Date), or in any summary or final prospectus or free writing prospectus (if such free writing prospectus was authorized for use by the Company) or in any amendment or supplement thereto (if used during the period the Company is required to keep the Registration Statement current), or arising out of, based upon or resulting from the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that the Company shall not be liable to any Holder Indemnified Person to the extent that any such claim arises out of, is based upon or results from an untrue or

 

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alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such Registration Statement, such preliminary, summary or final prospectus or free writing prospectus or such amendment or supplement, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Holder Indemnified Person or any underwriter specifically for use in the preparation thereof.  The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding of which the Company is aware in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability the Company may otherwise have and shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Holder Indemnified Person or any indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such Holder.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Section 6 shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement indefinitely.

 

(b)                                  In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder participates, such Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its Affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors and any agent thereof, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all Losses as incurred, arising out of or relating to any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any such Registration Statement, in any preliminary prospectus (if used prior to the Effective Date of such Registration Statement), or in any summary or final prospectus or free writing prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (if used during the period the Company is required to keep the Registration Statement current), or arising out of, based upon or resulting from the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, but only to the extent that the same are made in reliance and in conformity with information relating to the Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder for use therein.  This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability such Holder may otherwise have and shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or any indemnified party. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation

 

(c)                                   Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim or there may be reasonable defenses available to the indemnified party that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party.  If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent will not be unreasonably withheld).  An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party there may be one or more legal or equitable defenses available to such indemnified party that are in

 

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addition to or may conflict with those available to another indemnified party with respect to such claim.  Failure to give prompt written notice shall not release the indemnifying party from its obligations hereunder.

 

(d)                                  If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any Losses referred to herein, the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall to the extent permitted by applicable law contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Losses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and of the indemnified party, on the other, in connection with the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by a court of law by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission; provided , that in no event shall any contribution by a Holder hereunder exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder.

 

7.                                       Facilitation of Sales Pursuant to Rule 144 To the extent it shall be required to do so under the Exchange Act, the Company shall timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (including the reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1) of Rule 144), and shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable the Holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the exemption provided by Rule 144.  Upon the request of any Holder in connection with that Holder’s sale pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

8.                                       Miscellaneous .

 

(a)                                  Remedies .  In the event of actual or potential breach by the Company of any of its obligations under this Agreement, each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement.  The Company agrees that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(b)                                  Discontinued Disposition .  Each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in clauses (ii) through (v) of Section 3(e) , such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemental Prospectus or amended Registration Statement as contemplated by Section 3(j)  or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may

 

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be resumed, and, in either case, has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration Statement (a “ Suspension Period ”).  The Company may provide appropriate stop orders to enforce the provisions of this Section 8(b) .

 

(c)                                   Amendments and Waivers .  No provision of this Agreement may be waived or amended except in a written instrument signed by the Company and Holders that hold a majority of the Registrable Securities as of the date of such waiver or amendment; provided , that any waiver or amendment that would have a disproportionate adverse effect on a Holder relative to the other Holders shall require the consent of such Holder.  The Company shall provide prior notice to all Holders of any proposed waiver or amendment.  No waiver of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any Party to exercise any right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such right.

 

(d)                                  Notices .  Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or electronic mail as specified in this Section 8(d)  prior to 5:00 p.m. Central Time on a Business Day, (ii) the Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile or electronic mail as specified in this Agreement later than 5:00 p.m. Central Time on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m. Central Time on such date, (iii) the Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the Party to whom such notice is required to be given.  The address for such notices and communications shall be as follows:

 

If to the Company:

 

RSP Permian, Inc.

 

 

Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

3141 Hood Street, Suite 701

Dallas, Texas 75219

Fax:  (214) 252-2750

Electronic mail: smcneill@rsppermian.com

 

 

 

 

 

With copy to:

 

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

Attention:  Douglas E. McWilliams

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500

Houston, Texas  77002

Fax:  (713) 615-5725

Electronic mail: dmcwilliams@velaw.com

 

 

 

If to any Person who is then the registered Holder:

 

To the address of such Holder as it appears in the applicable register for the Registrable Securities or such other address as may be designated in writing by such Holder.

 

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(e)                                   Successors and Assigns .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.  Except as provided in this Section 8(e) , this Agreement, and any rights or obligations hereunder, may not be assigned without the prior written consent of the Company and the Holders.  Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the rights of a Holder pursuant to this Agreement with respect to all or any portion of its Registrable Securities may be assigned without such consent (but only with all related obligations) with respect to such Registrable Securities (and any Registrable Securities issued as a dividend or other distribution with respect to, in exchange for or in replacement of such Registrable Securities) by such Holder to a transferee of such Registrable Securities; provided (i) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the Registrable Securities with respect to which such registration rights are being assigned and (ii) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms set forth in this Agreement.  The Company may not assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Holders.

 

(f)                                    No Third Party Beneficiaries Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give any Person, other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns, any legal or equitable right, remedy, claim or benefit under or in respect of this Agreement.

 

(g)                                   Execution and Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.  In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile or electronic mail transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the Party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such signature delivered by facsimile or electronic mail transmission were the original thereof.

 

(h)                                  Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial .  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York.  Each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located in in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.  Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each Party anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Agreement.  Each of the Parties irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.

 

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(i)             Cumulative Remedies .  The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

 

(j)             Severability .  If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the Parties shall use their reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction.  It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the Parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

(k)            Entire Agreement .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior contracts or agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof and the matters addressed or governed hereby, whether oral or written.

 

(l)             Termination .  Except for Section 6 , this Agreement shall terminate as to any Holder, when all Registrable Securities held by such Holder no longer constitute Registrable Securities.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

 

RSP PERMIAN, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steven Gray

 

Name:

Steven Gray

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOLDERS:

 

 

 

RSP PERMIAN HOLDCO, L.L.C.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steven Gray

 

Name:

Steven Gray

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

Address for notice:

 

 

 

Attention: Scott McNeill

 

3141 Hood Street, Suite 701

 

Dallas, Texas 75219

 

Fax: (214) 252-2750

 

Electronic mail: smcneill@rsppermian.com

 

 

 

with a copy to:

 

 

 

Natural Gas Partners

 

Attention: Jesse Bomer

 

5221 N. O’Connor Blvd., Suite 1100

 

Irving, Texas 75039

 

Electronic mail: jbomer@ngptrs.com

 

 

 

 

 

TED COLLINS, JR.

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Ted Collins, Jr.

 

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Address for notice:

 

 

 

508 West Wall Street, Suite 1200

 

Midland, TX 79701

 

 

 

 

 

WALLACE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP, LP

 

By:

Michael Wallace Management, LLC,

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael W. Wallace

 

Name:

Michael W. Wallace

 

Title:

Manager

 

 

 

 

Address for notice:

 

 

 

Attention: Michael W. Wallace

 

508 West Wall Street, Suite 1200

 

Midland, TX 79701

 

Electronic mail: mikew@collinsandware.com

 

 

 

 

 

ACTOIL, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew M. Leicester

 

Name:

Andrew M. Leicester

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

Address for notice:

 

 

 

Attention: Andrew M. Leicester and John McCally

 

730 Third Avenue

 

New York, New York 10017

 

Electronic mail: ALeicester@tiaa-cref.org

 

Electronic mail: JMccally@tiaa-cref.org

 

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RISING STAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CO., L.L.C.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael K. Grimm

 

Name:

Michael K. Grimm

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

Address for notice:

 

 

 

Attention: Tamara Pollard

 

3141 Hood Street, Suite 701

 

Dallas, Texas 75219

 

Electronic mail: tpollard@rsppermian.com

 

with a copy to:

 

 

 

Natural Gas Partners

 

Attention: Jesse Bomer

 

5221 N. O’Connor Blvd., Suite 1100

 

Irving, Texas 75039

 

Electronic mail: jbomer@ngptrs.com

 

 

 

 

 

PECOS ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.

 

By:

Pecos Operating Company, LLC,

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steven Gray

 

Name:

Steven Gray

 

Title:

Manager

 

 

 

 

Address for notice:

 

 

 

Attention: Steve Gray

 

125 W. Missouri Ave, Suite 450

 

Midland, Texas 79701

 

Electronic mail: sgray@rsppermian.com

 

Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement

 


Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

 

RSP PERMIAN HOLDCO, L.L.C.

 

Effective Date:  January 23, 2014

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Page

 

 

RECITALS:

1

 

 

ARTICLE I FORMATION OF COMPANY

2

 

 

Section 1.1.

Formation

2

Section 1.2.

Name

2

Section 1.3.

Business

2

Section 1.4.

Places of Business; Registered Agent; Names and Addresses of Members

2

Section 1.5.

Term

3

Section 1.6.

Filings

3

Section 1.7.

Title to Company Property

3

Section 1.8.

No Payments of Individual Obligations

3

 

 

 

ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS AND REFERENCES

3

 

 

Section 2.1.

Defined Terms

3

Section 2.2.

References and Titles

16

 

 

 

ARTICLE III CAPITALIZATION AND UNITS

17

 

 

Section 3.1.

Capital Contributions of Members

17

Section 3.2.

Issuances of Additional Securities

18

Section 3.3.

Return of Contributions

19

Section 3.4.

Incentive Interests

19

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

24

 

 

Section 4.1.

Allocations of Profits and Losses

24

Section 4.2.

Special Allocations

24

Section 4.3.

Distributions

26

Section 4.4.

Income Tax Allocations

28

Section 4.5.

Distributions in Kind

28

 

 

 

ARTICLE V MANAGEMENT AND RELATED MATTERS

29

 

 

Section 5.1.

Power and Authority of Board

29

Section 5.2.

Officers

30

Section 5.3.

Acknowledged and Permitted NGP Activities

31

Section 5.4.

Duties and Services of the Board

32

Section 5.5.

Liability and Indemnification

32

Section 5.6.

Contracts with Affiliates

33

Section 5.7.

Reimbursement of Members

33

Section 5.8.

Insurance

33

Section 5.9.

Tax Elections and Status

33

Section 5.10.

Tax Returns

34

Section 5.11.

Tax Matters Member

34

Section 5.12.

Section 83(b) Election

34

Section 5.13.

Subsidiaries of the Company

35

 



 

Section 5.14.

Tax Reimbursement

35

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI RIGHTS OF MEMBERS

35

 

 

 

Section 6.1.

Rights of Members

35

Section 6.2.

Limitations on Members

35

Section 6.3.

Liability of Members

36

Section 6.4.

Withdrawal and Return of Capital Contributions

36

Section 6.5.

Voting Rights

36

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII BOOKS, REPORTS, MEETINGS AND CONFIDENTIALITY

36

 

 

 

Section 7.1.

Capital Accounts, Books and Records

36

Section 7.2.

Bank Accounts

38

Section 7.3.

Reports

38

Section 7.4.

Meetings of Members

38

Section 7.5.

Confidentiality

39

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

39

 

 

 

Section 8.1.

Dissolution

39

Section 8.2.

Liquidation and Termination

39

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX ASSIGNMENTS OF COMPANY INTERESTS

40

 

 

ARTICLE X REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

41

 

 

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

43

 

 

 

Section 11.1.

Notices

43

Section 11.2.

Amendment

43

Section 11.3.

Partition

44

Section 11.4.

Entire Agreement

44

Section 11.5.

Severability

44

Section 11.6.

No Waiver

44

Section 11.7.

Applicable Law

44

Section 11.8.

Successors and Assigns

44

Section 11.9.

Arbitration

44

Section 11.10.

Counterparts

46

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
RSP PERMIAN HOLDCO, L.L.C.

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated January 23, 2014, is made by and among RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), and the Persons who have executed a signature page to this Agreement as the Members and Managers.

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, RSP Permian, L.L.C. (“ RSP LLC ”) was formed as a Delaware limited liability company by the filing of a Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware effective on October 18, 2010;

 

WHEREAS, the original members of RSP LLC (the “ Original Members ”) were parties to that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of RSP LLC, dated as of April 1, 2013 (as amended, the “ RSP LLC Agreement ”), and owned all of the Company Interests (as defined in the RSP LLC Agreement) in RSP LLC;

 

WHEREAS, RSP Permian, Inc. (“ RSP Inc. ”) was organized as a Delaware corporation  by the filing of a Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 30, 2013;

 

WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a Delaware limited liability company by the filing of a Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 26, 2013;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Subscription and Contribution Agreement, dated January 23, 2014 (the “ Contribution Agreement ”), by and among the Company and the Original Members, among other things, the Original Members are contributing all of their RSP LLC Interests to the Company, and the Company, pursuant to that certain Master Contribution Agreement, dated January 7, 2014 (the “ Master Contribution Agreement ”), by and among RSP Inc., the Company, RSP LLC, Rising Star Energy Development Co., L.L.C., Ted Collins, Jr., Wallace Family Partnership, LP, Collins & Wallace Holdings, LLC and Pecos Energy Partners, L.P., is subsequently contributing all of the RSP LLC Interests (the “ Contributed Interests ”) to RSP Inc. (together with the Original Members’ contributions to the Company pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the  “ Restructuring Transaction ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Contributed Interests include any and all Tier I A Units (as defined in the RSP LLC Agreement) of RSP (the “ RSP LLC Tier I A Units ”), Tier I Units (as defined in the RSP LLC Agreement) of RSP (the “ RSP LLC  Tier I Units ”), Tier II Units (as defined in the RSP LLC Agreement) of RSP (the “ RSP LLC Tier II Units ”), Tier III Units (as defined in the RSP LLC Agreement) of RSP (the “ RSP LLC Tier III Units ”) and Tier IV Units (as defined in the RSP LLC Agreement) of RSP (the “ RSP LLC Tier IV Units ” and, together with the RSP LLC Tier I A Units, the RSP LLC Tier I Units, the RSP LLC Tier II Units, the RSP

 

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LLC Tier III Units and the RSP LLC Tier IV Units, the “ RSP LLC Incentive Units ”) owned by the Original Members and subsequently the Company;

 

WHEREAS, immediately subsequent to the Restructuring Transaction, the Company hereby cancels the RSP LLC Incentive Units; and

 

WHEREAS, the Members and the Managers desire to amend and restate that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of December 26, 2013 (the “ Original LLC Agreement ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Members and the Managers hereby amend and restate the Original LLC Agreement as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

FORMATION OF COMPANY

 

Section 1.1.                                  Formation .  Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the parties do hereby desire to establish this Agreement to govern the Company as a limited liability company under the provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. Sections 18-101 et seq. , as amended from time to time, and any successor statute or statutes (the “ Act ”).  The Company was formed upon the execution and filing by the organizer (such Person being hereby authorized to take such action) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of a Certificate of Formation of the Company effective on December 26, 2013.

 

Section 1.2.                                  Name .  The name of the Company shall be RSP Permian Holdco, L.L.C.  Subject to all applicable laws, the business of the Company shall be conducted in the name of the Company unless under the law of some jurisdiction in which the Company does business such business must be conducted under another name or unless the Board determines that it is advisable to conduct Company business under another name.  In such a case, the business of the Company in such jurisdiction or in connection with such determination may be conducted under such other name or names as the Board shall determine to be necessary.  The Board shall cause to be filed on behalf of the Company such assumed or fictitious name certificate or certificates or similar instruments as may from time to time be required by law.

 

Section 1.3.                                  Business.  The business of the Company shall be, whether directly or indirectly through subsidiaries, to conduct all activities permissible by applicable law.

 

Section 1.4.                                  Places of Business; Registered Agent; Names and Addresses of Members.

 

(a)                                  The address of the principal United States office and place of business of the Company and its street address shall be 3141 Hood Street, Suite 701, Dallas, Texas 75219.  The Board, at any time and from time to time, may change the location of the Company’s principal place of business upon giving prior written notice of such change to the Members and may establish such additional place or places of business of the Company as the Board shall determine to be necessary or desirable.

 

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(b)                                  The registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be, and it hereby is, established and maintained at 615 South DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901, and the registered agent for service of process on the Company shall be National Corporate Research, Ltd., whose business address is the same as the Company’s registered office in Delaware.  The Board, at any time and from time to time, may change the Company’s registered office or registered agent or both by complying with the applicable provisions of the Act, and may establish, appoint and change additional registered offices and registered agents of the Company in such other states as the Board shall determine to be necessary or advisable.

 

(c)                                   The mailing address and street address of each of the Members shall be the same as for the Company, unless another address for such Member is set forth on Exhibit A to this Agreement.

 

Section 1.5.                                  Term .  The Company shall continue until terminated in accordance with Section 8.1 .

 

Section 1.6.                                  Filings .  Upon the request of the Board, the Members shall promptly execute and deliver all such certificates and other instruments conforming hereto as shall be necessary for the Board to accomplish all filing, recording, publishing and other acts appropriate to comply with all requirements for the formation and operation of a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and for the qualification and operation of a limited liability company in all other jurisdictions where the Company shall propose to conduct business.  Prior to conducting business in any jurisdiction, the Board shall use its reasonable good faith efforts to cause the Company to comply with all requirements for the qualification of the Company to conduct business as a limited liability company in such jurisdiction.

 

Section 1.7.                                  Title to Company Property .  All property owned by the Company, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Company as an entity, and no Member, individually, shall have any ownership of such property.  The Company may hold its property in its own name or in the name of a nominee which may be the Board or any of its Affiliates or any trustee or agent designated by it.

 

Section 1.8.                                  No Payments of Individual Obligations .  The Members shall use the Company’s credit and assets solely for the benefit of the Company.  No asset of the Company shall be Transferred for or in payment of any individual obligation of any Member.

 

ARTICLE II

 

DEFINITIONS AND REFERENCES

 

Section 2.1.                                  Defined Terms .  When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

Act ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.1 .

 

Additional Company Debt Securities ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2(b) .

 

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Additional Company Equity Securities ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2(a) .

 

Adjusted Capital Account ” shall mean the Capital Account maintained for each Member as provided in Section 7.1(b)  as of the end of each fiscal year, (a) increased by (i) the amount of any unpaid Capital Contributions agreed to be contributed by such Member under Section 3.1 , if any, and (ii) an amount equal to such Member’s allocable share of Minimum Gain as computed on the last day of such fiscal year in accordance with the applicable Treasury Regulations, and (b) reduced by the adjustments provided for in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4)-(6).

 

Adjusted Property ” shall mean any property the Carrying Value of which has been adjusted pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(vi)  or any property that has a Carrying Value different than the adjusted tax basis at the time of a Capital Contribution by a Member.

 

Affiliate ” (whether or not capitalized) shall mean, with respect to any Person: (a) any other Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of such Person, (b) any other Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote by such Person, (c) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person, and (d) any officer, director, member, partner or immediate family member of such Person or any other Person described in subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this paragraph.

 

Agreed Contribution Amount ” shall mean $220,300,000.00.

 

Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph.

 

Benchmark Value Payout ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(b)(iv) .

 

Benchmark Value Re-grant Payout ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(c)(i) .

 

Board ” and “ Board of Managers ” shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in Section 5.1 .

 

Capital Account ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.1(b) .

 

Capital Account Reduction Amount ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(d) .

 

Capital Commitment ” shall mean for each Member, as applicable, its commitment to make Capital Contributions (i) to RSP LLC pursuant to the terms of any of the RSP LLC Contribution Agreements and (ii) to the Company pursuant to the Contribution Agreement or otherwise.  Each Member shall make Capital Contributions to the Company in the amount set

 

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forth on in the Company’s books and records, payable in the ratio, at the times and on the conditions set forth in Section 3.1 .

 

Capital Contributions ” shall mean for any Member at the particular time in question, as applicable, the aggregate of (i) the dollar amounts of any cash, or the fair market value of any property, contributed to the capital of RSP LLC by such Member pursuant to the RSP LLC Contribution Agreements or otherwise prior to the date hereof, and (ii) other than the Contributed Interests, the dollar amounts of any cash, or the fair market value of any property, contributed to the capital of the Company, or, if the context in which such term is used so indicates, the dollar amounts of any cash or the fair market value of any property agreed to be contributed, or requested to be contributed, by such Member to the capital of the Company.  For the avoidance of doubt, all capital contributions made by any Member in the form of the Contributed Interests are expressly excluded from the definition of “Capital Contributions” for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

Carrying Value ” shall mean with respect to any asset, the value of such asset as reflected in the Capital Accounts of the Members.  The Carrying Value of any asset shall be such asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

 

(a)                                  The initial Carrying Value of any asset contributed by a Member to the Company will be the fair market value of the asset on the date of the contribution, as determined by the Board;

 

(b)                                  The Carrying Value of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective fair market values, as determined by the Board, upon (i) the acquisition of an additional Company Interest by any new or existing Member in exchange for a Capital Contribution that is not de minimis ; (ii) the distribution by the Company to a Member of Company property that is not de minimis as consideration for a Company Interest; (iii) the grant of a Company Interest that is not de minimis consideration for the performance of services to or for the benefit of the Company by any new or existing Member; and (iv) the liquidation of the Company as provided in Section 8.2 ; provided that any adjustments to the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be made as provided in Section 7.1(b)(vi) ;

 

(c)                                   The Carrying Value of any Company asset distributed to any Member shall be adjusted to equal the fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution, as determined by the Board;

 

(d)                                  The Carrying Value of an asset shall be adjusted by Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Net Profits and Net Losses; and

 

(e)                                   The Carrying Value of Company assets shall be adjusted at such other times as required in the applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

Company ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Company Interest ” shall mean any Member’s interest in, or rights in, the Company including and representing, as the context shall require, any membership interest in the

 

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Company, Incentive Interests, and/or any other class or series of interests created pursuant to Section 3.2 .

 

Company Nonrecourse Liabilities ” shall mean nonrecourse liabilities (or portions thereof) of the Company for which no Member bears the economic risk of loss in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

Company Securities ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2(b) .

 

Confidential Information ” shall mean, without limitation, all proprietary and confidential information of the Company, including business opportunities of the Company, intellectual property, and any other information heretofore or hereafter acquired, developed or used by the Company relating to its business, including any confidential information contained in any lease files, well files and records, land files, abstracts, title opinions, title or curative matters, contract files, seismic records, electric logs, core data, pressure data, production records, geological and geophysical reports and related data, memoranda, notes, records, drawings, correspondence, financial and accounting information, customer lists, statistical data and compilations, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, inventions, formulae, methods, processes, agreements, contracts, manuals or any other documents relating to the business of the Company, developed by, or originated by any third party and brought to the attention of, the Company.

 

Contributed Interests ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

Contribution Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

Depreciation ” shall mean for each fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period, except that if the Carrying Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or other period, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Carrying Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such year or other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis (unless the adjusted tax basis is equal to zero, in which event Depreciation shall be determined under any reasonable method selected by the Board).

 

Dispute ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.9 .

 

Distributable Funds ” shall mean the available cash of the Company in excess of the working capital and other requirements of the Company for the then following 12-month period as determined by the Board of Managers.

 

Distributed Asset Amount ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.1(b)(iv).

 

Effective Date ” shall mean January 23, 2014.

 

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Employee ” shall mean an individual who is employed by, or serves as an independent contractor for, the Company, RSP Inc., RSP LLC or any of their respective subsidiaries.  In the event any provision of this Agreement refers to the resignation of an Employee, such resignation or termination shall apply to the entity that is the employer of such Employee.

 

Exchanged Tier I A Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(b)(i)(A) .

 

Exchanged Tier I Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(b)(i)(B) .

 

Excluded Affiliate Transfer ” shall mean (a) any Transfer of a Company Interest by NGP (whether voluntarily or by operation of law) to a partner or other Affiliate or a legal successor of NGP; (b) any Transfer of a Company Interest by a Member who is an individual to a member of such Member’s family or to a revocable trust for estate planning purposes, but only if and for so long as such Transferring Member retains the exclusive right to vote such Company Interest following such Transfer; (c) any Transfer occurring by operation of law upon the death or mental incapacity of a Member who is an individual; (d) any Transfer to a corporation, partnership or limited liability company which is wholly owned and controlled (through voting rights) by such Member, but only if and for so long as such Transferring Member retains the exclusive right to vote such Company Interest following such Transfer; and (e) any Transfer of a Company Interest by a Member which is a trust to the principal beneficiary of that trust; provided that, in the case of any Transfer described in clauses (a) — (e), such Transferee agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and evidences same by executing a copy of this Agreement and such other documents as the Company may reasonably request promptly upon receiving the assignment of such Company Interest.

 

Excluded Business Opportunity ” shall mean a business opportunity other than a business opportunity:  (a) that (i) has come to the attention of a Person solely in, and as a direct result of, its or his capacity as a director of, advisor to, principal of or employee of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) was developed with the use or benefit of the personnel or assets of the Company, or a subsidiary of the Company, and (b) that has not been previously independently brought to the attention of the subject Person from a source that is not affiliated (other than through such subject Person) with the Company or a subsidiary of the Company.

 

Exercise ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.1(b)(iv) .

 

Fundamental Change ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)                                  any of the following transactions occur:  (i) the Company merges, consolidates or reconstitutes with or into, or enters into any similar transaction with, any Person other than a subsidiary of the Company, (ii) the outstanding Company Interests are sold or exchanged by the holders thereof in a single transaction, or a series of related transactions, to any Person other than a subsidiary of the Company, or (iii) the Company sells, leases, licenses or exchanges or agrees to sell, lease, license or exchange all or substantially all of its assets to a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company or a Member or a Related Party and in the case of any such transaction described in the immediately preceding clauses (i) — (iii), the Persons who served as members of

 

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the Board immediately before consummation of such transaction cease to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board (in the case of a sale of equity interests) or the members of the board or analogous managing body of the surviving or acquiring entity (in the case of an asset Transfer, conversion, merger, consolidation or similar transaction), immediately following completion of such transaction; or

 

(b)           any single Person or group of related Persons (other than the Company or any Member) purchases or otherwise acquires the right to vote or dispose of the securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the total voting power of all the then outstanding voting securities of the Company, unless such purchase or acquisition has been approved by the Board; provided that no Capital Contribution(s) made by NGP shall cause a Fundamental Change; or

 

(c)           the Company is dissolved and liquidated.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the following shall constitute a Fundamental Change:  (i) the Restructuring Transactions, (ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement, (iii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Master Contribution Agreement, (iv) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the letter agreement, dated November 13, 2013, by and between RSP LLC and ACTOIL, LLC, (v) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the letter agreement, dated January 7, 2014, by and among RSP LLC, RSP Inc. and ACTOIL, LLC, or (v) the consummation of the transactions undertaken in connection with RSP Inc.’s initial public offering.

 

Hypothetical Liquidation ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(a) .

 

Incentive Interest Percentage ” shall mean, as of any date, the aggregate of the Tier I A Percentage, Tier I Percentage, Tier II Percentage, Tier III Percentage and Tier IV Percentage (which aggregate amount is equal to 34% as of the date hereof), which percentage shall be allocated and reflected on Exhibit A , as revised from time to time.

 

Incentive Interests ” shall mean the Incentive Units and the Incentive Options.

 

Incentive Option ” shall mean any option to acquire Company Interests as such options may be granted from time to time by the Board of Managers.  Any Incentive Option issued by the Company shall have such rights and obligations as the Board of Managers determines in its sole discretion.

 

Incentive Unit ” shall mean a Unit issued as a Tier I A Unit, Tier I Unit, Tier II Unit, Tier III Unit or Tier IV Unit pursuant to Section 3.4(a)  and reflected on Exhibit A as, from time to time, may be updated pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Indemnification Obligation ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(c) .

 

Indemnitee ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.5(a) .

 

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Indirect Transfer ” shall mean (with respect to any Member that is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity) a deemed Transfer of a Company Interest, which shall occur upon any Transfer of the ownership of, or voting rights associated with, the equity or other ownership interests in such Member.

 

Internal Revenue Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute or statutes.

 

JAMS ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.9(a) .

 

Majority Interest ” of the Members, as to any agreement, election, vote or other action of the Members, shall mean those Members whose combined Sharing Ratios exceed 50%.

 

Manager ” and “ Managers ” shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Section 5.1(a) .

 

Master Contribution Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

Members ” shall mean the Persons (including holders of Incentive Units) who from time to time shall execute a signature page to this Agreement (including by counterpart) as the Members, including any Person who becomes a substituted Member of the Company pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Member Nonrecourse Debt ” shall mean any nonrecourse debt of the Company for which any Member bears the economic risk of loss in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

Member Nonrecourse Deductions ” shall mean the amount of deductions, losses and expenses equal to the net increase during the year in Minimum Gain attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt, reduced (but not below zero) by proceeds of such Member Nonrecourse Debt distributed during the year to the Members who bear the economic risk of loss for such debt, as determined in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

Minimum Gain ” shall mean (a) with respect to Company Nonrecourse Liabilities, the amount of gain that would be realized by the Company if the Company Transferred (in a taxable transaction) all Company properties that are subject to Company Nonrecourse Liabilities in full satisfaction of Company Nonrecourse Liabilities, computed in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations, or (b) with respect to each Member Nonrecourse Debt, the amount of gain that would be realized by the Company if the Company Transferred (in a taxable transaction) the Company property that is subject to such Member Nonrecourse Debt in full satisfaction of such Member Nonrecourse Debt, computed in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

Net Profit ” or “ Net Loss ” shall mean, with respect to any fiscal year or other fiscal period, the net income or net loss of the Company for such period, determined in accordance with federal income tax accounting principles and Section 703(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (including any items that are separately stated for purposes of Section 702(a) of the Internal Revenue Code), with the following adjustments:

 

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(a)           any income of the Company that is exempt from federal income tax shall be included as income;

 

(b)           any expenditures of the Company that are described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code or treated as so described pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i) shall be treated as current expenses;

 

(c)           if Company assets are distributed to the Members in kind, such distributions shall be treated as sales of such assets for cash at their respective fair market values in determining Net Profit and Net Loss;

 

(d)           in the event the Carrying Value of any Company asset is adjusted as provided in this Agreement, the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the Transfer of such asset for purposes of computing Net Profit or Net Loss;

 

(e)           gain or loss resulting from any Transfer of Company property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Carrying Value of the property Transferred, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis for such property differs from its Carrying Value;

 

(f)            in lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such fiscal year or other period; and

 

(g)           items specially allocated under Section 4.2 shall be excluded.

 

NGP ” shall mean Production Opportunities II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and its successors and assigns.

 

NGP Financing Fee ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.7 .

 

NGP Portfolio Companies ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.3 .

 

NGP Representatives ” shall mean the members, managers and employees of NGP, Natural Gas Partners IX, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any Affiliate thereof, together with all other Persons serving as representatives of NGP, including those Persons who are serving as managers of the Company at the request of NGP pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.

 

Optionee ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.1(b)(iv) .

 

Original LLC Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

Original Members ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

Person ” (whether or not capitalized) shall mean any natural person, corporation, company, limited or general partnership, joint stock company, joint venture, association, limited

 

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liability company, trust, bank, trust company, business trust or other entity or organization, whether or not a governmental authority.

 

Pre-existing Incentive Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(b)(iv) .

 

Pre-grant Incentive Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(c)(i) .

 

Re-grant Incentive Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(c) .

 

Regulatory Allocations ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.2(e) .

 

Related Party ” shall mean (a) any Person who is a Member of the Company, and any partner, member, shareholder, officer, director, employee or other Affiliate of such Person, (b) an Employee or group of Employees, (c) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, and (d) an entity owned directly or indirectly by the Members of the Company in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company.

 

Restructuring Transaction ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

RSP Inc. ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

RSP LLC ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

RSP LLC Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

RSP LLC Contribution Agreements ” shall mean any and all subscription, contribution and other similar agreements executed by any Member prior to the date hereof and obligating such Member to make any capital contributions to RSP LLC.

 

RSP LLC Incentive Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

RSP LLC Interests ” shall mean any Member’s interest in, or rights in, RSP LLC prior to the Restructuring Transaction including and representing, as the context shall require, any membership interest in RSP LLC held at any time prior to the Restructuring Transaction, including the Contributed Interests.

 

RSP LLC Member ” shall mean any of Grimm Family Limited Partnership, a Texas limited partnership, Arrott Family Holdings, L.P., a Texas limited partnership, Pollard Resource Holdings, LP, a Texas limited partnership, the Steven D. Gray and Debora K. Gray 2012 GST Exempt Trust, the Steven D. Gray GRAT No. 2005-1, William R. Huck, Erik B. Daugbjerg, William Christopher Krusz, Michael G. Cook, Robert Lemmons, David Groves, Leslyn Wallace,

 

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James Spradlin, Steven Smith, Scott McNeill and Chris Gardiner, each of whom is a Member of the Company, and any successor(s) thereto or assignee(s) thereof that shall become a substituted Member of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and “ RSP LLC Members ” shall collectively mean all of such Persons and any additional Members that are or may become Employees and are admitted after the date hereof pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

RSP LLC Tier I A Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

RSP LLC Tier I Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

RSP LLC Tier II Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

RSP LLC Tier III Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

RSP LLC Tier IV Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.

 

Rules ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.9(a) .

 

Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Service Interests ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(a) .

 

Sharing Ratio ” shall mean for any Member, the proportion that such Member’s Capital Contributions bear to the total Capital Contributions of all Members as of the date of such determination, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 3.2(f) .  In the event the Capital Account of a Member is reduced pursuant to Section 3.1(d) , for purposes of determining the Sharing Ratio of such Member, the Capital Contributions of such Member shall be deemed to be reduced by such Capital Account reduction.

 

Sharing Ratio Reduction Percentage ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.1(d) .

 

Subsequent Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(b)(iv) .

 

Subsidiary ” or “ Subsidiaries ” shall mean,  with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or other business or corporate entity, enterprise or organization of which the management is directly or indirectly (through one or more intermediaries) controlled by such Person or 50% or more of the equity interests in which is directly or indirectly (through one or more intermediaries) owned by such Person.  Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

Tax Matters Member ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11 .

 

Tier I A Members ” shall mean the Members holding Tier I A Units as set forth on Exhibit A , as revised from time to time.

 

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Tier I A Payout ” shall mean the first date, if any, at which all of the Members that have made Capital Contributions shall have received, collectively, cumulative cash or fair market value of in kind distributions in respect of their Company Interests (whether as distributions from the Company, as payment for the exchange, purchase or redemption of such Company Interests, or in connection with any merger or other combination of the Company with another Person) together with the cumulative cash distributions, if any, received, collectively, prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction in respect of their RSP LLC Interests held prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction after April 1, 2013 equal to the Agreed Contribution Amount multiplied by (1.08) n , where “n” is equal to the number of years from April 1, 2013 until the date of such calculation (with a partial year being expressed as a decimal determined by dividing the number of days which have passed since the most recent anniversary by 365).  For the avoidance of doubt, any distribution made after April 1, 2013 either in respect of the Company Interests or the RSP LLC Interests (prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction) and prior to the Tier I A Payout, if any, that is subtracted from such Agreed Contribution Amount shall be first increased by the exponent for purposes of the payout calculation by multiplying such distribution by (1.08) m , where “m” is equal to the number of years between the distribution and the Tier I A Payout (with a partial year being expressed as a decimal determined by dividing the number of days which have passed since the most recent anniversary by 365).

 

Tier I A Percentage ” shall mean 4%, which percentage shall be allocated to the Tier I A Members in proportion to the Tier I A Units held by the Tier I A Members as set forth on Exhibit A , as revised from time to time, including any revisions to take into account such reduced percentage due to the Transfer of any Tier I A Units pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.

 

Tier I A Units ” shall mean Tier I A Units representing Company Interests in the Company entitled to receive the Tier I A Percentage and with the other rights and obligations specified in this Agreement.

 

Tier I Members ” shall mean the Members holding Tier I Units as set forth on Exhibit A , as revised from time to time.

 

Tier I Payout ” shall mean the first date, if any, at which all of the Members that have made Capital Contributions shall have received cumulative cash or fair market value of in kind distributions in respect of their Company Interests (whether as distributions from the Company, as payment for the exchange, purchase or redemption of such Company Interests, or in connection with any merger or other combination of the Company with another Person) together with the cumulative cash distributions, if any, received, collectively, prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction in respect of their RSP LLC Interests held prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction equal to their cumulative Capital Contributions multiplied by (1.10) n , where “n” is equal to the Weighted Average Capital Contribution Factor determined as of the date of such distribution.  For the avoidance of doubt, any distribution made either in respect of the Company Interests or the RSP LLC Interests (prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction) prior to the Tier I Payout, if any, that is subtracted from such contributions shall be first increased by the exponent for purposes of the payout calculation by multiplying such distribution by (1.10) m , where “m” is equal to the number of years between the

 

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distribution and the Tier I Payout (with a partial year being expressed as a decimal determined by dividing the number of days which have passed since the most recent anniversary by 365).

 

Tier I Percentage ” shall mean 15%, which percentage shall be allocated to the Tier I Members in proportion to the Tier I Units held by the Tier I Members as set forth on Exhibit A , as revised from time to time, including any revisions to take into account such reduced percentage due to the Transfer of any Tier I Units pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.

 

Tier I Subsequent Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(a)(ii) .

 

Tier I Units ” shall mean Tier I Units representing Company Interests in the Company entitled to receive the Tier I Percentage and with the other rights and obligations specified in this Agreement.

 

Tier II Members ” shall mean the Members holding Tier II Units as set forth on Exhibit A , as revised from time to time.

 

Tier II Payout ” shall mean the first date, if any, at which all of the Members that have made Capital Contributions shall have received cumulative cash or fair market value of in kind distributions in respect of their Company Interests (whether as distributions from the Company, as payment for the exchange, purchase or redemption of such Company Interests, or in connection with any merger or other combination of the Company with another Person) together with the cumulative cash distributions, if any, received, collectively, prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction in respect of their RSP LLC Interests held prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction equal to two times (2.0x) their cumulative Capital Contributions.

 

Tier II Percentage ” shall mean 5%, which percentage shall be allocated to the Tier II Members in proportion to the Tier II Units held by the Tier II Members as set forth on Exhibit A , as revised from time to time, including any revisions to take into account such reduced percentage due to the Transfer of any Tier II Units pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.

 

Tier II Subsequent Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(a)(iii) .

 

Tier II Units ” shall mean Tier II Units representing Company Interests in the Company entitled to receive the Tier II Percentage and with the other rights and obligations specified in this Agreement.

 

Tier III Members ” shall mean the Members holding Tier III Units as set forth on Exhibit A , as revised from time to time.

 

Tier III Payout ” shall mean the first date, if any, at which all of the Members that have made Capital Contributions shall have received cumulative cash or fair market value of in kind distributions in respect of their Company Interests (whether as distributions from the Company,

 

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as payment for the exchange, purchase or redemption of such Company Interests, or in connection with any merger or other combination of the Company with another Person) together with the cumulative cash distributions, if any, received, collectively, prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction in respect of their RSP LLC Interests held prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction equal to three times (3.0x) their cumulative Capital Contributions.

 

Tier III Percentage ” shall mean 5%, which percentage shall be allocated to the Tier III Members in proportion to the Tier III Units held by the Tier III Members as set forth on Exhibit A , as revised from time to time, including any revisions to take into account such reduced percentage due to the Transfer of any Tier III Units pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.

 

Tier III Subsequent Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(a)(iv) .

 

Tier III Units ” shall mean Tier III Units representing Company Interests in the Company entitled to receive the Tier III Percentage and with the other rights and obligations specified in this Agreement.

 

Tier IV Members ” means the Members holding Tier IV Units as set forth on Exhibit A , as revised from time to time.

 

Tier IV Payout ” shall mean the first date, if any, at which all of the Members that have made Capital Contributions shall have received cumulative cash or fair market value of in kind distributions in respect of their Company Interests (whether as distributions from the Company, as payment for the exchange, purchase or redemption of such Company Interests, or in connection with any merger or other combination of the Company with another Person) together with the cumulative cash distributions, if any, received, collectively, prior to or on the date of the Restructuring Transaction in respect of their RSP LLC Interests held prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction equal to four times (4.0x) their cumulative Capital Contributions.

 

Tier IV Percentage ” shall mean 5%, which percentage shall be allocated to the Tier IV Members in proportion to the Tier IV Units held by the Tier IV Members as set forth on Exhibit A , as revised from time to time, including any revisions to take into account such reduced percentage due to the Transfer of any Tier IV Units pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.

 

Tier IV Subsequent Units ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.4(a)(v) .

 

Tier IV Units ” shall mean Tier IV Units representing Company Interests in the Company entitled to receive the Tier IV Percentage and with the other rights and obligations specified in this Agreement.

 

Transaction Documents ” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Contribution Agreement, the Master Contribution Agreement, the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement

 

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and all other agreements, documents or instruments executed in conjunction with, or relation to, any of the foregoing.

 

Transfer ,” or any derivation thereof, shall mean any sale, assignment, conveyance, mortgage, pledge, granting of security interest in, or other disposition of a Company Interest or any asset of the Company, as the context may require.

 

Treasury Regulations ” shall mean regulations promulgated by the United States Treasury Department under the Internal Revenue Code.

 

Unit ” shall mean a unit of a membership interest in the Company representing, as the context shall require, any Company Interest and/or an Incentive Unit, as well as any other class or series of Units created pursuant to Section 3.2 .  No Units (other than Incentive Units) will be issued to the Members for Capital Contributions after the date hereof; provided that the Board of Managers may subsequently amend this Agreement to provide for an issuance of Units for Capital Contributions in its sole discretion.

 

Unrealized Gain ” attributable to any item of Company property shall mean, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the fair market value of such property as of such date over (b) the Carrying Value of such property as of such date (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(vi)  as of such date).

 

Unrealized Loss ” attributable to any item of Company property shall mean, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the Carrying Value of such property as of such date (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 7.1(b)(vi) , as of such date) over (b) the fair market value of such property as of such date.

 

Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement ” shall mean that certain Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement, dated January 23, 2014 among the Company and the Members.

 

Weighted Average Capital Contribution Factor ” shall mean as of any date of calculation, a weighted average equal to the sum of the amounts determined for each date on which Capital Contributions have been funded calculated as the product of (a) the percentage of the total Capital Commitments funded on each date, times (b) the number of years from the date of each Capital Contribution until the date of such calculation (with a partial year being expressed as a decimal determined by dividing the number of days which have passed since the most recent anniversary by 365).

 

Any capitalized term used in this Agreement but not defined in this Section 2.1 shall have the meaning assigned to such term elsewhere in this Agreement.

 

Section 2.2.           References and Titles .  All references in this Agreement to articles, sections, subsections and other subdivisions refer to corresponding articles, sections, subsections and other subdivisions of this Agreement unless expressly provided otherwise.  Titles appearing at the beginning of any of such subdivisions are for convenience only and shall not constitute part of such subdivisions and shall be disregarded in construing the language contained in such subdivisions.  The words “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular subdivision unless

 

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expressly so limited.  Pronouns in masculine, feminine and neuter genders shall be construed to include any other gender, and words in the singular form shall be construed to include the plural and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires.  The word “including” (in its various forms) means including without limitation.

 

ARTICLE III

 

CAPITALIZATION AND UNITS

 

Section 3.1.                                  Capital Contributions of Members.

 

(a)                                  Subject to the provisions hereof, each Member shall from time to time make Capital Contributions to the Company in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Capital Commitment of such Member.  As of the date hereof, no Member has any outstanding Capital Commitment.

 

(b)                                  The initial funding of each Member’s Capital Commitment to the Company shall occur as provided in the Contribution Agreement immediately upon the execution date of this Agreement, and each Member shall receive in exchange therefor the Company Interests and Sharing Ratios set forth opposite such Member’s name on Exhibit A , as from time to time may be updated.

 

(c)                                   The Members have made representations and warranties to the Company in the Contribution Agreement.  In the event of a breach of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in the Contribution Agreement that shall entitle the Company to receive indemnification from a Member pursuant to the provisions of the Contribution Agreement (the “ Indemnification Obligation ”), in addition to any remedy that otherwise may be available to the Company pursuant to the Transaction Documents, at law or in equity, the Company may take the actions provided in Section 3.1(d) .

 

(d)                                  In the event that a Member incurs an Indemnification Obligation, the Company may make a corresponding debit to:  (i) the Capital Account of such Member in the amount of the Indemnification Obligation (the “ Capital Account Reduction Amount ”); and (ii) the Sharing Ratio of such Member in the proportion that the amount of such Indemnification Obligation bears to the Capital Contributions of such Member (the “ Sharing Ratio Reduction Percentage ”).  Each Member whose Capital Account and Sharing Ratio are debited on account of an Indemnification Obligation shall, at the Company’s option, satisfy such obligation by either (x) contributing cash to the Company in the amount of the Indemnification Obligation (thereby causing the Company to correspondingly credit his or its Capital Account and Sharing Ratio); (y) requesting the Company to reduce his or its Capital Account by the Capital Account Reduction Amount and his or its Sharing Ratio by the Sharing Ratio Reduction Percentage; or (z) any combination of the actions set forth in the preceding clauses (x) and (y).  If a Member has not taken any of the alternative actions set forth in clauses (x) — (z) of the immediately preceding sentence within 10 business days following the receipt of notice of the debiting of such Member’s Capital Account and Sharing Ratio, then the Company may reduce the Capital Account and Sharing Ratio of such Member as provided in clause (y) of the immediately preceding sentence in full satisfaction of the Indemnification Obligation of such Member.

 

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Section 3.2.                                  Issuances of Additional Securities.

 

(a)                                  The Board is hereby authorized to cause the Company to issue additional Company Interests, or classes or series thereof, or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating thereto, or any other type of equity security that the Company may lawfully issue (“ Additional Company Equity Securities ”) if the Board of Managers determines in good faith that the Company has a need for additional Capital Contributions for any proper Company purpose.

 

(b)                                  The Board is hereby authorized to cause the Company to issue any unsecured or secured debt obligations of the Company or debt obligations of the Company convertible into any class or series of equity securities of the Company (“ Additional Company Debt Securities ”) (collectively with the Additional Company Equity Securities, “ Company Securities ”).

 

(c)                                   Additional Company Equity Securities may be issuable in one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers, and duties, including rights, powers and duties senior to existing classes and series of Company Securities, all as shall be fixed by the Board in the exercise of its sole and complete discretion, subject to Delaware law and the terms of this Agreement, including (i) the allocations of items of Company income, gain, loss and deduction to each such class or series of Company Securities; (ii) the right of each such class or series of Company Securities to share in Company distributions; (iii) the rights of each such class or series of Company Securities upon dissolution and liquidation of the Company; (iv) whether such class or series of additional Company Securities is redeemable by the Company and, if so, the price at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such class or series of additional Company Securities may be redeemed by the Company; (v) whether such class or series of additional Company Securities is issued with the privilege of conversion and, if so, the rate at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such class or series of Company Securities may be converted into any other class or series of Company Securities; (vi) the terms and conditions upon which each such class or series of Company Securities will be issued and assigned or Transferred; and (vii) the right, if any, of each such class or series of Company Securities to vote on Company matters, including matters relating to the relative rights, preferences and privileges of each such class or series.

 

(d)                                  Company Securities may be issued to such Persons for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the Board in its sole discretion, and the Board shall have sole discretion, subject to the guidelines set forth in this Section 3.2 and the requirements of the Act, in determining the consideration and terms and conditions with respect to any future issuance of Company Securities.

 

(e)                                   The Board is hereby authorized and directed to take all actions which it deems appropriate or necessary in connection with each issuance of Company Securities pursuant to this Section 3.2 and to amend this Agreement in any manner which it deems appropriate or necessary without the joinder of any other Member to provide for each such issuance, to admit additional Members in connection therewith and to specify the relative rights, powers and duties of the holders of the Company Securities being so issued.  The Board shall do all things

 

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necessary to comply with the Act and is authorized and directed to do all things it deems to be necessary or advisable in connection with any future issuance of Company Securities, including compliance with any statute, rule, regulation or guideline of any federal, state or other governmental agency.

 

(f)                                    Upon the issuance of any Additional Company Equity Securities (whether as a result of the sale of such securities to a third party or otherwise), the Company shall recompute the Sharing Ratios of the Members, taking into account the valuation of the Company at such time (as determined by the Board in good faith), the terms and conditions of the Additional Company Equity Securities, the Sharing Ratios as such existed prior to the issuance of such Additional Company Equity Securities, and such other factors as the Board determines, and shall amend Exhibit A to reflect such revised Sharing Ratios.  In addition, the Board shall adjust and recompute the Incentive Interest Percentage and the Tier I A, I, II, III and IV Percentages, taking into account all relevant factors which were attributable to the issuance of Additional Company Equity Securities, including the valuation of the Company at such time (as determined by the Board in good faith), the terms and conditions of the Additional Company Equity Securities and such other factors as the Board determines.  The Company shall amend Exhibit A to reflect such revised Sharing Ratios, Incentive Interest Percentages and Tier I A, I, II, III and IV Percentages in accordance with this Section 3.2(f) .

 

Section 3.3.                                  Return of Contributions .  No interest shall accrue on any contributions to the capital of the Company, and no Member shall have the right to withdraw or to be repaid any capital contributed by such Member except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement.

 

Section 3.4.                                  Incentive Interests.

 

(a)                                  The following Incentive Units are hereby created and are hereby granted to the Persons and in the respective amounts set forth on Exhibit A , subject to the adjustments provided for in this Section 3.4 :

 

(i)                                      100 Tier I A Units, all of which have been granted as of the date of this Agreement;

 

(ii)                                   960,000 Tier I Units, of which a certain number of such Tier I Units may be granted to Employees after the date of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3.4 (the “ Tier I Subsequent Units ”);

 

(iii)                                960,000 Tier II Units, of which a certain number of such Tier II Units may be granted to Employees after the date of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3.4 (the “ Tier II Subsequent Units ”);

 

(iv)                               960,000 Tier III Units, of which a certain number of Tier III Units may be granted to Employees after the date of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3.4 (the “ Tier III Subsequent Units ”); and

 

(v)                                  960,000 Tier IV Units, of which a certain number of Tier IV Units may be granted to Employees after the date of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 3.4 (the “ Tier IV Subsequent Units ”).

 

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The Company and each Member agree to treat any interest attributable to a holder of Incentive Units as a separate “profits interest” within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 93-27, 1993-2 C.B. 343.  In accordance with Rev. Proc. 2001-43, 2001-2 C.B. 191, the Company shall treat a holder of Incentive Units as the owner of such profits interest from the date it is granted, and shall file its IRS Form 1065, and issue an appropriate Schedule K-1 to such holder of Incentive Units, allocating to such holder of Incentive Units its distributive share of all items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit associated with such profits interest as if it were fully vested.  Each such holder of Incentive Units agrees to take into account such distributive share in computing its federal income tax liability for the entire period during which it holds such profits interest.  The Company and each Member agree not to claim a deduction (as wages, compensation or otherwise) for the fair market value of such profits interest issued to a holder of Incentive Units, either at the time of grant of such profits interest or at the time it becomes substantially vested.  The undertakings contained in this Section 3.4(a)  shall be construed in accordance with Section 4 of Rev. Proc. 2001-43.  The provisions of this Section 3.4(a)  shall apply regardless of whether or not the holder of a profits interest files an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

The Incentive Units are issued in consideration of services rendered and to be rendered by the holders for the benefit of the Company, RSP Inc. and RSP LLC in their capacities as Employees. To the extent provided for in Treasury Regulations, revenue rulings, revenue procedures and/or other Internal Revenue Service guidance issued after the date hereof, the Tax Matters Member acting on behalf of the Company is hereby specifically authorized and directed to elect a safe harbor implementing the concepts articulated in Internal Revenue Service Notice 2005-43, 2005-1 C.B. 1221, under which the fair market value of the Incentive Units received by any Member for services (the “ Service Interests ”) granted after the effective date of such Treasury Regulations (or other guidance) will be treated as equal to the liquidation value of such Service Interests ( i.e. , a value equal to the total amount that would be distributed under Section 8.2(b)  with respect to such Service Interests in a Hypothetical Liquidation occurring immediately after the issuance of such Service Interests and assuming for purposes of such Hypothetical Liquidation that all assets of the Company are sold for their fair market values).  If the Company makes a safe harbor election as described in the preceding sentence, the Company and each Member will comply with all safe harbor requirements with respect to Transfers of the Service Interests while the safe harbor election remains effective.  For purposes hereof, “ Hypothetical Liquidation ” means, as of any date, a hypothetical liquidation of the Company as of such date, assuming for purposes of any such hypothetical liquidation that (i)  a sale of all of the assets of the Company occurs at prices equal to their respective fair market values as of such date and (ii) the net proceeds of such sale are distributed to the Members pursuant to Section 8.2(b) , but only after the payment of all actual Company indebtedness, and any other liabilities related to the Company’s assets, limited, in the case of the hypothetical payment of non-recourse liabilities, to the collateral securing or otherwise available to satisfy such liabilities.

 

(b)                                  All of the Incentive Units are subject to vesting, forfeiture, and termination as follows:

 

(i)                                      (A)                                With respect to any Tier I A Units received by an Employee in exchange for the contribution to the Company by such Employee of his RSP LLC Tier I A Units in connection with the Restructuring Transaction (the “ Exchanged Tier I A

 

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Units ”), (1) a portion of such Tier I A Units equal to the portion of such Employee’s RSP LLC Tier I A Units that were fully vested pursuant to the terms of Section 3.4(b) of the RSP LLC Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction shall be deemed to be vested as of the Effective Date; and (2) a portion of such Tier I A Units equal to the portion of such Employee’s RSP LLC Tier I A Units that were not fully vested pursuant to the terms of Section 3.4(b) of the RSP LLC Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction in the same manner as such Employee’s RSP LLC Tier I A Units would have vested pursuant to Section 3.4(b) of the RSP LLC Agreement had the Restructuring Transaction not have occurred and such Employee had retained his RSP LLC Tier I A Units.  With respect to any Tier I A Units other than the Exchanged Tier I A Units held by each Employee, such Tier I A Units (x) shall vest ratably over a three-year period following the grant of such Tier I A Units to such Employee, with 1/3rd vesting on the first anniversary of such grant, an additional 1/3rd vesting on the second anniversary of such grant, and the remaining 1/3rd vesting on the third anniversary of such grant  (with vesting between such anniversaries occurring pro rata determined by multiplying the number of Incentive Units that would vest on the next annual vesting date by a fraction with a numerator equal to the number of full months that have then elapsed since the last vesting date and a denominator of 12, and rounding to the closest whole number), and (y) shall vest in full (if not previously vested pursuant to clause (x)) upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change.

 

(B)                                With respect to any Tier I Units received by an Employee in exchange for the contribution to the Company by such Employee of his RSP LLC Tier I Units in connection with the Restructuring Transaction (the “ Exchanged Tier I Units ”), (1) a portion of such Tier I Units equal to the portion of such Employee’s RSP LLC Tier I Units that were fully vested pursuant to the terms of Section 3.4(b) of the RSP LLC Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction shall be deemed to be vested as of the Effective Date; and (2) a portion of such Tier I Units equal to the portion of such Employee’s RSP LLC Tier I Units that were not fully vested pursuant to the terms of Section 3.4(b) of the RSP LLC Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of the Restructuring Transaction shall vest in the same manner as such Employee’s RSP LLC Tier I Units would have vested pursuant to Section 3.4(b) of the RSP LLC Agreement had the Restructuring Transaction not have occurred and such Employee had retained his RSP LLC Tier I Units.  With respect to any Tier I Units other than the Exchanged Tier I Units held by each Employee, such Tier I Units (x) shall vest ratably over a three-year period following the grant of such Tier I Units to such Employee, with 1/3rd vesting on the first anniversary of such grant, an additional 1/3rd vesting on the second anniversary of such grant, and the remaining 1/3rd vesting on the third anniversary of such grant (with vesting between such anniversaries occurring pro rata determined by multiplying the number of Incentive Units that would vest on the next annual vesting date by a fraction with a numerator equal to the number of full months that have then elapsed since the last vesting date and a denominator of 12, and rounding to the closest whole number), and (y) shall vest in full (if not previously vested pursuant to clause (x)) upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change.

 

(C)                                The Tier II Units held by each Employee shall vest only upon and concurrently with the occurrence of Tier II Payout.

 

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(D)                                The Tier III Units held by each Employee shall vest only upon and concurrently with the occurrence of Tier III Payout.

 

(E)                                 The Tier IV Units held by each Employee shall vest only upon and concurrently with the occurrence of Tier IV Payout.

 

(ii)                                   All Incentive Units that have not yet vested in accordance with the vesting requirements set forth in clause (b)(i) above that are held by a Person who is an Employee will automatically, without any action required of any Person, be forfeited and thereby become null and void, if and when such Person’s status as an Employee is terminated for any reason or without reason, including by resignation or termination, other than a termination that results from such Person’s death or Disability (as defined below), and any vested, unforfeited Incentive Units held by such Person shall, upon such termination, remain non-voting and shall not be counted in the determination of a Majority Interest of the Members.  “ Disability ” shall be defined as (i)  the Person’s inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months; or (ii) the Person’s receipt of income replacement benefits for a period of not less than three months under the Company’s or the Company’s Affiliate’s accident and health plan, by reason of the Person’s medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.  For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of the death or Disability of a Person holding Incentive Units, all vested and unvested Incentive Units held by such Person shall be retained by such Person or such Person’s estate or representative, as applicable.

 

(iii)                                Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, all Incentive Units held by a Person who is an Employee (regardless of whether vested or unvested) shall automatically, without any action required of any Person, be forfeited and thereby become null and void if and when such Person’s status as an Employee is terminated:

 

(A)                                for “ cause ,” which shall mean by reason of such holder’s:  (I) conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, any felony or to any crime or offense causing substantial harm to the Company or its Affiliates or involving acts of theft, fraud, embezzlement, moral turpitude, or similar conduct, (II) repeated intoxication by alcohol or drugs during the performance of such holder’s duties in a manner that materially and adversely affects the holder’s performance of such duties, (III) malfeasance, in the conduct of such holder’s duties, including, but not limited to, (1) misuse or diversion of funds of the Company or its Affiliates, (2) embezzlement, or (3) material and intentional misrepresentations or concealments on any written reports submitted to the Company or its Affiliates, (IV) violation of any material provision of the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement or of such Person’s Confidentiality and Noncompete Agreement, and such Person has failed to cure such violation, if capable of being cured, within a reasonable period of time after such Person has received notice of such violation, or (V) failure to perform the duties of such holder’s employment or service relationship with the Company or its Affiliates, or failure to follow or comply with the reasonable and lawful written directives of the Board of Managers or the managers or directors of a Company Affiliate by which such holder is employed or in a service relationship, and such

 

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Person has failed to cure such failure, if capable of being cured, within a reasonable period of time after such Person has received notice of such failure; or

 

(B)                                with respect to vested Incentive Units only, by such Person’s resignation or voluntary early termination of service relationship (other than a termination that results from such Person’s death or Disability), unless such forfeiture is waived by the Board.

 

(iv)                               The Company in its sole discretion, taking into account such factors as it determines from time to time, may issue Tier I Subsequent Units, Tier II Subsequent Units, Tier III Subsequent Units and Tier IV Subsequent Units (collectively, “ Subsequent Units ”).  Upon issuance of any Subsequent Units of a given Tier, such Units may, at the election of the Board, have a benchmark value equal to the fair market value of the assets of the Company, net of debt, on the date of grant, as determined in good faith by the Board, and will be entitled to participate in those distributions allocated to the Units of that Tier pursuant to Section 4.3(a)  or Section 8.2(b) , as the case may be, only after holders of all the Units that were outstanding on the date of grant (the “ Pre-existing Incentive Units ”) have received distributions pursuant to Section 4.3(a)  or Section 8.2(b) , as the case may be, in the aggregate equal to the benchmark value (such limitation on distributions, the “ Benchmark Value Payout ”).  Holders of Pre-existing Incentive Units of a given Tier will continue to be entitled to receive all of the profit distributions payable with respect to the Incentive Units of that Tier pursuant to Section 4.3(a)  or Section 8.2(b) , as the case may be, until the applicable Benchmark Value Payout occurs, at which time future profit distributions will be shared among the holders of the Pre-existing Incentive Units in that Tier and the holders of Subsequent Units in that Tier pro rata.

 

(c)                                   If any Incentive Units are forfeited pursuant to Section 3.4(b)(ii)  or Section 3.4(b)(iii) , then such forfeited Incentive Units shall be available to be re-granted, as determined by the Board, in the form of newly awarded, newly issued Incentive Units in the same Tier and in the same amount as the forfeited Incentive Units (any such re-granted Incentive Units, “ Re-grant Incentive Units ”), subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

(i)                                      each Re-grant Incentive Unit in a given Tier may, at the election of the Board, have a benchmark value equal to the fair market value of the assets of the Company, net of debt, on the date of grant, as determined in good faith by the Board, and will be entitled to participate in distributions made to holders of the Incentive Units of that Tier pursuant to Section 4.3(a)  or Section 8.2(b) , as the case may be, only after holders of all the Units that were outstanding on the date of such re-grant (the “ Pre-grant Incentive Units ”) have received distributions in the aggregate equal to the benchmark value (such limitation on distributions, the “ Benchmark Value Re-grant Payout ”); and

 

(ii)                                   following issuance of such Re-grant Incentive Units in a given Tier, holders of Pre-grant Incentive Units of that Tier will continue to be entitled to receive all of the distributions payable with respect to the Incentive Units of that Tier pursuant to Section 4.3(a)  or Section 8.2(b) , as the case may be, until the applicable Benchmark Value Re-grant Payout occurs, at which time future distributions will be shared among

 

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the holders of the Pre-grant Incentive Units and the Re-grant Incentive Units in that Tier pro rata.

 

(d)                                  If all of the Incentive Units available hereunder have not been granted to Employees before the earlier of (i) a Fundamental Change, or (ii) a payout event for the corresponding series of Incentive Units ( e.g. , a Tier I A Payout for Tier I A Units), then in such case such available Tier I A, Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV or the applicable Subsequent Units, as the case may be, shall automatically, without any action required of any Person, be cancelled.  The Board shall reflect all changes contemplated by this Section 3.4(d)  in an amended Exhibit A .

 

(e)                                   Upon any forfeiture or other termination of Incentive Units and upon any issuance of Re-grant Incentive Units resulting therefrom, the Company shall amend Exhibit A to reflect such occurrence.  In the case of the issuance of Re-grant Incentive Units in lieu of such forfeited Units, the Tier I A, I, II, III or IV Percentages will not be reduced as a result of such forfeiture, but appropriate notation shall be made to reflect the issuance of the Re-grant Incentive Units.  The Board shall reflect all changes contemplated by this Section 3.4(e)  in an amended Exhibit A .

 

ARTICLE IV

 

ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Section 4.1.                                  Allocations of Profits and Losses .  The Members shall share Company Net Profits and Net Losses and all related items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit for federal income tax purposes as follows:

 

(a)                                  Net Profits and Net Losses for each fiscal year shall be allocated among the Members in such manner as shall cause the Capital Accounts of each Member to equal, as nearly as possible, the difference of (i) the amount such Member would receive if (A) all assets on hand at the end of such year were sold for cash at the Carrying Values of such assets, (B) all liabilities were satisfied in cash in accordance with their terms (limited in the case of Member Nonrecourse Debt and Company Nonrecourse Liabilities to the Carrying Value of the assets securing such liabilities), and (C) any remaining cash was distributed to the Members under Section 4.3(a) , minus (ii) an amount equal to such Member’s allocable share of Minimum Gain as computed immediately before the hypothetical sale.

 

(b)                                  The Board shall make the foregoing allocations as of the last day of each fiscal year; provided , however , that if during any fiscal year of the Company there is a change in any Member’s Company Interest, the Board shall make the foregoing allocations as of the date of each such change in a manner which takes into account the varying interests of the Members and in a manner the Board reasonably deems appropriate.

 

Section 4.2.                                  Special Allocations.

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 4.1 to the contrary:

 

(i)                                      If during any fiscal year of the Company there is a net increase in Minimum Gain attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt that gives rise to Member Nonrecourse Deductions, each Member bearing the economic risk of loss for such

 

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Member Nonrecourse Debt shall be allocated items of Company deductions and losses for such year (consisting first of cost recovery or depreciation deductions with respect to property that is subject to such Member Nonrecourse Debt and then, if necessary, a pro rata portion of the Company’s other items of deductions and losses, with any remainder being treated as an increase in Minimum Gain attributable to Member Nonrecourse Debt in the subsequent year) equal to such Member’s share of Member Nonrecourse Deductions, as determined in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

(ii)                                   If for any fiscal year of the Company there is a net decrease in Minimum Gain attributable to Company Nonrecourse Liabilities, each Member shall be allocated items of Company income and gain for such year (consisting first of gain recognized from the Transfer of Company property subject to one or more Company Nonrecourse Liabilities and then, if necessary, a pro rata portion of the Company’s other items of income and gain, and if necessary, for subsequent years) equal to such Member’s share of such net decrease (except to the extent such Member’s share of such net decrease is caused by a change in debt structure with such Member commencing to bear the economic risk of loss as to all or part of any Company Nonrecourse Liability or by such Member contributing capital to the Company that the Company uses to repay a Company Nonrecourse Liability), as determined in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

(iii)                                If for any fiscal year of the Company there is a net decrease in Minimum Gain attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt, each Member bearing the economic risk of loss for such Member Nonrecourse Debt shall be allocated items of Company income and gain for such year (consisting first of gain recognized from the Transfer of Company property subject to Member Nonrecourse Debt, and then, if necessary, a pro rata portion of the Company’s other items of income and gain, and if necessary, for subsequent years) equal to such Member’s share of such net decrease (except to the extent such Member’s share of such net decrease is caused by a change in debt structure such that the Member Nonrecourse Debt becomes partially or wholly a Company Nonrecourse Liability or by the Company’s use of capital contributed by such Member to repay the Member Nonrecourse Debt) as determined in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

(b)                                  The Net Losses allocated pursuant to this ARTICLE IV shall not exceed the maximum amount of Net Losses that can be allocated to a Member without causing or increasing a deficit balance in the Member’s Adjusted Capital Account balance.  All Net Losses in excess of the limitations set forth in this Section 4.2(b)  shall be allocated to Members with positive Adjusted Capital Account balances remaining at such time in proportion to such positive balances.  In the event an allocation of Net Losses has been made to any Member(s) pursuant to the terms of this Section 4.2(b) , Net Profits shall be allocated to such Member(s), in proportion to the amount of such allocation of Net Losses, until such Member(s) receive an allocation of Net Profits equal to such amount of Net Losses allocated pursuant to the terms of this Section 4.2(b) .

 

(c)                                   In the event that a Member unexpectedly receives any adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6) that

 

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causes or increases a deficit balance in such Member’s Adjusted Capital Account, items of Company income and gain shall be allocated to that Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the deficit balance as quickly as possible.

 

(d)                                  If any holder of Incentive Units forfeits all or a portion of such Units, such holder shall be allocated items of loss and deduction in the year of such forfeiture in an amount equal to the portion of such holder’s Capital Account attributable to such forfeited Units.

 

(e)                                   The allocations set forth in subsections (a) through (d) of this Section 4.2 (collectively, the “ Regulatory Allocations ”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of the Treasury Regulations.  It is the intent of the Members that, to the extent possible, all Regulatory Allocations that are made be offset either with other Regulatory Allocations or with special allocations pursuant to this Section 4.2(e) .  Therefore, notwithstanding any other provisions of this ARTICLE IV (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Board shall make such offsetting special allocations in whatever manner it determines appropriate so that, after such offsetting allocations are made, each Member’s Adjusted Capital Account balance is, to the extent possible, equal to the Adjusted Capital Account balance such Member would have had if the Regulatory Allocations were not part of the Agreement and all Company items were allocated pursuant to Section 4.1 and the remaining subsections of this Section 4.2 .

 

(f)                                    In the event Units are issued to a Person and the issuance of such Units results in items of income or deduction to the Company, such items of income or deduction shall be allocated to the Members in proportion to the positive balances in their Capital Accounts immediately before the issuance of such Units.

 

Section 4.3.                                  Distributions.

 

(a)                                  The Board may cause the Company to distribute Distributable Funds at such times and in such amounts as the Board, in its sole discretion, determines to be appropriate.  All such distributions made pursuant to this Section 4.3(a)  shall be made to the Members as follows and in the following order of priority:

 

(i)                                      First:  to the Members, pro rata in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios, until the earlier of either Tier I A Payout or Tier I Payout, if any, has occurred;

 

(ii)                                   Second:

 

(A)                                in the event that Tier I A Payout occurs prior to Tier I Payout, following Tier I A Payout and until Tier I Payout, if any: the Tier I A Percentage to the Members holding Tier I A Units and the remainder to the Members ( pro rata , in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios); or

 

(B)                                in the event that Tier I Payout occurs prior to Tier I A Payout, following Tier I Payout and until Tier I A Payout, if any: the Tier I Percentage to the Members holding Tier I Units (allocated among the holders of Tier I Units pro rata , in accordance with the number of Tier I Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv)  and Section 3.4(c) ), and the

 

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remainder to the Members ( pro rata , in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios);

 

(iii)                                Third:  in the event that Tier I A Payout and Tier I Payout both occur, following both Tier I A Payout and Tier I Payout and until Tier II Payout: the Tier I A Percentage to the Members holding Tier I A Units, the Tier I Percentage to the Members holding Tier I Units (allocated among the holders of Tier I Units pro rata , in accordance with the number of Tier I Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv)  and Section 3.4(c) ), and the remainder to the Members ( pro rata , in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios);

 

(iv)                               Fourth:  following Tier II Payout, if any, and until Tier III Payout:  the Tier I A Percentage to the Members holding Tier I A Units, the Tier I Percentage to the Members holding Tier I Units (allocated among the holders of Tier I Units pro rata , in accordance with the number of Tier I Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv)  and Section 3.4(c) ), the Tier II Percentage to the Members holding Tier II Units (allocated among the holders of Tier II Units pro rata , in accordance with the number of Tier II Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv)  and Section 3.4(c) ), and the remainder to the Members ( pro rata , in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios);

 

(v)                                  Fifth:  following Tier III Payout, if any, and until Tier IV Payout:  the Tier I A Percentage to the Members holding Tier I A Units, the Tier I Percentage to the Members holding Tier I Units (allocated among the holders of Tier I Units pro rata , in accordance with the number of Tier I Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv)  and Section 3.4(c) ), the Tier II Percentage to the Members holding Tier II Units (allocated among the holders of Tier II Units pro rata , in accordance with the number of Tier II Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv)  and Section 3.4(c) ), and the Tier III Percentage to the Members holding Tier III Units (allocated among the holders of Tier III Units pro rata , in accordance with the number of Tier III Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv)  and Section 3.4(c) ), and the remainder to the Members ( pro rata , in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios);   and

 

(vi)                               Sixth:  following Tier IV Payout, if any:  the Tier I A Percentage to the Members holding Tier I A Units, the Tier I Percentage to the Members holding Tier I Units (allocated among the holders of Tier I Units pro rata , in accordance with the number of Tier I Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv)  and Section 3.4(c) ), the Tier II Percentage to the Members holding Tier II Units (allocated among the holders of Tier II Units pro rata , in accordance with the number of Tier II Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv)  and Section 3.4(c) ), the Tier III Percentage to the Members holding Tier III Units (allocated among the holders of Tier III Units pro rata , in accordance with the number of Tier III Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account Section 3.4(b)(iv)  and Section 3.4(c) ), the Tier IV Percentage to the Members holding Tier IV Units (allocated among the holders of Tier IV Units pro rata , in accordance with the number of Tier IV Units of each holder, including, if applicable, taking into account

 

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Section 3.4(b)(iv)  and Section 3.4(c) ), and the remainder to the Members ( pro rata , in accordance with their respective Sharing Ratios).

 

(b)                                  In addition to distributions made to the Members pursuant to Section 4.3(a) , and subject to applicable law, to the extent that the Board determines that the Company has Distributable Funds, the Board shall cause the Company to pay to the Members within 90 days after the end of each year, through a distribution of cash and/or a distribution in kind, an amount the fair market value of which is equal to the lesser of (i) the Distributable Funds, or (ii) an amount equal to the highest marginal federal and applicable state income tax rate for individuals (taking into account the character of the taxable income ( e.g. , long-term capital gain, qualified dividend income, ordinary income, etc.) multiplied by the taxable income of the Company, if any, for such year, such payment to be made among the Members in the same percentages as the taxable income for such year was allocated.  Any such payments to a Member under this Section 4.3(b)  shall be deemed to be a draw against such Member’s share of future distributions under Section 4.3(a)  and Section 8.2(b) , so that such Member’s share of such future distributions shall be reduced by the amounts previously drawn under this Section 4.3(b)  until the aggregate reductions in such distributions equal the aggregate draws made under this Section 4.3(b) .

 

Section 4.4.                                  Income Tax Allocations.

 

(a)                                  Except as provided in this Section 4.4 , each item of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company for federal income tax purposes shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as such items are allocated for Capital Account purposes under Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 .

 

(b)                                  The Members recognize that with respect to Adjusted Property, there will be a difference between the Carrying Value of such property at the time of revaluation and the adjusted tax basis of such property at the time.  All items of tax depreciation, cost recovery, amortization, amount realized and gain or loss with respect to such Adjusted Property shall be allocated among the Members to take into account the disparities between the Carrying Values and the adjusted tax basis with respect to such properties in accordance with the provisions of Sections 704(b) and 704(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and the Treasury Regulations under those sections; provided , however , that any tax items not required to be allocated under Sections 704(b) or 704(c) of the Internal Revenue Code shall be allocated in the same manner as such gain or loss would be allocated for Capital Account purposes under Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 .  In making such allocations, the Board shall use such method or methods of allocation as it shall determine, in its absolute discretion, to be reasonable and in accord with the applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

(c)                                   All recapture of income tax deductions resulting from the Transfer of Company property shall, to the maximum extent possible, be allocated to the Member to whom the deduction that gave rise to such recapture was allocated hereunder to the extent that such Member is allocated any gain from the Transfer of such property.  For this purpose, deductions that were allocated as a component of Net Profit or Net Loss shall be treated as if allocated in the same manner as the allocation of the related Net Profit or Net Loss.

 

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Section 4.5.                                  Distributions in Kind .

 

(a)                                  The Board may cause the Company to distribute, and may compel the Members to accept, securities or other property held by the Company at such times and in such amounts as the Board, in its sole discretion, determines to be appropriate; provided , that in any non-cash distribution, the securities or property so distributed will be distributed among the Members in the same proportion and priority as cash equal to the fair market value of such securities of property would be distributed among the Members pursuant to Section 4.3 .  Securities or other property distributed in-kind to the Members by the Company shall be valued on the basis of the fair market value thereof as determined by the Board in its reasonable discretion, acting in good faith, as of the date of distribution.

 

(b)                                  Any distribution of securities shall be subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Board determines are required or advisable to ensure compliance with applicable law.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the Board may require that the Members execute and deliver such documents as the Board may deem necessary or appropriate to ensure compliance with all federal and state securities laws that apply to such distribution and any further Transfer of the distributed securities, and may appropriately legend the certificates that represent such securities to reflect any restriction on Transfer with respect to such laws.

 

ARTICLE V

 

MANAGEMENT AND RELATED MATTERS

 

Section 5.1.                                  Power and Authority of Board.

 

(a)                                  The Company shall be managed by a Board of Managers (“ Board ” or “ Board of Managers ”).  The Company shall initially have six managers (each, a “ Manager ” and, collectively, the “ Managers ”) and the Managers serving on the Board shall be appointed and removed by a Majority Interest of the Members, subject to the terms of the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.  The Managers making up the initial Board shall be Michael K. Grimm, Steven D. Gray, Scott McNeill, Tony Weber, David R. Albin and Roy Aneed.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 5.4 and elsewhere in this Agreement, all management powers over the business and affairs of the Company shall be exclusively vested in the Board, and the Members shall have no right of control over the business and affairs of the Company.  In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted to managers under the Act or which are granted to the Board under any other provision of this Agreement, the Board shall have full power and authority to do all things deemed necessary or desirable by it to conduct the business of the Company in the name of the Company.  In connection with the foregoing and otherwise, the Company (and the officers, employees, and agents acting on behalf of the Company) shall not, either acting on its own behalf or when acting as controlling equityholder of any of its Subsidiaries (and the officers, employees, and agents acting on the Company’s behalf in such capacity) shall not permit such Subsidiaries to, take any actions with respect to the Company or such Subsidiaries without the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Board at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for the purpose, or by written consent.

 

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three days prior to such meeting if notice is provided by overnight delivery service.  Notice of a meeting need not be given to any Manager who signs a waiver of notice or provides a waiver by electronic transmission or a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, either prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such Manager.  A special meeting of the Board may be called by any member of the Board.  Any member of the Board may participate in a meeting by conference telephone or similar communications equipment.  Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board may be taken without a meeting if such action is evidenced in writing and signed by all of the members of the Board.  At any meeting of the Board, the presence in person or by telephone or similar electronic communication of Managers representing at least a majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

 

(c)                                   Each Manager serving on the Board of Managers shall have one vote on any Company matter.  Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the business of the Company presented at any meeting of the Board of Managers shall be decided by a vote of Managers representing a majority of the entire Board of Managers.

 

(d)                                  In accomplishing all of the foregoing and in fulfilling its obligations pursuant to this Agreement, the Board may, in its sole discretion, retain or use any Company Affiliates’ personnel, properties and equipment or the Board may hire or rent those of third parties and may employ on a temporary or continuing basis outside accountants, attorneys, consultants and others on such terms as the Board deems advisable.  No Person, firm or corporation dealing with the Company shall be required to inquire into the authority of the Board to take any action or make any decision.

 

Section 5.2.                                  Officers.

 

(a)                                  Designation .  The Board may, from time to time, designate individuals (who need not be a Manager) to serve as officers of the Company.  The officers may, but need not, include a president, a chief executive officer or up to two co-chief executive officers, a chief financial officer, a chief operating officer, and one or more vice presidents and a secretary.  Any two or more offices may be held by the same Person.

 

(b)                                  Duties of Officers .  Each officer of the Company designated hereunder shall devote such time to the Company’s business as he deems necessary to manage and supervise Company business and affairs in an efficient manner.

 

(i)                                      The Chief Executive Officer or Co-Chief Executive Officers, subject to the control and direction of the Board, shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Company and perform all duties and exercise all powers usually appertaining to the office of the chief executive officer, subject to the provisions of applicable law and this Agreement.  The Chief Executive Officer or Co-Chief Executive Officers, individually, may sign, with a secretary or any other proper officer of the Company thereunto authorized by the Board, any contracts or other instruments which the Board has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by this Agreement to some

 

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other officer or agent of the Company, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed and executed.

 

(ii)                                   The President shall assist in the supervision and control of the business and affairs of the Company in such manner as the Board shall determine.  The President may sign, with a secretary or any other proper officer of the Company thereunto authorized by the Board, any contracts or other instruments which the Board has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by this Agreement to some other officer or agent of the Company, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed and executed.  As between the Chief Executive Officer and President, the Chief Executive Officer shall be the more senior officer and the President shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Executive Officer in the event of the Chief Executive Officer’s absence or disability, unless otherwise determined by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board.

 

(iii)                                The Vice Presidents, in the order of their seniority, shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Executive Officer or the President in the event of the Chief Executive Officer’s or the President’s absence or disability, unless otherwise determined by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board.

 

(iv)                               The Secretary shall keep and account for all books, documents, papers and records of the Company except those for which some other officer or agent is properly accountable; and have authority to attest to the signatures of the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Vice Presidents and shall generally perform all duties usually appertaining to the office of secretary of a corporation.

 

(v)                                  Any other officer appointed by the Board shall have such authority and responsibilities as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may delegate to such officer from time to time.

 

(c)                                   Term of Office; Removal; Filling of Vacancies .

 

(i)                                      Each officer of the Company shall hold office until his successor is chosen and qualified in his stead or until his earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.

 

(ii)                                   Any officer may be removed at any time by the Board whenever in their judgment the best interests of the Company will be served thereby.  Designation of an officer shall not of itself create any contract rights in favor of such officer.

 

(iii)                                If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board.

 

Section 5.3.                                  Acknowledged and Permitted NGP Activities .  The Company and the Members recognize that (a) NGP and its Affiliates own and will own substantial equity interests in other companies (existing and future) that participate in the energy industry (“ NGP Portfolio Companies ”) and enter into advisory service agreements with those NGP Portfolio Companies, (b) the NGP Representatives who serve as members of the Board also serve as principals of other

 

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NGP Portfolio Companies, and (c) that at any given time, other NGP Portfolio Companies may be in direct or indirect competition with the Company and/or its subsidiaries.  The Company and the Members acknowledge and agree that (a) NGP, its Affiliates and the NGP Representatives: (i) shall not be prohibited or otherwise restricted by their relationship with the Company and its subsidiaries from engaging in the business of investing in NGP Portfolio Companies, entering into agreemen t s to provide services to such companies or acting as directors or advisors to, or other principals of, such NGP Portfolio Companies, regardless of whether such activities are in direct or indirect competition with the business or activities of the Company or its subsidiaries, and (ii) shall not have any obligation to offer the Company or its subsidiaries any Excluded Business Opportunity, and (b) the Company and the Members hereby renounce any interest or expectancy in any Excluded Business Opportunity pursued by NGP, its Affiliates, the NGP Representatives or another NGP Portfolio Company and waive any claim that any such business opportunity constitutes a corporate, partnership or other business opportunity of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

Section 5.4.                                  Duties and Services of the Board .  The Board shall comply in all respects with the terms of this Agreement.  The Board shall be obligated to perform the duties, responsibilities and obligations of the Board hereunder only to the extent that funds of the Company are available therefor.  During the existence of the Company, each Manager serving on the Board shall devote such time and effort to the Company’s business as he deems necessary to manage and supervise Company business and affairs in an efficient manner.

 

Section 5.5.                                  Liability and Indemnification.

 

(a)                                  The Company’s officers, the Board, the Members and their Affiliates, and their partners, officers, directors, employees and agents, shall not be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Company or the other Members for any acts or omissions that do not constitute gross negligence, willful misconduct, a breach of fiduciary duty or a breach of the express terms of this Agreement, and the Company shall indemnify to the maximum extent permitted under the Act and save harmless the Company’s officers, the Board and the Members and their Affiliates, and their partners, officers, directors, employees and agents (individually, an “ Indemnitee ”) from all liabilities for which indemnification is permitted under the Act.  Any act or omission performed or omitted by an Indemnitee on advice of legal counsel or an independent consultant who has been employed or retained by the Company shall be presumed to have been performed or omitted in good faith without gross negligence or willful misconduct.  THE PARTIES RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PROVISION SHALL RELIEVE ANY SUCH INDEMNITEE FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, DUTIES, CLAIMS, ACCOUNTS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WHATSOEVER ARISING OR TO ARISE OUT OF ANY ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE BY ANY SUCH INDEMNITEE, AND SUCH INDEMNITEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO INDEMNIFICATION FROM ACTS OR OMISSIONS THAT MAY CONSTITUTE ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE.

 

(b)                                  The Company shall, to the maximum extent permitted under the Act, pay or reimburse expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in connection with the Indemnitee’s appearance as a witness or other participation in a proceeding involving or affecting the Company at a time when the Indemnitee is not a named defendant or respondent in the proceeding.

 

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(c)                                   The Board shall have the right to require that any contract entered into by the Company provide that the Board shall have no personal liability for the obligations of the Company thereunder.

 

(d)                                  The indemnification provided by this Section 5.5 shall be in addition to any other rights to which each Indemnitee may be entitled under any agreement or vote of the Members, as a matter of law or otherwise, both as to action in the Indemnitee’s capacity as a Member or an officer, director, employee or agent of a Member or as a Person serving at the request of the Company as set forth above and to action in another capacity, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns, administrators and personal representatives of the Indemnitees; provided that the indemnification provided by this Section 5.5 shall be the primary source of indemnification with respect to the matters addressed herein, without regard to other potential sources of indemnification, reimbursement or contribution (subject to applicable express provisions of any insurance policy to which the Company is a party).

 

(e)                                   In no event may an Indemnitee subject the Members to personal liability by reason of this indemnification provision.

 

(f)                                    An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 5.5 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.6.                                  Contracts with Affiliates .  The Company may enter into contracts and agreements with any Member and/or any of its Affiliates for the rendering of services and the sale and lease of supplies and equipment on such arm’s-length terms that (a) are no less favorable to the Company than those available from unrelated third parties and (b) are approved by the Board.

 

Section 5.7.                                  Reimbursement of Members .  The Company or its subsidiaries shall pay or reimburse to the RSP LLC Members and NGP all reasonable direct and indirect costs and expenses incurred by such Members in organizing the Company, including legal fees and accounting fees, and an “ NGP Financing Fee ” in an amount equal to 1% of its Capital Contributions as invested in the Company.  The NGP Financing Fee shall be payable upon each date of NGP’s funding of a Capital Contribution to the Company in an amount equal to 1% of the aggregate amount funded to the Company by NGP on such date and at NGP’s option such fee may be deducted from the amount so funded.

 

Section 5.8.                                  Insurance .  The Company shall acquire and maintain insurance covering such risks and in such amounts as the officers of the Company shall from time to time determine to be necessary or appropriate.

 

Section 5.9.                                  Tax Elections and Status.

 

(a)                                  The Board shall make such tax elections on behalf of the Company as it shall deem appropriate in its sole discretion.

 

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(b)                                  The Members agree to classify the Company as a partnership for income tax purposes.  Therefore, any provision hereof to the contrary notwithstanding, solely for income tax purposes, each of the Members hereby recognizes that the Company, so long as it has at least two Members, shall be subject to all provisions of subchapter K of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code and, to the extent permitted by law, any comparable state or local income tax provisions.  Neither the Company, nor any Member, nor any Manager shall file an election to classify the Company as an association taxable as a corporation for income tax purposes.

 

Section 5.10.                           Tax Returns .  The Company shall deliver necessary tax information to each Member after the end of each fiscal year of the Company.  Not less than 60 days prior to the date (as extended) on which the Company intends to file its federal income tax return or any state income tax return but in any event no earlier than March 1 of each year, the return proposed by the Board to be filed by the Company shall be furnished to the Members for review; provided , however , that an IRS Form K-1 or a good faith estimate of the amounts to be included on such IRS Form K-1 for each Member shall be sent to each Member on or before March 1 of each year.  In addition, not more than 10 days after the date on which the Company files its federal income tax return or any state income tax return, a copy of the return so filed shall be furnished to the Members.

 

Section 5.11.                           Tax Matters Member .  Scott McNeill shall be designated the tax matters member under Section 6231 of the Internal Revenue Code (in such capacity, the “ Tax Matters Member ”).  The Tax Matters Member may be removed and replaced by action of a Majority Interest of the Members.  The Tax Matters Member is authorized to take such actions and to execute and file all statements and forms on behalf of the Company which may be permitted or required by the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code or Treasury Regulations issued thereunder.  The Tax Matters Member shall have full and exclusive power and authority on behalf of the Company to represent the Company (at the Company’s expense) in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities, including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend Company funds for professional services and costs associated therewith.  The Tax Matters Member shall keep the Members informed as to the status of any audit of the Company’s tax affairs, and shall take such action as may be necessary to cause any Member so requesting to become a “notice partner” within the meaning of Section 6223 of the Internal Revenue Code.  Without first obtaining the approval of a Majority Interest of the Members, the Tax Matters Member shall not, with respect to Company tax matters: (a) enter into a settlement agreement with respect to any tax matter which purports to bind Members, (b) intervene in any action pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 6226(b)(5), (c) enter into an agreement extending the statute of limitations, or (d) file a petition pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 6226(a) or 6228.  If an audit of any of the Company’s tax returns shall occur, the Tax Matters Member shall not settle or otherwise compromise assertions of the auditing agent which may be adverse to any Member as compared to the position taken on the Company’s tax returns without the prior written consent of each such affected Member.

 

Section 5.12.                           Section 83(b) Election .  Each Member who acquires Incentive Units and who is a United States person within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code Section 7701(a)(30) may file a timely election under Internal Revenue Code Section 83(b) with respect to such Incentive Units and consult with such Member’s tax advisor to determine the tax consequences

 

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of such acquisition and of filing an election under Internal Revenue Code Section 83(b).  Each such Member acknowledges that it is the sole responsibility of such Member, and not the Company, to file the election under Internal Revenue Code Section 83(b) even if such Member requests the Company or its representative to assist in making such filing.

 

Section 5.13.                           Subsidiaries of the Company .  The Board may determine to conduct any Company operations indirectly through one or more subsidiaries.

 

Section 5.14.                           Tax Reimbursement.   If Texas law requires the Company and NGP both to participate in the filing of a Texas franchise tax combined group report, and if NGP pays the franchise tax liability due in connection with such combined report, the parties agree that the Company shall promptly reimburse NGP for the franchise tax paid on behalf of the Company as a combined group member.  The franchise tax paid on behalf of the Company shall be equal to the franchise tax that the Company would have paid if it had computed its franchise tax liability for the report period on a separate entity basis rather than as a member of the combined group.  In such event, the parties agree that NGP shall be considered as paying such amount on behalf of the Company and the Company shall deduct for federal income tax purposes 100% of the Texas franchise tax attributable to the Company; provided that in the event that such deduction may not be properly taken by the Company, the Company shall reimburse NGP for the after-tax cost of such payment of Texas franchise tax paid on the Company’s behalf.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

RIGHTS OF MEMBERS

 

Section 6.1.                                  Rights of Members .  Each of the Members shall have the right to:  (a) have the Company books and records (including those required under the Act) kept at the principal United States office of the Company and at all reasonable times to inspect and copy any of them at the sole expense of such Member; (b) have on demand true and full information of all things affecting the Company and a formal account of Company affairs whenever circumstances render it just and reasonable; (c) have dissolution and winding up of the Company by decree of court as provided for in the Act; and (d) exercise all rights of a Member under the Act (except to the extent otherwise specifically provided herein).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Members shall not have the right to receive data pertaining to the properties of the Company if the Company is subject to a valid agreement prohibiting the distribution of such data or if the Board shall otherwise determine that such data is Confidential Information.

 

Section 6.2.                                  Limitations on Members .  The Members (in his or its capacity as a Member) shall not: (a) be permitted to take part in the business or control of the business or affairs of the Company; (b) have any voice in the management or operation of any Company property; or (c) have the authority or power to act as agent for or on behalf of the Company or any other Member, to do any act which would be binding on the Company or any other Member, or to incur any expenditures on behalf of or with respect to the Company.  No Member (in his or its capacity as a Member) shall hold out or represent to any third party that the Members have any such power or right or that the Members are anything other than “members” of the Company.  The foregoing provision shall not be applicable to a Member acting in his or its capacity as a member of the Board or an officer of the Company.

 

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Section 6.3.                                  Liability of Members .  No Member shall be liable for the debts, liabilities, contracts or other obligations of the Company except (a) for any unpaid Capital Commitment of such Member, (b) as otherwise provided in the Act, and (c) as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

Section 6.4.                                  Withdrawal and Return of Capital Contributions .  No Member shall be entitled to (a) withdraw from the Company except upon the assignment by such Member of all of its Company Interest in accordance with ARTICLE IX , or (b) the return of its Capital Contributions except to the extent, if any, that distributions made pursuant to the express terms of this Agreement may be considered as such by law or upon dissolution and liquidation of the Company, and then only to the extent expressly provided for in this Agreement and as permitted by law.

 

Section 6.5.                                  Voting Rights .  Except as otherwise provided herein, to the extent that the vote of the Members may be required hereunder, the act of a Majority Interest of the Members shall be the act of the Members.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to any Company Interests held by any Member who is an Employee, such Company Interests shall be non-voting if and when such Person’s status as an Employee is terminated for any reason or without reason, including by termination, resignation, death or disability.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

BOOKS, REPORTS, MEETINGS AND CONFIDENTIALITY

 

Section 7.1.                                  Capital Accounts, Books and Records.

 

(a)                                  The Company shall keep books of account for the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  Such books shall be maintained at the principal office of the Company.

 

(b)                                  An individual capital account (the “ Capital Account ”) shall be maintained by the Company for each Member as provided below:

 

(i)                                      The Capital Account of each Member shall, except as otherwise provided herein, be increased by the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property contributed to the Company by such Member (net of liabilities secured by such contributed property that the Company is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Internal Revenue Code) and by such Member’s share of the Net Profits of the Company and special allocations under Section 4.2 , and shall be decreased by such Member’s share of the Net Losses of the Company and special allocations under Section 4.2 and by the amount of cash or the fair market value of any property distributed to such Member (net of liabilities secured by such distributed property that such Member is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Internal Revenue Code).  The Capital Accounts shall also be increased or decreased to reflect a revaluation of Company property pursuant to paragraph (b) of the definition of Carrying Value.

 

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law (resulting from an election under Section 754 of the Internal Revenue Code or comparable provisions of state law) shall not affect the Capital Accounts of the Members (unless otherwise required by applicable Treasury Regulations), and the Members’ Capital Accounts shall be debited or credited pursuant to the terms of this Section 7.1 as if no such election had been made.

 

(iii)          Capital Accounts shall be adjusted, in a manner consistent with this Section 7.1 , to reflect any adjustments in items of Company income, gain, loss or deduction that result from amended returns filed by the Company or pursuant to an agreement by the Company with the Internal Revenue Service or a final court decision.

 

(iv)          Immediately before the exercise of an Incentive Option to acquire Units (the “ Exercise ”), the Capital Accounts of the existing Members shall be adjusted by assuming that the assets of the Company were sold by the Company for cash at their respective fair market values as of the date of Exercise, and crediting or debiting each Member’s Capital Account with its respective share of the hypothetical gains and losses resulting from such assumed sales in the same manner as gains or losses on actual sales of such properties would be credited or debited to such Member’s Capital Account.  Thereafter, the Company shall be deemed to have distributed to the person exercising the option (the “ Optionee ”) cash in an amount equal to the Distributed Asset Amount (as defined below) and, thereafter, the Optionee shall be deemed to have contributed such cash and the Exercise price to the Company.  “ Distributed Asset Amount ” shall be the excess of (a) the product of (x) the sum of the Exercise price plus the fair market value of the net assets of the Company immediately before the Exercise, multiplied by (y) the percentage obtained by dividing the number of Units issued to the Optionee by the total number of Units outstanding (taking into account the Units issued to the Optionee) over (b) the Exercise price.  The initial Capital Account attributable to the Company Interest received by a Person exercising an Incentive Option shall be an amount equal to the portion of the Capital Accounts (which Capital Accounts shall at that point already reflect the payment of the exercise price) of all Members that is equal to the ratio that the Sharing Ratio received by the Person exercising an Option bears to the Sharing Ratios of all of the Members immediately after the Incentive Option exercise.

 

(v)           It is the intention of the Members that the Capital Accounts of each Member be kept in the manner required under Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv).  To the extent any additional adjustment to the Capital Accounts is required by such regulation, the Board is hereby authorized to make such adjustment after notice to the Members.

 

(vi)          In accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), upon a Member’s contribution to the Company of cash or properties in exchange for a Company Interest, the Capital Accounts of all Members and the Carrying Values of all Company properties shall, immediately prior to such issuance, be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to the Company properties, as if such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been recognized on an actual Transfer of each such property immediately prior to such

 

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contribution for an amount equal to its fair market value and had been allocated to the Members at such time pursuant to Section 4.1 and Section 4.2 .

 

(vii)         Any Person who acquires a Company Interest directly from a Member, or whose Company Interest shall be increased by means of a Transfer to it of all or part of the Company Interest of another Member, shall have a Capital Account (including a credit for all Capital Contributions made by such Member Transferring such Company Interest) which includes the Capital Account balance of the Company Interest or portion thereof so acquired or Transferred.

 

Section 7.2.           Bank Accounts .  The Board shall cause one or more Company accounts to be maintained in a bank (or banks) which is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or some other financial institution, which accounts shall be used for the payment of the expenditures incurred by the Company in connection with the business of the Company, and in which shall be deposited any and all receipts of the Company.  The Board shall determine the number of and the Persons who will be authorized as signatories on each such bank account.  The Company may invest the Company funds in such money market accounts or other investments as the Board shall determine to be of high quality.

 

Section 7.3.           Reports .  The Company shall provide each Member with copies of such financial reports as shall be reasonably requested from time to time by the Members and any such other reports and financial information as the Board shall determine from time to time, including periodic consolidated financial statements for the Company and its subsidiaries (including income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements) and copies of all engineering reserve reports and other financial reports that the Company or its subsidiaries provides to any financial institution that provides debt or equity financing to the Company or its subsidiaries.

 

Section 7.4.           Meetings of Members .  The Board may hold meetings of the Members from time to time to inform and consult with the Members concerning the Company’s assets and such other matters as the Board deems appropriate, provided that nothing in this Section 7.4 shall require the Board to hold any such meetings.  Such meetings shall be held at such times and places, as often and in such manner as shall be determined by the Board.  The Board at its election may separately inform and consult with the Members for the above purposes without the necessity of calling and/or holding a meeting of the Members.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.4 , the Members shall not be permitted to take part in the business or control of the business of the Company; it being the intention of the parties that the involvement of the Members as contemplated in this Section 7.4 is for the purpose of informing the Members with respect to various Company matters, explaining any information furnished to the Members in connection therewith, answering any questions the Members may have with respect thereto and receiving any ideas or suggestions the Members may have with respect thereto; it being the further intention of the parties that the Board shall have full and exclusive power and authority on behalf of the Company to acquire, manage, control and administer the assets, business and affairs of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1 and the other applicable provisions of this Agreement.

 

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Section 7.5.           Confidentiality .  No Member shall use, publish, disseminate or otherwise disclose, directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information that should come into the possession of such Member for other than a proper Company purpose.  No Member shall disclose any such Confidential Information except as expressly authorized by this Agreement or by the Board, or as required by law or governmental or regulatory authority.  Each Member shall instruct all Affiliates (including their representatives, agents and counsel) to comply with this Section 7.5 .  If a Member is required by law or court order to disclose information that would otherwise be Confidential Information under this Agreement, such Member shall immediately notify the Company of such notice and provide the Company the opportunity to resist such disclosure by appropriate proceedings.  The terms of this Section 7.5 shall survive with respect to each Member until the earlier to occur of (a) the date following one year from the date of the liquidation of the Company and (b) the date following two years from the date of termination of such Member’s Company Interest.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION

 

Section 8.1.           Dissolution .  The Company shall be dissolved upon the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(a)           December 31, 2019;

 

(b)           The sale, disposition or termination of all or substantially all of the property then owned by the Company; or

 

(c)           The consent in writing of the Board of Managers.

 

Section 8.2.           Liquidation and Termination.   Upon dissolution of the Company, the Board or, if the Board so desires, a Person selected by the Board, shall act as liquidator or shall appoint one or more liquidators who shall have full authority to wind up the affairs of the Company and make final distribution as provided herein.  The liquidator shall continue to operate the Company properties with all of the power and authority of the Board.  The steps to be accomplished by the liquidator are as follows:

 

(a)           As promptly as possible after dissolution and again after final liquidation, the liquidator, if requested by any Member, shall cause a proper accounting to be made by the Company’s independent accountants of the Company’s assets, liabilities and operations through the last day of the month in which the dissolution occurs or the final liquidation is completed, as appropriate.

 

(b)           The liquidator shall pay all of the debts and liabilities of the Company (including all expenses incurred in liquidation) or otherwise make adequate provision therefor (including the establishment of a cash escrow fund for contingent liabilities in such amount and for such term as the liquidator may reasonably determine).  After making payment or provision for all debts and liabilities of the Company, the liquidator shall sell all properties and assets of the Company for cash as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the best price therefor; provided , however , that upon the consent of a Majority Interest of the Members, the liquidator may

 

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distribute such properties in kind.  All Net Profit or Net Loss (or other items of income, gain, loss or deduction allocable under Section 4.2 ) realized on such sales shall be allocated to the Members as provided in this Agreement, and the Capital Accounts of the Members shall be adjusted accordingly.  In the event of a distribution of properties in kind, the liquidator shall first adjust the Capital Accounts of the Members by the amount of any Net Profit or Net Loss (or other items of income, gain, loss or deduction allocable under Section 4.2 ) that would have been recognized by the Members if such properties had been sold at then fair market values.  The liquidator shall then distribute the proceeds of such sales or such properties to the Members in the manner provided in Section 4.3 .  If the foregoing distributions to the Members do not equal the Member’s respective positive Capital Account balances as determined after giving effect to the foregoing adjustments and to all adjustments attributable to allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss realized by the Company during the taxable year in question and all adjustments attributable to contributions and distributions of money and property effected prior to such distribution, then, the allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss provided for in this Agreement shall be adjusted, to the least extent necessary, to produce a Capital Account balance for each Member which corresponds to the amount of the distribution to such Member.  Each Member shall have the right to designate another Person to receive any property which otherwise would be distributed in kind to that Member pursuant to this Section 8.2 .

 

(c)           Except as expressly provided herein, the liquidator shall comply with any applicable requirements of the Act and all other applicable laws pertaining to the winding up of the affairs of the Company and the final distribution of its assets.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, no Member shall be obligated to restore a deficit balance in its Capital Account at any time.

 

The distribution of cash and/or property to the Members in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.2 shall constitute a complete return to the Members of their Capital Contributions and a complete distribution to the Members of their Company Interest and all Company property.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

ASSIGNMENTS OF COMPANY INTERESTS

 

(a)           No Member’s Company Interest or rights therein shall be Transferred, or made subject to an Indirect Transfer, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the Board; provided , however , that any Member may assign its Company Interest without obtaining such consent pursuant to (i) an Excluded Affiliate Transfer or (ii) a Transfer that is otherwise permitted pursuant to the Voting and Transfer Restriction Agreement.  Any attempt by a Member to assign its Company Interest in violation of the immediately preceding sentence shall be void ab initio .  If an interest in a Unit or other Company Interest is required by law to be Transferred to a spouse of a holder thereof pursuant to an order of a court of competent jurisdiction in a divorce proceeding (notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this ARTICLE IX(a) ), then such holder shall nevertheless retain all rights with respect to such interest and any interest of such spouse shall be subject to such rights of such holder.  In addition, if it is determined that the holder will be required to pay any taxes attributable to such interest of the

 

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spouse in the Company, then any tax liability of such holder that is attributable to such spouse’s interest shall be taken into account, and shall reduce such spouse’s interest in the Company; in no event shall the Company be required to provide any financial, valuation or other information regarding the Company or any of its subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of their respective assets to the spouse or former spouse of such holder.

 

(b)           Unless an assignee of a Company Interest becomes a substituted Member in accordance with the provisions set forth below, such assignee shall not be entitled to any of the rights granted to a Member hereunder, other than the right to receive allocations of income, gains, losses, deductions, credits and similar items and distributions to which the assignor would otherwise be entitled, to the extent such items are assigned.

 

(c)           An assignee of a Company Interest shall become a substituted Member entitled to all of the rights of a Member if, and only if, (i) the assignor gives the assignee such right, (ii) the Board consents in writing to such substitution, the granting or denying of which shall be in the Board’s sole discretion, (iii) the assignee executes and delivers such instruments, in form and substance satisfactory to the Board, as the Board may deem necessary or desirable to effect such substitution and to confirm the agreement of the assignee to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, and (iv) if the Board so requires, the assignee reimburses the Company for any costs incurred by the Company in connection with such assignment and substitution.  Upon the satisfaction of such requirements, such assignee shall be admitted as of such date as shall be provided for in any document evidencing such assignment as a substituted Member of the Company.

 

(d)           The Company and the Board shall be entitled to treat the record Member of any Company Interest as the absolute Member thereof in all respects and shall incur no liability for distributions of cash or other property made in good faith to such Member until such time as a written assignment of such Company Interest that complies with the terms of this Agreement has been received by the Board.

 

ARTICLE X

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Each Member acknowledges and agrees that its Company Interest is being purchased for such Member’s own account as part of a private offering, exempt from registration under the Securities Act and all applicable state securities or blue sky laws, for investment only and not with a view to the distribution nor other sale thereof and that an exemption from registration under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws may not be available if the Company Interest is acquired by such Member with a view to resale or distribution thereof under any conditions or circumstances as would constitute a distribution of such Company Interest within the meaning and purview of the Securities Act or the applicable state securities laws.  Accordingly, each Member represents and warrants to the Company and all other interested parties that:

 

(a)           Such Member has sufficient financial resources to continue such Member’s investment in the Company for an indefinite period.

 

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(b)           Such Member has adequate means of providing for its current needs and contingencies and can afford a complete loss of its investment in the Company.

 

(c)           It is such Member’s intention to acquire and hold its Company Interest solely for its private investment and for its own account and with no view or intention to Transfer such Company Interest (or any portion thereof).

 

(d)           Such Member has no contract, undertaking, agreement, or arrangement with any Person to sell or otherwise Transfer to any Person, or to have any Person sell on behalf of such Member, its Company Interest (or any portion thereof), and such Member is not engaged in and does not plan to engage within the foreseeable future in any discussion with any Person relative to the sale or any Transfer of its Company Interest (or any portion thereof).

 

(e)           Such Member is not aware of any occurrence, event, or circumstance upon the happening of which such Member intends to attempt to Transfer its Company Interest (or any portion thereof), and such Member does not have any present intention of Transferring its Company Interest (or any portion thereof) after the lapse of any particular period of time.

 

(f)            Such Member, by making other investments of a similar nature and/or by reason of his/its business and financial experience or the business and financial experience of those Persons it has retained to advise such Member with respect to its investment in the Company, is a sophisticated investor who has the capacity to protect its own interest in investments of this nature and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this investment.

 

(g)           Such Member has had all documents, records, books and due diligence materials pertaining to this investment made available to such Member and such Member’s accountants and advisors; such Member has also had an opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Company concerning this investment; and such Member has all of the information deemed by such Member to be necessary or appropriate to evaluate the investment and the risks and merits thereof.

 

(h)           Such Member has a close business association with the Company or certain of its Affiliates, thereby making the Member a well-informed investor for purposes of this investment.

 

(i)            Such Member is aware of the following:

 

(i)            The Company is newly organized and has no financial or operating history and, further, the investment in the Company is speculative and involves a high degree of risk of loss by the Member of its entire investment, with no assurance of any income from such investment;

 

(ii)           No federal or state agency has made any finding or determination as to the fairness of the investment, or any recommendation or endorsement, of such investment;

 

(iii)          There are substantial restrictions on the Transferability of the Company Interest of such Member, there will be no public market for the Company Interest and, accordingly, it may not be possible for such Member readily to liquidate its investment in the Company in case of emergency; and

 

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(iv)          Any federal or state income tax benefits which may be available to such Member may be lost through changes to existing laws and regulations or in the interpretation of existing laws and regulations; such Member in making this investment is relying, if at all, solely upon the advice of its own tax advisors with respect to the tax aspects of an investments in the Company.

 

(j)            Such Member further covenants and agrees that (i) its Company Interest will not be resold unless the provisions set forth in ARTICLE IX above are complied with, and (ii) such Member shall have no right to require registration of its Company Interest under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws, and, in view of the nature of the Company and its business, such registration is neither contemplated nor likely.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.1.         Notices.   All notices, elections, demands or other communications required or permitted to be made or given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be considered as properly given or made on the date of actual delivery if given by (a) personal delivery, (b) United States mail, (c) expedited overnight delivery service with proof of delivery, or (d) via facsimile with confirmation of delivery, addressed to the respective addressee(s).  Any Member may change its address by giving notice in writing to the other Members of its new address.

 

Section 11.2.         Amendment.

 

(a)           In addition to the right of the Board to amend this Agreement as provided below, and except as otherwise provided below, any change, modification, or amendment to this Agreement shall be effective if made by an instrument in writing that has been duly approved by the Board and a Majority Interest of the Members.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding Section 11.2(a) , but subject to amendments made pursuant to Section 3.2 , with respect to any change, modification, or amendment to this Agreement that would (i) increase the liability or duties of any of the Members, (ii) change the contributions required of any of the Members, (iii) cause the Company to be taxed as a corporation, or (iv) otherwise result in any disproportionate and material adverse consequences for any Member, such change, modification, or amendment shall not be binding on such Member unless contained in a written instrument duly executed by such Member; provided , however , that any amendment which is made to facilitate a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, to convert the Company into another entity, or to cause the Company to participate in an exchange of interests or some type of business combination with any other entity, shall require the approval only of the Board and a Majority Interest of the Members, if each of the material terms and provisions of such merger, consolidation, conversion, exchange or combination provides for equal and/or proportionate treatment of each of the Members.

 

(c)           With respect to any change, modification, or amendment to this Agreement that would change the name of the Company, admit new or substituted Members in accordance with

 

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the terms of ARTICLE IX , or any other change, modification, or amendment which does not adversely affect the Members in any disproportionate and material respect, and any change, modification or amendment which the Board determines is necessary or advisable to ensure that the Company is not and will not be treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes or to conform with changes in applicable tax law ( provided such changes do not have a material adverse effect on the Members), such change, modification, or amendment may be contained in a written instrument executed solely by the Board; provided that the Board notifies the Members of such change, modification, or amendment.

 

Section 11.3.         Partition .  Each of the Members hereby irrevocably waives for the term of the Company any right that such Member may have to maintain any action for partition with respect to the Company property.

 

Section 11.4.         Entire Agreement .  This Agreement and the other documents contemplated hereby constitute the full and complete agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Section 11.5.         Severability .  Every provision in this Agreement is intended to be severable.  If any term or provision hereof is illegal or invalid for any reason whatsoever, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Agreement.

 

Section 11.6.         No Waiver .  The failure of any Member to insist upon strict performance of a covenant hereunder or of any obligation hereunder, irrespective of the length of time for which such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver of such Member’s right to demand strict compliance in the future.  No consent or waiver, express or implied, to or of any breach or default in the performance of any obligation hereunder shall constitute a consent or waiver to or of any other breach or default in the performance of the same or any other obligation hereunder.

 

Section 11.7.         Applicable Law.   This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted, construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to rules or principles of conflicts of law requiring the application of the law of another State.

 

Section 11.8.         Successors and Assigns.   This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns; provided , however , that no Member may Transfer all or any part of its rights or Company Interest or any interest under this Agreement except in accordance with ARTICLE IX .

 

Section 11.9.         Arbitration.  Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, or the Company, including claims sounding in contract, tort, statutory or otherwise (a “ Dispute ”), shall be settled exclusively and finally by arbitration in accordance with this Section 11.9 .

 

(a)           Rules and Procedures .   Such arbitration shall be administered by JAMS/Endispute, Inc., a Delaware corporation and national dispute resolution company (“ JAMS ”), pursuant to (i) the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures, if the amount in controversy is $250,000 or less, or (ii) the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures, if the amount in controversy exceeds $250,000 (each, as applicable,

 

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the “ Rules ”).  The making, validity, construction, and interpretation of this Section 11.9 , and all procedural aspects of the arbitration conducted pursuant hereto, shall be decided by the arbitrator(s).  For purposes of this Section 11.9 , “amount in controversy” means the stated amount of the claim, not including interest or attorneys’ fees, plus the stated amount of any counterclaim, not including interest or attorneys’ fees.  If the claim or counterclaim seeks a form of relief other than damages, such as injunctive or declaratory relief, it shall be treated as if the amount in controversy exceeds $250,000, unless all parties to the Dispute otherwise agree.

 

(b)           Discovery .  Discovery shall be allowed only to the extent permitted by the Rules.

 

(c)           Time and Place .  All arbitration proceedings hereunder shall be conducted in Dallas, Texas or such other location as all parties to the Dispute may agree.  Unless good cause is shown or all parties to the Dispute otherwise agree, the hearing on the merits shall be conducted within 180 days of the initiation of the arbitration, if the arbitration is being conducted under the Streamlined Arbitration Rules, or within 270 days of the initiation of the arbitration, if the arbitration is being conducted under the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules.  However, it shall not be a basis to challenge the outcome or result of the arbitration proceeding that it was not conducted within the specified timeframe, nor shall the failure to conduct the hearing within the specified timeframe in any way waive the right to arbitration as provided for herein.

 

(d)           Arbitrators .

 

(i)            If the amount in controversy is $250,000 or less, the arbitration shall be before a single arbitrator selected by JAMS in accordance with the Rules.

 

(ii)           If the amount in controversy is more than $250,000, the arbitration shall be before a panel of three arbitrators, selected in accordance with this paragraph.  The party initiating the arbitration shall designate, with its initial filing, its choice of arbitrator.  Within 30 days of the notice of initiation of the arbitration procedure, the opposing party to the Dispute shall select one arbitrator.  If any party to the Dispute shall fail to select an arbitrator within the required time, JAMS shall appoint an arbitrator for that party.  In the event that the Dispute involves three or more parties, JAMS shall determine the parties’ alignment pursuant to Rule 15  and each “side” shall  have the right to appoint one arbitrator as provided above.  The two arbitrators so selected shall select a third arbitrator, failing agreement on which, the third arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with JAMS Rule 15.  Notwithstanding that each party may select an arbitrator, all arbitrators (whether selected by the parties, JAMS or otherwise) shall be independent and shall disclose any relationship that he or she may have with any party to the Dispute at the time of their respective appointment.  All arbitrators shall be subject to challenge for cause under JAMS Rule 15.  In the event that any party-selected arbitrator is struck for cause, JAMS shall appoint the replacement arbitrator.

 

(e)           Waiver of Certain Damages .  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company and the Members expressly agree that the arbitrators shall have absolutely no authority to award consequential, incidental, special, treble, exemplary or punitive damages of any type under any circumstances regardless of whether such damages may be available under Delaware law, or any other laws, or under the Federal Arbitration Act or

 

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the Rules, unless such damages are a part of a third party claim for which a Member is entitled to indemnification hereunder.

 

(f)            Limitations on Arbitrators .  The arbitrators shall have authority to interpret and apply the terms and conditions of this Agreement and to order any remedy allowed by this Agreement, including specific performance of the Agreement, but may not change any term or condition of this Agreement, deprive any Member of a remedy expressly provided hereunder, or provide any right or remedy that has been excluded hereunder.

 

(g)           Form of Award .  The arbitration award shall conform with the Rules, but also contain a certification by the arbitrators that, except as permitted by Section 11.9(e) , the award does not include any consequential, incidental, special, treble, exemplary or punitive damages.

 

(h)           Fees and Awards .  The fees and expenses of the arbitrator(s) shall be borne equally by each side to the Dispute, but the decision of the arbitrator(s) may include such award of the arbitrators’ expenses and of other costs to the prevailing side as the arbitrators may determine.  In addition, the prevailing party shall be entitled to an award of its attorneys’ fees and interest.

 

(i)            Binding Nature .  The decision and award shall be binding upon all of the parties to the Dispute and final and nonappealable to the maximum extent permitted by law, and judgment thereon may be entered in a court of competent jurisdiction and enforced by any party to the Dispute as a final judgment of such court.

 

Section 11.10.      Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same document.

 

 [Signature Pages of Company, Members and Managers Attached]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

 

RSP PERMIAN HOLDCO, L.L.C.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steven D. Gray

 

 

Name:

Steven D. Gray

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

SIGNATURE PAGE

 



 

 

MEMBERS:

 

 

 

 

 

GRIMM FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

 

 

By:

Rising Star Family, LLC,

 

 

its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael K. Grimm

 

 

Name:

Michael K. Grimm

 

 

Title:

Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARROTT FAMILY HOLDINGS, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Zane W. Arrott

 

 

Name:

Zane W. Arrott

 

 

Title:

General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Cherie L. Arrott

 

 

Name:

Cherie L. Arrott

 

 

Title:

General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POLLARD RESOURCE HOLDINGS, LP

 

 

 

By:

Pollard Resource Holdings (GP), LLC,

 

 

its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Tamara D. Pollard

 

 

Name:

Tamara D. Pollard

 

 

Title:

Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Tracy L. Pollard

 

 

Name:

Tracy L. Pollard

 

 

Title:

Manager

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

SIGNATURE PAGE

 



 

 

THE STEVEN D. GRAY AND DEBORA K. GRAY 2012 GST EXEMPT TRUST

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Erik B. Daugbjerg

 

 

Name:

Erik B. Daugbjerg

 

 

Title:

Trustee

 

 

 

 

THE STEVEN D. GRAY GRAT NO. 2005-1

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steven D. Gray

 

 

Name:

Steven D. Gray

 

 

Title:

Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ William R. Huck

 

William R. Huck

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Erik B. Daugbjerg

 

Erik B. Daugbjerg

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ William Christopher Krusz

 

William Christopher Krusz

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael G. Cook

 

Michael G. Cook

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Robert Lemmons

 

Robert Lemmons

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ David Groves

 

David Groves

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Leslyn Wallace

 

Leslyn Wallace

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

SIGNATURE PAGE

 



 

 

/s/ James Spradlin

 

James Spradlin

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Steven Smith

 

Steven Smith

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Scott McNeill

 

Scott McNeill

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Chris Gardiner

 

Chris Gardiner

 

 

 

 

 

PRODUCTION OPPORTUNITIES II, L.P.

 

 

 

By:

Production Opportunities GP, L.L.C.

 

 

General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Tony R. Weber

 

 

Name:

Tony R. Weber

 

 

Title:

President

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

SIGNATURE PAGE

 



 

 

MANAGERS:

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael K. Grimm

 

Michael K. Grimm

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Steven D. Gray

 

Steven D. Gray

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Tony R. Weber

 

Tony R. Weber

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Scott McNeill

 

Scott McNeill

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ David R. Albin

 

David R. Albin

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Roy Aneed

 

Roy Aneed

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

SIGNATURE PAGE

 



 

EXHIBIT A
List of Members and Sharing Ratios

 

Date: January 23, 2014

 

Members

 

Sharing
Ratio

 

Tier I
A
Units

 

Tier I
Units

 

Tier II
Units

 

Tier III
Units

 

Tier IV
Units

 

Tier I A
Percentage

 

Tier I
Percentage

 

Tier II
Percentage

 

Tier III
Percentage

 

Tier IV
Percentage

 

The Steven D. Gray and Debora K. Gray 2012 GST Exempt Trust

 

0.541

%

0.00

 

120,000.00

 

120,000.00

 

120,000.00

 

120,000.00

 

0.000

%

1.800

%

0.600

%

0.600

%

0.600

%

The Steven D. Gray GRAT No. 2005-1

 

0.270

%

0.00

 

60,000.00

 

60,000.00

 

60,000.00

 

60,000.00

 

0.000

%

0.900

%

0.300

%

0.300

%

0.300

%

Grimm Family Limited Partnership

 

0.649

%

0.00

 

133,333.33

 

133,333.33

 

133,333.33

 

133,333.33

 

0.000

%

2.000

%

0.667

%

0.667

%

0.667

%

Arrott Family Holdings, L.P.

 

0.649

%

0.00

 

133,333.33

 

133,333.33

 

133,333.33

 

133,333.33

 

0.000

%

2.000

%

0.667

%

0.667

%

0.667

%

Pollard Resource Holdings, LP

 

0.649

%

0.00

 

133,333.33

 

133,333.33

 

133,333.33

 

133,333.33

 

0.000

%

2.000

%

0.667

%

0.667

%

0.667

%

William R. Huck

 

0.432

%

0.00

 

140,000.00

 

140,000.00

 

140,000.00

 

140,000.00

 

0.000

%

2.100

%

0.700

%

0.700

%

0.700

%

Erik B. Daugbjerg

 

0.324

%

0.00

 

70,000.00

 

70,000.00

 

70,000.00

 

70,000.00

 

0.000

%

1.050

%

0.350

%

0.350

%

0.350

%

William Christopher Krusz

 

0.054

%

0.00

 

5,000.00

 

5,000.00

 

5,000.00

 

5,000.00

 

0.000

%

0.075

%

0.025

%

0.025

%

0.025

%

Michael G. Cook

 

0.054

%

0.00

 

10,000.00

 

10,000.00

 

10,000.00

 

10,000.00

 

0.000

%

0.150

%

0.050

%

0.050

%

0.050

%

Robert Lemmons

 

0.027

%

0.00

 

40,000.00

 

40,000.00

 

40,000.00

 

40,000.00

 

0.000

%

0.600

%

0.200

%

0.200

%

0.200

%

Scott McNeill

 

0.136

%

100.00

 

0.00

 

0.00

 

0.00

 

0.00

 

4.000

%

0.000

%

0.000

%

0.000

%

0.000

%

Steve Smith

 

 

 

0.00

 

5,000.00

 

5,000.00

 

5,000.00

 

5,000.00

 

0.000

%

0.075

%

0.025

%

0.025

%

0.025

%

Leslyn Wallace

 

 

 

0.00

 

30,000.00

 

30,000.00

 

30,000.00

 

30,000.00

 

0.000

%

0.450

%

0.150

%

0.150

%

0.150

%

Jim Spradlin

 

 

 

0.00

 

30,000.00

 

30,000.00

 

30,000.00

 

30,000.00

 

0.000

%

0.450

%

0.150

%

0.150

%

0.150

%

Buster Groves

 

 

 

0.00

 

40,000.00

 

40,000.00

 

40,000.00

 

40,000.00

 

0.000

%

0.600

%

0.200

%

0.200

%

0.200

%

Chris Gardiner

 

 

 

0.00

 

10,000.00

 

10,000.00

 

10,000.00

 

10,000.00

 

0.000

%

0.150

%

0.050

%

0.050

%

0.050

%

Unallocated general/future employees

 

 

 

0.00

 

40,000.00

 

40,000.00

 

40,000.00

 

40.000.00

 

0.000

%

0.600

%

0.200

%

0.200

%

0.200

%

Non-NGP Members sub-total

 

3.785

%

100.00

 

1,000,000.00

 

1,000,000.00

 

1,000,000.00

 

1,000,000.00

 

4.000

%

15.000

%

5.000

%

5.000

%

5.000

%

Production Opportunities II, L.P.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5221 N. O’Connor Blvd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suite 1100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irving, Texas 75039

 

96.215

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

100.00

%

100.00

 

1,000,000.00

 

1,000,000.00

 

1,000,000.00

 

1,000,000.00

 

4.000

%

15.000

%

5.000

%

5.000

%

5.000

%